iPod nano briefly revived: iPad Pro M4 makes it possible
Apple doesn't tend to take old products out of the box. For the "ultra-thin" iPad Pro M4, however, the company is now doing so.
iPod nano vs. iPad Pro M4.
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Does anyone remember the iPod nano? Almost exactly seven years ago, Apple officially discontinued its most compact music player - alongside the iPod shuffle. The seventh and last generation of the player, launched in 2012, is now celebrating its resurrection in a commercial: in a direct comparison with the brand new iPad Pro M4.
The hardware comparison
The reason: at 5.4 mm thick, the iPod nano 7G was the thinnest hardware product Apple has ever produced( excludingcleaning cloths). The iPod nano was also mentioned by Apple during its keynote speech at the iPad event, which caused some astonishment. But the comparison is interesting: the 13-inch iPad Pro M4 now has a thickness of 5.1 mm, making it 0.3 mm thinner. According to Apple in an explanatory text, the slightly thicker (5.3 mm) 11-inch model of the iPad Pro M4 is also 0.1 mm thinner than the iPod nano.
The hardware of the two devices can hardly be compared. The iPod nano had its own touchscreen surface, which was slightly reminiscent of that of the iPhone. However, it had neither an OLED screen nor a particularly fast SoC. The display showed 240 x 432 pixels at 202 ppi, the audio decoding power came from a Cirrus Logic CLI1499A1. The player had 64 MB of RAM and the maximum flash memory size was 16 GB. These 16 GB are now available as RAM in the iPad Pro M4 models, provided you can afford the 1- or 2-TByte version.
There is still room for improvement in terms of weight
In terms of available colors, however, the iPod nano was ahead of the iPad Pro M4. While Apple only sells variants with a silver and gray look ("space black") for its top tablet, the iPod nano was available in space gray, silver, gold, pink, blue and red from 2015. The first version from 2012 was even more colorful, with pink, yellow, green, blue and purple as well as slate colors also being offered.
In terms of weight, however, Apple will have to do some more research to beat the iPod nano. The latter weighed in at 31 grams. The iPad Pro M4 weighs at least 446 (11-inch) and 582 (13-inch) grams. If you also want to buy a Magic Keyboard, it will be even heavier.
Apples iPod über die Jahre (16 Bilder)
iPod von 2001
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