iPod 5th generation?

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iPod 5th generation?

Why won't the iPod 5th generation be included in the new iOS 10 update on September 19, 2016? Here are a little bit of facts showing why the iPod 5 should be included. The iPod 5th gen. was released on October 11, 2012, while the iPhone 5 was released on September 12, 2012, making the iPod 5th gen. newer than the iPhone 5. The iPhone 5 is being included in the iOS 10 update and the iPod 6th generation is also being included and both of the iPods are basically identical. So why won't the iPod 5th generation be included also?

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Posted on Sep 11, 2016 3:18 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 11, 2016 3:20 PM in response to mikreg14

Because, it is not a matter of age or release date. The iPod 5 doesn't have the required hardware to accept iOS 10, the iPhone 5 does.

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MichelPM

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Sep 11, 2016 4:26 PM in response to mikreg14

Even though iPod Touch 5th & 6th gen models look alike on the outside, on the inside the two are totally different in hardware specs.

The iPod Touch 6th gen comes the closest in specs to an actual iPhone 6, without the phone, than previous iPod Touch models ever did.

The 5th gen iPod Touch is over 4 years old. Plus, it never came close to matching the specs of an iPhone 5.

The technology in the 6th gen iPod Touch was introduced last year and has the more recent hardware specs to support iOS 10.

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ckuan

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Sep 11, 2016 4:39 PM in response to mikreg14

The biggest differences between the iPod 5th and 6th generation are

iPod touch 5th generation has a 32-bit architecture, 512 MB memory and 2 graphics cores

whereas iPod touch 6th generation has a 64-bitarchitecture , 1 GB memory and 4 graphics cores.

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mikreg14 Author

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Sep 22, 2016 8:50 PM in response to mikreg14

Thanks everyone.

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Answer 5

Oct 21, 2016 8:08 PM in response to mikreg14

The iPod touch 5th generation may have got release 1 month later than than the iPhone 5, but apple decided to put the iPod touch 5th generation hardware the same as the iPhone 4s including the RAM and processor. What this means is that the iPod 5th touch generation is the iPhone 4s without the phone functions and not the iPhone 5, That`s why the iPod touch 5th generation cannot install iOS 10. The iPhone 5 has Twice the RAM and Twice the speed than the iPod touch 5th generation and that`s why the iPhone 5 can get iOS 10.

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