Apple's white iPod touch to use different lamination process than iPhone
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said on Monday that because of that different approach to painting the glass, the new white iPod touch will look "a little different" than the white iPhone. Apple still expects the black model to be more popular, and is expected to represent 60 percent of units manufactured for launch.
Kuo said he expects the new white model to be "helpful to sales," but its impact will remain limited because there will not be a new design element or a hardware update for the iPod touch. He believes total iPod touch shipments in 2011 will be less than they were in 2010.
However, he sees 2012 as an opportunity for Apple to boost sales of its flagship iPod with a potential design change and upgraded hardware. Last quarter, the iPod touch accounted for more than half of the 7.54 million iPods Apple shipped during the three-month frame.
Kuo first indicated in July that Apple's product roadmap revealed Apple plans to release a white iPod touch in 2011. But beyond a new color option, build plans for the new iPod touch indicated there will be few, if any, distinguishable changes from the existing black models first introduced in September 2010.
Supporting Kuo's details, code found in betas of Apple's iOS 5 references an unreleased iPod identified as "4,2." That reference suggests that a new iPod touch will not be significantly different from the fourth-generation model released in 2010, as a major hardware update would presumably carry an "iPod 5,1" identifier.
Evidence supporting the upcoming release of a white iPod touch has also come in the form of leaked components from overseas suppliers. They have shown a white front panel, as well as a headphone jack that would fit the new model's color scheme. Neither component suggested there will be any major changes to the device from the fourth-generation model.
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No internal changes?
Ha! I seriously doubt that.
Merely painting one ipod touch white is not an update. I will wager good money that it will see more than that. There have been so many rumors. From it being the so called tear drop design that was leaked, or possibly getting 3G(especially with the cloud and ios 5 coming), a better camera(since the current one is universally considered crap), etc etc. Maybe they all won't come true for this update....but I bet some of em' do.
At least i would count on more than a white paint job being the only update.
Guess we will find out soon enough. :-)
I can't believe Apple wont put an A5 in it.
Again, this is rehashed crap. Is someone struggling for "news"?
Speculation in need of a speculum?
It better at least have 512mb of ram in it!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't believe Apple wont put an A5 in it.
Me too. Plus at least a 4" screen I hope. Skipped last year's model but will buy an A5 + 4 inch screen model.