Zune Price Drop I have yet to see any reason or statements from Microsoft,...

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JRockDetroit 5 months ago

Zune Price Drop

I have yet to see any reason or statements from Microsoft, but a few retailers are now offering both versions for considerably less than the original MSRP. Buy.com and CircuitCity.com have them for $189 and $249 respectively. Any news?

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peter gdgt staff 5 months ago

I haven't seen any formal announcement about this from Microsoft, but it looks like they might be testing the waters to see if sales go up.

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teapower 5 months ago

If they get it considerably under the iPod Touch, maybe around 150, that will probably help because then your competitor will be the Nano.

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nizzy 5 months ago

i don't care about price, they just need to make one with a bigger hd :/

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kc2bxn 5 months ago

I was just thinking about posting that. I have a 100GB library 60 GB music and 40 ish GB video

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Pesci20X6 5 months ago

I've seen them both significantly lower priced at Frye's. They had about the same price as you listed, a little bit more though. This was around November btw, when I noticed the prices for them there.

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jeffreygee 5 months ago

Wouldn't the "You get what you pay for" argument come into effect if the price dropped lower? I mean it's a great device (I have one and love it), but it doesn't have half of what the iPod touch has. Maybe an SDK and better browser would help, idk.

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asherf 5 months ago

where is my 128gb Zune HD????

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Dpmt 5 months ago

Yes, Microsoft make this happen.

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ranhalt 5 months ago

www.engadget.com/2010/02/02/zune-hd-drop...

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ubi79 5 months ago

Tigerdirect already boasted these prices: I bought a 32GB Zune for 250 with free shipping on Monday.

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roedog 5 months ago

Can we interpret the price drops as a move to reduce inventory in advance of a new product release? Or does it mean that I should stop waiting and dive into the zune HD fun?

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Dpmt 5 months ago

I'm debating this particular question myself.

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peter gdgt staff 5 months ago

I think it's possible, but I haven't heard anything specific about new models.

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Bigbadbikernerd 5 months ago

I think roedog may be referring to the integration of Zune in WinMo7. I think that may just be a possibility.

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peter gdgt staff 5 months ago

Good point, I was gonna say something about the big announcement coming up at MWC.

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rankinaaron 5 months ago

seems a little early for a new model in the world of Zune. Apple would release a new model this soon but I'm not sure Microsoft would, judging from past events. The Zune HD still has several more firmware upgrades to go.

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Ashley 5 months ago

This seems like a pretty good deal to me. Microsoft need to start advertising and selling this outside of the US where the iPod isn't as prevalent. They might actually make some inroads and plus I can get one for myself.

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zunebro 5 months ago

Maybe Microsoft will announce a zune hd price drop if they come out with a zune phone at the Mobile World Congress. That sounds logical to me.

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mrme 5 months ago

Its seems microsoft has some zune related announcement planned for WMC. I think they are making room for a 64gb HD

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