More iPod guts, coming your way. The iFixit crew is at it again, this time taking their screwdrivers, prybars, and wicked claws to a brand new iPod touch. Hey, most of us haven’t even gotten our hands on one, much less inside. It’s enough to make a grown man cry.
Interesting things that they discovered while elbow-deep in iPod components? The size of the iPod touch’s battery is actually smaller than the iPhone’s, ringing it at about 81% of the volume of its big brother. Apple also used contacts instead of wires to make connections between components in the back and front halves of the touch. Removing the display on the touch proved to be much easier than on the iPhone, which used adhesive to attach the display to its glass covering.
Also worth noting is that, despite rumors to the contrary, there’s no evidence of a Bluetooth chip in the phone. Looks like Apple deep-sixed that in entirety, which makes sense, given their apparent reticence to embrace Bluetooth’s A2DP wireless music profile on Macs or in the iPhone. So, no wireless first-party headphones on the iPod touch any time soon folks; sorry about that.
