It’s been nearly four years since Apple has updated the iPod touch, which is close to an eternity in the fast-paced world of technology updates. By any standard, it’s a lackluster update. The new iPod touch is virtually unchanged from the 2015 model, which itself was only a minor update from the 2012 version.
The only major change Apple made was to raid the parts bin for a newer A10 processor — the same one found in the iPhone 7, the oldest, cheapest, and least powerful iPhone currently sold by the company.
