Using the iPod touch 6 in 2021 - Review
Вставка
- Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
- The iPod touch 6th generation came out in 2015 changing little from the 5th gen, but even so would become the longest sold iPod touch ever. It was finally replaced by the 7th gen 4 years later, but is quite similar- how does the iPod 6 hold up in 2021?
Join the discord! --- discord.io/91tech
Follow me @91_Tech! Or don't. But please do
Insta: / 91_tech
Twitter: / 91_tech
0:00 - Introduction
1:33 - Longest Sold iPod
6:10 - Design
12:20 - Camera & Hardware
16:10 - Conclusion
Thanks to @WincTech for help with a few of the shots in this video!
Music:
pastebin.com/SRAdEUwp - Наука та технологія
Apologies for the delay between uploads lately, been busy - but I had a lot of fun taking a look back at my old iPod 6, a device really not much different from the 7th generation. Do you think we'll ever see a proper upgrade to the iPod touch line?
Thanks to @winctech (his twitter) for help with a few of the shots in this video! He's the guy at 15:18 :)
Thanks for the vids, honestly you’re giving me some ideas of starting a Channel of my own one day, doing the same thing you do, so thanks(:
I think we’re only going to get spec bumps from now on. My guess is that the iPod 8 comes out in 2023 with an A14 or A13, and probably is discontinued in 2025
20 year anniversary addition
Apple should use the iPod touch to compete with the GABB phone that would be interesting
Please do ipad air 2 in 2021
You don’t need an iPod touch 6 when you can get a 2 TB Classic Dankpod.
s h r e k m o v i e
I see you’re a man of culture aswell
HAICH PEA!
F R A N K
Na mate
A SHREKPOD PRO
I've essentially converted my 5s to an iPod touch. It works quite well and plays some games too. I called it the iPod touch 5.5th gen in the settings
genius
At least it has TouchID which is so convenient.
@@CyberPunkSimms yeah, it's really nice to have
@@maggiethegamer1271 I just store all my music on my main iPhone, but I do have an iPhone SE (1st gen.) and an iPod Classic 5.5 80GB. So I may or may not turn the SE into an iPod, although battery life sucks on them. I may look into a high capacity battery for the SE, like what I did for my iPhone X.
I fix my old iPhone 6 replace the battery (with higher mhm) I only charge once every 1-2 day
With 64 gb
I literally download every song on UA-cam music pretty cool
Apple has pretty much just sold the 5th gen with the occasional spec bump
At least the design has held up well these past 9+ years
It's a nice, sleek, small design. Much better than bulky iPhone 5s from when the Touch 5 released, even if I absolutely love both.
@@sabersz I have a gen 7 and I'd prefer just a tiny bit more thickness and weight for battery life
Yo, I thought you were me!
This made me think of my ipod; my 4th gen is still working pretty well to this day ❤️ super mega heavy use all throughout high school but now it's enjoying retirement. I give it the occasional jam out, and scroll through pics sometimes. We call it the time capsule. ✨
Mine got his power button stuck so I went to buy a iPod 6th gen
Yes, the fourth generation still surprisingly works pretty well to this day, although there is a couple of bugs
They're basically only updating the iPod Touch when the iphone which the current iPod Touch's chipset is based on is about to lose iOS support. AKA only when they absolutely have to.
I doubt they continue. 7 is most likely the last gen.
@@kev1277 probably right. Kids can just have their parents used iPhone 10s at this point
@@kev1277 I think they'll do a throw back ipod device, maybe not an ipod touch but just something because the iPod brand is such an important part of apples history
Keep these sort of Apple Retrospective videos coming and don’t change a damn thing, I cant get enough of these I’ve watched all of them in a few days lol
I bought mine almost two years ago for listening to music at work with, the size is perfect because it’s profile is small enough to fit in the screen of our work handhelds so they never know if I am watching UA-cam or whatever, it’s great
Great review! I gotta say I love the outro theme music. I find my self listening to that beat more than once after your reviews. Then I get mad when I hit the forward or back arrow and it leaves the video lol and I have to search for the theme again lol.
I find it funny considering that my music library has 41GB of music saved, more than the entire storage of the the iPod Touch. I'd definitely need the extra storage tiers. It'd be nice if the iPod touch had an FM tuner like the iPod nanos did. I got my dad a 7th gen iPod Touch for him to listen and stream music while at work and it seems to work just fine.
I remember when this thing was a new little oddity. I still have mine. Can’t believe it’s getting a “Using this device in X year” video already.
I bought one last year so that I could enjoy the features of an iPhone without the distraction of constant connectivity. Great way to stay off the grid for a few hours at a time without turning into a Luddite.
iPod Touch 7 is my primary eBook reader. It’s so light that I can hold it forever.
You could buy a kindle for the same price… and the battery lasts weeks not 2 hours.. and you can store much more on it
@@daltonparker7792 I got an Amazon fire hd 8 for ebooks, it's perfect
i literally just bought a 3rd gen iPod touch a couple of months ago, I still love it
Hi, from Paraguay 🇵🇾 🙌🏻
Very good videos I always watch them ✌🏻👏🏻
Ah the silver circle for me was a fidget toy lol
I got one in 2016 to replace my ancient iPhone 4 when I was 15 before I had a phone plan. I ended up retiring it as my primary when I cracked it in 2017 and got a 6s, but it’s since been restored with parts from a locked one, and still sees occasional use.
I kept my iPod 5th gen with IOS 6! It’s in pristine condition and I only use it for music. I love the OS! It’s so light and perfect. The battery life tends to still last me for about a week!
i have one of these thats bent at like a 5+ degree angle (looks wild in person), but ive continued to use it for years while doing bike stuff and its still a champ
Had a 16gb iPod touch back in 2014, introduced me to iOS and I’ve been using apple devices ever since
Lets gooooo brooo.
Grettings from mexico bro, i lov your videos!
I use the iPod touch 6 on a daily basis alongside my iPhone 11 Pro. I love the super slim form factor, but yep, you gotta have the airplane mode constantly on (you can turn on WiFi with airplane mode so it’s not thaaaat bad)
Watching this on my touch 7! And wow I love this thing. I feel like it’s the most misunderstood device in the apple lineup. I use it exactly like my phone (mostely same apps but more music) and I use it more than my phone because of its small size!
I’m still using my iPod 6 and I love it. Such a nice companion to the phones 😄
@@stephenloy9072 hello, sorry can i ask you how long the battery lasts just to play music? I bought a new battery, i just have to find someone that can place it
This young man has such a good grasp on production and presentation. Josh, I enjoy your channel for its relevant content and mostly your delivery of the info. You have a bright future ahead. Creative and talented. 👍
Josh’s videos are the best for iPhone users without a home button because he uses a resolution that allows us to watch things using most of the screen without zooming in.
Yep, that 2:1 aspect ratio works amazingly for modern smartphones from iPhones to Notes and anything else. Unless you have that weird folding phone where you're stuck with either 4:3 or 22.5:9 lol
@@skyscall my long boi phone has a 21:9 ratio so that's fun lmao
Keep it up bro love your vids
I still have and use my IPod 6 and it’s just such a nice companion to my IPhone. I love it
I still use mine, this video sums it up very well.
11:09 2013 Mac Pro: hold my beer
I was looking for a video on the iPod 6 on your channel I could not find one then I looked on your channel later and I found this video on the iPod 6 it's like you read my mind
I have the 6th gen myself. I just use it for music. It worx fantastically for just music. It still looks brand new. It's had a case and a screen protector on it all these years. About the battery, it is trash. If the screen is off battery life isn't that bad lol. Gr8 vid. 📱
Imagine apple making an iPod with specs like the iPhone 11 but with a much better audio codec trying to solidify its audio roots.
I can only imagine the cost would be absolutely massive to not only develop but to purchase once it releases. It's why they shoved iPhone 7 internals, a 2016 phone, into a 2019 'phone'
I bought my Ipod Touch 6th Generation in January 2018 just for the Camera.
Going from my Ipod Touch 2nd Generation to 6th Gen is a HUGE UPGRADE for me lol.
I was like "Omg, the Ipod has a camera now?? I need to buy this!"
And I did. 🙂
I use the Flashlight feature alot.
Nice! I bought my 6th Gen Silver iPod Touch in October 2016. It still runs perfectly on iOS 12.4.8! The only problem is how the battery acts wonky due to calibration issues. It's still an awesome device to this day!👍
You can update it to iOS 12.5.4
@@mattybraps7620 battery still not working well
@@maverick_joe even after update to iOS 12.5.4?
@@mattybraps7620 yes, I don't know if a need to recalibrate the software or something like that?
@@maverick_joe or upgrade to the iPod 7
im not sure if i had a 6th gen or 7th gen ipod but i remember regularly usign that.
I use an iPod 7 for entertainment and love it but I also really just like how powerful it is for what it is, next to my 2nd gen SE I can’t tell much difference in performance. Let’s hope those iPod 8 rumors are true! Me I think if they kept the same design just make it thicker 👍🏼
I missed the old iPod Touch 6 because they had the videos app which stores your movies and tv shows from iTunes which where all 1080p. And the iPod Touch 7 I have now only downloads 480p movies since videos combined with Apple TV
they weren't
I use my iPod touch 6 literally just for podcasts I like the iOS 12 podcast app design more than the current one
At the time I really wanted a 4.7 or even 5.5 inches iPod Touch, with 6S / 6S Plus like battery life and still featuring a headphone jack. When this iPod Touch came out I was disappointed and bought an iPad Air 2 to replace my iPod Touch 4G.
Hey love your videos
Hello from my iPod 6! Still use it a lot for watching UA-cam and listening to music in bed so I don't have to take my main phone in there. A little slow but it works perfectly fine... as long as you keep the charger plugged in haha
I have had the iPod 6th gen since Dec 2017 and have Been using it as my main device until FINALLY June of this year I finally got an iPhone
iPod 6 was my first apple product. It’s ver nostalgic for me
i have a ipod touch 5g 16gb with no back camera and i remember playing the walking dead on it and it ran surprisingly well and it had decent battery life.
using an ipod touch gen 5 here as a gaming device (for older games)
still waiting for someone to make a smartphone of similar mass with this build quality
Move on. iPhone 12 mini is your only option under 6 inches.
It's 2022 I still have mine it looks brand new And battery life is good!
I have a 7th gen 128gb and a really large music library. It was new in box but not from Apple so only $30 more than the 32gb model. I keep all social media and messaging (I have an Android phone) off it. It's for when I don't want distraction.
I have an iPod touch 4 that is basically a car iPod that still chugs along. Battery isn’t too bad either. You could use it for a days worth of errands
Watching this video after I bought my 5 yr old son a refurbished ipod touch 6. I’m hoping for the best when I get it. He destroyed his ipod touch 7 so I really didn’t wanna spend too much money for a replacement. Mostly uses it for youtube kids
I still got those I used to play temple run on it 😂
I’ve got the same gold, I use it when I’m on do not disturb
The current iPod touch 7th gen is so great! I have three!
Love all I pod touches
I legit forgot this existed LOOOOL
I had an iPod touch 6th gen 16GB and 128GB , now I’ve got the iPod touch 7th gen 256GB its great
back in high school days the new ipod touch "itouch" line wsa always exciting. Going from gen1 to gen2 was super dope. Then gen 3 was eh but it got better specs. Gen 4 finally got a camera and was like woah. 5 was back to meh but better specs and now 6 and 7 are ok, but not needed since its all about phones. But at the start they rolled them out every year or other year and it was awesome. I just regret buying my gen3 64gb refurb but mint..from apple for like 330 bucks i think or maybe 360 actually. Because within a month or 2 later they brought out the gen4 with a camera and obviously it was like 399. So i got the prior year model, almost near full price and they release the new one. Thats like getting last years iphone right before the new one and paying the near full price tag. Then youre just like meh, and a bit pissed.
Talking about the iPhone 6, my grandpa still uses it and it's still reasonably fast (obviously not incredibly) and works more than fine for him, but his iPad 2 has speaker issues...
General question how is the iPad 2 holding up?
@@zoranhaq549 it’s not unuseably slow but it’s slow and the speakers are slightly blurred but other han that it’s working reasonably well.
I love iPod touch❤️
I hope they make another ipod touch but with chassis as the iphone 12 and of course a bigger screen with decent specs
I used to use one of these for a year before upgrading to an iPhone 6s, about a year after that, I looked back at it and it seemed to run really well, but the battery wasn’t great, even though it was ok when I was using it daily.
always wanted one of those but I stuck around with the nano 5 and 7
I used the iPod 6 as my only device for like 4 years
Love it videos
I’ve reached the point in my life where I actually need 128GB or above in my iOS devices. My Spotify library alone takes up over 38GB
iPhones could really benefit from SD cards
I have a 7th gen on iOS 15 beta, it's ok. Camera isn't awful, just in the dark. It's good enough for some people. My 6th gen however, is only 3 and a half years old and it's practically dead. Jailbreaking can really bring these things back to life, if you have a bettery pack on you as life support for the iPod
Who's the good looking dude at 15:14
Is that MKBHD? I think it's MKBHD
iPod touch 6 is the one that I regularly use today because it's the only one i have
watching this on my iPod 6th :)
this is the first time im early for a 91tech video, i should come up with something creative 🤔
I have 2 used iPod touch 6 that I bought only a few months ago, so I was thinking about maybe selling these and upgrading to iPod touch 7, but then yeah these two works good anyways, definitely not the best at it but it can play music for hours as long as the screen isn’t turned on, so I’m using it to just play music the whole day and it just lasts. I don’t know if it is worth upgrading tho since I only use it to play music
This was my first apple product. I still have it and i just use it to to watch and consume content, but it has to be plugged on because the battery is already so bad.
hi, can we used ipod that already have old owner id..
I still want this. I love iPods.
Grab the iPod 7, it’s 2 years old (2019 model) runs the A10 chip (found in the 2016 iPhone 7, SE I) and iOS 14
@@mattybraps7620 it's more expensive and my parents (I'm not a kid) say it's useless.
I hope they're planning on making Ipod Touch 8 with the iPhone 12 design..
I actually have the same color! gold. isn't that awesome?
I’m watching this video on my iPod 6. :)
Apple should use the iPod touch to compete with the GABB phone that would be interesting
I have (and am on right now!) a iPod touch 6, I got it a year past launch, and have kept using it since. In my opinion, this is the best apple product for a few reason. It was 250$ cad when I got it, and it has lasted me longer then any other apple product I’ve had. Coupled with the griffin survivor slim case it is small, perfect, and nearly indestructible. This thing has been hit by a sledgehammer twice (one of my old no longer friends tried to destroy it behind my back to get back at me for... something? F you, Chris) and it came out with just a tiny dent on the back. That was three years ago, and I have had no resulting problems since. On the subject of the battery, it lasts me 2-3 hours of constant use, but it can easily last me the whole day using it sparsely. Charging it at night just works for me perfectly, and even though I have a newer phone now my iPod touch still remains my daily at-home driver. Out and about my newer phone takes charge, of course. I use my iPod mostly for reading and music, and it just does spectacularly at both. Highly recommended, get either this or the seven with a cheaper android phone like the moto g power or stylus and you have a very good, not overpriced, fleshed out experience. It just works.
This comment took me the whole video to write on this perfectly sized screen, but I still got in the contents of the video and responded to the points you were making as you were making them.
Honestly having traded for a basically new iPod touch 7 I have to say that the battery life really isn’t that bad for it’s size, I can easily get 4-6 hours watching UA-cam or anime from 100% and still have at least 10% to 15% left
That's honestly better than I would expect! Hopefully it holds up well for you over the next couple years, and you could always buy a battery case as well if need be.
@@91Tech I get 4 hours doing basic iPhone things.
I had and have this device but i thought i had a malfunction with mine, the battery would jump from like 60 to 30 in the snap of a finger.
I used to have this but It was the time to upgrade since it crashed on my games
I know a friend who has one of these, and I’m actually sending this from the 7th generation
The iPod touch 5th generation is my favourite ipod touch. Why? Because it featured the wristband, which I wish it could be used for my iPhone 14
I actually still have my iPod touch 6 from when i was a kid
It can be a simple phone with VoIP apps like Talkatone and Google Voice, among others. Importantly, you cannot make emergency calls via VoIP at this point.
My iPod touch 2g still works great
I had an iPod touch 6, but the battery sucked and it was so laggy, comparable to the iPhone 4s on iOS 9. I got a refurbished iPhone 8 to replace it, so now the 8 is my “iPod”
Watching this on my IPod
I miss the polished chamfered edges
My younger brother uses an ipod 7 he is only 10 and doesn't need a phone plan so it works great for tiktok/pictures etc.
I have one I use from time to time
I have a jailbroken india ipod touch 6th gen using ios 15 beta jailbreak software on my ipod touch 6 gen in india that I'm using and I enjoy it in tho old but gold and I did get the battery replaced in the indian local phone repair shop to cheap to fix to on my ipod touch jailbroken ios 15 beta 6th gen in india
what's that black shaped pill the back of it
1:43 Whoa, you can upgrade yourself as a human? Wow, this must be the new Real Life update everyone’s been talking about.
same. i thought my batt just got bad overtime but I barely use it and when I finally decided to fill it up with downloaded music, it dies on me. shame.
It's perfect in 2022 as a satnav when MTB
I love my iPod touch 6
I heard a rumor that a new iPod touch is coming in the November keynote. I can’t confirm if it’s true.
You would assume a redesign would happen with Apple establishing their new industrial design language.
@@marxistlynchist just like with the iPad mini 6
3:00 what’s up with that iPhone 6? That camera on that 6 looks so odd. Is it a genuine iPhone 6 or a clone of some sort?
I have an iPhone 6 and yes it really looks like that. Very odd looking indeed.
Do I see Vancouver in the background 👀?
Apple would make millions if they went back to the iPod Classic.
Also makes sense because it has a clear distinct purpose from something where you can run apps.