Why is there no iPod alternative using Android?

[EpicczDiddy]

I personally think such a device would be useful, and sell very well. The reasons iPods sell? iOS, but cheaper and without the phone part. So, why haven't Samsung, or HTC, or even Google made their own alternative?

(I apologize if there is an alternative, but if there is, why aren't any companies trying to compete with the iPod?)

[FlakeyBanana]

There are lol

Question is why carry two dedicated devices? When your phone does everything

[CoolBeans]

You could get a Nexus 4/5 and just not get a plan

[DyGr00339]

There are lol

Question is why carry two dedicated devices? When your phone does everything

Contracts, and if the "Ipod" can be $200 without contract you can upgrade annually

[Coombzy]

they did make one to compete with the touch and it flopped

http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/mp3-players/YP-G70CWY/XAA

[MbV93]

Because you're phone will do that same thing an iPod does while still being a phone and still being cheaper because... Apple.

[Excon]

Lol at everyone saying your phone will do the same, maybe not everyone can afford a new 800$ smartphone? Also what about kids?

[EpicczDiddy]

Lol at everyone saying your phone will do the same, maybe not everyone can afford a new 800$ smartphone? Also what about kids?

 

My exact thoughts. Devices like the Nexus 5 are stock android and run quite fast, but you could probably shave off the price by not including the phone part. I'm confused as to why no company has made an actual competitor.

[chaozbandit]

You can get any cheap android phone and just not get a contract? As someone who owned a brick of a phone and a 3rd gen iPod touch (and 2nd gen iPod nano before it) I jumped ship as soon as I could when I could get an SII for not that much money. Especially with the expandability of phones a few generations old, you could still use it pretty well for your entertainment consumption. No point in creating unnecessary redundancy.

Also let's face it. People with iPods (especially the last few touch enabled o es) have or will at some point download apps like Text+ or similar, and be able to text or call their friends and whoever they need to. At that point, why not just get a phone that could run all the same apps?

[Canoas]

Because there's no need to use android for something so simple as a mp3 player. There are other mp3 players that compete with ipod, like the zune ones, but there's really no point in one if you have a smartphone.

[samuelohagan]

Moto g is sort of an ipod touch $199 for 16 gb of ram and jelly bean.

[TheProfosist]

Cause the ipod is kinda dead. The only people that buy them are parents who dont want their kinds to have a smartphone. I mean nowdays the iTouch is basically a phone without the phone app.

What I want is a ipod classic with a smaller wheel bigger screen with an option for color or monochrome screen and have it use 1.8in ssds for the storage instead stupid hdds on a highly protable and mobile device.

[GamerDude]

Seriously, with the price of used smartphones in my neck of the woods, one wouldn't bother with a device like iPod and the like. For example, I'd gotten an Samsung Galaxy ACE 2, dual 800mhz proc, microSD slot with up to 32GB of memory, it plays 720P movies with ease, handles higher bitrate MP3 with ease as well......what bother with a dedicated MP3 player? I'd gotten it for a friend's birthday and she loves it. I used to mess with dedicated players like those from iRiver, but gave up on them when I'd gotten my first MP3 capable phone.......it was a Nokia 'N' series phone, but for the life of me, I can'tt recall the exact model as I'd had a number of Nokia phones....Nokia was the rage back then. My last Nokia was the N95, that much I can remember.

[applebook]

Many last generation Androids can be had for around the same price as a new iPod. You can even use the Androids as phones!

 

The last MP3 player that tried to go toe to toe with the iPod failed pretty hard (Zune). It's a shame because the Zune HD was really good.

[EternalSpectrum]

There are some, there are Samsung Galaxy MP3 Players and some lesser known brands, but they're rather outdated now, so I get your point. I think we may get some in the near future as Android's forever becoming more popular, and they'd probably sell well too.