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Readers Respond: How Did You Decide iPhone vs. iPod touch

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Wake up........

I was wondering why a lot of people around the world are amazed and keen to buy Apple products. the only thing i'd realized is the fascinating advertisement done to deceive people to buy low grade products in the shape of high ones, wake up you people just go online and compare IPhone or Itouch or Icrap with any similar products from any competitor and you will understand what I'm talking about. you'll find a products lower in price, higher grade and higher performance and specs in companies like Nokia or HTC. for example The latest Iphone 4G has technologies have been made 2 years ago by the mentioned companies like the 5mp camera and the front camera and poor software development (it still couldn't run flash content in web browser). just take my opinion with no hard feelings and do the online comparison.
—Guest Shahbour

Camera Info is Correct

Michael: There's been some confusion about this, since many people (including me, initially) assumed that the touch's camera was the same as the iPhone 4's. Checking Apple's product page for the iPod touch, though, shows that the camera that can record video takes 960 x 720 photos, which is less than 1 megapixel (the other camera takes VGA-quality photos).
—SamCostello

iPod Touch Camera Info Wrong

The Ipod Touch hasn´t a camera with under 1 megapixels, it has a 5 megapixel camera on the back with 720p video recording, and a front facing camera with VGA quality. You should correct this as soon as possible, so people won´t get confused when deciding.
—Guest Michael

no hostage status for me

The iPod Touch is a superlative handheld computer and messaging device. We who have employer-provided phones can keep the Touch, without the expensive data plan, and utilize services which bypass 3G or other phone services.
—Guest littlepitcher

Corrected

You're right, Kenkins, thanks for the correction. I've fixed the error.
—SamCostello

iPod Touch Camera

As of this posting, the camera specs for the iPod Touch are wrong; it is not a 5 megapixel camera, neither forward- nor rear-facing.
—Guest Kenkins

I wanted the iphone soooo bad!

I wanted the iphone so bad and a silly reason I feel in love with tap fish on my friends iphone lol! I inquired at&t about the phone and signing up they want like 1,000.00$ no waaay! So is the i touch just about the same without the monthly bill?
—Guest Balley

touch

with the iPod Touch, the cost of the larger hard drive for iTunes is made up for after a few months of not having to pay for a data plan. Also, the iPod Touch cuts out the camera, which I can do without anyways sent from my iPod
—Guest bassman60

iPhone

hands down iphone 3gs. i got the 16 gb in black and i compred it to my friends itouch. iphone is way better
—Guest Guest

ipod or iphone

yes you can do all the same things on the iphone as on the ipod touch but once you have played games on the iphone and watched movies or listened to music, your battery is going to almost be dead, which makes it useless as a phone, where as if you owned an ipod touch and a cheaper phone which is soley designed to make calls and send messages, you can play on apps, listen to music and surf the web until the battery life dies out and you don't have to worry. it also saves you from having to charge the iphone daily, seen as the 3g which i had holds just about a days battery life.
—Guest jacob

New touch expected in September?

I'm surprised that an article attempting to help people make this decision wouldn't mention that a new ipod touch will be released in September. Maybe it won't be much different than the current model, but there have long been rumors of the addition to a camera on the touch and with all the changes with the iphone 4, who knows what's in store. Anyone seriously deciding between any iphone and the ipod would be best served if they waited until September to make their decision.
—Guest Candace

how about a 3gs with no phone service?

I am heavily considering a touch but with the release of the new iphone 4 wouldn't it be cheaper to get a iphone 3gs and not pay for phone service, i.e use it as a touch with a camera?
—Guest Bob

itouch, for sure

It was an easier decision for me because too many people complain to me about the dropped calls with the iPhone! I chose the iTouch and kept my cell phone!
—Guest

... ;)

I tink IPhone 4 because it has ewrything that IPod dont have ... :)
—Guest Nikola

iPhone

In my country, the monthly bills are lower, which also helps me to decide for the phone. I gladly pay the 30 euros fee per month to get unlimited data, and plenty of texts and minutes. plus, what you get extra with the iPhone 4 compared to my current ipod touch: Gps Gyrometer Camera (5MP and frontfaced) Internet everywhere (unlimited here) Compass Which also adds a lot more apps you can use. You basically have everything you'll ever need in one device. Now just wait for the itunes in the cloud service, and you can update the files on your 16-gig iphone (since double the size costs 100 bucks more) anywhere there is wifi!
—Guest Erik

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