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Apple iPod Touch (3rd Gen, Late 2009)
6560 reviews
Jun, 2025
alaTest has collected and analyzed 6560 reviews of Apple iPod Touch (3rd Gen, Late 2009). The average rating for this product is 4.4/5, compared to an average rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Comments about the sound and portability are on the whole positive. The price and performance are also appreciated. Many are critical about the reliability. There are some mixed reviews about the battery.
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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Apple iPod Touch (3rd Gen, Late 2009) is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 95/100 = Excellent quality.
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Amazon.co.uk review summary for Apple iPod Touch (3rd Gen, Late 2009)
alaTest has collected and analyzed 1135 user reviews of Apple iPod Touch (3rd Gen, Late 2009) from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 4.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. Opinions about the portability and design are on the whole positive. The price and performance also get good reviews, but the reliability and battery get mixed comments.
usability, performance, price, design, portability
94% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.
Jun, 2025
Consumer review (amazon.com)
Amazon.com review summary for Apple iPod Touch (3rd Gen, Late 2009)
alaTest has collected and analyzed 3806 user reviews of Apple iPod Touch (3rd Gen, Late 2009) from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.4/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.8/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. People are impressed by the sound and portability. The price and performance are also mentioned favorably, whereas there are some less positive comments about the reliability.
usability, performance, price, portability, sound
reliability
91% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.
Jun, 2025
Expert review by : Hugo Jobling (trustedreviews.com)
Apple iPod touch 3rd Gen 64GB
Just how incredible is Apple's new iPod touch? Hugo investigates.
As a mere media player, you'd be hard pushed to justify the high cost of an iPod touch. But as a mobile computing device that will run 3rd party apps, play games, browse the web and play your media, it's simply unrivalled.
Sep, 2009
Expert review by (t3.com)
Apple iPod touch review: the sixth gen shows there's life in the old dog yet
Apple's “iPhone without a phone” is still an attractive buy
Speedy operation ; Abundant features ; Long battery life
Pathetic built-in speaker ; No high-res support
Nov, 2017
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Expert review by : Dan Sung (pocket-lint.com)
Apple iPod touch (3rd Gen)
It's not an easy task to review something ostensibly identical to another you've looked at before but that's pretty much what we're faced with by the 3rd generation AppleiPod touch. The first thing you'll notice when you break through the wrappings,...
Wonderfully fast, fantastically smooth and still a dream to hold
Serious camera disappointment, bad headphones and fairly pricey
All Apple could really have done to make the 3rd generation iPod touch significantly better was to add a camera or something else impossible like the ability to make your dinner. There's a temptation to slate the device for not being different enough...
Sep, 2009
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Expert review by (stuff.tv)
Apple iPod Touch 3G review
Kitted out with a colossal 64GB, Apple's new iPod Touch proves solid-state PMPs definitely aren't for media wimps
It’s pricey, but the new Touch’s storage boost and multimedia skills make it the ultimate pocket entertainer
Oct, 2009
Expert review by : Jason Snell (techadvisor.co.uk)
Apple iPod touch (3rd generation) review
The launch of the original Apple iPod touch in late 2007, in the aftermath of a summer of sheer Apple iPhone frenzy, was anticlimactic. The new device was hobbled by its hardware (no speaker or volume controls) and its software (Apple originally...
Functionally, the new iPod touch models are identical to the second-generation models we reviewed last year, especially when updated to version 3.1 of the iPhone OS. What we said then still goes: the iPod touch is a terrific media player and portable...
Sep, 2009
Expert review by : Donald Bell (cnet.co.uk)
Apple iPod Touch (third generation review
Editors' note, June 23, 2010: With the release of iOS4 (a free upgrade for iPod Touch users) Apple has added several improvements to the iPod Touch. Because the 8GB third-generation Touch (shown here) is technically identical to the second-generation...
The third generation of Apple's iPod Touch is still the king of the hill when it comes to portable, Wi-Fi wielding media players. New additions such as Voice Control, graphics enhancements, improved accessibility, higher capacity, and a faster...
Apple's 8GB Touch doesn't share the same hardware improvements as its higher-capacity kin, and the video cameras found on the iPhone 3GS and iPod Nano remain conspicuously absent. The lack of refinements to its audio quality, hardware design, and video...
Though the updates are subtle, the third-generation iPod Touch still leaves its competitors in the dust.
Sep, 2009
Expert review by : Ben Sillis (electricpig.co.uk)
Apple iPod touch 3G review: design, build and sound quality
At a glance, the iPod touch 3G has barely evolved from the second gen media player: the frame and screen are almost identical, and what on earth happened to that camera we wanted? In truth though, there's a lot more going on under the bonnet this time...
Super slim, super gorgeous, headphone controls and mic
Attracts fingerprints like tweens to R-Patz, bundled cans are poor
Apr, 2010
Expert review by : John Thompson (zath.co.uk)
iPod Touch (3G) Review
When Apple released the original iPod Touch back in 2007, I don't think even they knew what it would become. One button, a touch screen for navigation and a “Mac OS X” operating system… Well, the release event was the only time we ever heard the iPhone...
Dec, 2009
Expert review by (macuser.co.uk)
iPod touch 64GB
The iPod touch got perhaps the least attention of any iPod in the line-up's latest revamp. Stand this model beside its predecessors and you wouldn't know the difference. Externally, it's nigh-on identical, with a polished-steel back, a blanking plate...
At 299 (254 ex VAT), the 64GB touch isn't cheap - not when you can save yourself 110 and still get your hands on a 160GB classic. What you're paying for then, isn't capacity, but features and iPhone OS 3.1's brilliant brain. When Apple CEO, Steve Jobs,...
Oct, 2009
Expert review by : Jason Snell (macworld.co.uk)
iPod touch (late 2009) review
Just after the iPod touch's second birthday, Apple has announced an update to the product line that's a bit perplexing.
Speedy as iPhone 3GS; support for thousands of App Store apps, including games; solid music and video player
Lacks camera, compass, GPS functionality offered by iPhone 3GS
Functionally, the new iPod touch models are identical to the second-generation models we reviewed last year, especially when updated to version 3.1 of the iPhone OS. What we said then still goes: The iPod touch is a terrific media player and portable...
Sep, 2009
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