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Is there even still a market for such devices? While $200 dollars may be a lot less than an unlocked iPhone, its certainly not cheap. Plus you can get an iPhone

Is there even still a market for such devices? While $200 dollars may be a lot less than an unlocked iPhone, its certainly not cheap. Plus you can get an iPhone 6 at that price if you are willing to get into a contract.

ceejayoz 11y ago
$400 was in range for a Christmas present for my twins last year. $1,300 definitely wasn't. Plus, I don't want first graders with cellular access.
ctz 11y ago
'Get into a contract' is a weird euphemism. What you really mean is 'you can get an iPhone 6 for $200 if you ignore the actual cost'.
Chevalier 11y ago
I'm tempted to sneer at iPods too, but it's actually a pretty good choice for the gym. If you're worried about your $800 iPhone getting crushed, an iPod touch will record your lifts just as well; or an iPod Shuffle will clip on to your shirt for a long run through a bad neighborhood. Also for kids where parents don't want to buy expensive contracts. Or even frugal adults who can just make all their calls through Hangouts/Skype and don't need a cell plan.
galago 11y ago
The amount of engineering to create such a device is probably minimal, even if the existing market is small. I know people with Android phones who still use an iPod--partly because they have eclectic music tastes. They do to use streaming audio services, but its not the only way they consume music.
coob 11y ago
Kids under 10 that want to play iOS games.
- robmcm 11y ago
  Or Siracusa...
drtse4 11y ago
Cheap iOS development device?
thesumofall 11y ago
Outside the US the costs of wireless contracts are much more obvious and $200 sound very different than $700. I could see parents giving one of these to their kids as a Christmas gift.
k-mcgrady 11y ago
>> "if you are willing to get into a contract" Kids can't get into contracts. People with bad credit can't get into phone contracts. Sure lots of parents buy their kids smartphones now but a lot can't afford to do that. I still think there's a big market for this. Plus developers - much cheaper to buy a lot of these for a team than iPhone's.
jnericks 11y ago
these are also used by companies for their mobile POS devices

ceejayoz 11y ago

$400 was in range for a Christmas present for my twins last year. $1,300 definitely wasn't. Plus, I don't want first graders with cellular access.

ctz 11y ago

'Get into a contract' is a weird euphemism. What you really mean is 'you can get an iPhone 6 for $200 if you ignore the actual cost'.

Chevalier 11y ago

I'm tempted to sneer at iPods too, but it's actually a pretty good choice for the gym. If you're worried about your $800 iPhone getting crushed, an iPod touch will record your lifts just as well; or an iPod Shuffle will clip on to your shirt for a long run through a bad neighborhood. Also for kids where parents don't want to buy expensive contracts. Or even frugal adults who can just make all their calls through Hangouts/Skype and don't need a cell plan.

galago 11y ago

The amount of engineering to create such a device is probably minimal, even if the existing market is small. I know people with Android phones who still use an iPod--partly because they have eclectic music tastes. They do to use streaming audio services, but its not the only way they consume music.

coob 11y ago

Kids under 10 that want to play iOS games.

robmcm 11y ago
Or Siracusa...

drtse4 11y ago

Cheap iOS development device?

thesumofall 11y ago

Outside the US the costs of wireless contracts are much more obvious and $200 sound very different than $700. I could see parents giving one of these to their kids as a Christmas gift.

k-mcgrady 11y ago

>> "if you are willing to get into a contract" Kids can't get into contracts. People with bad credit can't get into phone contracts. Sure lots of parents buy their kids smartphones now but a lot can't afford to do that. I still think there's a big market for this. Plus developers - much cheaper to buy a lot of these for a team than iPhone's.

jnericks 11y ago

these are also used by companies for their mobile POS devices