I think I may be finding myself reading the tech news sites and Apples website a lot on Tuesday then! I see John Lewis here in the UK has very nearly run out of all iPod Touch models on it's website, if they give the Touch a good update it could be good value.
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Apple Rumored to Announce New iPod Touch, Nano and Shuffle Around July 14
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Only trouble is, they can't rebrand it as an iPad nano because it would be unable to run iPad-only apps.
Now it's 7-10 business days shipping, with the exception of the (PRODUCT)RED one, which is 2-3 weeks...
The iPhone's and iPods always say 9:41 am as that is the time in the keynote that the original iPhone was revealed. There is no keynote on Tuesday to announce these anyway, they are just getting released.
Plus it's much easier to read the time on the top status bar on the iPod, not the clock app.
Huh! 3K over the length of the contract? The extra money you pay on your contract (compared to bringing your own phone) only amount to 15-20%% around here more and not even close to 1K, let alone 3K; even if your talk about the most expensive option, its still only 1/2 3K to get that phone. The service fee you'd pay anyway doesn't count in the cost of your phone. Unless your paying for much much more service than you need to get the phone; in this case I can't really understand doing that. You'd be better financing the phone yourself if that happens.
Eh, to each their own. It seems pretty redundant. 128GB + battery case would pretty much solve that.
I think I am in the minority here, but I am thrilled about this. Long overdue. I have iPhone 6, and I absolutely HATE using it for music. I travel quite a bit, and when I forgot my iPod one time, I used my phone - and found that by the time I knew it, my phone died from using it for hours on the plane, and I had no way to charge it soon after I landed, thus I had no phone. I was always one to keep my music separate from my phone. I have both a touch, and a nano - but just want something newer. I'll be getting a new touch for sure.
I surely can't be the only one that hates using my phone for a music player.
I surely can't be the only one that hates using my phone for a music player.
No, I hate it, too. I ran into the same problem you did back when I was on the 5s. And I hate having to try and answer a text or get a call when the phone is set up to play music on my Bluetooth speakers. I miss using my old phone as an iPod since I gave it to my kid. I am going to get an iPod of some kind for my music.
No one should get their hopes up too high. We all know how that's gone in the recent past with new Apple products/updates.
Prepare for yet another Apple (under Tim Cook) product disappointment. The iPod will not be the best portable music player by a long shot. Astell&Kern, HiFiMan, and even Sony (as well as others) all make a better player.
Apple, under Tim Cook, is no longer about making the best products, it's about counting beans.
Prepare for yet another Apple (under Tim Cook) product disappointment. The iPod will not be the best portable music player by a long shot. Astell&Kern, HiFiMan, and even Sony (as well as others) all make a better player.
Apple, under Tim Cook, is no longer about making the best products, it's about counting beans.
I like to dream too, but I suspect they'll go with an A7 given that there isn't even an iPad Mini with an A8 right now.
I think Apple should offer the iPod nano with 32 GB and a slightly updated UI that allows for variable speed scanning like you do on the iPod touch of iPhone running iOS 8.x versions. As for the iPod touch, they need to offer a 128 GB version to make it a true replacement for the iPod classic.
I'm thinking about trading in my iPad Air for either a iPad mini 4 that has a better display/2GB of RAM or a iPod touch if I can get it with a 5.5" display, A8 and 2GB of RAM. I plan to upgrade to a 6s in 3-4 months, but would like to have a smaller "iPad", either a mini or touch, as my "home device" so I won't have to charge my 6s that often. The iPhone 6 Plus has great battery life and I would love to have a iPod touch that was similar in specs to that, plus the extra RAM and GPS (I don't think the fifth-gen iPod touch has GPS).
Because an iPhone is more expensive, which is basically and iPod touch with a phone and larger screen, plus the iPhone battery would have less run time, and more services running in the background which are not needed on an iPod. I use an iPod for music as its a completely separate device, and has it's own battery, plus I don't use any Apps on my iPod. Its better to have to separate devices instead of relying on one.
No none seems to remember the iPod was released without a rear camera and cheaper price tag. Now that no longer exists - https://www.macrumors.com/2013/05/3...16-gb-ipod-touch-with-no-rear-camera-for-229/
Duh!
Not everyone who buys an iPod Touch has an iPhone - or even wants an iPhone.
With Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, practically everything that can be done on an iPad can be done on an iPod Touch. Refer to Apple's iPod site to see for yourself what it can utilize (such as email, iTunes, photos, camera, Safari, maps, weather, Numbers, Pages, FaceTime and more).
I really don't get what the difference between (an updated) $199 16GB iPod touch and a $549 iPhone 5s (off contract)...
You're telling me the cellular/GPS, vibration, larger battery and the better flash (and better camera) is $350 more worth of parts?
I'm sure I left a couple of differences out, but still $350 more...? Plus, the new touch might have newer features than the 5s.
I can buy a separate camera with zoom, GPS and a basic cellular phone that vibrates for less than $350. (All of these have LCD displays and batteries; plus the camera might have a GP and the phone might have a camera, so we've got lots of overlap).
Gary
I'm surprised more people don't say this. Because this is PRECISELY the reason why some of us prefer separating phone-use from app-use. Having an iPod touch is perfect for those of us who want to keep phone usage separate.
I use an iPod touch precisely because I'd be a wall-hugging phone user otherwise. I need my phone to always have atleast a battery half-full.
I noticed that the inside circle of the iPod nano home button is the same color as the body. I don't think it has always been like this. I wonder if this is intentional or a graphical glitch...
APPLE WILL NOT BE LAUNCHING THE NEW IPOD TOUCH 6 ON JULY 14,2015. IT MAKES NO SENSE FOR THEM TO LAUNCH A NEW PRODUCT AFTER A 2 1/2 YEARS. IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO LAUNCH ON THE 3 YEAR MARK WHICH IS AROUND SEPTEMBER 2015. THEY WILL ALSO NOT GIVE A OLD OUTDATED SPECS SIMILAR TO IPHONE 5, 5S OR 5C. IT WILL BE SIMILAR TO IPHONE 6 OR 6S. APPLE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE GOOD SALES WITH A INFERIOR OUTDATED SPECS. THEY WILL LAUNCH IT DURING THEIR 4RTH QUARTER TO MAXIMIZE THEIR SALES. ALSO IT WILL COME IN 16GB, 32GB, 64GB. THIS YEARS IPOD TOUCH WILL BE A VERY GOOD PRODUCT AND WILL ALSO BE A HIT ITEM IN THE IPOD TOUCH SERIES