Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
iPod touch 10 days :D
- Thread starter Plutonius
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
You were correct and the entire presentation was boring and odd, as if Cook and Apple did not even believe in their creation
Really doubting the chance of Apple releasing a new IPT. It's looking more and more like the device will get a marginal update in the near future before the product line is eliminated altogether.
J
J
You were wrong. Tim did say "iPod" near the end. Referencing the iPhone (IIRC): "it's the best iPod we've made" ... the comment startled me, then I realized it & subsequent comments were about how one device does multiple tasks very well.
A response to Tim Cook...
I'm not going to pay for your margins if I can hold onto my Ipod Touch 5.
In June they will announce what devices are supported under IOS 9 (I'm pretty sure the Touch 5 will be supported).
After that, you will not hear any mention of iPods until September. The A5 will not run under IOS 10 so I'm 99% sure the Touch 5 will be discontinued in September.
I'd agree. iOS 10 will be A6 and up.
iOS 9 will have all support for all A5 devices (due to the similarity between the 4S and the Touch 5 and the iPad Mini 1 and the iPad 2) I assume the 3rd Gen iPad 3 would have to have iOS 9 support if the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S (which are older) can support it. Mind you, the 3GS got support with iOS 6 when the iPad 1 did not... Though that is another story all together - different processor generation and all.
I remember when Builder's Square was going through their bankruptcy. They stopped carrying things at points, and it was because of agreements with the companies over their cash flow, and payment possibilities. When they reach a certain point, the vendors say 'Nope. You can't sell our stuff anymore because we don't think you can, or will, pay us back.' It happens. With the awful state of Sears and K-mart, I'd be thinking they are getting really close to disappearing, which is sad.
I believe IOS 10 will be A7 and up (64 bit). All A5 and A6 devices running IOS should be discontinued this fall.
It wouldn't make much sense to drop both A5 and A6 in one go - it's just too many devices! It wI'll be interesting to see if the 5C gets 3 versions if iOS like the 3GS and 4 got.
Definitely... Its the base iPhone and it will get discontinued at the end of the year like every year
Unless they do some weird Keeping the iPad 2 alongside the iPad Air thing
I meant more that there are a huge amount of A5 and A6 devices in use - around 70 percent of iPads are A6 and people don't upgrade their iPads fast...
In terms of the iPhone, there are a heap still on the iPhone 5 and 5C, not to mention the 4S. (That being said people upgrade their iPhones more often.
Yeah... what they did in the past... never seemed to be a hard and fast rule. Seems coincidental that a pattern happened to be there, like each device supporting at least 3 x.0 ios-es. Well, you say they're dropping a lot of devices, but since Apple's been rolling along from their start, they also have too many device in play, so by dropping all of those, it evens out again. Besides, they've always said they were against fragmentation
Yeah... what they did in the past... never seemed to be a hard and fast rule. Seems coincidental that a pattern happened to be there, like each device supporting at least 3 x.0 ios-es. Well, you say they're dropping a lot of devices, but since Apple's been rolling along from their start, they also have too many device in play, so by dropping all of those, it evens out again. Besides, they've always said they were against fragmentation
Dropping around 70 percent of their iPad customers would be a poor move (though that number will be lower by then).
Fragmentation is when you've got your user base across multiple different versions of software - the reason Apple doesn't have massive fragmentation is because they continue support for devices that hold large market shares. Dropping A6 devices in iOS 10 (Assuming there are still a lot of people on A6 deices) would just make fragmentation worse.
iPad sales are way down since people have little reason to upgrade. 70% of iPad customers not able to upgrade to IOS 10 will make people very unhappy but will greatly stimulate sales. Besides, IOS 10 will be most likely released in September 2016 (i.e. not immediately).
People aren't going to shell out heaps of money to upgrade to another iPad if they are unhappy...