Typical price: £299
What is it: MP3 and video player with 60GB hard drive
What we think: Buy the affordable, sleek fifth-gen iPod for its audio virtues -- poor battery life and a relatively small screen hamper its appeal to video enthusiasts
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Apple iPod (60GB, video) compared to all other players
 Apple iPod (60GB, video) |
 Apple iPod classic (2nd gen) |
 Apple iPod Photo (30GB) |
 Apple iPod classic |
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| Review date | 17 Sep 08 | 16 Sep 08 | 25 Mar 05 | 18 Sep 07 |
| Editor's rating |
8.3
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9.1
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9.0
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9.0
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| Price range | £299 |
£191.16 - £191.16
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| Review summary | Buy the affordable, sleek and sexy fifth-generation Apple iPod for its audio virtues. Although video looks great, poor video battery life and a relatively small screen hamper its appeal to video enthusiasts Read full review |
120GB of storage and the addition of the Genius feature, makes up for the slightly reduced battery life over the previous model, reaffirming the iPod classic as our favourite portable audio player on record Read full review |
The iPod Photo is a beautiful and versatile device with a new, affordable price. The 30GB version is a particularly good value at only £45 more than the audio-only 20GB version Read full review |
Apple has not only exceeded our expectations, it's exceeded ones we didn't even have. The iPod classic is a superb audio player with a huge wealth of well-integrated features and intuitive navigation. Our only real concern is that menus can be laggy. Apart from that, outstanding Read full review |
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