Interesting that it has the same design aesthetic as the 6/6+ but has a smaller screen (4"). I bet a lot of people would want an iPhone the same size as this thing.
No, it has the same design aesthetic as the iPad Air. The sides are rounded in a "quarter pipe" versus the "half pipe" completely rounded edges of the 6/6+.
Because it's the same design it's basically always had? Apple is far more conservative with iPod Touch redesigns than iPhone. It's generally just updating the back and colors slightly to match it with current aesthetics.
It's just interesting to me that the iPod touch (which many people think of as "an iPhone minus the cellular chip") follows the design cues of the iPad (which many people think of as "a big iPhone, often minus the cellular chip"). There certainly doesn't seem to be any one right answer so I think it'd be interesting to hear how Apple decided on the rounding they use on the various models.
I don't know. An iPad with cellular is hardware-wise arguably more similar to an iPhone than to an iPod touch. Software-wise, it doesn't have Phone.app, of course.
So I suppose that's maybe the key: whereas iPads and iPod touches are always meant to be held at arms length, iPhones are additionally expected to be held against your ear and are shaped slightly differently because of that additional use case.
Or maybe it'd be hard to make a "half-pipe" from aluminum on a device as thin as an iPod touch.
Or maybe it's all just arbitrary and everything in life is random and meaningless.
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Interesting that it has the same design aesthetic as the 6/6+ but has a smaller screen (4"). I bet a lot of people would want an iPhone the same size as this thing.
No, it has the same design aesthetic as the iPad Air. The sides are rounded in a "quarter pipe" versus the "half pipe" completely rounded edges of the 6/6+.
This is interesting. I wonder how that decision was made.
Because it's the same design it's basically always had? Apple is far more conservative with iPod Touch redesigns than iPhone. It's generally just updating the back and colors slightly to match it with current aesthetics.
It's just interesting to me that the iPod touch (which many people think of as "an iPhone minus the cellular chip") follows the design cues of the iPad (which many people think of as "a big iPhone, often minus the cellular chip"). There certainly doesn't seem to be any one right answer so I think it'd be interesting to hear how Apple decided on the rounding they use on the various models.
Well, the iPod Touch really is a smaller iPad when you think of it. These two are a lot closer than they are to the iPhone.
I don't know. An iPad with cellular is hardware-wise arguably more similar to an iPhone than to an iPod touch. Software-wise, it doesn't have Phone.app, of course.
So I suppose that's maybe the key: whereas iPads and iPod touches are always meant to be held at arms length, iPhones are additionally expected to be held against your ear and are shaped slightly differently because of that additional use case.
Or maybe it'd be hard to make a "half-pipe" from aluminum on a device as thin as an iPod touch.
Or maybe it's all just arbitrary and everything in life is random and meaningless.
The recent evolutions of Apple's design often make me think that.
I wonder if the iPhone 6c will be the same size as an iPhone 6, the same size as an iPhone 5, or the same size as this iPod Touch.
I believe the iPhone 5 and this iPod touch are both 4 inches.