Cowon S9 Gets Official Korean Date and Pricing
There are two ways of announcing products. Sony, Apple etc doesn't say a word about anything until the day of the press release, while companies like Cowon, iriver, Meizu etc like to leak some info months or years in advance to get more PR. I don't know about you people, but personally the second way of doings things annoy me as you find yourself waiting for products that were supposed to be out 3 months ago. Cowon's new S9 is one such player and what started out as excitement in our forums have turned into people banging their head against the wall wanting to know if it will ever be out. Well, Cowon just released an official press release in Korea containing the prices and the official release date.
The player will come in 4, 8 and 16GB capacities with a price of $150 (219,000 won), $180 (259,000 won), and $215 (309,000 won) respectively. The date for this release is December 16th, but remember this date (and the prices) doesn't reflect when the player will be out in the US and the rest of the world. Not long ago they blamed production issues and said the thing wouldn't be out until 2009, so it's not easy to predict when we will see this thing. Let's just hope it will have a better firmware than the O2. Hit the forum link below for a massive pictures galore of the new player.
Comments
Claire on December 8, 2008 3:36 AM
I can't wait much longer! I've wanted this player since this first time I heard of it, so I can show off something that's not only more useful but just as great looking as the ipod touch. Oh well, if it's going to come out that much later, I hope it also comes with better firmware.
david on December 8, 2008 7:35 AM
You might edit the price for 16GB model. I think 309000 won = $215, not 315 :D