iPod nano (6th generation)
Discontinued 12 Sept 2012On sale for 736 days (2 years), from 7 Sept 2010.
Announced
1 Sept 2010
Released
7 Sept 2010
Discontinued
12 Sept 2012
Lifespan
736 days2 years
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 (5th generation)
- Replaced by
- iPod nano (7th 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 (6th generation) cost $149 and was a small aluminium square with a clip on the back and a touchscreen taking up the whole front. The click wheel went after five years, and with it went the camera, the speaker, the microphone and the ability to play video at all.
What was left was controlled by touch. Tapping and swiping moved through songs and playlists, holding a finger down went back to the home screen, and two fingers turned the picture round if the nano was clipped on upside down.
The screen measured 1.54 inches against the 2.2 inches of the nano before it, so this was a smaller display rather than a larger one. The body came down to roughly half the size and weight of the previous generation, at 21 grams.
An FM radio with live pause carried over, along with the pedometer, Nike+ support and shake to shuffle, and music playback still ran to 24 hours. Seven colours were offered, with the red iPod nano (6th generation) sold only by Apple itself, and in October 2011 the prices came down to $129 and $149.
It was announced on 1 September 2010 at Apple’s autumn music event. It reached shops the following week on 7 September, priced from $149.
Read about the iPod nano (5th 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 (5th generation)
Discontinued
2010 discontinued 1 Sept1 Sept 2010
iPod nano (4th generation)
Discontinued
2009 discontinued 9 Sept9 Sept 2009
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)