i pod touch

[jordanfx]

looking to get a new ipod touch replacement.any suggestions that would work straight away with i tunes on my pc.or would it be better to get a refurbished i pod touch.

 

[abacus]

Just get a base iPhone as its way better than the old iPod Touch and does so much more.

Bill

 

[record_spot]

Just get a base iPhone as its way better than the old iPod Touch and does so much more.

Bill

I'm not so sure that it did. I had an iPod Touch years ago and it was excellent. Pretty much everything that was the then iPhone, minus the phone capability, but Wi-Fi, Apple Store so easy access to apps, brilliant. You'd need to scout to get a decent one now, but current scarcity / condition aside, the Touch was ahead of the competition of the day. The battery life was good for the time and the screen was brilliant.

 

[PieterG]

We had at least 3 ipod classics that bricked themselves within a couple of years. I still have an ipod nano (local storage only) but it doesn't see much use. The bottleneck for me is iTunes. Apple insists on pushing their ALAC format by not supporting FLAC. That means i first have to convert whatever i want to listen to.

Are you asking mainly because you have music in iTunes that was purchased, tied to your Apple ID? Are you using iTunes for file sync, library management, streaming to your network, etc.?

Do you have other Apple hardware and have you bought into their ecosystem? If so, you probably have an iphone or ipad to control the music you listen to. An older model iphone without sim card could work if you want a separate device and can't find an ipod touch anymore.

However, if you want to move away from Apple hardware, and can manage your files outside of iTunes, then there are plenty of digital players that will work with your files, and support a range of streaming services over wifi. I've been using a Fiio for over 7 years now, playing FLAC from a microSD.

If you're not considering alternatives, sorry for responding beside the question 😉