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                      Has Apple Abandoned the iPod touch?

   Josh Centers

   Apple introduced the current seventh-generation [1]iPod touch in May
   2019, making it 1000 days old, [2]according to MacRumors. Even then, it
   was a modest update, as Adam Engst noted in '[3]New iPod touch Gains
   A10 Chip and 256 GB Configuration' (28 May 2019). It is the only iPod
   still in production, and it's one of Apple's least-expensive devices,
   starting at $199.

   Will Apple ever release an updated iPod touch? The current model is
   compatible with the current iOS 15, but if iOS 16 were to drop it off
   the train, that might be incentive enough for Apple to release an
   update with a more-modern processor. The iPod touch would seem to be
   ideal for some kids, but we assume that sales are minimal or Apple
   would have treated it like the base-level iPad, which receives regular
   hardware updates.

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   1. https://www.apple.com/ipod-touch/
   2. https://www.macrumors.com/2022/02/21/ipod-touch-now-1000-days-old/
   3. https://tidbits.com/2019/05/28/new-ipod-touch-gains-a10-chip-and-256-gb-configuration/
   4. https://www.macrumors.com/2022/02/21/ipod-touch-now-1000-days-old/

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