Apple announces fifth-generation iPod touch: 4-inch screen, 6.1mm thin, Siri included

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Today at its iPhone launch event, Apple announced yet another piece of hardware: the fifth-generation iPod touch. As rumored, it has a 4-inch display, the same 326 ppi panel used on the new iPhone 5. On the inside, it packs an A5 chip promising seven times the graphics performance of the last-gen model. The battery is rated for 40 hours of music playback, or eight hours of video. The rear camera has also gotten an upgrade: it’s now a 5-megapixel shooter with a backside-illuminated f/2.4 lens. (The front camera is 720p.) That main rear camera also now shoots 1080p video, and Apple has also added image stabilization. And yes, it supports the same panorama shooting feature as the iPhone 5.
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