iPod nano (4th generation)
Discontinued 9 Sept 2009On sale for 365 days (1 year), from 9 Sept 2008.
Announced
9 Sept 2008
Released
9 Sept 2008
Discontinued
9 Sept 2009
Lifespan
365 days1 year
Launch price from
$149
- Category
- iPod nano
- Status
- Discontinued
- Apple support status
- Obsolete (Apple no longer services it)
- Release type
- Refresh of an existing model
- Previous model
- iPod nano (3rd generation)
- Replaced by
- iPod nano (5th generation)
- Official Apple page
- No longer available on Apple’s website
- Tech specs
- Apple specs ↗
- Press release
- Apple Newsroom ↗
- More information
- iPod Nano on Wikipedia ↗
Notes
The iPod nano (4th generation) cost $149 and went back to being tall and thin after a year of being short and wide. The body curved in aluminium and glass, a quarter of an inch thick, which made it the thinnest iPod Apple had made.
An accelerometer went in for the first time. Shaking the nano skipped to a random track, and turning it on its side switched the screen into Cover Flow, where games and video would only play in that position anyway.
The screen stayed two inches across but stood upright rather than lying on its side, which is what let the body get narrow again. Genius arrived with it, building a playlist of songs that went together from one you picked, and the FM radio could tag a track to buy later with the Radio Remote.
Nine colours were offered, and for the first time on a nano every one of them came in both sizes. The iPod nano (4th generation) held 8GB at $149 or 16GB at $199, in silver, purple, blue, green, orange, yellow, pink, black or a red special edition.
It was announced on 9 September 2008 at the ‘Let’s Rock’ event. It went on sale worldwide the same day, priced from $149.
Read about the iPod nano (3rd generation) that came before.
iPod nano (7th generation, Mid 2015)
Discontinued
2017 discontinued 27 Jul27 Jul 2017
iPod nano (7th generation)
Discontinued
2015 discontinued 15 Jul15 Jul 2015
iPod nano (6th generation)
Discontinued
2012 discontinued 12 Sept12 Sept 2012
iPod nano (5th generation)
Discontinued
2010 discontinued 1 Sept1 Sept 2010
iPod nano (3rd generation)
Discontinued
2008 discontinued 9 Sept9 Sept 2008
iPod nano (2nd generation)
Discontinued
2007 discontinued 5 Sept5 Sept 2007
iPod nano release history
- 2017
-
27 Jul 2017
iPod nano (7th generation, Mid 2015)
- ↑ about 2 years later
- 2015
-
15 Jul 2015
iPod nano (7th generation, Mid 2015)
iPod nano (7th generation)
- ↑ 2 years, 9 months later
- 2012
-
Oct 2012
iPod nano (7th generation)
-
12 Sept 2012
iPod nano (6th generation)
- ↑ about 2 years later
- 2010
-
7 Sept 2010
iPod nano (6th generation)
-
1 Sept 2010
iPod nano (5th generation)
- ↑ about 1 year later
- 2009
-
9 Sept 2009
iPod nano (5th generation)
iPod nano (4th generation)
- ↑ about 1 year later
- 2008
-
9 Sept 2008
iPod nano (4th generation)
iPod nano (3rd generation)
- ↑ about 1 year later
- 2007
-
5 Sept 2007
iPod nano (3rd generation)
iPod nano (2nd generation)
- ↑ about 1 year later
- 2006
-
12 Sept 2006
iPod nano (2nd generation)
iPod nano (1st generation)
- ↑ about 1 year later
- 2005
-
7 Sept 2005
iPod nano (1st generation)