Hello everyone. I have been thinking of getting the New iPod Touch 5th Generation. I have the 4th Generation model since 2010. Its still good, but now it is getting sluggish. I was thinking about getting the new iPod Touch 5th Generation, but its already 5 months old. Should I get the 5th Generation, or should I wait for the 6th Generation? Please Reply ASAP.
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iPod touch Good time to get the iPod Touch 5th Generation? (March/April 2013).
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I really do have a feeling that end June, Apple might release Touch 5 16gb.
But if you prefer 32GB, anytime is perfect time to get the Touch. Unless we are in September and apple is not releasing Touch 6 but will lower price for Touch 5.
But if you prefer 32GB, anytime is perfect time to get the Touch. Unless we are in September and apple is not releasing Touch 6 but will lower price for Touch 5.
Why would Apple release a 16GB model, with a lower profit margin? Is the iPt5 not selling well in the 32/64GB capacities?
If anything I would see them release a 128GB model, along with a 128GB iPhone.
If anything I would see them release a 128GB model, along with a 128GB iPhone.
I bet you'll say that for the 6th generation when it comes out
Edit: Huh, emoticons don't seem to work on tapatalk.
I bet you'll say that for the 6th generation when it comes out
Edit: Huh, emoticons don't seem to work on tapatalk.
True.
I have the iPod Touch 5G, and I love it. It can run just about any modern iOS app that the latest iPhone can run.
Look. Reality is that the iPod line is NOT one of Apple's priorities, because it's a tiny fraction of their revenues. That means that Apple is IN NO HURRY to competitively update it right away (like they have to do with the iPads and iPhones where they need to compete fiercely against rivals like Samsung who release a new tablet every 6 days, insert sarcasm here).
Secondly, there are hardly any rumors of a "newer" iPod Touch coming up any time soon.
So in summary? Right now is probably an OK time to buy one if you want or need one.
I would never buy an Apple product unless it was released less than 2 month previous. If you want a 6th gen I would wait, especially if your 4th gen still works. (I only bought the 5th gen because my 4th gen broke and I needed 64GB)
I don't expect them to refresh iPod touch this year at all. Last one was a pretty big update and they would not bother with it till 2014. So, I guess you should just go for it.
Apple never really release their sales figure of the Ipod touch like they did with the Ipad series.
Plus there is much complain that price is close to Ipad mini which obviously is a huge hit. Why would you want to spend 299 when 30 more you get a 8 inch ipad.
But you may not want a tablet, you are looking for something portable. The mini is not portable.
I would agree that the size is the most obvious difference. I got one for my wife, who has a full-size iPad, and she listens to audio books with it in her pocket. Can't do that with an iPad mini.
I bet you'll say that for the 6th generation when it comes out
Edit: Huh, emoticons don't seem to work on tapatalk.
Except the 4th Generation is way too slow for iOS 6 and I cannot believe Apple still sells them with iOS 7 coming around the corner. It is 3 year old hardware (that never really was state of the art at it's prime) on a brand new OS. The 5th gen is still not state of the art compared to the new iPads and iPhone 5 but it is actually pretty fast and I would expect it to keep up for a few years of new versions of iOS. However I don't expect apple to keep selling them for 3 years, that I really hope does not happen...
Apple may or may not release an iPod Touch along side the iPhone as it did with the iPhone 5. Apple did skip a year of iPod touch so take anything with a grain of salt. No one knows. But if your making a decision now. iPod Touch 5th Generation is the best.
Get it.
Apple doesn't update the touch every year, it's every 2 years.
Notice the iphone 4s came out, no update to the touch, but the 5 came out the touch was updated and when the 5s is out the touch won't be out until the iphone 6 comes out
2011 was the only year since the iPod Touch's introduction in 2007 where it wasn't updated.
I'd expect to see a 16GB Touch but no refresh otherwise (except perhaps minor improvements in speed, camera, new colors etc). Apple will be looking to introduce products at lower price points for both the iPhone 5 and iPod Touch 5th gen to standardise on form factor and allow IOS to move on from the older generation hardware.
Actually Ipod touch updates every year. In 2011, they added the white version of Gen 4. Though i doubt they could do anything with it this year judging how competitorless it is in the market.
It's on sale at Best Buy this week, as are the iPads (which have a more significant price drop.)
Somebody on tv suggested perhaps new models of each are about to be released since sales are so rare.
Might be something you want to look into?
Or, if you do buy soon, maybe keep a close watch to see if a new model comes out while you still could return it and get the latest/greatest?
Somebody on tv suggested perhaps new models of each are about to be released since sales are so rare.
Might be something you want to look into?
Or, if you do buy soon, maybe keep a close watch to see if a new model comes out while you still could return it and get the latest/greatest?
I'd buy one if it wasn't for the stupid fact that Apple moronically made the device so thin, that they compromised the ambient light sensor which is a very useful function in my opinion (saves battery life).