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New iPod nanos apparently shipping in extra-small
It's a mystery: as Engadget reports, there are new iPod nanos showing up at some Dutch retailers... in a 4 gigabyte capacity. Huh? This wasn't part of the announcement last week, and it's not clear why you'd want to pick up a nano in a smaller capacity than the original iPod for actual use, as opposed to for its investment value.UK gadget site Pocket-lint has word from Apple that 4GB, 4th Gen nanos were produced "in a limited number" for some international markets, but they were never on the overall product roadmap. Were they intended to hit Dutch retail, or only for online sales? Could be a shipping mixup, could be clearing out inventory, could be on purpose -- but perhaps a collector's item for US customers.
Now we have word from Dutch blog One More Thing that indeed the 4GB units are being sold, in all nine colors, for €119. Amazon's German site is also selling the units.
Engadget has a lovely gallery of the low-cap iPods up for your viewing pleasure.
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Will Dinyes said 12:59PM on 9-17-2008
Is it possible that the Dutch (or other international markets) don't get a shuffle?
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Victor Agreda Jr said 1:05PM on 9-17-2008
Years of legal weed in Holland made for poor memory in the nanos, hence the 4GB configuration. "That's all we can remember!"
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mpantone said 1:19PM on 9-17-2008
Considering that "4GB" is plainly etched onto the device and customs and store stocking/pricing procedures, it is doubtful that this was "by accident."
Apple has enough retail data to know if a particular market is especially sensitive to price thresholds for a given model.
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Mike said 1:38PM on 9-17-2008
I like the idea that Apple changed their minds at the last minute from 4 and 8GB sized to 8 and 16GB sizes, and a few 4GB were produced.
That would also explain why the 16GB model I ordered Sunday is still "not yet shipped"...
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Oneiroi said 4:00PM on 9-17-2008
Just an FYI, it took them 6 days to ship mine.
Tim said 2:27PM on 9-17-2008
Maybe they got a substandard shipment of memory chips and decided to make the best of it?
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Ariel said 2:27PM on 9-17-2008
Apple has said that certain countries are getting a limited number of lower-speced Nanos.
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MrNase said 2:56PM on 9-17-2008
They were sold on Amazon.de and we all thought this was a mistake. :-D
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Jeremy said 4:51PM on 9-17-2008
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/backstage/comments/the-why-behind-the-4gb-fourth-gen-ipod-nano/
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Dave said 8:58PM on 9-17-2008
After all, it's a very small country ...
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Reg said 12:26AM on 9-18-2008
They've shown up in Australia too.
Dick Smith Electronics (large consumer electronics retailer, equivalent of Frys) has a catalog entry:
http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/48d1d75d148cea36273fc0a87e0106db/Product/View/A3961
Described as "Limited Release."
4GB is priced at A$169 AUD. (8GB = $199 AUD, 16GB = $279 AUD.)
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SPIDEY X said 2:23PM on 9-19-2008
look u guys i've just bought a 4gig ipod nano for mah gal here in holland it looks kewl
but u know wats funny
is that they don't have the new ipod touch yet
wtf
i'm still waiting
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