iPod Touch 7: The swansong of the iPod?
(9 September 2025) By 2019, most people weren't likely expecting a new iPod, but that's exactly what Apple announced in the spring of that year. Being something I have had for years (and bought brand new), what was this device like, as the final iPod model before Apple announced its discontinuation in 2022?
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Software used
- DaVinci Resolve 20.1.1
- Audacity 3.7.5
- Paint.NET 5.1.8 and 5.1.9
Music (in chronological order)
- "Loading Screen" by Dyalla
- "Broken Drum Machine" by Godmode
- "Forever" by VYEN
- "Synergy" by Geographer
- "It Devours" by Chasms
- "Magical Gravity" by Asher Fulero
Works Cited
- "Apple Declared iPod Touch & Nano Obsolete", Jorge A. Aguilar, How-To Geek. 2024 October 8, accessed 2025 August 17. https://www.howtogeek.com/apple-declared-ipod-touch-nano-obsolete/
- "Apple iPod Touch (2019) review: The most adorable piece of nostalgia you don't need", Patrick Holland, CNET. 2019 June 19, accessed 2025 August 17. https://www.cnet.com/reviews/apple-ipod-touch-2019-review/
- "Apple's new iPod touch isn't for the converted; it's for the nonbelievers", Chalm Gartenberg, The Verge. 2019 June 7, accessed 2025 August 17. https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/7/18656480/apple-ipod-touch-7th-generation-2019-update-review
- "Could the iPod touch 7 be the last iPod ever?", Zac Hall, 9To5Mac. 2022 January 11, accessed 2025 August 17. https://9to5mac.com/2022/01/11/will-there-ever-be-a-new-ipod-touch/
- "New iPod touch delivers even greater performance", Apple Newsroom (Corporation Press Release). 2019 May 28, accessed 2025 August 17. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/05/new-ipod-touch-delivers-even-greater-performance/
- "The music lives on", Apple Newsroom (Corporation Press Release). 2022 May 10, accessed 2025 August 19. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/05/the-music-lives-on/
Media used
- 6G_IPod_Nano.svg © Eduardo López, CC-BY-SA-3.0, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 - via Wikimedia Commons
- IPhone_1st_Gen.svg by Rafael Fernandez, CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 - via Wikimedia Commons
- IPhone_First_Generation.jpg by Carl Berkeley from Riverside California, CC BY-SA 2.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 - via Wikimedia Commons
- IPhone_XS_Gold.svg by Rafael Fernandez, CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 - via Wikimedia Commons
- IPod1stWIKIPEDIA.png by Miguelon756-5303, CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 - via Wikimedia Commons
- Ipod_sales_per_quarter.svg by MySchizoBuddy, CC BY-SA 3.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 - via Wikimedia Commons
- IPod_shuffle_4G_front_right.jpg by Yohanes.niko, CC BY-SA 3.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 - via Wikimedia Commons
- IPod_touch_1st_generation.png by Guess Who at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 - via Wikimedia Commons
- IPod_touch_2G.png by Matthieu Riegler, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 - via Wikimedia Commons
- IPod_touch_4G.png by Matthieu Riegler, CC-by, CC BY 3.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 - via Wikimedia Commons
- IPod_Touch_7th_generation_2.jpg by Steelsofliquid, CC BY 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 - via Wikimedia Commons
- IPod_Touch_7th_generation_3.jpg by Steelsofliquid, CC BY 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 - via Wikimedia Commons
- The_back_of_iPod_Touch_6th_Generation.jpg by Cokeclorox, CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 - via Wikimedia Commons
- IPod_Touch_Gen._5.jpg by IGeeksBlog, CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 - via Wikimedia Commons
- Sony_Walkman_WM-D6C.jpg by edvvc, CC BY 2.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 - via Wikimedia Commons