Mp3 (Mp4) Player Price in India (Apple Ipod, Transcend, Sony, Philips)
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
If it was two years before, it would have cost you atleast 2000 rupees to buy an mp3 player. That too there is only one type of mp3 player that connects to computer through USB and has the shape of hemi-cylinder. Now things have changed dramatically. There are many different models of mp3 players ranging in price from inexpensive to high priced ones. The cheapest mp3 players comes at 990 rupees in a store (SENSEI model) and at less than 500 rupees if bought on ebay. The expensive ones are the ones with more GBs (4GB, 8GB, 32GB, 64GB etc.) and the top brand products like Apple iPod Nano, Apple iPod Shuffle.
Apple has its lowest cost variety too. That is the Apple iPod Shuffle of 1GB capacity costing only 2300 rupees. Doubling the price will get you 4GB player from iPod. On the other hand iPod Nanos can cost as much as 25000 rupees for the 64GB capacity. Apple has a range of capacities in Nano to suit costs. The minimum it comes for Rs. 9000 at 8GB. IPod Nanos also have video apart from mp3 playing ability. Apple players are high in price (also in India) as the quality and the capacity of the players they offer is wide ranging.
The other brands in this area too offer quality audio players. But the capacities are limited to 8GB. For example, Transcent 2GB player costs 1999 rupees while 4GB costs 2499 rupees. Their low price does not imply low quality. But compared to iPod their software is limited. They play wma or mp3 only. In Mp4 (mp3+video) players too the cheaper brands like YES (2900), Transcend (3400) etc. play only avi and flv formats. And that too limited in these formats. However they play youtube video formats. For the consumer looking for cost effective yet good solution, these brands are good. But for those who want more convenience without the need to convert the formats and looking for extensive use the Apple players are suitable. Other than that there are also good quality players from Sony and Philips (Go Gear).
