the iPod Touch 5G existed on the market for almost three years, and now, finally, in Cupertino, they decided to release his successor. Unlike the iPhone and iPad, in the case of the new generation "Tacles" cost without pompous presentations - the company was announced about the appearance of new items with a press release.
the iPod Touch 6G instead of the outdated A5 processor received a 64-bit A8 chip used together with the M8 motion coprocessor. The same tandem is applied now in smartphones iPhone. 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Another important improvement is the main camera of ISIGHT with a resolution of 8 megapixels. It, like the hardware platform, iPod Touch borrowed from the iPhone 6. But the frontal photo module did not undergo any fundamental changes - its permission, as before, is 1.2 Mp.
Display The developers also preferred not to change, leaving a 4-inch IPS matrix with a resolution of 1136 × 640 points and a density of 326 PPI. But added to his brainchilding Wi-Fi 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.1.
The iPod Touch design is very similar to its predecessor. The main difference in the appearance of two generations is that in the latter there is no mount for the strap and it is available in new color versions - "cosmic" gray, golden and silver. The same shades appeared in the assortment of other IPod - iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle.
The program base is iPod Touch serves operating system iOS 8.4, in which the service support is present Apple Music. and the first "apple" online radio Beats 1.
Last week, Apple introduced a new generation of iPod Touch 6G, as well as iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle. Major changes fell on the big iPod Touch player, small congratulations received new colors.
The main change in iPod Touch 6G can be considered - a new A8 processor, together with the M8 coprocessor, the same as in iPhone 6, as well as the appearance of a 128 GB gadget modification.
The A8 chipset is a complete analogue of the 64-bit processor from the iPhone 6, thanks to it, the performance of the iPod Touch 6G has grown six times a comparison with the players of the previous generation, and the speed of processing graphic tasks is 10 times. However, it is worth noting immediately to note the fact that the operating frequency A8 is "cropped" - 1.1 GHz, against 1.4 GHz in iPhone 6. This is done primarily in order to save the time of operation of Devas at the same level, without increasing the volume Battery - 1043 mAh (13 mAh more, compared with iPod Touch 5G). Volume random access memory 1 GB. The battery life of the device remains the same - up to 40 hours of music playback and up to 8 hours of video playback.
In the test tests, the GEEKBENCH, iPod Touch 6G shows the result - 1383 in single-core mode and 2445 points in multi-core. Compared to iPod Touch 5G, the increase is simply phenomenal, the fifth generation players have the result: 217 and 416 points.
In addition to the new iPod Touch 6G processor, I received a 4-inch Retina display, as well as the same Isight chamber, as the main smartphone Apple., with a resolution of 8 megapixels and various new modes for shooting. Also updated front-camera Facetime for selfie.
IPod Touch 6G player began to support a new bluetooth Standard 4.1, by the way, for the first time in products apple companiesThis standard differs from Bluetooth 4.0, the fact that there is significantly reduced susceptibility to external interference.
On iPod Touch 6G will already be installed a new version Operational iOS systems 8.4, with accessible cutting musical apple service Music. On the younger iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle models will not be such an opportunity.
5 different body colors will be available: golden, silver and gray, as well as pink and blue. In Russia, the new iPod Touch will be sold at a price of 14,990 rubles per model with a memory of 16 GB, 18,490 rubles - with 32 GB memory and 21,990 rubles - with a memory of 64 GB, a 2nd8 GB memory player will cost 28,990 rubles, it can be Will buy only in the Apple Store online store.
The younger iPod nano models and iPod shuffle no updates in the fillow have no, Apple just decided to add a few new fashionable case colors: " gray Space", Silver, pink, golden and blue. Device prices will also remain unchanged iPod Nano with 16 GB memory you can buy for 10,990 rubles, 2-gigabyte iPod shuffle will cost 3690 rubles.
IPod Touch is a multual player who has no competitors in the actual market. This is the essence of the iPhone, but without GPS module And without the opportunity to call. Everything else is there. Moreover, iPod on dimensions is even thinner than the iPhone. This is the perfect option for those who really feel sorry to throw out 50 thousand rubles for the phone, but still I want to have a powerful electronic assistant at hand in everyday affairs.
I first bought iPod Touch 4 in the distance 2011. At that time it was just a monster! In all the characteristics, he surpassed any smartphones, and at the same time very small money. The player served more than a year faith and truth. He even fell on the asphalt at full speed and stayed after that. The trouble happened as a time - I simply lost it when I left the house sleepy. Then I bought the second iPod Touch 4. And before I had a full-fledged smartphone, I practically did not part with the player. Photos, voice recorder, the address book, notes, synchronization with icloud, camcorder, all this is here and is working less and less worn. Not without glitches of course, but much better than my Samsung Galaxy Ace. 2.
What's wrong with the usual Smarfton
Its own mobile phone I took a year and a half ago for considerable 8 or 9 thousand rubles (it was when the dollar cost 30 rubles). And in principle, it is functionally in it, all these features are, as in the iPod Touch 4. Therefore, since that time I began to take a lot with myself. But Android B. lately He became terribly hugged. It happens even to open a banal calculator - you have to wait for 5 seconds. Well, Pipets - no words. Bashes worse than old ancient phones. In short, in a normal smartphone there are all the same functions as in iPod Touch 4, but everything is done through one place. That is why the most optimal bunch for work is a simple dialer and iPod Touch. So what is the difference between iPod Touch 5 from its predecessor iPod Touch 4?
Revelations will not
In fact, in the new device, there are not so many innovations compared to iPod Touch 4. Therefore, if you have an old iPod Touch 4 player, then it is possible that it does not make sense to take iPod Touch 5, since in fact it is the same devices with What reservations.
. Camera in iPod Touch 5 Better than in iPod Touch 4. A flash appeared here, and the lens itself became larger and clearly removes clearer photos. As for the camera, note that it is missing on some iPod Touch modifications 5. As far as the sellers explained to me, there are cameras only in versions with 32 gigami memory and with 64 gigami. By the way, the camera opens over the surface of the rear wall, which is not entirely convenient and aesthetic.
. On the thickness of iPod Touch 5 only a little thinnerthan iPod Touch 4. The eye difference is invisible.
. Old model iPod Touch. Better lies in hand than new. The new iPod Touch has a longer housing and less pleasant to the touch material. But but the rear wall does not scratch, because There is no chrome coating, which came in disrepair immediately after unpacking the device.
. iOS - operating systems naturally different versions. I like the design of the old iOS. But there are no fundamental differences.
. On the back wall of iPod Touch 5 In addition to the flash, there is also a special metal loop for which you can hook a lace.
. IPod Touch 5 screen has become more qualitative. Although the old iPod screen was not bad. According to my feelings, the old iPod glass and the sensor more pleasant than that of the new one. Although it may be some kind of subjective Berd - who knows?
What considerations did I take a new iPod Touch 5? Generally speaking, this is a very stylish thing and very functional. No wonder I already buy the third player in four years old dating with this device. I want to have the best electronic organiser at hand with a lot of memory and full mining multi-step features. And iPod Touch 5 gives it all. The old iPod already has age defects inside the screen, it is already beginning to peel the glass and a very strongly buggy browser Safari. Not to mention the fact that the memory of 8 gigs is grought a traz that a few dozen songs. Do not forget that several gigabytes occupy the operating system itself. In a new player, I have 32 gig RAM, more or less bottom chamber, high speed and modern headphones.
And of course an excellent design. Nothing like other manufacturers do not provide. By the way about the design. I chose a gray model. Live looks better than in the photos. There are some more color options. White, black, gray and several girls (or geiys) colors of type red, blue, etc. My taste is the most correct color - it's just gray. Although I will make a reservation that I did not live live and compare them all the opportunity.
Should I buy iPod Touch 5?
I will tell you that after the currency crisis iPod Touch 5 became a very expensive toy. I bought a version with 32 gigabytes for 16 thousand rubles in a connected - this is taking into account the discount. I saw a place where the same is offered for 20 thousand rubles. And before the crisis, they stood about 10-12 thousand rubles. Is it worth it? Fig knows. Very expensive. But I have long wanted to please something from electronics. Moreover, I plan to spend all summer on a mountain bike. And a compact player with a good camera and a large amount of memory is perfect for spontaneous photo-video filming and for listening to class music in nature.
I personally had already bought a cool fit and plan to simply burn fatty folds that have accumulated over the past few years. And since I often ride alone, then without the player nowhere. Yes, and again there will be more juicy pictures for the site. Assistant in the work that it is necessary and much more interesting to the possibility and design than the most dear smartphones On android.
Cons iPod Touch 5?
That's what I tell you, if you do not count high price., that is, some more minus from iPod Touch 5. This is not a very successful architecture. You can download songs and videos through iTunes. Today I looked up long for a long time - I tried to understand how to download banal video clips and banal music on the player. Not that it is very difficult, but sometimes in Mac products lack that simplicity that is in any similar device from competitors. For example, I can easily drop files on both the phone and back. There is no such default iPod, but there are dances with a tambourine. It can be used to this, but if you consider that after each iTunes update, a banal injection of pictures, music and videos and back are becoming more difficult, it becomes not clear why it is so done. I do not quite understand it. Although it may be some kind of meaning in this.
The release of the new iPod Touch has done a lot of noise, and there is nothing surprising in this: almost no one believed in further development This product line, and there is a company from Cupertino, without any announcement, the start of selling iPod Touch 6G. Of course, good news, but let's deal with: what has changed in a new gadget, compared with the previous generation? Let's go through all the main characteristics!
Below iPod Touch 6G and iPod Touch 5G will be compared on the relics of their hardware equipment, memory containers, software, as well as design.
Design
Meet for dressing, right? Externally, the iPod Touch has not changed from the fifth to the sixth generation: as they say, "not to quain what is not broken." The design of the device is absolutely relevant, no wonder some of his ideas borrowed iPhone 6! The housing is still metallic. We note only the latest color solutions of the sixth generation: blue, pink (fuchsia), golden, silver colors, as well as branded "gray space". iPod Touch 5G is offered in a slightly different range: white, black, blue, pink, yellow.
Also, both media player are available when ordering in the Apple online store, in a special red-related red color (Product), part of the AIDS campaign.
Software
The "technical" part will begin with this point for one simple reason: in this parameter nothing changed. And fifth, and the sixth generation in this moment work under the authority version of iOS. 8, and will be supported by iOS 9, which will see light in the fall.
The difference is only one: due to the updated hardware, iPod Touch 6G works, of course, much faster, which is clearly proven both by comparative tests and benchmarks. But this is the topic of the next item.
Performance
iPod Touch 5G appeared in 2012, and now it is, of course, a technically enough outdated device. On its board - Apple A5 processor (similar to installed in iPhone 4S), as well as only 512 megabytes of RAM. But iPod Touch 6G is equipped like any modern premium smartphone! It uses the Apple A8 processor - the same as the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, and also has two times more RAM than the predecessor.
True, the results of "opening", produced by IFIXIT specialists, showed: This processor works on a little less than that of the iPhone 6, clock frequency (just over one gigarette, against 1.4 GHz at a smartphone). It is probably due to the fact that the battery capacity has not changed, and in Apple they sought to keep the same time autonomous work. This company managed.
Various tests show productivity growth from 3.5 or more times! For example, in the GEEKBENCH benchmark at the sixth generation and almost a six-time advantage! A little more details you can learn at the very end of the article ...
Camera
The gadgets and the main chamber differ. In the fifth generation, its permission is 5 megapixels. Fresh iPod Touch 6G - the same Isight camera, like the current generation iPhone! Its resolution is 8 megapixels, a FullHD video recording is supported.
Display
The screen was not subject to change, like software. Both models have a four-wing display with a resolution of 1136 × 640 pixels, 326 dpi. A completely modern screen that meets any reasonable requirements.
Memory capacity
And here the iPod Touch 6G took a step forward. The fifth model is offered in versions with 16, 32 and 64 gigabytes of flash memory (expanding it, of course, it is impossible). Quite worthy characteristics, however, the iPod Touch of the sixth generation went even further: he has a fourth grade, which has a 128 gigabyte drive! Something similarly suggested only iPod Classic, equipped with a hard disk ...
Communication interfaces
An important advantage of iPod Touch 6G over the fifth generation is the support of two new communication interfaces. First, it is Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11ac, and secondly - Bluetooth 4.1 (and it is the iPod Touch 6G - the first "apple" gadget, which received this feature). The former model supports only Bluetooth 4, and Wi-Fi (A / B / G / N).
Thus, confidently say: the sixth generation, almost in all characteristics, made a big step forward. Only the screen has not changed, and it can hardly be called a disadvantage. Finally, two videos in which models are compared in detail by specialists!
The leakage parade on iPhone 6 continues. As soon as we managed to see the gadget in three topical colors, as new photos of the device appeared on the network, but now next to iPod Touch 5, from which the smartphone has taken over the set of design features. These are rounded streamlined forms, the location of the buttons (except the power button), connectors and the dynamics lattice. At the same time, iPhone 6 has more impressive dimensions, including a thickness of 7 mm against 6.1 mm. Recall, most of the existing iPhone 6 examples are made independently based on the drawings, leaked from the Foxconn plant and have a 4.7 "display. According to rumors, the company's plans have another version with a 5.5 "screen, made in the same style as the younger brother.
But the "live" comparison of Apple gadgets from all sides on a short video:
As expected, iPhone 6 will be presented in August or September. Information about its technical specifications is securely held in secret. Only a new A8 processor is mentioned, improved camera with optical stabilization Images and iOS 8, sharpened under various sensors and the system of control over the user's vital activity.
- © Arthur Bekin.