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Fourth-Generation iPod Touch Offers Only 256 MB of RAM

256MB ram, 0.7MP camera. Where does the price increase come from?

EDIT: Guess it comes from Retina Display and camera... I'm forced to think like this with all the people complaining :rolleyes:
 
These iPods are amazing. I'm surprised they got 2 camera's in the thing. It definitely makes a difference. You add the faster cpu and crisp display and facetime and all the other little things up and you have a winner! It's literally a little computer in your pocket. The price is fair too.
 
j-traxx said:
it has a retina display!
720p Vid recorder
Mic
Ipad processor
Facetime
and is thinner


and you wanna whine about the figgin ram????!!!

notice that it has all these improvements yet COSTS the SAME MONEY as BEFORE!!!

omg MORONS!!!!!
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>stopped reading at Ipad processor
 
wordoflife said:
What the heck Apple? One more reason to keep my 3GS for games and stuff.
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This iPod is getting more and more turnoffs, same ram as the 3GS, no IPS, no sale for me at all anymore :( I guess I'll have to buy a 600$ iPhone 4 or 5 if my 3GS lasts till then or one with a 2000$ dataplan again :(
 
azentropy said:
and 1/2 the price of an unsubsidized iPhone 4... how dare they...

Still you would think there would be pricing room to maybe increase the ram in the versions with more storage.
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Exactly. Some people are pretty clueless.
 
256 MB of ram? so what?? this is an ipod for gods sake!!! are you guys planing on installing mac os-x on it??? its more than enough for all the things it does.

lets see, the latest psp go has 64 MB for instance, the nokia N97 smartphone has 128 MB.

:rolleyes:

EDIT: apple could invent cure for cancer and some people would still bitch around saying what about hiv...
 
kernkraft said:
Please, somebody give us a realistic price for having an acceptable camera and 512MB RAM in the iPod Touch.

But of course, then some people wouldn't have to bend over for AT&T and other networks abroad to get an excessively priced iPhone 4 as the Touch would be a fantastic deal.

So what should I get instead of my ageing (my second one is only 11 months old) and officially outdated iPhone 3G, which by the way I stopped using for phone calls, since the battery life is poor?

1.) An iPhone 4 with cracking monkey glass, dropping calls, stupid rubber band that needs cooking to fit and the embarrassment as people just push your nose into the crap of buying a FAIL phone...

OR

2.) an iPod Touch with the same amount of RAM as the previous version (16GB, 32GB) and with the still picture quality of a six years old phone?

Hmmm... it is a very difficult decision. I'm starting to think that I should just give up hoping that Apple will ever produce a single product that matches the technology and reality of the age.
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You could make a fortune working as a clown, did you know that?
 
Just a note to people who think the sky is falling here:

You *can* buy an iPhone 4 if you want all the stuff an iPhone 4 has. Just say'n.
 
Saberon said:
It just keeps getting worse! Crappy camera, non IPS display, half the ram of iPhone 4.
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Wait, wait, wait.

You didn't even have a camera in the last generation and you're still complaining?

Nevermind that you also get retina display and a smaller form factor. There is just no pleasing this crowd. Ever.

iSee said:
Just a note to people who think the sky is falling here:

You *can* buy an iPhone 4 if you want all the stuff an iPhone 4 has. Just say'n.
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It's also $370 more.

Just sayin' ;)
 
Alvi said:
This iPod is getting more and more turnoffs, same ram as the 3GS, no IPS, no sale for me at all anymore :( I guess I'll have to buy a 600$ iPhone 4 or 5 if my 3GS lasts till then or one with a 2000$ dataplan again :(
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It could rain puppies and some people would complain their the wrong color... :D Would you like the iPod more if they give you double ram but took away the cameras? You can't have it all, ya know.
 
Carlanga said:
just maybe since the Touch they teared down was the 8GB model, maybe the higher configurations contain bigger RAM...:rolleyes: when I saw that there was just space for one slot my mind went straight into 256RAM max....
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One slot? are you sure you know what you are talking about ? :rolleyes:
 
iSee said:
Just a note to people who think the sky is falling here:

You *can* buy an iPhone 4 if you want all the stuff an iPhone 4 has. Just say'n.
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Yup. Some people want the iPhone 4 but think they can get a $800 no-contract iPhone 4 for $300. LOL.

tablo13 said:
256MB ram, 0.7MP camera. Where does the price increase come from?
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Dealing with questions from clueless people?
 
I thought apple acolytes never worry about the specks, it just works. I guess apple acolytes are no different then "insert brand name here" acolytes.
 
Yes, the iMovie/HD recording RAM speculation has been officially dispelled, so now what? Hell if I know, but I was never one of the iPad RAM haters anyway... :)

In other news, I just tried to update iMovie on my 4.0.1 iPhone 4 and it wouldn't let me-- said I needed 4.1 for the update!

Conclusion? iMovie app is made for iOS4 regardless of RAM, and since iPad has 3.2, there's your reason why it ain't on the iPad yet. Look for it when it 4.2 hits in November, should be nice on the big screen

So why does the iPhone have all that RAM, anyway?
 
Where's the iPod Touch cases?

My only complaint is the lack of cases for the Touch. I don't want to scratch it up since I plan on using it daily for a couple years, like my current 2nd gen model.
 
Eric5h5 said:
Yes, it would be, which is why they make only one. Clocking a CPU at a different speed doesn't make it a different "version".

--Eric
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The A4 in the iPad and the iPhone 4 each have a different amount of RAM -- it's not that they are clocking it at a different speed, there is actually a different set of DRAM chips stacked inside the A4 package.

Most likely, it's relatively easy for Apple to have A4 variants that are clocked differently in different RAM configurations. It's entirely possible that the A4 in the Apple TV, for example, has the 512MB of the iPhone 4 but runs at the same speed as the iPad (or faster, even). Until someone actually manages to run some tests on these devices, we'll be left with just speculation.
 
jmull said:
It could rain puppies and some people would complain their the wrong color... :D Would you like the iPod more if they give you double ram but took away the cameras? You can't have it all, ya know.
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I don't want Puppy Rain, that would be a slaughter, blood everywhere (Sarcasm)

It's better, but the temptation here is leaving the iPhone for the iPod Touch, that was my plan, it didn't make it without a camera that can almost replace my point and shoot one and the IPS screen is one of the things that really makes me love the newest Apple Products (iMac, iPhone 4, iPad)

Yes it might cost half of the iPhone 4, but it doesn't cost much more to add ram and the same screen, I'm not sure where i read that the iPhone 4 costed like 187.51$ To make, I would pay double that for all the iPhone 4 Specs without a contract, but not an iPhone 4 for 600$ which is kinda ridiculous

(even if i paid 900$ for a 3GS in my country to not have a contract i wouldn't do it again)
 
lilcosco08 said:
>stopped reading at Ipad processor
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pardon me if i may have misquoted but seriously people are idiots acting like apple disenfranchised them because they didnt get the 512mb of ram that they are ENTITLED TO! how much ram is on that there oled zoon? wha? oh yeah... it completely sucks! what about the sandisk mp3 playe... err they all suck. the ipod could stand to still not have an update and still be the best portable computer/ mp3/ multimedia handheld device on the market. Period.
that being said, it would be nice to have 512mb but it's still the best thing out there without it. they dont owe me 512mb of ram or 128GB of memory. freaking spoiled rotten people on this forum piss me all the way off. the most undesirable character trait is the sense of entitlement these people have. i want to remove the needlessly disgruntled masses and banish them to ZUNETOPIA!
 
sinsin07 said:
I thought apple acolytes never worry about the specks, it just works. I guess apple acolytes are no different then "insert brand name here" acolytes.
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Hey man don't throw that sh#^ at all of us.

I've never ever debated the specs of any iPod/iOS device before I bought it (excluding storage capacity of course). I buy them because they "do what it says on the tin" and they enhance my life.
 
lewis82 said:
Where do you live? Your internet must be slow, we have known for a week that there is a 720p camera... :confused:



Not much... maybe while having a couple apps open, but even then, you need to have compared with an iPhone 4.
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You miss understood.
To record high-def (720p) you need more ram to cache the video - and save it.
 
j-traxx said:
pardon me if i may have misquoted but seriously people are idiots acting like apple disenfranchised them because they didnt get the 512mb of ram that they are ENTITLED TO! how much ram is on that there oled zoon? wha? oh yeah... it completely sucks! what about the sandisk mp3 playe... err they all suck. the ipod could stand to still not have an update and still be the best portable computer/ mp3/ multimedia handheld device on the market. Period.
that being said, it would be nice to have 512mb but it's still the best thing out there without it. they dont owe me 512mb of ram or 128GB of memory. freaking spoiled rotten people on this forum piss me all the way off. the most undesirable character trait is the sense of entitlement these people have. i want to remove the needlessly disgruntled masses and banish them to ZUNETOPIA!
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I've wanted to have this exact same rant very often on these forums recently. Just couldn't be bothered. But well said you. :)
 
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