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Honestly I'm surprised that it took Apple this long to take this product behind the barn and shoot it.

My first device was an iPod touch - but the iPhone is better (clearly). A consolidated line-of-effort for one less platform will be helpful, I think, in allocating talent behind the other products that matter.

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> the iPhone is better (clearly)

They were as they designed them. Not everyone wants/needs a phone. No reason they couldn't put a top-end camera in the iPod.

Apple hasn’t put any effort into the iPod touch for the past few years. The last refresh was in May 2019, the previous one was in July 2015. The only effort there might have been is for someone to test the latest iOS on an iPod touch, which is a neglible amount of effort, especially for Apple.

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