iPod touch 5th gen battery replacement - worth it?

[garya73]

My 5th gen is having issues. One moment it will show that the battery is around 80% and then the next minute I get the 20% warning and it dies not too long after that.

I usually have it plugged into my car stereo so this doesn't matter, but at some point I would like to use it by itself and obviously it's not going to work with this issue.

My question is - is it worth it to have the battery replaced, or should I just buy a 6th gen? Mine is 64gb and I have 6.5gb free. If I would upgrade I would get a 128gb for future proofing.

 

[44267547]

My 5th gen is having issues. One moment it will show that the battery is around 80% and then the next minute I get the 20% warning and it dies not too long after that.

I usually have it plugged into my car stereo so this doesn't matter, but at some point I would like to use it by itself and obviously it's not going to work with this issue.

My question is - is it worth it to have the battery replaced, or should I just buy a 6th gen? Mine is 64gb and I have 6.5gb free. If I would upgrade I would get a 128gb for future proofing.

With the Additional memory and the cost of the battery replacement, you can find some fairly good sales on the 6th GEN iPod touch. I would just upgrade if it was me.

 

[Reno Raines]

Go with the 6. It is much faster and less laggy. I had a 5 and upgraded to a 6 and saw a much better performance and user experience.

 

[colodane]

The 6G does indeed have superior performance compared with the 5G. I have both. However, it will not solve all of your battery life concerns. For details, search for battery life issues with the 6G on this forum.

 

[sorcery]

Not worth replacing the battery. But wait a couple of weeks to make sure the 7G is not released with the new iPads.

 

[Aston441]

Not worth replacing the battery. But wait a couple of weeks to make sure the 7G is not released with the new iPads.

Didn't happen. Sigh.

 

[sorcery]

No... Disappointed!!!

 

[garya73]

Thanks for the responses.

 

[Plutonius]

My 5th gen is having issues. One moment it will show that the battery is around 80% and then the next minute I get the 20% warning and it dies not too long after that.

I usually have it plugged into my car stereo so this doesn't matter, but at some point I would like to use it by itself and obviously it's not going to work with this issue.

My question is - is it worth it to have the battery replaced, or should I just buy a 6th gen? Mine is 64gb and I have 6.5gb free. If I would upgrade I would get a 128gb for future proofing.

Buy a 6G.