Wow, so the iPod lives on! Looks like it will support group FaceTime calls and some AR stuff, and have the A10 Fusion chip inside. Otherwise the hardware is essentially unchanged. 40 hours of audio playback
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Apple releases new iPod Touch, up to 256GB storage, same design as last generation, starting at $199 (32GB)
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Wow, so the iPod lives on! Looks like it will support group FaceTime calls and some AR stuff, and have the A10 Fusion chip inside. Otherwise the hardware is essentially unchanged. 40 hours of audio playback
Nice. I'd definitely consider this for a media consumption device when my kids are a little older as long as the parental controls are strong. I'd be more comfortable with this as a bridge device than a straight up cell phone.
Shame they killed the SE. I have a few co-workers that really liked being able to get a basic iPhone for cheap.
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Businesses love them, too, for taking payments and such. I think every person I've hired to come help with something for my house has had me pay using a credit card swiper on an iPod Touch.
I assume cheaper components or maybe more accessible for people not used to swipe only.
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Headphone jack confirmed!
Scroll down to "External buttons and connectors
You sure those weren't just older iPhones? How a device with no cellular connection can accept payment has me wondering...
Cheaper to have an additional physical component? Also another component that can fail - buttons get sticky or get crap in there and don't press properly. Surely not having it and just programming a gesture to go Home makes more sense?
It's crazy how Apple has to do so little to please me, and yet it screwed up so much when it comes to phones that I gave up on iPhones earlier this year, in my opinion of course. Here I am, typing on my 2018 iPad Pro 12.9", while my S9+ rings, and I'm seriously considering an iPod. I know that a lot of people still love their iPhones, and I do wish I could go back, but it's just not for me right now.
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I think they had them tethered to their own phone (which seemed silly to me, why not just use their own phone? maybe just security I dunno). But, they were definitely iPod Touches cause most of them didn't even have a case and you could see "iPod" on the back. Plus a lot of stores use them, too, and just connect to the store Wifi.
Yep, it has a headphone jack.
It's interesting that in addition to the tech specs page listing the 3.5mm jack, they shot a promo picture with wired headphones plugged into it.
Unfortunately 6 months too late for my use case. Good to see happen though, it's a great cost effective device for specific situations. Wish they could cram an A11 in there instead of an A10 but it's still a big improvement over the A8.
Hopefully they ironed out all the battery issues that plagued the 6th gen device
Hopefully they ironed out all the battery issues that plagued the 6th gen device
I bought one for my son 18 months ago and the battery life is beyond appalling, have they fixed that?
Awesome! Essentially a $200 handheld console and music player. Finally I won't have to think about buying an iPhone.
Pity it doesn't have Touch ID. I sold mine because inputting a code to unlock is just barbaric nowadays.
Wow, we just bought one of the old ones a couple of months ago to replace a dying nano. I honestly thought it was more likely that they would just discontinue the whole thing than release a new model....
I used to really like my old iPod Touches, but I had two that broke in the exact same way (home button) and after the second one broke I swore off Apple devices.
I got a Moto E for $40 a bunch of years ago and put a micro SD in there, and it's been completely perfect for my workout/jogging media device. Never again.
I got a Moto E for $40 a bunch of years ago and put a micro SD in there, and it's been completely perfect for my workout/jogging media device. Never again.
$200 for one with not enough storage to function as a handheld console.
Honestly, this makes an iPhone SE 2 a bit more likely. They are going to have to support this smaller screen size in future versions of iOS.
Edit: Typical Apple, those storage prices are ridiculous.
Edit: Typical Apple, those storage prices are ridiculous.