With the addition of white models and a new entry-level price point earlier this month, Apple considered the iPod touch line to have been updated despite the lack of any substantial hardware improvements. The company continues to refer the device as the fourth-generation line, first introduced in 2010, but the teardown experts at iFixit decided to crack one open anyway to see if anything had quietly been changed.
"So what does this year’s Touch have in store?
After close examination, we confirmed that the front panel is, in fact, white. +1 for us. So far so good.
And… that’s about it. To our dismay there is not much else different between the iPod Touch released last year and the one released last week."
After close examination, we confirmed that the front panel is, in fact, white. +1 for us. So far so good.
And… that’s about it. To our dismay there is not much else different between the iPod Touch released last year and the one released last week."
In a close examination of the logic board in the new white iPod touch, iFixit could really only distinguish new markings on the A4 chip, as well as possible upgrades to the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth and gyroscope components. But it is unclear from the new chip numbers exactly what has been changed, meaning that they may simply be minor revisions offering the same functionality as earlier versions.
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