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iPod touch iPod Touch 6G: The Discussion

Andres Cantu said:
I agree, the iPod touch deserves better than giving it only an A7 chip with 1GB of RAM and calling it a day (they should have done that last year). Many will think it's not worth it, so they won't purchase it, thus making the iPod touch once again have low demand. As sad as this might sound, if the 6th generation doesn't sell well (even if it's their fault), then they might decide to discontinue the line. We've seen time and time again that they don't really care about iPods anymore.
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I agree with you: if the iPod Touch is only to be renewed once more, it shouldn't go out with a whimper, and only the smallest upgrades; rather, it should go out in a full blaze of glory, and potentially be a worthy rival to the iPhone 6, so that its fullest potential can be met. But, also, if the iPods shall not lag, and only need to be reinvigorated, they shouldn't receive a tiny boost, they should receive a hell of a lot of power instead. This second option can be done by matching much of the internal workings of the iPhone 6. Thus, it would still ultimately be one generation behind (with the release of the iPhone 6s/7), but still be the perfect flagship multimedia/gaming device for Apple. Plus, as a final note, it should be noted that the iPod Touch is not a small-sale device; it has sold over 100 million units over its lifetime. This may be only 1/7th that of the iPhone (reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone ), but it is still a hefty figure and one that equates to over $20B earned for Apple, so from a financial income POV it certainly would make sense to them to reinvigorate the line. Well, sorry for the wall of text, but I kind of needed to vent about Apple's poor decisions with the iPod Touch over the past couple of years. Anyway, it's now less than 1 and a half days until the ultimate future of the iPod Touch is decided. So I will be watching the news anxiously, and hoping for the significant kick of an upgrade that the iPod so desperately needs...
 
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Andres Cantu said:
I agree, the iPod touch deserves better than giving it only an A7 chip with 1GB of RAM and calling it a day (they should have done that last year). Many will think it's not worth it, so they won't purchase it, thus making the iPod touch once again have low demand. As sad as this might sound, if the 6th generation doesn't sell well (even if it's their fault), then they might decide to discontinue the line. We've seen time and time again that they don't really care about iPods anymore.
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Sadly I agree. I hope for such an awesome update, but I really expect it will be a minor one. Bummer. Guess we'll find out Tuesday...maybe. It's interesting that the rumors from a month ago of a 4.7" & 5.5" iPod touch have seem to evaporated. Again...Tomorrow we find out.
 
Well, it's now only about ~18-19 hours until the announcement is rumored to be made, so it won't be much longer until we know for sure just what the update entails, big or small. All I can say is I still am getting pretty excited for any sort of update to the iPod Touch line.
 
Tic tock tic tock. Not much longer now. Hoping for the big update with better camera & perhaps bigger size screen. But thinking it'll be just the faster processor. Which I guess I'll be happy with too since my iPod touch 5 died when it went thru the wash. So I'll get whatever update that comes out.
 
I'm hoping for at least a better camera myself. 5 MP is nice, but 8 MP or even 13 MP would be a lot better. The screen size I'm kind of meh about, at least in terms of a 5.5" screen. I'm not so much of a phablet fan (although I would get a 5.5" model if it was the highest end, i.e. 1/2GB of RAM and a 1080p screen), but I could definitely use a 4.7" upgrade. More RAM would be nice, along with higher medium-end storage (64GB instead of 32). Also nice would be a higher-end DAC (to allow for higher Hz and bit-depth of audio) and built-in light and proximity sensors (using Textfree can be really annoying on an iPod Touch because of the lack of proximity sensor).
 
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Have I missed something, or are all of these rumours based on that single image? I mean, I'd love a new ipod touch as much as the next man but, if it's just that single image, isn't it a possibility that some guy on the Apple marketing department just made a mistake with a Photoshop colour filter when pulling together a promo image?
 
My understanding is that Apple just wants to run maintenance on the iPod line for the foreseeable future. Apple purposes the iPod line as music players. The iPod shuffle and nano run fine as they are. But Apple needs to update the processor on the iPod touch soon to keep it running the current iOS features.
 
nifta said:
Have I missed something, or are all of these rumours based on that single image? I mean, I'd love a new ipod touch as much as the next man but, if it's just that single image, isn't it a possibility that some guy on the Apple marketing department just made a mistake with a Photoshop colour filter when pulling together a promo image?
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See here today:

https://www.macrumors.com/2015/07/10/new-ipod-touch-nano-shuffle-july-14/

See here tomorrow:

https://www.apple.com/ipod-touch/
 
Ah, seems a little more legit. Odd for Apple to have a newer product launch without sending out any press invites though. No event in San Francisco tomorrow?
 
ithinkwithportals said:
Let's make some sort of megathread here and discuss the iPod Touch sixth generation, share our theories, and get excited about the potential new iPod Touch, shall we?
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Same size as the Touch 5.
No Touch ID.
Same camera although an upgrade is possible..
A7 with 1GB RAM.
128GB storage option.
Same price structure as the Touch 5.
Lots of complaints with people saying they will not buy it or they will buy product XYZ instead.
Apple will sell a lot of them.
 
Plutonius said:
Same size as the Touch 5.
No Touch ID.
Same camera although an upgrade is possible..
A7 with 1GB RAM.
128GB storage option.
Same price structure as the Touch 5.
Lots of complaints with people saying they will not buy it or they will buy product XYZ instead.
Apple will sell a lot of them.
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We can hope for an A8, though. It's a certainty that the A9 is coming in September, so an A8 could still match the "keep it one behind" philosophy Apple seems to have with the iPod Touch, but still ensure that it has tons of power, more than enough to make it a lucrative device. As to the camera, I think it's more than likely it'll get a 8 or even 13 MP camera, as Apple like has plans to put a 16 or even 20 MP camera in the iPhone 6s/7.
 
If the iPhone 6S is getting a better camera(13 or more mega pixels) then it stands to reason Apple should give the iPod touch at least an 8 mega pixel camera. I'm thinking the earlier rumor of a 4.7" or 5.5" iPod touch isn't happening. I think a 4.7" would be great, but a casing pic would have been leaked by now. I'm cool if it stays 4" too. But hope it gets a camera update along with the processor update. Couldn't care less about new colors.

Wonder what time it might be updated mañana. If there isn't going to be an event, it really could be as early as 9am.
 
ithinkwithportals said:
We can hope for an A8, though. It's a certainty that the A9 is coming in September, so an A8 could still match the "keep it one behind" philosophy Apple seems to have with the iPod Touch, but still ensure that it has tons of power, more than enough to make it a lucrative device. As to the camera, I think it's more than likely it'll get a 8 or even 13 MP camera, as Apple like has plans to put a 16 or even 20 MP camera in the iPhone 6s/7.
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I'm almost positive that Apple will not include an A8 chip, as its most powerful iPhone right now has it, even if only for two more months.

Also, 12MP is the rumored megapixel amount for the iPhone 6s. I highly doubt they would include any more than that, as it would impact low-light performance much more.
 
nifta said:
Ah, seems a little more legit. Odd for Apple to have a newer product launch without sending out any press invites though. No event in San Francisco tomorrow?
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It's not too uncommon for them to have a minor project launch without an event. Probably they will just put out a press release and at least have it available in the online store, who knows if they've shipped them to retail stores yet or not.
 
BensonTT said:
No flac/No 24bit music/No care lol
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Even 16bit will never be fully utilized due to limits of human hearing. Going to 24bit just adds eight zeroes to every sample, nothing more. To utilize that much dynamic range, to actually hear all of it you would need to cranck the volume so high that you would go deaf instantly.

Flac support would be nice though, but as long as iTunes doesn't support it iOS won't either.
 
Andres Cantu said:
I'm almost positive that Apple will not include an A8 chip, as its most powerful iPhone right now has it, even if only for two more months.

Also, 12MP is the rumored megapixel amount for the iPhone 6s. I highly doubt they would include any more than that, as it would impact low-light performance much more.
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Most likey the A7 with 1GB ram, but it could also get the A9 too as Apple have before put a newer faster chip in the Touch then what the iPhone had at the time. So don't rule anything out yet.
 
apolloa said:
Most likey the A7 with 1GB ram, but it could also get the A9 too as Apple have before put a newer faster chip in the Touch then what the iPhone had at the time. So don't rule anything out yet.
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If Apple were smart, it would do this. The iPod touch is in no danger of canabalizing the iPhone sales. So why not give it some kick ass specs to reenergize lagging sales. God knows it needs it. Something to generate some buzz. Some excitement.
 
I would go the A7+1GB RAM+32GB+Cellular Data+GPS route, that would be a killer.
Digital hub on the run, perfect for tracking physical activity paired with an Apple Watch, enough storage to save quite some Apple Music song offline... Should they go this way, price it at £149-199, I get one.
 
apolloa said:
Most likey the A7 with 1GB ram, but it could also get the A9 too as Apple have before put a newer faster chip in the Touch then what the iPhone had at the time. So don't rule anything out yet.
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I respectfully disagree. There is no way they would include an A9 chip in it. The fact that it will look exactly the same shows that their mentality about keeping it behind the iPhone hasn't changed.
 
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