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Apple Launches A8-Based iPod Touch With 8MP Camera, Adds New Nano and Shuffle Colors
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noted and i get what you're saying; spec wise maybe it's considerably better than your iphone, but the ipods have one missing difference
- the ability to take phone calls... so don't you think cost wise, it's better to get a newer phone (assuming you don't have the latest/greatest yet).
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Not everyone has time to read through 7.5 Pages of people mostly complaining about features it didn't get, OK?
Enough bigger to make people like me hate using the 6 and love the 5S. People have different opinions.
Totally. Retail on a 5c vs this new touch? Insane. But we pay so they charge.
Been that way since WWDC.
But the physical size difference isn't that great.
I'm sure a lot of people would like the pink one.
I would like to have iPhone in such form factor!
the iPod section is under the music section at the almost bottom part of the music page
personally I do enjoy larger screens I would say a majority of people I know are with you on this. You may have a point, there are striking similarities between this and a potential iPhone 6c. Fingers crossed.
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In your opinion. Look, I've used the six extensively and switched back to the 5s.
The 4" iPhones were the limit that my hand could use single handedly. That is important to me. Why defend a corporation removing options that a lot of people prefer?
If Apple would charge the same upgrade prices for the iPhone as they're doing for the iPod touch, that'd be great.
Wait, no TouchID? Seriously? C'mon.
Wait, no TouchID? Seriously? C'mon.
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Just ordered my new (PRODUCT)RED 64 GB iPod touch.
Having it shipped to a friend's house that lives near the trip I'm taking. Hopefully it's here before the trip is too far underway!
Having it shipped to a friend's house that lives near the trip I'm taking.
Hopefully it's here before the trip is too far underway!
I agree with you. Not on my own preferences, but you don't go 5 years saying "this is the perfect size"
then suddenly "that size is crap and we're not making it anymore"
they should have kept a 4" and a 4.7" on 6 launch and then added a 5.5" for the 6s, while keeping a 4". it just made Apple look like they were chasing instead of sticking true to some of their own ideals.
there's no "perfect one size fits all" for phones. having choices is great. but Apple keeps putting their foot in their mouths with these bold claims about "perfect" sizes for things, only to a few years later, release something of new size which they attacked before
I know the antenna breaks were mentioned somewhere in this thread, but if you look closely at the silhouettes they use for the iPod Touch and iPhone, it seems as though the iPod Touch was supposed to come out with TouchID lol...
How do you justify selling a 4" 16 GB iPhone 5s (with an A7 to boot) for $550 vs selling a 4" 16 GB iPod touch 6th-gen 4G (with an A8) for $330?
You cannot justify it and thus you don't offer it. Most people need/want a phone (ie, want to be able to make and receive calls & texts) when they are away from home or the office (ie, away from WiFi); most people probably want other communication methods like internet-based messaging services as well. And they want that phone to either fit into a pants pocket or to be able to hold it with one hand when making a call. And most people having owned an iPhone want an iOS device as their next phone. That is what you call a captive audience. That is why they can add an extra $200 of margin to hand-holdable cellular devices.
I thought the same thing, A7 chip...I was wrong, so maybe I'm wrong about this fall's iPhone lineup...Perhaps there will be an iPhone 6c after all...6c/6/6+/6s/6s+ (hopefully new naming structure, the numbers do not make sense, only the 4 was the 4th iPhone & iOS 4), drop all the 5's, take the 5s screen, cam, TouchID, the 5c form factor, put A8, M8, NFC in there, maybe that will be the entry level iPhone with Apple Pay? I can't see Apple keeping iPhones without Apple Pay, one way or another all iPhones will have Apple Pay capability by end of year IMO. (All merchants need to offer NFC & chip payment options by end of year in the US by law.)
Forgive me if I'm being thick but I don't see the difference? What's different about the home buttons below? If you meant the lock buttons (which do match the casing), they matched the colours in the last gen also.
I agree iPod sales will continue to decline with or without this update. But as much as I would love to see extended FaceTime Audio, I think they will most likely continue the "c" line of iPhones as a cheaper alternative.
Finally made the space grey darker! I imagine they will be doing this for the iPhone 6s.