Does ZuneHD price drop presage the Zune Phone?

February 5, 2010 | By Surur

Several blogs have noticed ZuneHD pricing at Amazon and New Egg had dropped by $30 to $40, while the official Microsoft Store is now offering a $20 price cut for the $32GB Zune HD, with the once-$229 16GB Zune HD now listed for $199.

Of course there are all kinds of theories to explain the drop, but my preferred on is the imminent announcement of a Zune Phone at Mobile World Congress.

If this is the case it also implied the device will not only be announced, but may be delivered to the market very soon after.

What do our readers think? Is this likely? Let us know below.

Via tech.yahoo.com

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Tagged zune phone, zunehd

Davida

One can only wish for a Zune Phone….

It is very possible if it doesn't run WM7, this is the only way MS will not compete with its beloved partners.

Even if the zune phone turns out to be a dumbphone compoared to WM, i will be in line to buy that nice piece of hardware.
majg

Hmm, Zune PR says no.

http://twitter.com/yegr/status/8650336507

we didn’t issue a price drop on Zune HD. looks like some online retailers are offering price cuts though.

http://intensedebate.com/people/peterfares peterfares

They ALWAYS deny it until its officially announced.

brian

I doubt there is a zune phone. Taking a guess I'd say its either a dumb phone OS or just 3 new Zune models that have some sort of always on cellular connection to Zune marketplace ala Kindle.
Paul

More likely a reflection that Zune HD hasn't sold well, despite generally positive reviews. They're probably blowing them out to reduce inventory. I don't think they'll do a Zune phone. Just move the software across to WM and kill the devices.
http://intensedebate.com/people/mohsen7x8 mighty

If they're really not going go release this outside the US, then I don't really care what ms is doing with zune HDs or zune phones… they're ruining zune with this "one country" policy
Andrea

Totally agree on the one country policy. Microsoft has a great combination of software, hardware and subcription service (Zune Pass) that could do relatively well over here in Europe, especially with the integration of Zune with the Xbox Live platform and the success of Windows 7. It's just frustrating to see they are limiting it's territory to the U.S..

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