iPod touch and iPhone

It's almost a week now since Apple announced the new iPod touch and a price drop to the iPhone, and the question comes up: Should I buy it? Well let me give you my opinion.

First let us look at the price of the two product. The 8GB iPod touch will be sold for $299US, while the 8GB iPhone is selling at $399US. It might seems that the extra $100 you pay for the iPhone is to buy the "phone" function. However, it may be much more than that.

According to Engadget, Apple has disabled bluetooth on the iPod touch. It's also confirmed that the iPod touch cannot add calendar appointments. Therefore, the extra $100 dollars on the iPhone seems to be buying much more than just the ability to send and receive calls.

Does that make the iPhone superior to the iPod touch? Just looking at the price of the products, yes. The iPhone is a cell phone, obviously, it is also a media player (iPod) and a PDA. However, this is only half the picture, don't forget the two-years AT&T plan that is tide to the phone. The cheapest plan on an iPhone is $59.99US with 450 minutes, unlimited data access and 5000 night and weekend minutes. The same plan without unlimited data access on other phones is selling for $39.99, so it's really not that bad.

After considering all the data, I concluded that the iPhone is a better choice over the iPod touch. If you still thinks the iPhone is too expensive, you can go for the 4GB version for just $299US. That's the same price as the 8GB iPod touch. Apple has discontinued the 4GB model already, but there is still some inventories, so if you really like to "enjoy" the iPhone but don't want to pay a high price, don't wait!