New iPod touch rumored to launch this fall with a refreshed design
22nd May, 2021 at 8:38 pm by Sam
- The 2021 iPod touch is rumored to release this fall, according to new reports.
- The iPod touch may get a total redesign.
- Rumors suggest that this iPod may look similar to the iPhone 12.
The iPod touch hasn’t been updated since 2019, but soon that may just change. According to MacRumors (reliability: 57.14%) we may not be waiting too much longer for a brand new iPod touch.
Steve Moser from MacRumors has recently reported that Apple may be planning to release this new version of the iPod touch this fall. These leaks come from a Twitter user which goes by the username @applele257, and which includes a number of renders created by @apple_tomorrow.
Get ready
— Alexiander🤚🕳 (@AppleLe257) May 22, 2021
I’ll see you in a bit 👀👀👀👀 @Apple_Tomorrow @SteveMoser pic.twitter.com/g4mdNnmvWj
As seen in the picture above, this concept design looks awfully a lot like the iPhone 12 — with square edges and a Face ID sensor to match. This would be a major design for the iPod touch line — a product line which as been visually similar since the fifth generation, released in 2012.
From Tom's Guide:
As you can see, the pictures show a device that looks remarkably like the iPhone 12 with square edges and Face ID for unlocking. That would be a welcome change, given the current iPod Touch design has remained pretty much unchanged from the fifth-generation 2012 version, which looked a lot like the iPhone 5. And while that means it has a home button for navigation, there was no Touch ID built in, so an upgrade to Face ID would be hugely welcome.
Back in November 2020, Apple added the iPod touch to the Apple Music PR blurb — which may confirm that we should definitely expect a new iPod this upcoming fall.
Of course, even if a new iPod Touch appears with iPhone 12 looks, that doesn’t mean it will have iPhone 12 internals. The last iPod Touch used the Apple A10 Fusion chip, which was already showing its age, having debuted three years earlier with the iPhone 7. Bluntly, if Apple is looking to replicate the current iPod Touch’s $199 starting price this time around, then there’s no way it will include the iPhone 12’s A14 processor.
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