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iPod touch Have I made a mistake buying Ipod Touch 6th Gen?

Paddle1 said:
Go into Settings (General > Storage & iCloud Usage) and see what's taking up the space. I believe certain iWork apps are automatically installed on the higher capacities.
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Cool, thanks, I'll do that later. No way can they be selling a 32gb product that arrives from the factory with only 22gb of free space.... surely!!?
 
mikebatho said:
Dammit!!

How about the 5th gen? I can still get hold of brand new 5th gen models, and I don't care about having the most up to date version.... would the 5G be better?

I'm worried I've bought a turkey :(
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Seriously consider the iPhone SE. You can buy one for a lot less than an iPod touch. BoostMobile is running a sale on them. No contract. No strings attached. Don't even need to activate the cell service.

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There is no guaranteed return policy, on non-faulty items, in most non-USA countries.
Battery life not usually an issue if not using wifi or screen i.e. Audio only
Love the thinness.
 
Plutonius said:
The battery life is all relative. Unless you are doing a lot of gaming on the Touch 6, the battery should last the day although you have to charge it daily.
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That's completely subjective on "Relative.". I could make the same argument about any iPhone/iPod I use by watching videos are playing games all day. The iPod six Generation has a horrendous reviews for the battery life and is one of the main pitfalls. I can tell you from experience, one of the main reasons for returning for the iPod 6 is due to the battery. It's completely overpowered by the A8 processor.
 
Relentless Power said:
That's completely subjective on "Relative.". I could make the same argument about any iPhone/iPod I use by watching videos are playing games all day. The iPod six Generation has a horrendous reviews for the battery life and is one of the main pitfalls. I can tell you from experience, one of the main reasons for returning for the iPod 6 is due to the battery. It's completely overpowered by the A8 processor.
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It's still relative to what you expect by your normal use and how often you expect to charge it. If you spend most of the time web surfing, streaming video, or playing games, the battery life will most likely not nearly meet your expectations. If you spend most of the time listening to music with some occasional web surfing and video, and you don't mind charging it every day, it's more likely to meet your expectations.

People should quantify what they mean by bad battery life especially since the OP is looking at it just to play music.
 
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I found the 6th gen. battery to be fine mostly but I was using it primarily for music; I moved onto using phones but still miss the slim size of the iPod.
 
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Relentless Power said:
I owned the six generation iPod touch and the battery is absolutely terrible. Problem is the A8 Processor is to powerful and drains the small battery quickly.

What I have seen other forum members do, is either trade or sell the sixth generation iPod touch, then purchase the iPhone SE, which is essentially the same thing and use that as an iPod touch instead. For almost the same price point, I would not keep the 6Th Gen iPod Touch.
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today, from a price point of view you are certainly right

What regards the battery life I beg to differ

I do not have other empirically proven data than me sitting in the sun , screen brightness maxed out, Bluetooth headphones connected to my iPod touch 6gen listening to some good blues music while browsing the web via wifi, enjoying a beer (ok that doesn't affect battery life much .. ;) )

For sure , battery life does not beat that of my iPhone se but the reason I prefer to use my iPod touch over the se is that when listening to music or just relaxing browsing I do not wish to be interrupted by calls or what's app messages ..

True, I could setup my iPhone to do just that but honestly .. who would bother ..

I love my iPod touch 6gen since I got it on launch date and would not recommend a 5gen due to lower ram and cpu

Today I would not buy an iPod touch any more regardless of what I said before simply because of pricing since the se entered the market

Lowering its price would certainly make the iPod touch great again !
 
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