Nov 18, 2008
by Cesar Menendez at 4:35 PM

Just in time for the holidays: a flash-based device and accessory price cut for the US and Canada. You may have seen some chatter last week about lower priced devices at certain retailers, well we are happy to “officially” announce that the lower prices can be found at Zune Originals and all our major retail partners (all prices listed in USD, and are only suggested prices). Check the list:

Product                             New Price             Old Price                Change
Zune 4GB                           $99.99                       $129.99                     -$30
Zune 8GB                           $139.99                     $149.99                     -$10
Zune 16GB                         $179.99                     $199.99                     -$20
Car Pack                             $69.99                       $79.99                       -$10
Home/AV Pack                 $59.99                     $79.99                       -$20
Dock Pack                          $39.99                       $49.99                      -$10

Ok, happy shopping!

<edit> - added $.99 on each post

26 Comments
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Sweet prices!

This rocks.  You go Zune team

thanks for the price drop! perfect for the holidays!

Oh man!  I just bought an Zune 8 on Friday!  >_<  Seriously though, this is a great way to chop away at iPod sales!

I agree with Chris. Apple's definately going to be feeling some pressure with this cut. Especially since even the AV Pack is much cheaper than theirs! Take that iPod!

Cheaper prices make me buy more!  ;)

Chris, you should be able to go to the retailer within a 16-day period to get a refund for a price change. Definitely check that out.

thanks guys

Do you really think that Apple's going to be sweating it out over a $10 price drop? I'm all for Apple bashing but I'm really not sure if price is a major factor in the mobile music game. Zune has a huge way to go before enjoying the numbers that Apple have been blog.wired.com/.../ipod-loses-mark.html. Good luck to MS in getting there but I think it's going to take more than price to break the iPod appeal.

Wonderful job Zune team! This is definitely going to encourage me to get a Zune for my friend for Christmas. Just keep on the improvements and make Zune a great device for (true) music lovers.

Zune to Europe!!! MS team weakup!!! pls!!!!

Very nice. I am a proud Zune owner and I will def get me a new one at this price.

When something is selling well, you don't need to drop prices.

Hey Econ,

You do when you want it to keep selling well in a tough economic climate.

Wow, it’s been a busy week for Zune news. :) We had the unexpected Zune 3.1 update , the huge Zune Pass

So no price cuts for the big ones? (What is is now -- 120GB or so?)

Hmm, this isn't much of a cut. The big ones would really benefit from price cut (80gb, 120gb), but the flash models are still way overpriced. You can pick up 8gb flash key for $20 nowadays, so what's with $139 ?

Either way, I can only go up from my old 30gb model, as I am running out of room. But any upgrade is super expensive still...

i agree with super. i dont think ipod will be sweating over $10. now if zune really want to make me cheer give me a good way to play my zune in my car (i have the zune car pack)

I just bought a Black 4G Zune from Best Buy for a friend.

We want Zune in Brazil!!!!!

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Get an original Zune dock.  It works fantastic in the car.  You can plug in any Zune car charger and either an AUX cable or a cassette adapter.  And you can use the remote as well.

Just bought a AC Dock but can not get the remote to work.  The battery must not be any good or something.  Love my Zune

I want the black 16gb 4 Xmas they realy needs to make their own version of the ipod touch (but better) if they wanna beat Apple

why the f**k do i have to re-purchase songs i arealdy bouthgt in WMA format before just because the content producers changed them to MP3 format in Zune marketplace.? That is ABSOLUTELY ridiculous! ARE YOU KIDDING ME???

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