This is indeed true. I got my iPod the day the truck delivered the first shipment to the Apple store here in Louisville. That was a week and a half ago. I was shocked and disappointed to find there was no microphone.
Kristeen Hughes [email protected] On Oct 22, 2012, at 1:52 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Listers, > > I am just listening to the latest Today in iOS podcast. Since the iPod Touch > Fifth Gen is now shipping Rob mentioned thatiFixIt.com of course did their > close examination of it’s guts. Among other things they discovered that > unlike the iPhone 5 which has 1 Gig of RAM the iPod Touch continues to have > only 512 Mb along with the A5 processor which we already knew. They also > mentioned that the home button design apparently is not as good as that of > the iPhone 4S or 5, I guess we’ll have to wait and see if iPod Touch users > will have issues with the home key over time. > > Lastly, Rob said that apparently the ear pods that ship with the iPod Touch > have no microphone which is almost too weird to believe and, if so, I think > Apple should be ashamed to skimp on that just to save a couple of bucks > especially since the iPod Touch Fifth Gen has SIRI and Facetime. Maybe some > of those who received their iPod Touch Fifth Gen can confirm that although I > doubt IFixIt would get it wrong. In the end it’s not a deal breaker, but it > basically means Apple not only maybe saves a few Dollars by designing the ear > pods without microphone but they also force people who plan to use their iPod > Touch a lot for Skype and so on to buy an extra set of ear pods; this is > almost bad enough so that I would buy a third party headset just in order not > to give Apple the extra $30. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
