Apple today added the 16GB fifth-generation iPod touch, released in 2013, to its list of obsolete products.
This specific variation of the iPod touch was released as a lower-end option to the fifth-generation iPod touch released a year earlier. Compared to its 32GB and 64GB companions, the 16GB model was only offered in a single silver color and lacked a rear camera or loop.
Apple followed up the fifth-generation iPod touch with the sixth-generation in the summer of 2015. Compared to the previous generation, the newer model featured improved performance and the removal of the wrist strap. Since the seventh-generation iPod touch released in 2019, Apple has not yet updated its iconic product.
Apple classifies products that have been discontinued for at least seven years as "obsolete," meaning that they cannot receive any hardware service from Apple or its service providers.
Wednesday October 14, 2026 6:28 am PDT by Joe Rossignol
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Why is this product still around? Who buys it and why?
I don’t know about the consumer market but it’s definitely an important product for businesses to use has a handheld device for their internal systems that don’t require cellular. We have many of them at my work.
In what way? Since we’d had six years of iPhones by this point, I don’t really get how basically an iPhone with no cellular capabilities was ahead of its time?
Why is this product still around? Who buys it and why?
Well. If Apple update iPod touch regularly, there is a big market for kids and gate way to Apple ecosystem.
It is kind ridiculous that Apple is charging 200 dollars for iPod touch where you can buy a used iPhone 7 for half of the price. It is Apple’s fault neglect iPod touch.
Apple's first foldable iPhone, with a book-style design featuring a 5.4-inch outer display and a 7.6-inch inner display with a minimal crease down the middle.
