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ipod touch vs iphone

The iPhone is an internet-connected multimedia smartphone designed and marketed by Apple Inc. with a flush multi-touch screen and a minimal hardware interface.

The iPod Touch is a portable media player, personal digital assistant, and Wi-Fi mobile platform designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The second generation iPod Touch was released on September 9, 2008 at the Let's Rock keynote presentation.

So, you may want to know which is better about iPod Touch and iPhone?. Compare these two phones in three aspects, hardware, software, and their performance as a media player. You can easily find what your needs.

iPod Touch VS iPhone

Hardware:

The iPod Touch is slimmer and lighter than the iPhone. They share the same hardware platform and are controlled by the same iPhone OS operating system. The weight of iPhone is 133 g (4.7 oz) while iPod Touch is only 115 g (4.05 oz). So I think iPhone win in this round.

Software:

iPhone and iPod Touch are both designed to deliver on-the-go Internet service that can keep up with your busy life. The only official way to obtain third-party applications for the iPod Touch is Apple's iTunes Store while the iPhone is iPhone app store.

The performance:

iPhone supports: MMS, Video recording, Better Bluetooth, Music player, access to a phone network, a camera, GPS receiver, and so on...

iPod Touch supports: All iPod Touch models include such applications as Music, Videos, and Photos (collectively duplicating the standard functions of the iPod Classic), iTunes (providing access to the Wi-Fi Music Store), Safari, YouTube, Calendar, Contacts, Clock, Calculator, and Settings. Later models added Mail , Maps, Stocks, Notes, and Weather,

You can slaso compare those two phones with the following table, it is really easy to find which one is better.

	iPod Touch	iPhone
Screen size:	3.5 in	3.5 in (89 mm)
Screen resolution:	480*320 px at 163 ppi, with 3:2 aspect ratio	480*320 pixels at 163 ppi, with 3:2 aspect ratio
Input devices:	Multi-touch screen interface, Sleep/Wake button, Accelerometer, Home button, Volume Rocker buttons (2nd Gen only)	Multi-touch screen interface plus a "Home" button and "Sleep/Wake" located on the top of the iPhone.
Operating system:	iPhone OS (current version 2.2.1)	iPhone OS
Storage:	8, 16, or 32 GB flash memory	8 GB or 16 GB flash memory
Wi-Fi	(802.11 b/g)	(802.11b/g)
Access to a phone network	no	yes
A Camera	no	yes
GPS receiver	no	yes
Available USB 2.0 port	yes	yes
Included applications:	Safari web browser, YouTube client, Mail email client, Google Maps	MMS, Video recording, Better Bluetooth, Music player