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Why do people spend so much on iPods? Monday 11th August, 2008.

Posted by teahot in Quibble.
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I have managed to resist the temptation to buy an iPod by looking at my mobile phone and asking “what’s the difference?”

I use a three year old Sony K750i with earphones, having recently upgraded the memory to 8GB here’s how they compare:

Feature
iPod Classic
Sony K750i
Storage
80GB, about 1,000 CDs
8GB, about 100 CDs
Radio
None
FM radio
Camera
No camera
2MP camera
Phone
None
It’s a phone!
Weight
140g
99g
Size
103 x 62 x 10.5 mm
100 x 46 x 21 mm
Video

320 x 240
176 x 220
2nd hand price
£100-£130
£30-£50

As I prefer to carry one gadget and have to carry a phone, this seems a pretty
good solution on the assumption that 100 CDs worth of music is enough variety
for my regular bus and train journeys (and I never feel the need to watch video
clips on my moble). As I listen to podcasts and the odd audio book rather
than music anyway, 8GB is plenty of space. I would find the lack of a radio to
catch up with the live news rather an annoying oversight with an iPod.

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