We had a pretty good idea a new iPod touch was coming today, complete with cameras, FaceTime and a Retina Display to match the iPhone 4. But even so, checking it out in the flesh for the first time, it’s taken our breath away. Been looking over all those new Android PMPs coming out lately? Yeah, you don’t want any of them, you want this.
We’ll be honest: the new iPod touch is actually even more beautiful than the iPhone 4. Frankly, the Retina Display speaks for itself by this point (Hint: it’s genuinely gobsmacking) but Apple’s feat of slimming the touch down even further gives you the sensation that you’re simply holding a wafer of awesome. We put it down next to our iPod touch 3G, and as you can see in the photos, the new iPod touch cuts it down a ludicrous amount. The black plastic front is probably still extremely prone to smudges, but when this thing is so thin it could fall through the seams in your pocket, who’s complaining?
Games Centre unfortunately wasn’t working, but we had a quick video chat over FaceTime with an Apple employee in Cupertino, and everything worked just fine: there was no discernible difference to FaceTime on the iPhone 4. We confirmed with Apple that FaceTime accounts for the new iPod touch are tied to your email address rather than a phone number, and to our delight, the microphone is built into the body itself, where previous versions have relied on a mic on Apple’s rubbish headphones.
All in all, so long as you can stomach the price hikes (The 8GB model is up £40), the new iPod touch looks set to be a winner. We can’t see how any rivals coming out of IFA this week can possibly compete, but we’d love to be proved wrong.
The new iPod touch is out next week, and we’ll be bringing you a full review just as soon as we can.
Out Next Week | £from 189 | Apple
