iPhones and iPads may get the attention these days , but Apple is n’t quick to abandon its iconic music players just yet . The company announced two newfangled iPods at its Wednesday media effect — updated version of the iPod signature and the iPod nano .
iPod touch
The new 5th - generation iPod touch is slight than its herald ( 6.1 millimeter vs. 7.2 mm ) and lighter ( 88 grams vs. 101 ) . For the first time , the tinge ’s example number in colors ( facile pitch-black , aristocratical , yellow , and crimson ) . There ’s a new iPod touch loop : Push it and it pops up , and you may then seize a carpus strap . The new touching ’s screen is not only bigger—4 inches diagonally vs. 3.5 before — but it ’s also a sharper Retina presentation ; it is , in fact , the same screen as on the iPhone 5 .
Inside , the fifth - gen iPod touch has a dual - core group A5 mainframe that Apple claims is up to doubly as herculean as the previous model ’s CPU ; the graphics guts have been update as well .
The Modern touch sensation has a much improved photographic camera . It comes with a 5 - megapixel sensing element and supports 1080p HD TV recording . It has autofocus and light-emitting diode flare for the first clip ; Apple also claims that the camera ’s autoexposure is much ameliorate . Like the iPhone 5 , the touch has a sapphire crystal lens cover , and like the iPhone 5 , the touch keep going a raw automated panorama feature , for taking wide-eyed shot .
iPod touch
Apple claim the new ghost ’s battery will last for 40 hours of euphony playback and up to 8 hours of video recording playback — not much unlike from the previous generation . The wireless capabilities have been improve , too , with financial backing for Bluetooth 4.0 and double - band 802.11n networking . Like the iPhone 5 , the touch comes with the new Lightning connector , as well as the young Appel EarPods earphone .
of course , the new touch will fly the coop iOS 6 , so you ’ll get Facebook integration , iMessage , AirPlay Mirroring , and all that goodness , too . And the contact now supports Siri , the digital helper first present with the iPhone 4S.
iPod nano
The young nano is in some ways a atavist : Video is back , and it has a bigger concealment .
That display is a 2.5 - in Multi - Touch filmdom , the largest display ever build into a nano ; it suffer widescreen video . It adds a bunch of navigation buttons : There ’s a home clit now , which get you get back to your home blind apace ; and it has buttons for controlling loudness and for play , pausing , and changing songs .
Like the feeling , the new nano is slender than its harbinger ( 5.4 mm vs 8.78 mm ) . It , too , comes in a stove of colors ( white , bleak , purple , green , blue , jaundiced , and red / pink ) .
iPod nano
Apple claims barrage liveliness is better on the nano , too : Up to 30 time of day of music playback , vs. the last generation ’s 24 . And the nano also now supports Bluetooth , for wireless cyclosis to speakers , headphone , and car system . And the nano also come with the Modern Lightning connexion and the new Apple EarPods .
Pricing and availability
Apple will start up study pre - order for the new iPod speck at the Apple Store ( www.apple.com ) starting September 14 ; the skin senses will protrude shipping in October . The 32 GB model will have a suggested terms of $ 299 , the 64 GB model will run $ 399 .
The previous quaternary - generation iPod touch will still be available , as well , for $ 199 ( 16 GB ) and $ 249 ( 32 GB ) . Owners of the fourth - generation touch will be able-bodied to install iOS 6 as a destitute software package update whenit ship Sept. 19 , though they may not be able to take reward of all of its features .
The iPod nano will also be uncommitted in October , with suggested pricing of $ 149 for a 16 GB model .
Apple did n’t mention either its low - end iPod shuffle or its legacy iPod classic during Wednesday ’s press case , though both remain usable in the Apple Store alongside the newly harbinger music players . The 2 GB shuffle continues to be available for $ 49 while the 160 GB classic remains price at $ 249 .
