The iFixit team didn’t waste any time this week getting their hands on the brand new iPod Touch 4G. And then getting their hands inside and all over the poor thing, as you can see in the gruesome shot above. As always, they have some interesting revelations about the innards of this latest iOS device, including some weak points that somehow got left out of Apple’s announcement last week.
Here are just a few of the highlights:
Better:
* Lighter and thinner
* More durable metal back panel (we’ve seen many broken glass iPhone 4 rear panels)
* Half the price at only $229!
Worse:
* Only 256 MB RAM
* No GPS
* Harder to disassemble
* No vibrator* Unfortunately, the rear-facing camera is only 960×720 resolution. That’s only about .7 megapixels, compared to 5 megapixels on the iPhone 4. Apple was forced to sacrifice still photo resolution in order to squeeze the camera into the Touch’s slim package. Going forward, we expect Apple to adopt improved micro camera technology as better cameras come to market.
The 256MB of RAM is a big disappointment. For lots more detail and hard-core pictures, see the iFixit teardown page here:
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPod-Touch-4th-Generation-Teardown/3562/1
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