iPod · touch
2012
iPod touch (5th generation)
A taller 4-inch Retina display, A5, improved cameras, Siri and a much thinner aluminum body align iPod touch with the modern iPhone-era design language.
- Announced
- 2012-09-12
- Family
- iPod
- Branch
- touch
- Historical weight
- Major evolution
Key specifications
Apple verification ↗- Display
- 4" Retina LCD, 1136×640
- Chip / CPU
- Apple A5 · 1 GHz
- Memory
- 512 MB
- Base storage
- 32 GB
- Ports & charging
- Lightning
- Weight
- 88 g
- Dimensions
- 12.3×5.9×0.61 cm
- Original OS
- iOS 6
- Launch price
- $299
- Released
- October 11, 2012
- Discontinued
- July 2015
- Graphics
- PowerVR SGX543MP2
- CPU cores
- 2
Generation delta
What changed?
Introduced
4- Display
4-inch Retina display
4-inch Retina display.
- Silicon
A5 chip and Siri
A5 chip and Siri.
- Camera
5MP iSight camera with 1080p video
5MP iSight camera with 1080p video.
- Input
Color aluminum enclosure and iPod touch loop
Color aluminum enclosure and iPod touch loop.
Technology DNA
Ideas carried by this generation.
Canonical predecessor
iPod touch (4th generation) iPod touch (5th generation)