Apple Adjusts iPod Touch Prices and Storage: 32GB For $199, 128GB For $299

[BGarza]

iPod Touch devices are the jam! I manage 200+ of these via an MDM, and order approx 20/month for our university staff (facilities engineers, maintenance crews, custodial, etc...). They are the perfect work order device that also keeps under-represented staff connected with email, calendars, training videos, etc... With a strong wi-if signal in the workplace, they are effectively iPhones without the cost of a monthly bill. I will be shattered the day Apple drops these.

 

[Aston441]

how are the sales on these? can't see how people still buy them? i may be in the minority.

It's all I've used at home for years because it's so light and small. It does everything my phone can do.

 

[Paddle1]

You sure about that? My daughter's iPod Touch will not update to iOS 10. I can't remember which generation it is though.

Can't be sure about 2 years since Apple hasn't announced anything past iOS 11 but they don't sell any products that can't run their latest corresponding OS. The iPod touch 5 looks nearly identical but only updates to iOS 9.

 

[Count Blah]

So still only 1 Gig of RAM?

 

[prymitywista]

Music app in iOs 8.4 was beautiful. My god, I forget that music app can looks good...

 

[rlmcguire]

how are the sales on these? can't see how people still buy them? i may be in the minority.

Staples just bought about 10,000 to use in their stores as mobile registers

 

[lsutigerfan1976]

Didn’t even realize they still sold iPod Touch.

 

[teamgibbs]

Just kill the iPod already. It's had its fair run. Now it's time to say goodbye..

Well someone is buying them. Apple must still be making money on them as they ride that residual tail right down to the tip. The market is probably kids (like a starter device) or other markets.

 

[neverendingscot]

I don't understand why they would cancel the nano and shuffle but keep the touch? I see more use out of super small music player than an ipod touch when everyone owns a smartphone that can do everything a touch can and has always has internet connectivity. I guess maybe for kids? Or maybe just lowering the price to sell remaining stock off before discontinuing.

A lot of people don't own smartphones.

 

[jbachandouris]

Can't be sure about 2 years since Apple hasn't announced anything past iOS 11 but they don't sell any products that can't run their latest corresponding OS. The iPod touch 5 looks nearly identical but only updates to iOS 9.

Pretty sure she has the Touch 5, so only iOS 9.

 

[willmtaylor]

Just kill the iPod already. It's had its fair run. Now it's time to say goodbye..

Why do you care? If t negatively affects others, why would you wish this?

 

[legacyb4]

Two words: "Apple Music"

I don't understand why they would cancel the nano and shuffle but keep the touch? I see more use out of super small music player than an ipod touch when everyone owns a smartphone that can do everything a touch can and has always has internet connectivity. I guess maybe for kids? Or maybe just lowering the price to sell remaining stock off before discontinuing.

 

[Paddle1]

Nothing I said was, by definition, hearsay. Witnessed with my own eyes. You can obtain an iPhone SE and have it do the exact same functions and with the same amount of storage for the same price as an iPod Touch. That continues to be my ONLY point. Whether it's locked or unlocked to a cell network makes no difference whatsoever to the point I was making.

This also only applies to one country. In Canada the iPod touch is underpriced after exchange rate while the SE is overpriced. Only way to get it "cheap" is from a carrier who have extremely expensive monthly bills, or somewhere like eBay.

It's a good deal but this is a relatively niche offer even in the US.

 

[neverendingscot]

Not everyone wants to pay lots of money on a plan every month. I have a prepaid phone that cost me $100 for 1000 minutes (last a long time) and I use wifi to connect my Touch.

Why not just get a smart phone on a prepaid plan? That's what I used to do. Just paid for minutes and texts, no data.

 

[Aston441]

No one is bringing up the point that it runs full iOS 11 while being the lightest thinnest and most comfortable iDevice.

It's the smallest iPad. Nothing else comes close, even the SE is a pig in comparison.

I really hope they keep updating it, especially adding Touch ID and bumping to at least 512 GB

 

[JosephAW]

I'm surprised they never came out with an iPad Touch iCloud model. Where there is no storage and everything is streamed, including the apps.
Eventually this will happen with the phone when storage and speed are unlimited.

 

[joeblow7777]

Just kill the iPod already. It's had its fair run. Now it's time to say goodbye..

Why, if people are still want them?

I'm a high school teacher, and I still see many teens using iPods because their parents can't or won't get them smartphones. It also provide an easy entry point to iOS for people who use Android phones. I even know people who save money by using a combination of a "dumbphone" and in iPod Touch.

I still see the value of the iPod Touch. It's a device that you can get for just a few hundred dollars, and no monthly service fees, but it does almost everything an iPhone does.

 

[bbplayer5]

I would love an iPod with absolutely zero bezel. That would be pretty cool.

 

[smaffei]

I don't understand why they would cancel the nano and shuffle but keep the touch? I see more use out of super small music player than an ipod touch when everyone owns a smartphone that can do everything a touch can and has always has internet connectivity. I guess maybe for kids? Or maybe just lowering the price to sell remaining stock off before discontinuing.

Profit margin of Nano and Shuffle is smaller. It's all about BIG profit margins at Apple these days.

 

[bbplayer5]

I'm surprised they never came out with an iPad Touch iCloud model. Where there is no storage and everything is streamed, including the apps.
Eventually this will happen with the phone when storage and speed are unlimited.

And when you don't have wifi? What if I wanted to go for a run or something? Or simply play it in my car?

 

[smaffei]

Ya but that's a pretty small market. And if developers already have the latest model they probably aren't buying anymore.

As a developer, I can attest that iPod Touches are the cheapest way to test on older OSes (generally, your app should work on at least 2 OSes behind the current if you want to capture 95%+ of the market).

 

[izyreal]

If only Apple had the courage to make the tough changes, they could have removed the headphone port and saved these devices!

 

[CarlJ]

Just kill the iPod already. It's had its fair run. Now it's time to say goodbye..

Translation: "I do not need it so therefore nobody needs it!"

Personal use cases differ, and that doesn't make other people's use cases invalid. Some people with kids really like these. My nieces just got iPads, which at this point are "only for use on long trips", but I expect they'll grow into them over the next five years - and they'll never need a data plan. I expect lots of parents have done similar with the iPod touch.

(One of my favorite moments of the last month was asking my youngest niece if she got to use her iPad on their week-long vacation, and she got a big grin and her eyes went wide and in a reverent tone she stage-whispered, "I watched GROVER!". She also greets me at the front door beseeching me to let her listen to "modern major genewal".)

 

[Gasu E.]

I don't understand why they would cancel the nano and shuffle but keep the touch? I see more use out of super small music player than an ipod touch when everyone owns a smartphone that can do everything a touch can and has always has internet connectivity. I guess maybe for kids? Or maybe just lowering the price to sell remaining stock off before discontinuing.

I agree. Not everyone wants to carry their phone around when they jog. Nano was perfect.

 

[kuwxman]

We use an iPod Touch for our office music player. It sits on a dock and is connected to a sound system; great set up! It seriously needs upgraded though; apps crash on it all the time and it can't even be upgraded to iOS 10. However, it makes zero sense to upgrade to something that was last updated itself two years ago. Come out with an updated one and we'd be all over it.