iPod touch (4th generation)
Discontinued 30 May 2013
Announced
1 Sept 2010
Released
Sept 2026
Discontinued
30 May 2013
Lifespan
0 days
Launch price from
$229
- Category
- iPod touch
- Status
- Discontinued
- Apple support status
- Obsolete (Apple no longer services it)
- Release type
- Refresh of an existing model
- Previous model
- iPod touch (3rd generation)
- Replaced by
- iPod touch (5th generation)
- Tech specs
- Apple specs ↗
- Press release
- Apple Newsroom ↗
- More information
- iPod Touch (4th generation) on Wikipedia ↗
Notes
The iPod touch (4th generation) cost $229 and was the first iPod with a Retina display. The screen stayed 3.5 inches across but went from 480 by 320 to 960 by 640, four times as many pixels in the same space, which made text look printed rather than drawn.
Two cameras went in. The one on the front was there for FaceTime, so video calls between two of these, or to an iPhone 4, worked over Wi-Fi. The one on the back recorded video at 720p, though its still photographs came out under a megapixel with no flash and no focusing.
The A4 chip came across from the iPhone 4 and the iPad, and a gyroscope went in alongside it so games could tell which way the device was being tilted. The iPod touch (4th generation) came down to 7.2mm and 101 grams, the thinnest and lightest touch Apple made, and battery life reached 40 hours of music.
It went on sale in 8GB, 32GB and 64GB versions at $229, $299 and $399. A white model joined the black one in October 2011, and a year after that Apple dropped the 8GB and 64GB sizes and brought in a 16GB at $199.
It was announced on 1 September 2010 at Apple’s autumn music event. It reached shops the following week, priced from $229.
Read about the iPod touch (3rd generation) that came before.
iPod touch (7th generation)
Discontinued
2022 discontinued 10 May10 May 2022
iPod touch (6th generation)
Discontinued
2019 discontinued 28 May28 May 2019
iPod touch 16GB (5th generation, Mid 2013)
Discontinued
2014 discontinued 26 Jun26 Jun 2014
iPod touch (5th generation)
Discontinued
2015 discontinued 15 Jul15 Jul 2015
iPod touch (3rd generation)
Discontinued
2010 discontinued 1 Sept1 Sept 2010
iPod touch (2nd generation)
Discontinued
2010 discontinued 1 Sept1 Sept 2010
iPod touch release history
- 2026
-
Sept 2026
iPod touch (4th generation)
- ↑ 4 years, 4 months later
- 2022
-
10 May 2022
iPod touch (7th generation)
- ↑ about 3 years later
- 2019
-
28 May 2019
iPod touch (7th generation)
iPod touch (6th generation)
- ↑ 3 years, 10 months later
- 2015
-
15 Jul 2015
iPod touch (6th generation)
iPod touch (5th generation)
- ↑ about 1 year later
- 2014
-
26 Jun 2014
iPod touch 16GB (5th generation, Mid 2013)
- ↑ about 1 year later
- 2013
-
30 May 2013
iPod touch 16GB (5th generation, Mid 2013)
iPod touch (4th generation)
- ↑ 8 months later
- 2012
-
11 Oct 2012
iPod touch (5th generation)
- ↑ about 2 years later
- 2010
-
1 Sept 2010
iPod touch (2nd generation)
8GB model
iPod touch (3rd generation)
- ↑ about 1 year later
- 2009
-
9 Sept 2009
iPod touch (3rd generation)
iPod touch (2nd generation)
32GB and 64GB models
- ↑ about 1 year later
- 2008
-
9 Sept 2008
iPod touch (2nd generation)
iPod touch (1st generation)
- ↑ 7 months later
-
5 Feb 2008
32GB model added at $499
- ↑ 5 months later
- 2007
-
14 Sept 2007
(1st generation) 8GB and 16GB