iPod Touch Upgrade Fee

[well...]

On March 6, 2008, Steve Jobs announced that in June 2008, there would be an update for the iPhone and iPod touch, which would again have an unspecified "nominal cost" for the iPod, due to the different way that Apple accounts for it compared to the iPhone. The update will include an application called the App Store which will enable iPod touch owners to download additional "apps" for the device.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_touch#Software_upgrades

Personally i think that as a point of principle its out of order to have to pay any extra cost to unlock functionality of a device that cost me ?329.99 only a month ago!

Am i being unresonable? I would appreciate other peoples views on this. :))

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_touch#Software_upgrades

Personally i think that as a point of principle its out of order to have to pay any extra cost to unlock functionality of a device that cost me ?329.99 only a month ago!

Am i being unresonable? I would appreciate other peoples views on this. :))

Then don't buy it? Its added functionality, not required.

[well...]

A good point, i just feel cheated, almost being punished for buying the device before the update. I guess its the price of being an 'early adopter'.

[Si Veteran]

Moved here

[HistoricalNeowin]

Do people who buy this device now get the update free? If they do them it seems rather unfair. However if they still have to pay for it then like episode says it's just an optional upgrade.

[(Spork)]

ill just wait till the jailbreak people crack the update and release it :D

[liveseven]

Still why should we pay for this?

I'm going to upgrade my 16Gb touch to a 32GB. Have to anyway the damn headphone jack is busted and i have to wiggle my phones around to hear sound and not make any movements....

[EnzoFX]

To the "it's not required" remark:

No, it's not, its just a bit backwards. Most hardware companies are selling on the promise of regular updates that may add functionality. So the feeling of being cheated is perfectly justified.

[well...]

Update: The fee for ipod touch users will be $9.95

[betasp]

This was discussed last time. There are technical accounting reasons why they have to charge (and to make a buck).

[DigitalE]

It's only $10... Not very much.

[azz0r_wugg]

It's pretty disgraceful.

Image the uproar if Sony or Microsoft charged for each feature update on Live and PSN.

Eugh

[Raa]

$1 , $10 or $100, that's still not going to avoid the feeling of being cheated. You bought a device for its functionality and future thinking only to be told that anything new will cost you.

I think it's a rip, even though I don't own one. The fact it can't be used as a usb flash drive without a hack annoys me :(

[MightyJordan]

A good point, i just feel cheated, almost being punished for buying the device before the update. I guess its the price of being an 'early adopter'.

QFT.

I do think that Apple are being a bit greedy here. They've hooked in the customers and then decide to milk more money out of them for software add-ons that other companies would do for free via a firmware update.

[-Hiroshi-]

Which is why I always make plans to buy Apple hardware after Apple's events, mainly because Apple likes to screw it's users with "nominal fees".

[+StevoFC MVC]

For the touch the main reason to get the upgrade would be for the App store. Not much else will really be that different. Keeping that in mind, it's retarded for Apple to charge for it. Because all you are doing is paying for an update so that you can buy more apps from them. When jailbreaking is so easy already, why would you pay to upgrade to have to pay for apps? It makes no sense.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

I paid a lot of money for my 16GB iPod Touch and now Apple wants me to pay $9.95 for a software upgrade. Pathetic, just pathetic. I'm disgusted at Apple. Something like this encourages consumers to find other ways to acquire updates. :no:

[Wanderermy]

How much did Microsoft charge for updating the original Zune to Zune 2.0 firmware?

[MightyJordan]

How much did Microsoft charge for updating the original Zune to Zune 2.0 firmware?

Absolutely nothing. And they introduced new features (wireless sync, podcasts, etc.) and a completely revamped interface.

[Fozzieb]

moan moan moan, have you emailed apple to complain ? have you started an online petition for people to show how ****ed of they are?

complaining here is not going to get them to change.

time to make a stand.