Apple usually hold events for their upcoming gadgets, especially their annual handset refreshes. They show off their latest products in front of press and make the consumers go "Wow!".
This one though just sneaked up on the Cupertino site and surprised everyone. A new generation of iPod Touch just popped up.
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| iPod Touch Released May 2013 |
I've first read this news on Engadget.com then at RedmondPie few minutes after. I also checked the specs. Physically, it is almost identical to the latest gen of iPod touch. It has 4-inch retina display, same home button, and the front-facing camera still sits at the top-center of the screen. If you flip it over, you'll notice that there's no back-facing camera. Just how did Tim Cook and Co. decided to remove the other camera? I don't get it.
Maybe they're trying to make a more budget friendly device. But this is not the right way to do it. The first thing that came up to my mind was that they're trying to follow the trend of Nexus 7 and Amazon Kindle, and that's not a good path.
iPod touches can also serve as a handicam for photos and home videos. It's too awkward to use the front cam for taking a photo/video of places and people, don't you think?
Other than the camera, the latest iPod offers only 16gb of storage. They also removed the wrist strap and loop. Plus, Silver is the only color available.
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Anyway, the stripped-down, budget-friendly, next-gen iPod touch costs $229 at 16gb at US Apple store. It may hit the Philippine-market anytime soon at around Php10-13,000.00.
Personally, I prefer to buy the 2012 version of iPod or just wait for the release of iPod touch next year. How about you?
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