Zune blue 8GB and 120GB unboxing
By Paul Miller 
posted September 15th 2008 1:09PM
posted September 15th 2008 1:09PM
posted September 15th 2008 1:09PM
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can i get one in bubble gum colour please
Fresh or chewed?
I was going to post a link to the pink flash zune, but the comment system keeps eating it.
I want a video of it being put back int the box.
onelove i want a video of you getting into a refrigerator box
and never coming back out :P
I already have and 80 gb in red so i will stick with it. can't wait for 3.0!
No one's asking you to upgrade.
...errr... except Microsoft.
is that why microsoft is forcing us zune owners to buy a new zune to take advantage of the new firmware... right
Mmmm... That Zune looks like an M&M.
An M&M gone wonderfully wrong. I'm hungry.
"they're still total smudge magnets"
How come you didn't say the same about iPod Touch 2G??
Yeah, I'd rather take a smudge magnet than a crack and scratch magnet.
Well, these are total smudge magnets. My Zune 80, with it's Matte finish, has no smudges whatsoever.
Seriously Microsoft, step in the wrong direction. Matte > Glossy. Although, I still do dig the 120.
your comment on the packaging got me to check it out for the first time. they really do have some sweet graphic design going on there. they even (gasp!) use color. if i wasn't a dedicated i-have-to-have-a-phone-that-does-everything person i'd be rocking a zune for a pmp.
Does anyone else think that those ear phone covers are from the 90's?
They look like they will get stuck in your ear when you take the ear buds out.
I don't own a Zune so i don't know if they ever came with before.
I hope Microsoft does well with Zune. Only dowside is, these things are only comparable with the iPod Nano. Microsoft needs to create a Zune as robust as the iPod Touch and if they do, they'll be labeled copycats.
I'd say the larger ones (the ones that interest me) are comparable to the ipod classic. I've never really wanted a small mp3 player like a nano and I've never really wanted a touch screen mp3 player like the touch. I had a Zune 30 but it was stolen. I got it because I had a gift card to Sears and what the hell was I gonna buy at Sears?! Anyway I loved that thing. My phone does a fine job of holding smaller amounts of mp3's with 4gb MicroSD cards and that's all I need for casual use but I like the idea of having an mp3 player/PMP that can hold all of my music for travel. I may have to pick up one of the newly reduced Zune 80's and hope this one doesn't get stolen too.
do not want!
i just want a hdd mp3 player. compete with the ipod classic, ignore the touch.
The Zune is a portable media player. The touch, despite its iPod branding, is not. Sure, it syncs with iTunes and plays music and video, but it is very clearly designed as a mobile computer first and media player second.
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@Jubei
We know your trolling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0UjU0rtavE
Agreed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0UjU0rtavE
Just picked up my 120 from walmart...salesguy said they had about 20 since last fri...i got the second to last one.
cant wait ,,one more day.
I really like the zunes and much prefer them to the ipods, but the buttons on these look like somewhat cheap plastic. I'll stick with my Halo zune for now, thx.
i didn't even bother reading your comment... but your name?
awesome.
I agree, I dont really like the Zune Pad all that much, I have a 30 GB Halo 3 Zune aswell, and its gonna be rockin 3.0 tomorow baby!
Bummer about the screen size on the 8gb. Or at least bummer about the black border around the screen. That kind of "bezel" has always bothered me. It's like they designed it for a larger LCD but opted for a smaller one for cost reasons without changing the design.
I too picked up a 120GB early at Walmart, and they inexplicably tried to sell me an iPod Classic instead. "Are you sure you don't want this??? Ooooh! Ahh!”
I had to give them a five minute lecture on the virtues on Zune.
One side note regarding the headphones... a bit disappointed that Microsoft abandoned the premium headphones with the 120GB, but I understand the logic. Because they were included, I think people made the assumption that they were less than great. They were, however, very solid and comprable to ear buds in the $75-$100 range.
Am i seeing things or did they cheapen the included headphones? I love the ones that came with my 80.
Yeah looks like they got rid of the premium headphones :(
They look like refreshed versions of what came with the Zune 30- if so, they'll likely be of similar quality (not that I would doubt them anyway, considering I've used both sets of included 'phones in the past), which is good, because the old ones sounded great.
Though I do agree, they likely won't be as great as the ones included with the 80.
... sg27hjzxfgjufk,cfxzkj ... Oops, sorry. My head fell on the keyboard when I nodded off there for a second. This gallery of photos is awesome! Thanks for unboxing this... uh... BLUE Zune. It's even more exciting than the brown one. Go Microsoft! I just KNOW you will kill the iPod with this one!!
Did you crack your skull? No? Damn
it's ok. i still have vision problems from having to look at the last gen of nanos.
They look like refreshed versions of what came with the Zune 30- if so, they'll likely be of similar quality (not that I would doubt them anyway, considering I've used both sets of included 'phones in the past), which is good, because the old ones sounded great.
Though I do agree, they likely won't be as great as the ones included with the 80.
Wow. I have to click twice to get the reply button to work? This commenting system is really poorly designed...
This Zune looks good, If I was in the market for a good PMP, I'd consider a zune.
It's even uglier close up. This is the very reason why the iPod Nanos are blowing this "me too" product so easily. Just looking at the build of this device shows you the sub par quality of the hardware itself. The low quality paint job clearly shows on this bottom barrel product. The nano-chromatic colors of the new iPod Nanos are simply stunning and gorgeous to look at.
Get the hell of of engadget you stupid ass troll.
idiot
It's just amazing how Apple fanboys get modded down and MS-Fanboys get modded up here on engadget. Everywhere else it's the opposite way, or at least both getting modded down.
Are the Zunes actually available over here in Europe? Never stumbled across one.
Oh yeah, then how about the "classic-chromatic" colors? Never heard of them? Me neither! That's because the Zune is a direct competitor to the iPod classic. Why would the flash versions even try to downgrade and get rid of FM radio, wireless, etc so that they could be in direct competition w/ the nano?
Case in point...Microsoft's flagship product (Zune 120) is the obvious alternative to the iPod classic. The classic now only has a 120GB model (same as Zune) and with the Christmas season coming up I can easily see Zune taking 10% of the PMP market from Apple.
Low quality paint job?
I've never seen an iPod shine like that. So...
TROLL BE GONE!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0UjU0rtavE
Hahah, I know it's irrelevant commenting on the troll, but maybe I'll put this up for some lols for you guys.
I'd say the real "me too" product is the iPod. Why? Well, walk up to any troll like the above and declare "I have an iPod". What's the first thing they'll say? "Me too!"
Maybe I'm too counter-culture for my own good, but I see this as a good thing.
@Jubei
If iPod nanos are blowing Zunes, wouldn't that make the iPod nanos the lesser of the two?
PS the new "nano-chromatic colors of the new iPod Nanos" look like shit to me.
ever wonder why people hate you? try and act human
You forgot to call their style 'Mickey Mouse'.
@goober_nut, what's an ass troll?
@cj
Jubei is an ass troll
Whooops
that's embarassing.....
but all the non mac fanboys will understand and that's what counts