Controversy: iPod Touch is a better design than both iPhone 5S & 5C.

[doug in albq]

Fact. (or maybe just a very strong opinion) however, I tend to believe it is a fact.

The reasons are obvious, just pick up and use an iPod Touch for a while...much nicer than the phones.

 

[Tthomas612]

Fact.

No opinion. Not fact. How's it a fact? It's a nice design, but better? Idk everyone will have differing "facts"

 

[doug in albq]

No opinion. Not fact. How's it a fact? It's a nice design, but better? Idk everyone will have differing "facts"

ok, it is a very strong opinion. prove me wrong.

 

[0000757]

Fact.

The reasons are obvious, just pick up and use an iPod Touch for a while...much nicer than the phones.

Uh, they're almost identical in design to the 5C, only with a metal back...

 

[53kyle]

ok, it is a very strong opinion. prove me wrong.

I would like it better if the camera was flush and the wifi antenna window matched the color of the device, if not disappear completely. Those are two drawbacks of an iPod compared to an iPhone.

 

[doug in albq]

Uh, they're almost identical in design to the 5C, only with a metal back...

not even close.

 

[Tthomas612]

ok, it is a very strong opinion. prove me wrong.

Well I won't prove you wrong but I do like there design better then the 5/5s for sure

 

[DanTSX]

I think you are on to something.

But it doesn't come in anodized gold

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Uh, they're almost identical in design to the 5C, only with a metal back...

exactly

 

[Tthomas612]

I think you are on to something.

But it doesn't come in anodized gold

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exactly

Lol that's funny sarcasm I like it lmao.

 

[wxman2003]

Fact. (or maybe just a very strong opinion) however, I tend to believe it is a fact.

The reasons are obvious, just pick up and use an iPhone 5s for a while...much nicer than the iPod.

I just made an argument just as strong as yours. Prove me wrong.

 

[darrynsmith]

What is it about the iPod that makes it nicer for you? Or, conversely, what's wrong with the phones that they're not as nice?

 

[doug in albq]

Fact. (or maybe just a very strong opinion) however, I tend to believe it is a fact.

The reasons are obvious, just pick up and use an iPhone 5s for a while...much nicer than the iPod.

I just made an argument just as strong as yours. Prove me wrong.

Iphone 5s is angular and thicker, the iPod touch feels much better in the hand. It is lighter, it is less thick, it costs less, if could also be a phone if only Apple would include the phone software. Your turn.

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What is it about the iPod that makes it nicer for you? Or, conversely, what's wrong with the phones that they're not as nice?

read just above. that is obviously my abridged version of the greatness...

 

[darrynsmith]

Iphone 5s is angular and thicker, the iPod touch feels much better in the hand. It is lighter, it is less thick, it costs less, if could also be a phone if only Apple would include the phone software. Your turn.

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read just above. that is obviously my abridged version of the greatness...

So it's about the case corners, the thickness and the weight?

I suppose I like more rounded edges, so I agree with that.

The phone part of the iPhone is more than just software. It is why the phone is thicker and heavier. So it has to be one or the other on that count.

 

[doug in albq]

So it's about the case corners, the thickness and the weight?

I suppose I like more rounded edges, so I agree with that.

The phone part of the iPhone is more than just software. It is why the phone is thicker and heavier. So it has to be one or the other on that count.

not so much, seen an ipad mini with cellular...very slim.

 

[wxman2003]

Ipod is smaller and slippier, the iPhone 5s feels much better in the hand ans has a bigger screen, which makes it more practical to use. It is heavier, it is more thick, and thus feels better in hand. It can also be used as a music player, and CAN be a phone as Apple includes the phone software. Your turn.

 

[darrynsmith]

not so much, seen an ipad mini with cellular...very slim.

Okay, since the iPad mini is clearly larger in area than an iPod or iPhone, and anyone with an eyeball and the most pathetic smattering of spatial-relationship cognitive functions can understand that the greater area of the iPad mini accounts for its differing proportion (specifically its thinnness vs length/width as compared with the 5" iPod/iPhone form factor), there is clearly no other purpose to this discussion than trolling.

Good luck.

 

[bpeeps]

not so much, seen an ipad mini with cellular...very slim.

It's slimmer because there's a bigger diameter to spread the parts out with. How are you not understanding volumes here; material covered in grade school science classes.

 

[DanTSX]

Ipod is smaller and slippier, the iPhone 5s feels much better in the hand ans has a bigger screen, which makes it more practical to use. It is heavier, it is more thick, and thus feels better in hand. It can also be used as a music player, and CAN be a phone as Apple includes the phone software. Your turn.

5s feels like it is always digging into the sides of my phalanges. No good.

It's a case based on last year's old and stale design, but now with colors!

And it feels cheap. iPod Touch feels solid and good. Like the iPad Mini.

 

[wxman2003]

5s feels like it is always digging into the sides of my phalanges. No good.

It's a case based on last year's old and stale design, but now with colors!

And it feels cheap. iPod Touch feels solid and good. Like the iPad Mini.

iPod feels cheap. Iphone 5s feels solid and good.

 

[DanTSX]

It's slimmer because there's a bigger diameter to spread the parts out with. How are you not understanding volumes here; material covered in grade school science classes.

Innovate and miniaturize components, duh....

Tech industry has ben doing this for 50 years now.

Charge more, who cares, we will pay.

 

[doug in albq]

Okay, since the iPad mini is clearly larger in area than an iPod or iPhone, and anyone with an eyeball and the most pathetic smattering of spatial-relationship cognitive functions can understand that the greater area of the iPad mini accounts for its differing proportion (specifically its thinnness vs length/width as compared with the 5" iPod/iPhone form factor), there is clearly no other purpose to this discussion than trolling.

Good luck.

hey "smart guy", get ready for an iphone 6 with a 4.7 or 5.7 inch screen and (if Apple was smart) a design very similar to the iPod Touch.

and yea, I been trolling MR for 6+ years, check my sig, holms...do your research.

 

[Plutonius]

and has a bigger screen

The screen sizes are the same.

 

[DanTSX]

iPod feels cheap and plastic. Like the 5C.

Touching my 5c now. Feels pretty damn nice.

I played with co-workers' 5s all week last week. Felt like junk and were already starting to get all nicked-up like the 5 owners.

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hey "smart guy", get ready for an iphone 6 with a 4.7 or 5.7 inch screen and (if Apple was smart) a design very similar to the iPod Touch.

agree

 

[doug in albq]

5s feels like it is always digging into the sides of my phalanges. No good.

It's a case based on last year's old and stale design, but now with colors!

And it feels cheap. iPod Touch feels solid and good. Like the iPad Mini.

somebody gets it...in after the immediate Apple apologists, but more real. thanks/

 

[wxman2003]

Still waiting for an actual "fact" as to why the ipod is better.