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Re: New iPod touch

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Post by k-mcgrady »

djcollier wrote: post #6

Is there even still a market for such devices? While $200 dollars may be a lot less than an unlocked iPhone, its certainly not cheap. Plus you can get an iPhone 6 at that price if you are willing to get into a contract.

>> "if you are willing to get into a contract"

Kids can't get into contracts. People with bad credit can't get into phone contracts. Sure lots of parents buy their kids smartphones now but a lot can't afford to do that. I still think there's a big market for this. Plus developers - much cheaper to buy a lot of these for a team than iPhone's.

Re: New iPod touch

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Post by gambiting »

It's weird that they are stuck to the 4" screen size with the iPod Touch. I fully expected them to make one the size of iPhone 6, like every previous iPod Touch.

Re: New iPod touch

#13

Post by cgriswald »

dchuk wrote: post #3

Interesting that it has the same design aesthetic as the 6/6+ but has a smaller screen (4"). I bet a lot of people would want an iPhone the same size as this thing.

No, it has the same design aesthetic as the iPad Air. The sides are rounded in a "quarter pipe" versus the "half pipe" completely rounded edges of the 6/6+.

Re: New iPod touch

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Post by jameshk »

freehunter wrote: post #5
dchuk wrote: post #3

Interesting that it has the same design aesthetic as the 6/6+ but has a smaller screen (4"). I bet a lot of people would want an iPhone the same size as this thing.

I wonder if the iPhone 6c will be the same size as an iPhone 6, the same size as an iPhone 5, or the same size as this iPod Touch.

I believe the iPhone 5 and this iPod touch are both 4 inches.

Re: New iPod touch

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Post by robmcm »

coob wrote: post #7
djcollier wrote: post #6

Is there even still a market for such devices? While $200 dollars may be a lot less than an unlocked iPhone, its certainly not cheap. Plus you can get an iPhone 6 at that price if you are willing to get into a contract.

Kids under 10 that want to play iOS games.

Or Siracusa...

Re: New iPod touch

#16

Post by jnericks »

djcollier wrote: post #6

Is there even still a market for such devices? While $200 dollars may be a lot less than an unlocked iPhone, its certainly not cheap. Plus you can get an iPhone 6 at that price if you are willing to get into a contract.

these are also used by companies for their mobile POS devices

Re: New iPod touch

#17

Post by mrbill »

gambiting wrote: post #12

It's weird that they are stuck to the 4" screen size with the iPod Touch. I fully expected them to make one the size of iPhone 6, like every previous iPod Touch.

Reusing LCDs from iPhone 5 stock, perhaps?

Re: New iPod touch

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Post by andyjohnson0 »

Interesting that the landing page describes colours, screen resolution, even the CPU architecture and speed - but not the storage capacity. I have >100GB of music on on old iPod Classic and capacity is the most important factor for me.

Re: New iPod touch

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Post by mythz »

Sweet glad to finally see iPod Touch getting some modern love, just wished they came with bigger screens.

Does Android have a comparable device? i.e. Internet/Music sans-phone in your pocket that's great at capturing quality vids/pics?

Edit:

The Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 looks close: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/samsung-galaxy-camera-2

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