It's been 3 years since Apple last updated the iPod line, which currently includes the iPod touch, iPod nano, and iPod shuffle...and since then the future of iPods has been uncertain. To make matters worse, in 2014 Apple decided to discontinue the iconic iPod Classic. In recent years, the sales of the iPod have slumped and its shortcut was even removed from Apple's home page. Today, Apple has finally refreshed the entire iPod lineup, starting with the iPod touch.
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The iPod touch is probably Apple's best selling iPod, as it mimicked most of the features of the iPhone at 1/4 of the latter's price. The 2015 iPod touch retains the 4-inch IPS Retina display (1,136 x 640) of its predecessor but now comes in a full-on anodized aluminum build a la iPhone 6. Ticking inside it is the powerful 64-bit Apple A8 chip together with the M8 motion co-processor along with 1GB RAM and Metal technology. This puts the performance of the new iPod touch on par with the iPhone 6. In fact, the sixth generation iPod touch has a CPU six times more powerful and a GPU ten times more powerful than those in its predecessor.
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Another upgrade on the new iPod touch is the inclusion of an 8-MP iSight camera with auto-focus, f/2.4 aperture, 5-element lens, hybrid IR filter, backside illumination, and LED flash. It is also capable of shooting 1080p Full HD videos in addition to shooting time-lapse and slo-mo videos at 120 fps. The front camera on the new iPod touch has been updated too - a 1.2-MP FaceTime HD camera capable of recording 720p HD videos and shooting in Burst mode. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth along with AirPlay and video mirroring. The new iPod touch runs iOS 8 with intelligent assistant Siri on board. Apple claims that the new iPod touch can play music non-stop for 40 hours and videos for 8 hours.
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The sixth generation iPod touch will be available in 5 colors including Gold, Space Gray, Silver, Blue, and Pink. As with any iPod before, it will also have a (Product) RED version. The new iPod touch will retail for $199 for the 16GB model, $249 for the 32GB model, $299 for the 64GB model, and $399 for the 128GB model. Inside its box, one can also find a Lightning to USB cable and a pair of Apple EarPods. The iPod touch Loop had seemingly been discontinued. As for the iPod nano and the iPod shuffle, they retain their exact specs from three years ago but now come in 5 new color variants - same as the iPod touch plus a (Product) RED version too. Any takers?
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