Rumor: Apple's next-gen iPod touch will gain 64-bit A-series processor in July 14 launch
Apple is expected to launch an updated iPod touch next week, a refresh that is likely to bring new colors and updated internals that reportedly include a move to a more recent 64-bit A-series application processor.
There is no word on which specific processor Apple will choose, notes French website iGen, but it is expected to be a 64-bit variant. The iPhone 5s's A7 would seem a likely choice, which might also mean the inclusion of the M7 motion co-processor.
The iPod touch currently uses the 32-bit A5, which makes it -- along with the A6-toting iPhone 5c -- one of only two iOS devices yet to make the 64-bit transition. The 5c is expected to be replaced with an updated "iPhone 6c" this fall.
Apple is expected to launch the iPod touch on July 14, a date first revealed in promotional images discovered earlier this month in iTunes 12.2. That refresh should also bring new pink, gold, and dark blue color options.
At the same time, Apple is likely to extend those colors to its iPod shuffle and iPod nano, as AppleInsider first discovered in some iTunes 12.2 resource files. That is likely to be the only change to the older iPod models, however, as they are not expected to receive internal revamps.
There is no word on which specific processor Apple will choose, notes French website iGen, but it is expected to be a 64-bit variant. The iPhone 5s's A7 would seem a likely choice, which might also mean the inclusion of the M7 motion co-processor.
The iPod touch currently uses the 32-bit A5, which makes it -- along with the A6-toting iPhone 5c -- one of only two iOS devices yet to make the 64-bit transition. The 5c is expected to be replaced with an updated "iPhone 6c" this fall.
Apple is expected to launch the iPod touch on July 14, a date first revealed in promotional images discovered earlier this month in iTunes 12.2. That refresh should also bring new pink, gold, and dark blue color options.
At the same time, Apple is likely to extend those colors to its iPod shuffle and iPod nano, as AppleInsider first discovered in some iTunes 12.2 resource files. That is likely to be the only change to the older iPod models, however, as they are not expected to receive internal revamps.
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The A7 is most likely. I wouldn't be too surprised to see a memory boost on the Shuffle though, perhaps to 4GB. It might even be cheaper than keeping it at 2GB.
...and Samsung said they would have 64 bit processor by the end of that year... 2012 I think. Only silence since then on the subject. Meanwhile a lot of noise about how fast their 32 bit CPU can go... without mentioning that it can only do that briefly before being throttled back due to over-heating.
The iPhone 5s shipped in Sept 2013. The standard tech press talking points was how "disappointed" people were, then it went on to sell even stronger than the iPhone 5 or any previous iPhone model before it. Yet the press never keeps score of their failed predictions.
... Yet the press never keeps score of their failed predictions.
We do......daily
I'd be surprised and delighted if they just made the Shuffle clip larger and more functional.
I don't understand why an iPod Nano still costs more than $100.
The iPod Touch update - Probably the last it'll ever receive before quietly fading into the sunset of gentle obsolescence...
I'm not so sure: under the ever greedy clutches of the service providers a Touch offers more and more value for some. Much of what an iPhone offers without the thousand dollars a year service plan..... especially as WiFi keeps proliferating.
If only it had any effect. The press still gets to bestow "well-connected with a strong track record" on whomever they wish.
I'm not so sure: under the ever greedy clutches of the service providers a Touch offers more and more value for some. Much of what an iPhone offers without the thousand dollars a year service plan..... especially as WiFi keeps proliferating.
i agree. I teach in a K-8 school and while there are a surprisingly large number of students with iPhones, many, many more have an iPod Touch instead. Providing this device helps to fill a niche and to bring them into the Apple ecosystem at an early age.
I don't understand why an iPod Nano still costs more than $100.
Yeah, I don't understand why a BMW 2-Series still costs more than $32k, either...
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Yeah, I don't understand why a BMW 2-Series still costs more than $32k, either...
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Well that's just 'cause BMWs are overpriced.
But the iPod market (Nano not Touch) is mature and declining to the point that it doesn't even warrant its own page on Apple.com anymore.
I think part of the reason for the decline is the gap between the 2GB Shuffle for $49. and the 16GB Nano for $149.
I think a 4GB Nano for $99. would hit the sweet spot nicely.
Pretty impressive to see the iPod Touch, clearly near the bottom of Apple's product portfolio, getting real 64-bit processing capability before many Android Phones will have true 64-bit apps running on them. That is so rich! How can you not love Apple?
There is if Apple could reimagine what a hand held computer is potentially useful for. Apple seems to be missing the boat here as there are many industrial/commercial applications for a handheld computer without cell access. It is really just a matter of adding the right feature sets to iOS and providing an unobstructed access to specialized hardware.
Lets look at it this way, the music player market is in a nose dive. There is nothing especially bad about that but that doesn't mean that hardware like Touch needs to fade away, they just need to consider expanded markets for the device.
I'm more than happy to buy a newer iPod Touch and not pay a monthly bill to greedy cell phone companies. My old flip-daddy phone works fine.
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