Apple Reaches Milestone of 100 Million iPod Touch Units Sold

[Solomani]

Owned 1st, 2nd 4th, and the current model.

I've prob saved 5k in money by not having to sign up for a phone contract

Average "low-end" smartphone contract is around $70-80. Add in another $15 in taxes and fees and other miscellaneous BS charges, you really pay around $90 monthly for the "basic" text/data/voice plan for an iPhone (non family plan). So in 5 years, that comes up to around $5400.

I love my iPod touch! Still have an old flip phone where I grandfathered a voice/text plan for $29 monthly. That handles all my telephone needs. The iPod touch does everything else (including all the App Store apps).

 

[69650]

Still wish they would offer an iPod Touch with just data like they do the iPad. Even with iPhone plan/rates dropping it still is too expensive for some needs.

Would be great to be able to get an iPod Touch with a $15 month to month 250mb data plan.

Why don't you hook it up to your wifi at home or get a mobile broadband MiFi device for outside. You can get sim only pay-as-you-go versions which come with a lot more data than 250mb. Or at least they do in the UK, don't know about where you live.

 

[otismotive77]

I forgot to add the other zero. I thought I had out too. Don't kill me for it.

it's too late, we will have to hang you now.

 

[3282868]

You mean lighting parts of the battery on FIRE to incinerate them? <cough, cough>.

Using chemicals <yuck> to break down other chemicals. I hate funky chemicals.

Taking metal parts and SMELTING them in a big, burning, soot producing smelter. Ever been to a forge? Nasty, nasty places.

Tossing the non recyclable parts in the dumpster.

I don't think the process is as rosy as you think it is.

I know, sadly. That was meant to be a bit sarcastic

 

[Eidorian]

It still does not have GPS.

 

[seecoolguy]

I bought the first gen Touch years ago when it first came out, quickly fell in love and upgraded to the 3G when that came out.

I was an anti I used to use CreativeLabs MP3 Jukebox players just so I could manage my own music, then at a show conference for work, I signed up for a raffle to win an iPod Touch Gen1 when they first came out. it was a 16gb version. I found it to be the best piece of tech I had used at the time that I gave up using my blackberry at the time for the ability to use the iPod Touch for email and other work app that later came into being.

This SINGLE product converted me to later purchase
Macbook Pro 15"
2nd Gen iPodTouch
iPhone 3GS
iPhone 4
iPhone 4S
iPad 1
iPad 2
iPad 3
iPad Mini
AppleTV2
AppleTV3
27" iMac 2012...


(now a user of iTunes Match too! )

wow all that just from one free little piece of tech that I initially planned to give away or sell through eBay. They certainly changed my mind!

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perfect timing for ios 7 this new ipod touches.

I still remember when ipod touch user has to pay $10 for iphoneOS upgrades,
still the best mp3 / entertainment / games device.

It seems that the cpu on the touch and the iPhone used to be on par before, but in the last couple of generations they've kinda step-child'ed the iPods. iPod 5th gen with an A6 processor would be awesome (last year!)

 

[azentropy]

i ended up buying a karma 4G hotspot. device is $79 and $14 for every GB
pay as you go

Why don't you hook it up to your wifi at home or get a mobile broadband MiFi device for outside. You can get sim only pay-as-you-go versions which come with a lot more data than 250mb. Or at least they do in the UK, don't know about where you live.

Doesn't solve many use cases by having to carry around a separate device when out of wifi range.

It would be nice to have a small device that would be a full iPod Touch, but also have data capability in order to text/check email/browse the web etc. when wifi isn't available. A good example is my niece and nephew. Neither needs a full iPhone or iPhone plan or the cost involved.

 

[iDutchman]

Huh? Getting personal, are we?

Do you mind?

 

[TheRainKing]

That's iPod Touch, not iPod. Most of them were sold when various iPhones were sold as well, and all the hundreds of millions of iPhone users are people who have money, like Apple products (therefore potential iPod Touch customers) who are _not_ going to buy an iPod Touch.

Yeah, that's what I figured.

If there was no iPhone, I'm sure iPod touch sales would be a lot higher.

 

[Yvan256]

Why is Apple still counting? This is really insecure isn't it?

40 gillion, 80 million, zillion billion, killion tillion.

What is this? Does it mean anything to anyone?

"100 million sold!"

Okay. I'll have one.

Jerry Seinfeld McDonalds

 

[ndpitch]

Jerry Seinfeld McDonalds

YES!!!

Glad someone caught the reference.

 

[Sedrick]

i just found my old 1st gen behind my bed and it still works but that screen is a shocker now that ive been soo used to retina on my 4, 4s and 5. doesnt even have a speaker jeeze

Is it so much worse than the second gen? Because the difference between that, my 3GS and my 4S is hardly earth shattering. The 2nd gen still looks very nice to me and I use it in the car every day.

 

[olowott]

iPod touch , a very slim iPhone without the ability to call.

Those days - was a full hater - a device that cant communicate with one another - come on


Nowadays - a full time evangelist
waiting on iPad 5th Gen and the iPhone 5s

 

[hexonxonx]

I kind of wanted one back in the day but already owned several iPhones. Instead, I always preferred though to use my 160GB Classic. All my music and podcasts everywhere with about 10GB left over.

 

[HenryDJP]

OK, yeah - I agree that smartphone sales have definitely eaten into what would otherwise been iPod Touch sales.

OTOH, I think that a lot of people with smart phones would probably be just as happy with an iPod Touch, especially since the introduction of iMessage. I'd bet that more people send text messages with their iPhones than make actual phone calls. You don't need an iPhone to do that anymore. Also, since most people probably have wi-fi access where they typically use their phones, a mobile data plan isn't a strict requirement either.

I 1000% agree with you. I have an iPhone 4S and I text with it way more than I use it for calls. Also since I use it for business I actually call through Skype which doesn't require a data plan, just wifi. Before my iPhone I've always used my iPod Touch for Skype calls. If only free wifi would become the standard and be setup in many more areas we wouldn't need cell phones much anymore. I can dream can I?

 

[69650]

Doesn't solve many use cases by having to carry around a separate device when out of wifi range.

It would be nice to have a small device that would be a full iPod Touch, but also have data capability in order to text/check email/browse the web etc. when wifi isn't available. A good example is my niece and nephew. Neither needs a full iPhone or iPhone plan or the cost involved.

I can see the benefits of adding a sim card option to the iPod touch. 100m iPod touch sales is great but iPod sales in general have been falling like a stone over the past few years as more people switch to cheap mobiles instead.

In the UK we have a long tradition of no contract pre-paid (or pay-as-you-go) mobile phone options which are great for kids because their is no long contract and you can control the monthly cost. I realise you don't have the same tradition in the US so I can see the benefits of adding a sim card to the iPod touch.

Who knows maybe with the next version. I only wonder how many people would be willing to pay for a data only plan when they can get a cheap mobile for the same monthly cost. At least in the UK and Europe anyway.

 

[SactoGuy18]

I think it's very likely that Apple will finally roll out the 128 GB storage capacity iPod touch this fall, based on current fifth generation model. This is the model that will finally allow Apple to phase out the iPod classic.

 

[vartanarsen]

4th gen available for $129

If you guys still want a 4th gen, Apple Refurb page is selling for only $129!!! Its a steal for that price, if you ask me, but i already have one.... Oh!! and its got a camera!)

http://store.apple.com/us/product/FC540LL/A/refurbished-ipod-touch-8gb-black

 

[urban.spaceman]

In the UK we have a long tradition of no contract pre-paid (or pay-as-you-go) mobile phone options which are great for kids because their is no long contract and you can control the monthly cost. I realise you don't have the same tradition in the US so I can see the benefits of adding a sim card to the iPod touch.

Most adults I know are on PAYG - it's not just for kids. My sister spends £900+ on her iPhone whereas I get almost the exact same experience with an iPod Touch and my old phone for roughly a tenner every six weeks (or longer). I've probably saved myself £4K in the last few years, especially since I've spent most of that backpacking around the world.

 

[Solomani]

It still does not have GPS.

Yes, this was probably my only gripe when I got my iPod Touch 5th gen.... it still lacks the true GPS of even the older-model iPhones.

I'm hoping that the next-generation iTouch will finally include a true internal GPS.

 

[Eidorian]

Yes, this was probably my only gripe when I got my iPod Touch 5th gen.... it still lacks the true GPS of even the older-model iPhones.

I'm hoping that the next-generation iTouch will finally include a true internal GPS.

It is tough when I wanted a PMP with GPS. I manage with my Samsung phone and my Nexus 7 comes with GPS for just $199.

Samsung's Galaxy Players leave much to be desired.

 

[inscrewtable]

Yeah, i HATE funky "chemicals" they are so funky and unnatural, I prefer all other sort of matter not made up by "chemicals" yuck just thinking about "chemicals" makes me puke.
I live my life free of all kinds of "chemicals" and only eat organic produce free of the deadly DHMO.

Nothing like a tasty cup of organic Death Cap mushroom broth. Incidentally organic vegetable contain more carcinogens than non 'organic' veges. This is according to Prof Richard Muller on one of his 'physics for future presidents' lectures. Kinda obvious when you think about it because they are selectively bred to not need pesticides and the reason they don't need pesticides is that they make there own far more dangerous for human consumption ones that the new breed of commercially available pesticides. Go figger.

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Still wish they would offer an iPod Touch with just data like they do the iPad. Even with iPhone plan/rates dropping it still is too expensive for some needs.

Would be great to be able to get an iPod Touch with a $15 month to month 250mb data plan.

Can't you just purchase a pocket wifi? In Australia you can get 2GB for $19/month