Apple Launches New iPod Touch With A10 Fusion Chip and Up to 256GB Storage, Priced From $199

[MacRumors]

Apple today announced a new iPod touch with headline features being a faster A10 Fusion chip and a new 256GB storage option.

The seventh-generation iPod touch has the same design as the sixth-generation model, including a 4-inch Retina display, a home button without Touch ID, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a Lightning connector, and a single speaker and microphone. The device remains 6.1mm thick and continues to weigh 3.1 ounces.

The new iPod touch also has the same battery life of up to 40 hours for music playback and up to eight hours for video playback, and the same 8-megapixel rear camera and 1.2-megapixel front camera, as the previous iPod touch.

With the A10 Fusion chip, Apple says the new iPod touch has up to two times faster performance and up to three times faster graphics compared to the previous-generation iPod touch. The A10 Fusion chip also enables support for Group FaceTime and ARKit on the iPod touch for the first time ever.

The A10 Fusion chip is also found in the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus and the sixth-generation iPad.

Greg Joswiak, Apple's Vice President of Product Marketing:

We're making the most affordable iOS device even better with performance that is twice as fast as before, Group FaceTime and augmented reality starting at just $199. The ultra-thin and lightweight design of iPod touch has always made it ideal for enjoying games, music and so much more wherever you go.

The new iPod touch is available to order on Apple.com and in the Apple Store app starting today with in-store availability at Apple Stores and authorized resellers starting later this week. U.S. pricing is set at $199 for 32GB of storage, $299 for 128GB, and $399 for the new 256GB option. The previous iPod touch also started at $199.

Today's launch countries include the U.S., Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the UAE, and the United Kingdom.

The same six colors are available, including space gray, silver, gold, blue, pink, and (PRODUCT)RED in support of the Global Fund.

The previous iPod touch was released in July 2015 with an A8 chip and up to 128GB of storage. With the new iPod touch with an A10 Fusion chip now available, it is possible that the sixth-generation model might not support iOS 13, which Apple is expected to introduce at WWDC 2019 on Monday.

Despite the update, the iPod touch remains a niche product, with Apple positioning it primarily as a device for Apple Music and the upcoming Apple Arcade.

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[AyeKay15]

No Touch ID or Face ID? Was hoping for one of those

 

[ryanwarsaw]

Good news for people with kids.

 

[bwreynolds72]

The new iPad mini mini

 

[Bustycat]

The new iPhone SE without the Phone feature

 

[Suture]

Good news for people with kids.

I was just thinking to myself "where's the market for this" until I saw your comment.

 

[Andres Cantu]

Safe to say this is probably the last iPod touch update we’ll ever see

 

[AMTYVLE]

Those bezels. Omg.

 

[TallManNY]

Apple finally picking a few of the low hanging fruit. Upgrade like this probably took the relevant engineering teams a month of part time work. But boom, the product is now much more compelling and will earn Apple millions, if not a billion a dollars over the next year or two. A nice little device for the kids when you don't want to lend them your phone. Or an alternative device for an iPhone user.

 

[dominiongamma]

No Touch ID or Face ID? Was hoping for one of those

Would raise the cost

 

[markfc]

I know it's cheap but can you say bezels??

And wait...is that a headphone jack?

If the Product Red version had a black screen like the iPhone then I'd have bought one just for running and the gym.

 

[shadowmatt]

Ah Apple at its best.

Reusing an old design, so out of date it hurts, and pretending its new.

 

[Adam Warlock]

Love the obscene pricing! Keep it up, Apple! LOL

 

[RightMACatU]

iPod Touch - A flashback from my youth

 

[macfacts]

32gb base storage lol

 

[Marco Klobas]

Apple has a new tradition lately: update products on the eve of events.

 

[CreatorCode]

Complete with headphone jack

https://www.apple.com/ipod-touch/specs/

 

[neuropsychguy]

This is good to have as an option but considering you can buy new SEs for about $100 or a new iPhone 7 for about $200, there are better options.

 

[Malcster]

Ouch - Bluetooth 4.1, they really haven't updated the board at all, just a CPU jump.

 

[Adam Warlock]

Complete with headphone jack

It would cost Apple too much to remove it. Gotta keep those profit margins obscenely high, after all!

 

[sososowhat]

Smaller bezels and Larger screen would have been nice. 4.7" with same weight & dimensions, bluetooth 5, etc. & I'd be in. I'm loving the SE I replaced my iPhone X with (though there are some things I miss). Dropping to 88g would be even better.

 

[martyjmclean]

I checked my Apple Store - $299 for an iPod touch 7, $309 for a refurbished iPod touch 6... what a mess.

 

[firewire9000]

Take an iPod Touch 6th generation, open it, put an A10 and call it a day. lol Apple

 

[jezbd1997]

Safe to say this is probably the last iPod touch update we’ll ever see

What makes you say that?...
People thought it’d be killed off already

 

[Appurushido]

Probably cost Apple well under $100 to keep making these and selling it for the price they are asking. Especially at the higher tier storage levels.