5GB iPod Supplies
Many users note that Apple's 5GB iPod supplies are absent. According to Apple, the reason is due to high holiday demand.
Others are speculating that this may indicate future updates... but supply and order-lead-time speculation tends to be terribly inaccurate.
However, MacWhispers notes that according to their sources inside Texas Instruments, they are shipping new low-power Firewire 800 interfaces to Apple -- hinting at future iPod updates.
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118 months ago
The 5GB iPod no longer has options (Mac or Windows) to order it from the online store.
Was' up wit' dat?
Was' up wit' dat?
118 months ago
Quite bizzare. Is this what happens when they run out of stock. Maybe the iPods are being updated soon, so Apple didn't manufacture any more of the old 5GB iPods, and ran out of their inventory sooner than expected...
118 months ago
If they've RUN OUT of inventory...could that mean...that they weren't keeping up inventory in the first place because it's going to be discontinued?
Price cuts across the line? 40GB VideoPod around the corner?
I don't believe that this was an acciental oversight by Apple...:p
Price cuts across the line? 40GB VideoPod around the corner?
I don't believe that this was an acciental oversight by Apple...:p
118 months ago
My old 5GB iPod started to die and I took it into my local Applestore about 2 weeks or so ago and although they said they usually get replacement iPods everyday, they didn't have any for about a week. I thought it sounded a bit suspicious at the time. Then again, maybe the baby-boom of iPods beginning to go into retirement around December/Jan a year later (battery issues) put undue pressure on Apple.
But still, I'm hoping for iPodII!
But still, I'm hoping for iPodII!
118 months ago
Very interesting and I think that Apple is just a little too organized to just accidentally run out of stock. . .
118 months ago
Originally posted by tfaz1
The 5GB iPod no longer has options (Mac or Windows) to order it from the online store.
Was' up wit' dat?
This was also on the Apple store website: Due to significant holiday demand, the 5GB iPod is temporarily unavailable.
It would help if you had included this in your original post as well.
Anyway, it could be as they said, or it could be they are discontinuing it. We'll see soon enough I expect.
118 months ago
They have removed the option to purchase the 5gig at the UK Apple Store as well.
Now, either something is up or they've run out of the stock in the UK and in the US at the same time!
Now, either something is up or they've run out of the stock in the UK and in the US at the same time!
118 months ago
Yes, I agree that Apple is too organized to just run out of stock. It could be holiday demand though, but I doubt it. I am really hoping for some price cuts/updates for the iPod. I will be interesting to see what happens.:D
118 months ago
I was hoping they would MAYBE update the palyers..I have the cash to pluck one down! I wait some more..
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