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PLAYLIST THE i POD AT 20The fifth-gen iPod Touch.
2014
May: The fifth-generation iPod touch grew
to include 32GB ($299) and 64GB ($399)
models in 2014. The price of the 16GB
model dropped to $199.
2015
July: After two and a half years of fifth-
generation iPod touch products, Apple
released the sixth-generation iPod touch
(16GB for $199, 32GB for $249, 64GB for
$299, 128GB for $399) with an A8 processor
and M8 coprocessor in the summer of 2015.
The company also brought out new
versions of the fourth-generation iPod
Shuffle in six colors instead of the previous
eight colors. Meanwhile, the latest
seventh-generation iPod Nano dropped
from seven to six colors. Both, however,
were still available in (Product) Red in this
release cycle.2019
May: The seventh-generation iPod touch
(fave.co/2ZMwYNv) is Apple’s most
recent iPod release to date. The
surprise refresh
was the first
that had come
in four years
and offered an
A10 processor,
a 3.5 mm
headphone
jack, and a new
256GB storage
option ($399),
in addition to a
choice of 32GB
($199) and
128GB ($299)
models. It’s
available in
blue, pink,
silver, gold,
space gray and
(Product) Red. ■