They probably would have liked to, but they probably aren't making A9's any more
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Apple Launches New iPod Touch With A10 Fusion Chip and Up to 256GB Storage, Priced From $199
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You do realise the iPod predates the iPhone right? And most definitely - in some non-iPod touch iterations - was bleeding edge technology wise.
It completely horrible product placement but it is displayed.
Go to www.apple.com
Scroll all the way to the bottom. ( past all the big ads for even older products ). In the relatively "tiny" print on the left bottom side there is a " Shop and Learn" section. iPad Touch" is there. It is laughably small, but it technically is there.
I should clarify, its not listed on the front page like every other new product. Its tucked away in the music section.[/QUOTE]
It is significantly better if go to the "Music" tab at the top of the main landing page. There in the line up of "Music Products and Services " is the iPod Touch. There is a decent sized icon for the product and right now it does have a "New" tag under it.
https://www.apple.com/music/
The iPod Touch being stuck under "Music" has been where Apple has buried it for last 3-4 years. If folks looked for it before it would be there.
This isn't on "front page" because it is almost embarrassingly bad "new". Physically from the outside it doesn't look any different. 90+% of the features are not new. It isn't a big seller. ( if there was country were iPod Touch sales were highest perhaps they'd get a different main page. ).
Honestly, if the upgrade was this limited Apple could have done this a year ago. Or back in March with the Airpods. It looks like they detached it so could tag something else in "Music" new after the Airpods phased out of that "brand new" status. It is more so to goose the music tab "new" products status.... so that is the only place they put it.
Yep - my 7 year old daughter will be all over this. In pink of course.
To all all the people complaining over the size of the bezels and lack of FaceID etc. If it ain't broke don't fix it... - I mean look what happened when Apple tried to re-invent the keyboard on the MacBook Pro..!
There used to be a time when I used to own an iPod touch with a non-iPhone phone. The second or third one. iPod touch was primarily my gaming device and had got really, really good use out of it. Lasted me years, I didn't have to worry about eating up my phone battery as I played games. And performance wise, at that point, it didn't lag that far behind the phones. iPod touch has its uses.
Does this have the same screen:body ratio as se? If yes, this isn't a bad product at all.
Does this have the same screen:body ratio as se? If yes, this isn't a bad product at all.
Hey I get it. You love your notch. More power to you. But you have to admit, it is no longer unique. It is just one among a number of phones that have notches. The others copying the design doesn't change the fact that there are a lot of notched phones on the market. The others moving on to punch holes and movable cameras doesn't change the fact that there are still a lot of notched phones on the market. Unique isn't a good description of any of them.
iPod’s A10 single core GeekBench performance is identical to 2019 Samsung S10.
Both get about 3400 points.
Not bad for 2,5 year old hardware for $200.
In CPU performance, Apple has been, and is, killing everyone. Amazing silicon.
(And no, I don’t know why anyone would buy an iPod in 2019, apart from some relatively niche use cases mentioned here, like for kids, POS terminals, iOS development.
But I also don’t understand why people complain about this. This iPod doesn’t affect your life in any way whatsoever as far as I can tell.)
Good-condition iPhone 7's can be found on Swappa for the same $199 price as this new Touch. Same CPU, more features, and it's an actual phone too.
With the comments here (as usual) you'd get the impression that a 6 year old is going to have a screaming fit about bezels and throw it right back at their parents.
My 7 and 9 year old both have regular 9.7" iPads, but they'd love one of these for car trips. Does anyone know exactly which iPhone the cameras are analogous to? For $199, it'd make a good second view camera with a Zoom Lightning mic.
I sort of thought they were going to do that when I first heard rumors of a new iPod Touch. A budget cellular device capable of text, data, FaceTime and other social media only. That’s really all most people on a budget need. Optional cellular allows them only to activate the service month to month as needed without maintaining an expensive plan.
That is a better deal.
I think part of the reason they updated it was to push Apple Arcade to little kids.
Ah macrumors whiners at their best.
Constantly complaining about every single product released because its the cool thing to do on here and nobody is ever happy
What would justify a complete re-engineering of a dead product *category*?
I believe there's actually a market for the iPod Classic if Apple started to appreciate music lovers again.
You obviously don't have kids.
People who buy a $200 iPod Touch aren't in the market for an iPhone, and couldn't care less about yearly upgrades they can't justify or afford. Unless you are going to start sending out checks.
They are looking for an inexpensive device with three or four years of support. No comparable used iPhone or Android device can match that.
Just a couple of years ago I recommended a used SE over a Touch - it had a newer chip, better camera, GPS, longer support. But today the situation is reversed and even a used iPhone will cost more that has an A11 or A12.
I don’t know how to call this thing.... vintage device or abomination? Either way looks Apple is running out of ideas or innovation, time for a management shake up?
In it's current state it's a dead end product. If they updated it for current use cases, it can serve a purpose as a media device sans mobile and price escalation.
That's too much common sense for this thread. All people want to do here is whine like child about how this product is too limited or too expense.
