It has long been clear that the iPod is now far from the most-successful product in Apple’s line-up, and is there mainly due to historic value. That hasn’t stopped Apple from announcing a new Touch model online along with new colors for the tinier models.
The new iPod Touch is the 6th interation of the Touch line-up, and the first one since 2012’s iPod Touch the 5th. The biggest upgrades are internal: A dual-core 64-bit Apple A8 chipset with M8 motion co-processor.
At the back you’ll find a new 8 megapixel iSight camera with Flash, along with an improved FaceTime HD camera at the front. The camera on the rear can also record 1080p videos, with slo-mo and burst modes.
Apple Music will come on the iPod, as a part of iOS 8.4. The new Wi-Fi is said to be three times faster than before. It does loose the loop, which was a pop-out wrist-band extension on the back but we are not too sure many people even used it.
The new iPod Touch will come in a bunch of co lours: silver, gold, space grey, pink, blue and Product Red. It starts at a cheaper $199 for the 16 GB entry-level model, with the 32 and 64 GB versions costing $50 and $100 more. The new 128 GB model will be available for $399. All of them are already available for sale and certainly provide the cheapest ways of sneaking into iOS.
Finally, one of the cheaper ways to be a part of the Apple family, the iPod Shuffle and Nano are getting more colorful. The two micro-iPods will get the three colors which are prevalent in every recent Apple product: Space Grey, Gold and Silver. If you are an owner of the iPhone 6 or 6 Plus, you can now get a matching iPod Nano or Shuffle too.