For kids. 'Cause you don't give an 8 year old an iPhone.
My observations as a dad: Grades 3-6 is all iPod touch or iPads. Parents don't generally start giving out phones to their kids until 7th or 8th grade, at the earliest.
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Apple Adjusts iPod Touch Prices and Storage: 32GB For $199, 128GB For $299
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For kids. 'Cause you don't give an 8 year old an iPhone.
My observations as a dad: Grades 3-6 is all iPod touch or iPads. Parents don't generally start giving out phones to their kids until 7th or 8th grade, at the earliest.
The mini doesn't fit in a kid's pocket.
I love my ipod touch~ Such a useful little thingy. I do want an iPhone though, I can technically afford it but it's a huge blow to my wallet and I can't do that for a while.
surely not enough sales to keep the product going tho?
I'd consider getting one for my kids when older. Seems like a great way to get a decentish camera connected to the ecosystem. My kids like the idea of making their own movies.
As a guess: iPods may be used for more media than just music. Audiobooks, podcasts, even some YouTube and Safari-based audio and/or video streaming - I don't think the Nano or Shuffle will do that without some file juggling.
AppleWatch + AirPods are Apple's workout solution. It took the place of the iPod Shuffle.
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Huh? Why would your cell provider subsidize your iPod Touch? iPhone SE is $399 unsubsidized.
LOL at the millenials with no kids chiming in and not being able to figure out what the market is. The market is kids under 12 or 13. It is an easy, cheap way to introduce the kids to iTunes, Apple Music and iOS.
Prepaid Verizon 32GB SE is the same $199 at Best Buy as the Touch now goes for at 32GB. The SE gets a better camera, 4K video, cellular activation when you decide you want it, A9 processor instead of A8.... The only thing the Touch has going for it is vibrant casing colors.
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And so is the iPhone SE, which is the same price at 32GB with much better specs. You don't have to activate cellular use for a kid to use it.
Stop using subsidized iPhone prices to compare to an unsubsidized iPod. The iPhone SE is not $199. It's $399. You just pay the difference in your monthly cell payments.
Ok, but as long as you stop speaking on what you don't know about. I'm not the first person you've tried to correct in this thread when you're actually the one that's misinformed.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/verizon-prepaid-apple-iphone-se-32gb-silver/5899127.p?skuId=5899127
You can get a SE for $199 without activating it? Didn't know that, that's pretty cool!
Think About that for a minute. Because an iPhone SE is subsidized and discounted through carriers. The iPhone SE is new $399. Where iPod touches are still priced lower. Why would an iPod touch be subsidized?
Capacity bump is merely a catch up to capacity bumps in iPhone from last year (7 and SE) and iPad this year.
Lack of processor bump and Touch ID are strong indicators that iPod touch is headed for discontinuation in a year or two.
Doesn't Verizon require activation and paid plan for $200 promo pricing?
Great move by Apple. Can understand the non-iOS iPods finally going, the lack of Apple Music/Spotify integration sealing their fate. Considering iPod Touch for my son now he's about to outgrow his Fire for Kids tablet - not yet old enough for a phone, but old enough to want messaging, music, video and web access and iPod Touch integrates well with Family Sharing. Apple Music, iCloud etc. New Touch prices and storage tiers starting from 32GB (as opposed to 16) is fine.
Still keeping my iPod Nano Product Red 4th gen and 1st gen 512MB Shuffle for nostalgia and occasional use though. The 'classic' iPod line (as opposed to the iPod Classic) were easy to fall in love with.
Still keeping my iPod Nano Product Red 4th gen and 1st gen 512MB Shuffle for nostalgia and occasional use though. The 'classic' iPod line (as opposed to the iPod Classic) were easy to fall in love with.
Why should anyone buy one of these? Just use/buy an older iPhone model and don’t activate the cellular service.
Yeah, I think so too. There's a tiny possibility they could do a processor bump a year from now, but I think it will be quietly killed once the A8 is no longer supported by the latest iOS.
Nope. This is a prepaid phone and not a subsidized contract phone. The Verizon ones are unlocked. This was well documented and discussed when Best Buy had them on sale a week or two ago for $150 or $159.