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Apple is expected to launch an updated iPod touch next week, a refresh that is likely to bring new colors and updated internals that reportedly include a move to a more recent 64-bit A-series application processor.
There is no word on which specific processor Apple will choose, notes French website iGen, but it is expected to be a 64-bit variant. The iPhone 5s's A7 would seem a likely choice, which might also mean the inclusion of the M7 motion co-processor.
The iPod touch currently uses the 32-bit A5, which makes it — along with the A6-toting iPhone 5c — one of only two iOS devices yet to make the 64-bit transition. The 5c is expected to be replaced with an updated "iPhone 6c" this fall.
Apple is expected to launch the iPod touch on July 14, a date first revealed in promotional images discovered earlier this month in iTunes 12.2. That refresh should also bring new pink, gold, and dark blue color options.
At the same time, Apple is likely to extend those colors to its iPod shuffle and iPod nano, as AppleInsider first discovered in some iTunes 12.2 resource files. That is likely to be the only change to the older iPod models, however, as they are not expected to receive internal revamps.
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The A7 is most likely. I wouldn't be too surprised to see a memory boost on the Shuffle though, perhaps to 4GB. It might even be cheaper than keeping it at 2GB.
I remember when the A7 shipped, it was met with disparaging lies, disbelief, doubt, and fact-free defensive statements about the supposedly already 64-bitness of Android. The perfect storm.
[quote name="Suddenly Newton" url="/t/187156/rumor-apples-next-gen-ipod-touch-will-gain-64-bit-a-series-processor-in-july-14-launch#post_2746555"]I remember when the A7 shipped, it was met with disparaging lies, disbelief, doubt, and fact-free defensive statements about the supposedly already 64-bitness of Android. The perfect storm.[/quote] ...and Samsung said they would have 64 bit processor by the end of that year... 2012 I think. Only silence since then on the subject. Meanwhile a lot of noise about how fast their 32 bit CPU can go... without mentioning that it can only do that briefly before being throttled back due to over-heating.
[quote name="Macky the Macky" url="/t/187156/rumor-apples-next-gen-ipod-touch-will-gain-64-bit-a-series-processor-in-july-14-launch#post_2746564"] ...and Samsung said they would have 64 bit processor by the end of that year... 2012 I think. Only silence since then on the subject. Meanwhile a lot of noise about how fast their 32 bit CPU can go... without mentioning that it can only do that briefly before being throttled back due to over-heating.[/quote] The iPhone 5s shipped in Sept 2013. The standard tech press talking points was how "disappointed" people were, then it went on to sell even stronger than the iPhone 5 or any previous iPhone model before it. Yet the press never keeps score of their failed predictions.
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