iPod touch The Future of the iPod touch

[TRDmanAE86]

Perhaps the iPod Touch will eventually outlast the smartphone??
I have noticed that here, in S.E. Asia, the 18-30s, in coffee shops, hotels, bars and restaurants, use their devices for social media and photography but never as cellphones. They do not appear to converse or flirt with companions either.
Do those of you living in other continents observe the same habits?

Great observation! Over here in America, normally the high school students ( ages 15-18) and the young adults (ages 19-30) use their phones for social media (2 of the more popular ones these days are Instagram and Snapchat), "professional" phone calls (ie phone calls to the boss of their job), facetiming each other, texting and playing games. The traditional form of social contact has declined due to the advancement of technology. It still exists but not as much as before.

Teenagers and young adults are obsessed about one thing... connection to the internet. Whether it's wifi or cellular coverage [where a data plan and your monthly cellular data usage], it influences how their phones are used over here in America.

One thing that has contributed to the iPod Touch's demise is the standard upgrade path of a iPhone. When one chooses to upgrade their phone through their carrier (Not Apple's upgrade program), often times you'll be able to keep your old phone. These old phones [that cannot connect to cellular data due to the lack of a working Sim card] are often times used as "hand me downs" and substitutes to the iPod Touch. Also, if a younger kid accidently breaks a old iPhone, it's not as big as a deal as breaking a brand new iPod Touch!

 

[Traverse]

The SE would make a decent iPod Touch

 

[Jessica Lares]

The SE would make a decent iPod Touch

You could get the 128 GB iPod Touch for the same price the SE starts at (even cheaper if you go the refurbished route). The specs wouldn't be as nice though.

 

[sorcery]

With companies such as Google and Virgin Group investing in the launch of internet satellites, and Apple rumored to be interested in Boeing Satellite, the days of worldwide wifi may be not so far away.
Of course, the entrepreneurs will have to figure out how to recoup the considerable start up costs. But they have done that before now.
The telephone companies, among others, can get on board or become extinct.
And Apple can produce a big expensive value added IPT.
Just speculating...

 

[1458279]

With companies such as Google and Virgin Group investing in the launch of internet satellites, and Apple rumored to be interested in Boeing Satellite, the days of worldwide wifi may be not so far away.
Of course, the entrepreneurs will have to figure out how to recoup the considerable start up costs. But they have done that before now.
The telephone companies, among others, can get on board or become extinct.
And Apple can produce a big expensive value added IPT.
Just speculating...

^^ this will happen. Can't wait for the telephone companies to die. Many of you might not know what it was like to have a long distance carrier. I had what was known as a "car phone" years ago. I paid thru the nose to make out of area business calls. We paid thru the nose to call people on a different network.

Being able to communicate with someone via text or any other way for free or dirt cheap is a dream come true.