Apple iPod Touch (32GB) - Space Gray (Latest Model)

I've owned 2 iPods in my life - the Original 2GB Shuffle & the tiny 4GB Shuffle (the one with the controls built into the earphones). I've had these for many, MANY years - 10+. I used the 2GB one all the time! Alas, the battery life had come to an end... I tried to find a newer version, but they were so expensive! I asked relatives if they had an old iPod in a drawer somewhere that I could have - Nope. I looked into buying used or refurbished - Still pricey & "iffy" at best. I heard that Apple discontinued the iPod because everyone used their phone for music! Ugh! After a LOT of Amazon searches for any version of iPods ~ THIS one popped up!! I read all the Q&A's & reviews. After 2 weeks of deliberations, I bought it. I am SO happy that I did!!! I LOVE THIS THING!! The very FIRST thing I did was FaceTime my sister!! The SECOND thing I did was to Text Message my daughter & niece! ALL FOR FREE!! This was very exciting for me, since I've been paying every month to use these on my Android!! I never use my phone to make phone calls. Unless I'm traveling. Most of the people I want to communicate with are using iPhones. The rest can call me at home... But, since I AM kinda old, I did have some issues figuring everything out: #1. I've never owned or used an iPhone or other Apple device that used WiFi, so I was a little confused about iCloud storage & how to use it. I've always kept all my music on iTunes, but I didn't know how to get my music ONTO this device (I know... I'm old...) After a lot of self-imposed frustration, I finally figured out what I was doing. At least I think I did... Great!! #2. Why are there SO many Pre-Installed Apps on this thing?? Are people really checking their stocks while listening to music? I have to give this to my daughter to remove all the Apps I won't need - because I'm afraid of deleting something I might need or want. (Hey, Apple... Why must you assume that everyone already owns or knows how to use an Apple device? Don't you want us old people to give up their Androids & join your team? Can't you give a real, "Hard Copy" User Manual for Newbies??) Ok. All my nonsense aside, this is an AWESOME LITTLE DEVICE!! I couldn't be happier with this purchase!! I may just come back in a year or so & get a RED one with 128GB storage!! I want to wait & see how much I can get out of this 32GB device. (Apparently, I haven't really figured out the "Cloud" part of Storage...) The quality is great! The Battery Life is AMAZING!! It charges SUPER FAST!! The Camera is Awesome! FaceTime is Awesome - but using the App for more than 10-15 min. does cause it to get pretty hot & slows down the video a lot. But, it cools down quickly after disconnect. I can finally use Zelle!! It has a HEALTH App to track your diet & weight & water!!! It TRACKS your STEPS!! It Tracks your Screen Time - making it GREAT for kids! It's small enough to put in your pocket - but big enough to hold on. It does seem a bit "delicate", so I bought a case & glass screen protector to give it some "bulk". I'm pretty sure I'll have to come back & edit this review after I've been using my device for a while!

I stream using Amazon Music through various devices (iPhone, Echo connected to a stereo system, etc.) and am very happy with that. However, I also have an MP3 library of purchased music and ripped CD's, some of which are not available for streaming. I've been using an iPod Classic for many years to manage and access that library, and it's worked great. However, that old mechanical device was getting a little long in the tooth (lots of 'restore and reloads' needed, etc.), so I took the plunge on this ultra large capacity iPod Touch. It is fantastic. Same wonderful iTunes front end for searching and playing artists, specific tunes or albums. It is very small and most importantly, using my Bluetooth connected Bose Sport earbuds, it sounds fantastic. No connection issues, and just pure, even wide open sound with plenty of bass. MUCH better sounding than streaming the same music using my iphone with Amazon Music through the same earbuds. It also has a headphone out, so I can easily hardwire connect to, for example, my legacy stereo system if I want. This is a very specific application, and I'm sure not many people would have a need for this. While I am amazed at the whole streaming thing and enjoy it, there is something also wonderful about having the offline song library that was built over many years available through a small, great sounding unit with much better fidelity. As a side note, I also made this a primary use music player by deleting most of the apps that were preloaded. I do not have it connect to email over wifi, etc. It makes for a very wonderful, simple, clean music player that way. Very pleased and highly recommended for those of you that have a large offline music collection.

It's so cute! This is now my remote. It controls my TV and all of its apps, my lighting, my sound system, my cable box, and Chromecast. My only qualm is that the sound quality from the headphone jack is not quite as good as previous generation iPods (specifically, the 5th and 5.5 gen iPods), but that's an unrealistically high standard given the Wolfson DAC on the 5.5 gen. I am waiting on an external DAC for this, which actually highlights the versatility of the iPod Touch. So if you don't like the built-in DAC, you can just bypass it with the Touch. This thing will play FLACs through VLC. It supports streaming services like Apple Music, YouTube Music, Spotify, whatever else. It runs the latest iOS. You can use it to watch Netflix while you're camping by using the huge amount of storage to save shows to the device. Overall, I'm finding it impossible not to love this iPod. Everything just works out of the box, I don't have to mess around with manual configuration, it just does everything. Excellent little device.

I have two other iPods . First is only 2 mb. does not hold much :). I bought next one and it was 8 mb . It held most of my auditory files. This new one.. WOW !! it holds all 3000 songs and my books only used up maybe 1/2 . So very happy. No longer have to pick and chose. Price was wonderful too. Added plus. It arrived fast. Only negative thing for me is, this one can not be used with my other iPod stereos . Not the same charge port. This one has port like samsung phones and not the wide Ipod port. oh well I still have the other iPods to use for those stereos . All in all. I'm happy.

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