Refurbished Creative Players
With all the hype surrounding the new IPods announcement, I wonder, what makes an IPod Nano with only 4GB, costing $149.00, better than a Creative Zen Vision:M with 30GB, costing, refurbished, but still with quality assured and warranty, $149.99?
Any ideas?
September 7th, 2007 at 8:10 pm
1. CoverFlow
2. Form factor
3. User Interface
4. Reliable brand
5. New colors
6. iTunes store
7. Full-metal Design
8. Flash-based memory
I don’t have anything against Zen, but why buy the fake when i can get the real thing?
September 7th, 2007 at 8:23 pm
Well, I guess that the 30gb vs 4gb and the 2.5” vs the 2” screen are in great favor of the Zen.
I agree that the ipod has a better user interface, but anyone will be using both with closed eyes after an week.
I’m comparing them, and will probably buy one, but, still, why should I buy an IPod nano, with the Zen, with features comparable to the IPod classic, being sold refurbished by the same price?
September 7th, 2007 at 10:25 pm
I bought myself a Creative Zen Micro 6GB (refurb) for the price of an iPod Shuffle 1GB. btw, the 4th point “Reliable brand”, isn’t Creative at least “as reliable” as Apple? I think so.
September 7th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
Well, on that particular choise I’d say go for the Zen!
But in between the Zen 30GB and the iPod classic 80GB for 249$, I’d probably go for the latter.
Now, good good, would be having a refurbished iPod classic 80GB for 199$!
September 7th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Oh, my litte MP3 of 512MB is a Creative one and works perfectly. I have no intention of buying a 1GB iPod shuffle, even being a Mac (and Apple) fan (I do agree is a bad investment).