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I don't know where you've been the last 10 years.

The iPod was the first wave of Apple devices where the price was actually cheaper than the competition. Then that trend continued with the MacBook Airs and iPads. Even the iMacs/MacBooks are very competitive.

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The iPod may have beat the competition in the beginning, but after a couple of years it quickly remained the either the most expensive or close to the most expensive device in it's class.

Apple notoriously only sold the shuffle under $100 while many competitors offered devices with dramatically more space and screens for under $100.

By the 2007 era and the beginning of keeping your music on your phone, it would have been utterly disingenuous to call the iPod "cheap" or anything close to it.

Right, I should have been more specific - I mostly meant in the PC/laptop product line, where there was often a notable price gap if you compared similar hardware specs. I'm not saying that either product was inferior, just that if the average uninformed consumer is comparing a PC and Mac with similar horsepower, price would definitely factor into the decision.

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