Apple Rumored to Announce New iPod Touch, Nano and Shuffle Around July 14

[MacRumors]

Apple will announce a refreshed lineup of iPod touch, iPod nano and iPod shuffle portable media players around July 14, according to usually reliable French website iGen.fr. The report claims the new iPod touch (codenamed "N102") should be a more significant update, likely including a bump to a 64-bit A-based processor, while the iPod nano ("N31A") and iPod shuffle ("N12D") may be refreshed with new colors only.

iPods in unreleased colors spotted in iTunes 12.2 earlier this month​

iPods in unreleased colors were spotted in iTunes 12.2 earlier this month, including a darker blue for the iPod touch, a new gold or beige color for the iPod nano and a brighter pink color for the iPod shuffle. Notably, a few eagle-eyed readers noticed that the Calendar app on the iPod touch displays "Tuesday" and "14," which lines up with Tuesday, July 14 and information shared by iGen.fr's sources.

MacRumors discovered a full lineup of six new iPod colors​

MacRumors subsequently discovered a full lineup of six new colors for the iPod touch, nano and shuffle hidden within iTunes resource files, including silver, space gray, red, bright pink, deep blue and light gold. Beyond new colors, storage capacities and other minor changes, Apple last updated the iPod touch and iPod nano in October 2012 and the iPod shuffle in September 2010.

Update 1 PM Pacific: iPod touch shipping times have slipped to 3-5 business days on the Apple Online Store in the U.S. and Canada.

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[fzfpff]

I'm not against it but does it make sense to mount 64-bit CPU on an iPod?

 

[AngerDanger]

I'm not against it but does it make sense to mount 64-bit CPU on an iPod?

If that iPod is expected to run the same OS as Apple's other 64-bit products, absolutely.

 

[oldmacs]

I'm not against it but does it make sense to mount 64-bit CPU on an iPod?

For the iPod Touch yes!! The 5th gen is quite outdated now.. iPad 2 internals, so still usable but getting on.

SURELY they'll redesign the interface for the Nano???

 

[diddl14]

Best evidence that the rumour is true...

 

[Delorean2006]

gosh I hope they through the A7 in the new iPod Touch, I love using one when I workout but damn, it takes forever to just pick a song with all the lag...

 

[ThePimento]

Here's to hoping for a 128GB model. Since they killed the Classic they need something for those of us who have large libraries. Though they probably won't since you could pay to stream everything from Apple Music. *sigh*

 

[AngerDanger]

Here is a GIF comparing the current and potential colors:

I'm digging the blue, but nothing quite compares to the colors of the iPod nano chromatic.

 

[Rogifan]

Are these the only colors or in addition to existing colors? And it looks like it's keeping the same desig so I guess that means no bigger screen?

 

[dilap]

Very likely, as it is the same date as Apple Pay UKs rumoured (with evidence) release date.

 

[nj-morris]

Again, old news.

Very likely, as it is the same date as Apple Pay UKs rumoured (with evidence) release date.

Don't forget New Horizons

 

[639051]

The innovation here is killer.

Here is a GIF comparing the current and potential colors:

I'm digging the blue, but nothing quite compares to the colors of the iPod nano chromatic.

 

[Ballis]

I wish this would have been a 4" iPhone instead. You would think it would be trivial to add GSM to those.

 

[StoneJack]

I'm not against it but does it make sense to mount 64-bit CPU on an iPod?

Economies of scale.
Better to utilize same architecture across all lines then having myriads of CPUS for myriads of products.

 

[LordQ]

I need that gold Shuffle and that gold iPod Touch wallpaper now!

 

[Flow39]

Finally the iPod Touch will become a good iOS Beta and app development device again!

 

[ipadpro]

why do people still bother ipod when we having iphone - everything iphone can do that ipod do

 

[Rusty33]

The innovation here is killer.

thinking differently!

 

[AndyUnderscoreR]

The current shuffle's spec is pitiful compared to other minimal mp3 players, 4x the storage for 1/4 the price, with an FM radio thrown in is about the market norm.

 

[Henriok]

I'm not against it but does it make sense to mount 64-bit CPU on an iPod?

This has been beten to death before, but here we go again: It's not the 64-bitness that makes this a good move, it's the newly designed ARMv8 architecture that's good, and it also just happens to be 64-bit.

 

[Crzyrio]

why do people still bother ipod when we having iphone - everything iphone can do that ipod do

Because an iPhone > $700 and an iPod < $200

iPods are mostly used by the younger age group

 

[geoff5093]

why do people still bother ipod when we having iphone - everything iphone can do that ipod do

I generally agree, this was why I first bought an iPhone 3G. Why carry around a phone and iPod? However lots of people still use iPods, for instance those who don't want to carry a giant 6+ when exercising, or for kids who's parents don't want to buy them an expensive iPhone.

 

[moderately]

Well, yea. I have been staying with iOS 7 as it only drags a little and staying on Mavericks so Numbers will sync.... Looks like everybody will get a refresh. Lets hope they pushed the processor (I can dream) and did a decent upgrade of ram.

 

[ithinkwithportals]

Did anyone else pay attention to the Clock app? It could be showing when the planned announcement time is. The app face showed about 9:40, so maybe the announcement will be made at or shortly thereafter 9:40 AM PST? You have to zoom in on the image and stare at the iPod's clock app for a few seconds to see it. Does it sound plausible to anyone else that the time as well as the date could be shown in the image?

 

[spaceballl]

This is great! I'm hoping they bring the iPod Touch all the way up to A8. These CPUs don't cost Apple anything to make these days, and we know now that they won't update it again for another 3 years so let's put a good CPU in this thing so it has some lasting power