Creative Zen X-Fi spotted and priced

{Live @ CEL Manila} One of the spotlights at the Creative booth is the new Zen X-Fi, a portable media player that could grab some attention away from the iPod Nano.

creative zen

Plays MJPEG, WMV, MPEG-4 as well as DivX and XviD. Other formats can be supported once codecs are installed. I thought it’s a bit thick though at 0.5″ or just under 13mm. Great video and audio quality. Will be getting a unit soon for a full review.

Price: Php8,999USD 153INR 13,000EUR 146CNY 1,117

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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17 Comments

Jay says:

16 years ago

once i had a Zen Vision:M. really really liked it a lot. what happened creative? year after year their products seems to be rubbish. uncool, unappealing to the youth. this X-fi is for “nagmumurang kamatis” bulky, large, pocket nemesis.

i ain’t an apple fanboy but i’d rather move to grabbing that iPod Nano. i have no use for it’s wi-fi capabilities as well as multi-codec support & the x-fi experience. MP3 & Mpeg4 suffice me, a basic simple hassle free (of converting videos) player.
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BrianB says:

16 years ago

http://calacanis.com/2008/10/22/tough-times-hard-decisions/

Christ all mighty! Calcanis doesn’t expect to earn from ads in the next two years.

I’ll link to your review when you’ve done it.
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Patrick says:

16 years ago

Well it’s about time! This has been released months ago. Anyway, I’m not overly excited about these “enhancements” they’re offering with their new products. From what I’ve heard of X-Fi technology, I don’t think I will like it. I prefer my music sounding more natural.. if that makes sense. The custom EQ should be good enough for PMPs.

I’d get a Creative player any day over an ipod though. I just like the sound of their players more. Anyway, I hope to see this tomorrow when we go to the exhibit. I would get this if I didn’t already have the older Zen which I already exhaustively reviewed here:
http://www.syaoran.net/journal/2008/07/creative-zen-review/

Sorry for the shameless plug but I just think this might be of interest to those planning to jump on the Creative bandwagon. :D

And is that P8,999 price tag for the 16GB? If it is, that’s a great deal. I got my older Zen for 10k. :(
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PinoyDigg says:

16 years ago

hi yuga, what is the most interesting thing you found in the event?? ;)
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sylv3rblade says:

16 years ago

wow I found my self gift for xmas! thanks
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calvin says:

16 years ago

what’s the wifi for? just transferring file? di man lang ginawang touch screen and include a browser?
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Charles says:

16 years ago

Should I warn you.
If you are planning to review this player..
I’m a creative freak BTW.
Please include sound quality verdicts ;)
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Patrick says:

16 years ago

@calvin: It’s for chatting in IM. Pretty much useless for most people.

Anyway, I just saw the X-Fi yesterday at the event and it was almost weightless! Maybe it was just because it’s a demo unit. And as I expected, I didn’t like the sound of the X-Fi enhancements. They should have added more tracks on the demo units. <_<
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apt says:

16 years ago

will the SD-Card integration into the internal music library for zen x-fi same as the first creative zen? i do hope they first fix the SD-Card integration with their zen players.. :(
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apt says:

16 years ago

the SD-Card integration for the the zen players is still sadly ignored by creative. :(
http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=dap&thread.id=199672
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Charles says:

16 years ago

Anyway guys, the main difference of this player with the Original Creative Zen is the crystalliser sound quality and x-fi. Everything else, was tweaked but almost the same, that’s why the price…

Creative Zen 8GB – 7,999
Creative Zen X-Fi 8GB – 8,999
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Edmond says:

16 years ago

Does any one know where this unit is sold in the Philippines? coz i wanna buy one asap
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jes_aiscie07 says:

16 years ago

do you know where to buy any creative zen units in the philippines? I borrow my sister creative zen and i broke it… i need to replace it.. but she bought it in germany…
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15 years ago

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