Cowon announces prices for new players

[Almoxil]

Cowon announced prices for Q5, A3, 8 GB D2 and 16 GB i7. According to the article, Q5 will be released in the US in October.

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[CrowdAds]

[sumx4182]

in dollars?

I'm not familiar with that symbol. I thought it was the Euro...but if that's the case...these are EXPENSIVE! lol

[zhalfim]

(yeah that's the euro)

holy shazbot...those prices are ridiculous...I was willing to pay some decent money for a high-end hdd player...but I could just as well buy a desktop with those prices...

(yes I know, not the same thing...but still, woah!)

[sumx4182]

oh, so i was right, holy SHIT that's expensive...i'll stick to $200 for a 16gb Sansa View

[musichound]

I can't wait to spend 970.13 U.S. on a Q5 60Gb player.
Geez, for that money I can buy almost 3 iPod 160GB, or 3 Zen Vizion M 60GB, or 2 Archos 605Ws.

I hope nobody purchases any Q5s or any of their new product line so Cowon learns a lesson.

[sumx4182]

they have to be out of their mind...

[greggish]

Those prices are crazy high. Goodbye Cowon, nice to have known ya.

[sumx4182]

for those prices...the player should:

A) Load the music from my computer, by itself, wirelessly.
B) Read my mind, and when I think of a song, it plays it and if I don't have that song, it gets it for me.
C) Charge itself without ever having to be plugged in.
D) If it breaks, it should get in my car, drive itself to the local store, replace itself, drive back, and then load all my music again.

[zhalfim]

and it should carry itself...lazy $900 dollar thingamajig and makes me carry it in my pocket like it's too good to walk...

am sorely disappointed by these prices, was planning on getting a cowon player...

[skippyg]

thats outrageously expensive. MAJOR turn off for me, no offense, but at that price, id at least expect and ultra sleek super sexy player with ultimate features bluetooth and wifi.

[kenner]

- Cowon Q5 40GB 649.95€ = $ 901.3175
- Cowon Q5 60GB 699.95€ = $970.6550
- Cowon A3 30GB 439.95€ = $610.1002
- Cowon A3 60GB 469.95€ = $651.7027
- Modulate [COLOR=blue! important]DVB[/COLOR]-T for Cowon A3 79.95€
- Cowon D2 8GB (Black or White) 289.95€ = $402.00
- iAudio 7 16GB (Money or Red) 349.95€ = $485.2403

[dfkt]

Calm down guys, be happy you're not in the EU. Usually that stuff costs a lot more in Europe than in the USA... you can probably convert the currencies 1:1...

[greggish]

But the problem is that even at 1:1 in US dollars those prices are crazy high.

[dfkt]

Cowon is a small company, they don't make their own memory like Sandisk does, they don't get mass discounts from part manufacturers like Apple or Creative do - therefore the prices are steep... well, no one's forced to buy a Cowon. However, at least for me it seems you get what you pay for, with their DAPs. (Just look at the price of the Kenwood HDD player, in comparison.)

Those prices will sure go down. For example, the D2 4GB costs $200, so the D2 8GB will be no more than $280-300 at the beginning, I assume.

We Europeans have to deal with these price discrepancies between us and the USA all the time... Americans usually just don't notice it because they get the new products before they're on the European market, in general.