Hello folks,
I have resisted on buying an ipod all these years and never owned one, but finally decided to get one. I get bored in the gym these days between workouts, you know.
I am looking at these two from the apple store (those of you who have either or both of these devices could help me out on deciding):
a) refurbished ipod nano 7 gen 16GB ($99)
b) refurbished ipod touch 4 gen 16GB ($149)
I've never bought a refurbished one, but I hear good things about them and it's not like I'd be buying a $1000+ macbook laptop, so this will do. Now there are also other options like the refurbished ipod nano 6 gen 16GB ($119) or ipod touch 5 gen 32GB ($249), but I don't need the watch nor want to drop $250 on this. Ditto for the shuffle due to its lack of storage and inability to let me pick and choose songs.
I mainly want a dedicated device for music playback for going to the gym and/or occasional jogging. Maybe I could also use it during travels.
The ipod Touch 4 gen is only $50 more expensive and has a better battery life (10 hours longer) AND it would give me options like internet surfing and other apps (it's always nice to have options whether I need them or not) whereas the nano, there is nothing but music playback, so it obviously is a better value/bang for the buck. But my concern is that it might be comparably too bulky to carry it around the gym all the time or when going for a quick jog (I could easily carry it for the travel, though). It's basically a size of a phone, isn't it? Since the nano is tiny, it won't be issue at all for me, but I am not sure about the touch. I generally don't like carrying things around in my pockets.
So would you still buy the ipod touch 4 gen? Or the nano? I think $150 is just about the maximum I would go since I just want an inexpensive compact dedicated music playback device. I am leaning towards the nano, but I can be persuaded if those of you had not-so-pleasant experience with the nano and/or went for the touch 4 gen instead and liked it. Any help would be appreciated.
I have resisted on buying an ipod all these years and never owned one, but finally decided to get one. I get bored in the gym these days between workouts, you know.
I am looking at these two from the apple store (those of you who have either or both of these devices could help me out on deciding):
a) refurbished ipod nano 7 gen 16GB ($99)
b) refurbished ipod touch 4 gen 16GB ($149)
I've never bought a refurbished one, but I hear good things about them and it's not like I'd be buying a $1000+ macbook laptop, so this will do. Now there are also other options like the refurbished ipod nano 6 gen 16GB ($119) or ipod touch 5 gen 32GB ($249), but I don't need the watch nor want to drop $250 on this. Ditto for the shuffle due to its lack of storage and inability to let me pick and choose songs.
I mainly want a dedicated device for music playback for going to the gym and/or occasional jogging. Maybe I could also use it during travels.
The ipod Touch 4 gen is only $50 more expensive and has a better battery life (10 hours longer) AND it would give me options like internet surfing and other apps (it's always nice to have options whether I need them or not) whereas the nano, there is nothing but music playback, so it obviously is a better value/bang for the buck. But my concern is that it might be comparably too bulky to carry it around the gym all the time or when going for a quick jog (I could easily carry it for the travel, though). It's basically a size of a phone, isn't it? Since the nano is tiny, it won't be issue at all for me, but I am not sure about the touch. I generally don't like carrying things around in my pockets.
So would you still buy the ipod touch 4 gen? Or the nano? I think $150 is just about the maximum I would go since I just want an inexpensive compact dedicated music playback device. I am leaning towards the nano, but I can be persuaded if those of you had not-so-pleasant experience with the nano and/or went for the touch 4 gen instead and liked it. Any help would be appreciated.
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