Apple releases 16GB iPhone & 32GB iPod Touch

rkulpajr · Feb 5, 2008

NEW 16 GB IPhone Now AVAILABLE!!!!

I was just browsing the Apple website and saw that they now have a 16GB iPhone available for $499.00. This appears to be a silent launch, but an exciting one...all we need now is 3G.

bryphotoguy · Feb 5, 2008

good find.
my 8GB is obsolete, better upgrade.

bryphotoguy · Feb 5, 2008

The iPod Touch is 32GB now.

Mattlike · Feb 5, 2008

http://www.apple.com/iphone/

http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/

mathogre · Feb 5, 2008

Good catch rkulpajr!

the8thark · Feb 5, 2008

yeah I noticed the store was down and was wondering why it as so. Thanks for going and finding why.

Actually a 32GB touch looks really interesting. I might just get one. If I can justify the cost which right now I can not.

travisw · Feb 5, 2008

Does anyone know how much room you'd actually have w/ the 32gig deducting all the applications on it? Do they take up a lot of room? I'd love to get it put I have about 25 gigs of music and wanted enough room

ATLienGeorgia · Feb 5, 2008

When I saw the store down early this morning I was hoping it was the MBP update. Maybe next week!

giulio · Feb 5, 2008

On the 8GB, there is roughly 7440MB free for your media. So I'd have to assume the 16GB model has 15.4GB free to use.

There is actually two logical volumes on the device.
"/" is the OS. It's only 300MB. The native apps are there. It's usually nearly full.
"/var" holds your media. It is 7440MB.

This screenshot says 'iPhone' but its the same OS...

MrFredy · Feb 5, 2008

i'm ticked...just purchased my 8 gig iphone last week!

vaughan80 · Feb 5, 2008

Still not big enough for my mp3s. I'd love a touch, but i'll have to wait until a deluxe 100gig + model is released.

sanity1082 · Feb 5, 2008

Thats great that they added a more storage, but for the price i cant justify upgrading to a new iphone

fleurya · Feb 5, 2008

Isn't Apple a little ridiculous with their arbitrary pricing on memory? The same $100 that only gets you 8GB more on the phone gets you 16GB more on the Touch! It's a little insulting.

nirvana · Feb 5, 2008

UK store hasn't been updated yet.

Stretch · Feb 5, 2008

Well, the touch is starting to approach a usable size now. Once it hits 60GB I'll probably spring for one.

kaidomac · Feb 5, 2008

No 3G, no sale. Sticking with my 8 gig for now

Oh and AT&T, thanks for the EDGE outages recently!

anmoldagreat · Feb 5, 2008

Stretch said:
Well, the touch is starting to approach a usable size now. Once it hits 60GB I'll probably spring for one.

same. hopefully the 64 will just be around the bend
then i can fit about 1/3 of my music collection on it... yay!

giulio · Feb 5, 2008

The iphone and ipt use flash memory, not a small hdd. Do you real think a 65GB solid state hard drive in a music player is going to sell (affordable)?

Think of the one available for the macbook air...

Lifeisabeach · Feb 5, 2008

Oh for Pete's sakes! I bought my wife an iPhone 2 weeks ago after they failed to announce any new ones at MacWorld. Now this? grrr....

Dimitri · Feb 5, 2008

giulio said:
The iphone and ipt use flash memory, not a small hdd. Do you real think a 65GB solid state hard drive in a music player is going to sell (affordable)?

Think of the one available for the macbook air...

But they would use 2 32gb chips instead of the 2 16gb chips they now have. I'm guessing maybe in 5-6 months that could still be profitable for Apple at the $500 price point.