iPod touch New iPod touch at the march 23 event

[BF1M]

I think it's clear Apple dropped the "i" from all new product names lol

It's Apple Watch - not iWatch, AirTags - not iTags, Apple Pencil - not iPencil, etc...

AppleMac nor iM….wait

 

[bniu]

Personally I think Apple has already closed down A8/A10 production lines and is just working their way through inventory they still have on hand with The slow selling ATV HD and iPod touch to hit lower price points.

I wonder if the next gen iPod touch will go A12 with a 4.7” screen, the advantage there is that will allow apple to quickly phase out 4” screen support in a future iOS.

 

[philrock]

I wonder if the next gen iPod touch will go A12 with a 4.7” screen, the advantage there is that will allow apple to quickly phase out 4” screen support in a future iOS.

This makes sense but I hope it isn't so.

 

[alpi123]

Personally I think Apple has already closed down A8/A10 production lines and is just working their way through inventory they still have on hand with The slow selling ATV HD and iPod touch to hit lower price points.

I wonder if the next gen iPod touch will go A12 with a 4.7” screen, the advantage there is that will allow apple to quickly phase out 4” screen support in a future iOS.

The latest iPod Touch 7 already uses the same CPU as iPhone 7 and has 2GB of RAM (compared to 3GB on the 7)
So as long as they support iOS for iPhone 7, they will most likely support it for the iPod Touch too, which has a 4" screen.

 

[bniu]

The latest iPod Touch 7 already uses the same CPU as iPhone 7 and has 2GB of RAM (compared to 3GB on the 7)
So as long as they support iOS for iPhone 7, they will most likely support it for the iPod Touch too, which has a 4" screen.

iPhone 7 has 2GB ram, 7+ has 3GB ram.

iPhone SE orig has an A9 chip with 4” screen.

Once A9 support is dropped, Apple will be done with any device that doesn’t support big.LITTLE architecture and I’m thinking Apple may at the same also just drop support for a 4” screen as well.

At that point, Apple could require big.LITTLE architecture support + RetinaHD screen as the line in the sand.

Then a few years after that, I’d bet the A12 would be the next line in the sand, going forward, all devices must have a third party accessible neural engine, and A11 doesn’t really count as it had a crippled neural engine.

 

[Traverse]

they will most likely support it for the iPod Touch too, which has a 4" screen.

At that point, Apple could require big.LITTLE architecture support + RetinaHD screen as the line in the sand.

Don't forget about the "zoomed" accessibility mode that is offered on start-up. The iPhone 8, iPhone SE 2, and iPhone X series users can use a zoomed in UI that mirrors the 4" display, so I don't think they can drop that so quickly.

 

[nattK]

AppleMac nor iM….wait

alpi123 clearly meant new product categories. The iMac is not a new product. All new products and services under Tim Cook have eschewed the "i" moniker in favor of "Apple" and "Air."

 

[BF1M]

alpi123 clearly meant new product categories. The iMac is not a new product. All new products and services under Tim Cook have eschewed the "i" moniker in favor of "Apple" and "Air."

Oh my lord. “Clearly” I was serious too…..

 

[Homme]

iPhone 7 has 2GB ram, 7+ has 3GB ram.

iPhone SE orig has an A9 chip with 4” screen.

Once A9 support is dropped, Apple will be done with any device that doesn’t support big.LITTLE architecture and I’m thinking Apple may at the same also just drop support for a 4” screen as well.

At that point, Apple could require big.LITTLE architecture support + RetinaHD screen as the line in the sand.

Then a few years after that, I’d bet the A12 would be the next line in the sand, going forward, all devices must have a third party accessible neural engine, and A11 doesn’t really count as it had a crippled neural engine.

I disagree considering A9X is still solid ( and the 12.9 inch one has 4GB of RAM mind you)

also A9X gives better performance than the A10 of iPod Touch ( because of its severely underclocked high performance cores) as well as the high Effiency cores of the rest of the A10 lineup ( because A10’s big little architecture isn’t supported simultaneously)

thing is though there is a possibility that both the SE and Touch 7th Gen be dropped as well from a future iOS version because both have 4 inch screens and I don’t think Apple will make another 4 inch screen iDevice again and that is a win for developers who don’t like developing apps for those screens

regarding A11’s ANE… yeah it’s limited in the sense of what it can do compared to A12 and above but I wouldn’t say it’s crippled in a sense

 

[JahBoolean]

Can we take a moment to appreciate the early iPodtouch as a product and an introduction (for some) to modern computing =)