I’ve been using the iPod Touch since early 2016 as a secondary to an Android Phone. The iPod Touch 6th Generation has been my go-to device for anything that iOS does well; Snapchat and iMessage mostly. I’ve also used the iPod for beta testing on the occasion. How did the iPod hold up?
Before you even consider purchasing an iPod, you must know that the iPod is only worth buying for a certain demographic using the device for a specific purpose. The iPod is a great device for kids because of its portability and affordability. It’s also perfect for people like me who want an iOS experience for some reasons and not others but don’t want to spend a ton of money on an iPhone. If you already own an iPad or iPhone, I don’t see much reason as to why you would need an iPod Touch
For the revier, I’m going to be using MKBHD’s 5 pillars for reviews: Camera, Display, Performance, Battery, and Build.
Camera
The camera on the iPod Touch is an 8mp sensor with ƒ/2.4 aperture and HDR. It’s actually the exact same sensor that we see on the iPhone 6. The camera is OK. It doesn’t stack up to more recent iPhones or flagship android phones, but I would say it’s comparable to more recent low to mid-tier android phone like the Moto Z2 Play. I’ll let you be the judge… Here are some samples
Display
The display on the iPod Touch is what’s expected in 2015 iOS Devices. It’s a 4 inch display (same size as the iPhone SE), It has a 1136-by-640-pixel resolution at 326 ppi and a 800:1 contrast ratio. The iPod Touch’s display not by any means bad. It gets pretty bright, with a 500 cd/m2 max brightness and the iPod does come with a oleophobic coating. Everything there is expected. Viewing angles are great at any brightness and I never had any big issue with the screen.
Performance
The iPod Touch isn’t necessarily a strong competitor to today’s smartphones when it comes to performance, but it isn’t bad for a 2015 device with 1gb of RAM and an M8 chip. The iPod was pretty speedy out of the box, but I did notice a slight slowdown over extended use. Unfortunately, that’s what we have to come to expect with Apple devices these days anyway. It’s not bad, but I wish Apple was a bit more generous with the chip and RAM, but you know… Apple will be Apple. Take a look at some benchmarks here
Battery
The battery in the iPod Touch sucks. The charge time doesn’t. I got an average of 2 hours of screen-on time on average, on a good day. I ended up getting my iPod replaced, and the new one was just as bad. The iPod contains a 1043 mAh battery. For some comparison, the iPhone SEs battery is at 1624 mAh and the iPhone 8 plus is at 2675 mAh. Anyway, the iPod’s battery is small, and that is definitely apparent in use. With less-than-usual battery sizes comes less-than-usual charging speeds. The iPod charges ridiculously fast. I’m talking 0–100 in like an hour. This doesn’t at all make up for it’s bad usage stats, but its nice. Find battery benchmarks along with performance benchmarks in the ‘Performance’ section.
Build
The iPod definitely looks good and feels good but I wouldn’t really call it well-built. Using it naked for a month or two resulted in numerous scratches and nicks across the edges of the device. It’s pretty small, as well. The entire device is 4.7 inches long, which is identical to the dimensions of the iPhone 5, 5S, and SE. If you’re alright with small devices, this isn’t an issue but you might want to think twice about making a purchase if you’re used to large handhelds.
That’s about it for my review, if you guys liked it, be sure to leave a few claps for good luck.
Check out these camera samples. The samples of the back-facing camera were taken on my trip to Tanzania : )
