wraggster
September 13th, 2012, 10:18
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/09/new-ipod-touch-2012.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/12/pod-touch-hands-on-2012-video/)It's obvious that the iPhone 5 (http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/12/iphone-5-officially-announced/) is the star of today's show (http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/12/apple-iphone-5-liveblog/), but Apple's not letting its iPod line go untouched. The newest iPod touch takes a note from the newfangled display on its cellular sibling, bringing a vaster panel (the same 4-inch, 1,136 x 640 one found on the new iPhone). At 88 grams and just 6.1mm thick, it's also shockingly thin and light -- of course, the anodized aluminum backing makes it feel like a premium piece of kit. Premium, as in, right up there with the iPhone. In a world where Apple's seeing its iPod sales sink quarter after quarter (http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/24/apple-announces-q3-2012-earnings-tktktk/) due to self-cannibalization from the iPad and iPhone, it's interesting (but appreciated) to see so much effort placed on the new iPod touch.
The introduction of the dual-core A5 chip (that's dual-core on the CPU and the graphics side) is a huge boon for the touch. Apple's claiming a 7x improvement in graphics, and given that this thing is claiming such a huge swath of the mobile gaming market, it's pretty much a necessity. Indeed, our interactions with the device were notably faster than on the prior touch. We didn't exactly have 40 hours here to test the audio playback claims (in fact, we didn't even have eight to test the claims on video), but you can bet that'll be a huge selling point.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/12/pod-touch-hands-on-2012-video/
The introduction of the dual-core A5 chip (that's dual-core on the CPU and the graphics side) is a huge boon for the touch. Apple's claiming a 7x improvement in graphics, and given that this thing is claiming such a huge swath of the mobile gaming market, it's pretty much a necessity. Indeed, our interactions with the device were notably faster than on the prior touch. We didn't exactly have 40 hours here to test the audio playback claims (in fact, we didn't even have eight to test the claims on video), but you can bet that'll be a huge selling point.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/12/pod-touch-hands-on-2012-video/