With the new iPhone right around the corner (hopefully) and the recent rumors of the iPod Touch w/ 3G service offered, i started thinking about what the iPod was capable of these days, and what exactly holds the iPhone above the iPod Touch now vs. what used to be a pretty staggering difference between the two.
Now I personally probably wouldn't go fully to an iPod Touch with 3G service and leave the iPhone behind, but the capabilities of the newer iPods really has me thinking...what would it take for you to decide against having an iPhone and migrating over to a fully "online" experience with an iPod? Theoretically, you'll be able to find ways to make calls, send SMS and MMS messages and use the web obviously with Safari, and all with 3G service...but are there things that would hold you to the iPhone and AT&T/Verizon/etc?
It kind of goes along with the thread someone made about using "Pay as you Go", where you have to find work arounds to have basic features that the iPhone does with the carriers effortlessly...outside of that, it seems the iPod Touch has the exact same native capabilities, so could it be an option in the future? Will the data plans available to the iPad users be the same plans offered to iPod Touch users? And would those plans even be enough to cover an iPod used in place of an iPhone?
Cliff Notes: If the "two iPhones" coming this fall end up being an iPhone 5 and an iPod Touch "3G", would you consider switching over to save money? What are you willing to sacrifice to pay less monthly (if anything)?
Now I personally probably wouldn't go fully to an iPod Touch with 3G service and leave the iPhone behind, but the capabilities of the newer iPods really has me thinking...what would it take for you to decide against having an iPhone and migrating over to a fully "online" experience with an iPod? Theoretically, you'll be able to find ways to make calls, send SMS and MMS messages and use the web obviously with Safari, and all with 3G service...but are there things that would hold you to the iPhone and AT&T/Verizon/etc?
It kind of goes along with the thread someone made about using "Pay as you Go", where you have to find work arounds to have basic features that the iPhone does with the carriers effortlessly...outside of that, it seems the iPod Touch has the exact same native capabilities, so could it be an option in the future? Will the data plans available to the iPad users be the same plans offered to iPod Touch users? And would those plans even be enough to cover an iPod used in place of an iPhone?
Cliff Notes: If the "two iPhones" coming this fall end up being an iPhone 5 and an iPod Touch "3G", would you consider switching over to save money? What are you willing to sacrifice to pay less monthly (if anything)?