Apple announces new iPod touch with 4-inch display
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Following the unveiling of the iPhone 5, and the redesigned iPod nano, the third piece of new hardware that Apple announced at today’s San Francisco media event was the fifth-generation iPod touch.
Like the new iPhone 5, the new iPod touch has a 4-inch display which offers a resolution of 1136 x 640 pixels, and an aspect ratio of 16:9. Measuring just 6.1mm thick, and weighing 88 grams, it’s the thinnest and lightest iPod touch to date.
Apple’s A5 dual-core processor powers the new device. In terms of performance it offers twice the processing power, and seven times faster graphics, compared to the A4 chip used in the fourth-generation iPod touch.
The new iPod touch also features a 5 megapixel iSight camera with autofocus, support for 1080p video recording with video image stabilization, face detection and an LED flash. And like the iPhone 5, the camera now has a panoramic mode.
As expected, the iPod touch will ship with iOS 6, but unexpectedly it will also feature Apple’s digital personal assistant – Siri.
One of the new iPod’s more usual features comes in the form of a pop-out button for attaching a lanyard, or as Apple calls it – a Loop.
The new iPod touch comes in two storage capacities: 32GB for £249 ($299), and 64GB for £329 ($399). And, for the first time, the device is available in pink, blue, silver, slate, and yellow – in addition to the usual black and white.
Preorders for the new iPod touch begin this Friday, the 14th of September.