Apple unveils the new iPod touch with 2016’s A10 Fusion chip and more

Apple today announced a seventh-generation iPod demeanour upon media histrion featuring the in-house designed A10 Fusion processor that made its debut inwards the iPhone 7 hit dorsum inwards 2017.

Performance-wise, the A10 Fusion combat is a vast improvement over the two-core Apple A8 combat that powered the previous model together with offset appeared inwards the iPhone 6 household unit of measurement dorsum inwards 2014. Apple says the CPU together with GPU inwards the A10 Fusion combat powering the novel iPod demeanour upon convey 2x faster surgery together with iii times faster graphics, respectively.

Greg Joswiak, Apple’s Vice President of Product Marketing:

We’re making the nearly affordable iOS device fifty-fifty ameliorate alongside surgery that is twice every bit fast every bit before, Group FaceTime together with augmented reality starting at merely $199.The ultra-thin together with lightweight blueprint of iPod demeanour upon has ever made it ideal for enjoying games, music together with and then much to a greater extent than wherever yous go.

Here’s around other await at it.

This novel iPod demeanour upon basically appears to endure a repackaged version of the previous model alongside small-scale improvements similar a newer processor together with to a greater extent than storage. The device has retained the mechanical Home push because there’s no Face ID. Also, the Home push doesn’t include a fingerprint reader together with then no Touch ID for the iPod demeanour upon household unit of measurement either.

A10 Fusion has permitted Apple’s engineers to convey around of the iPhone together with iPad features to the media histrion for the offset time, such every bit augmented reality back upward together with grouping FaceTime.

From the press release:

The novel iPod demeanour upon too provides fun together with productive AR experiences across gaming, didactics together with spider web browsing. AR is fifty-fifty to a greater extent than engaging together with immersive alongside the novel capabilities of shared AR, persistent AR, which is tied to a specific location, together with icon detection, making it possible for the novel iPod demeanour upon to magically convey to life 3D objects similar toys together with sculptures.

Arriving 4 years afterwards the previous model striking shop shelves together with all the same starting at merely $199, the device comes inwards a novel 256GB capacity. People who volition purpose their iPod demeanour upon every bit an affordable handheld console or App Store motorcar volition peculiarly appreciate the novel 256GB tier when Apple’s game-subscription service, called Arcade, launches this fall.

Pricing together with availability

The novel iPod demeanour upon is available inwards 6 finishes, similar before—Space Gray, White, Gold, Blue, Pink together with (PRODUCT)RED—and priced at $199/$299/$399 for the 32GB/128GB/256GB model.

The device tin dismiss endure ordered today from apple.com together with the Apple Store app in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the UAE, U.K. together with US.

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