iPod nano (7th generation)
Discontinued 15 Jul 2015First released Oct 2012.
Announced
12 Sept 2012
Released
Oct 2012
Discontinued
15 Jul 2015
Lifespan
2 years, 9 months
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 (6th generation)
- Replaced by
- iPod nano (7th generation, Mid 2015)
- 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 (7th generation) cost $149 and looked like a small iPod touch. A 2.5-inch touchscreen took up most of the front with a home button below it, the click wheel was gone for good, and so was the clip that the square nano before it had been built around.
Bluetooth went in for the first time on a nano, which meant wireless headphones and car stereos worked without a cable. The Lightning connector replaced the 30-pin dock connector that every iPod had used since 2003.
At 5.4mm thick it was the thinnest iPod Apple ever made, and music playback ran to 30 hours, up from 24. Video came back after the square nano had done without it, though only for three and a half hours at a time.
Eight colours were offered at launch: slate, silver, purple, pink, yellow, green, blue and a red edition. Slate became space grey a year later, and in July 2015 the iPod nano (7th generation) lost purple, yellow and green, gained gold, and carried on in that form until Apple stopped selling it.
It was announced on 12 September 2012 at the ‘It’s almost here’ event, where the iPhone 5 was the main business. It reached shops in October, priced at $149.
Read about the iPod nano (6th generation) that came before.
iPod nano (7th generation, Mid 2015)
Discontinued
2017 discontinued 27 Jul27 Jul 2017
iPod nano (6th generation)
Discontinued
2012 discontinued 12 Sept12 Sept 2012
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)