Battery
- Part / capacity
- iPod touch 5th-gen battery #616-0621; source states 3.7V but no mAh.
- Fitment
- 5th-generation iPod touch A1421; A1509 revision not separately named
Medium confidence
iPod touch (5th generation)
5th generation · 2012–2015
Available in
Original palette
- Slate
- Silver
- Pink
- Yellow
- Blue
- Red (sources disagree)
Slate-to-Space-Gray revision
- Space Gray (replaced Slate)
Mid-2013 16 GB model
- Silver
Revision/capacity dependent. Apple Support identifies the Mid-2013 16 GB model as silver only; Red is disputed.
Identification and specifications
- Product family
- iPod touch
- Generation
- 5th generation
- Year(s)
- 2012–2015
- Model / A-number
- A1421 (32/64 GB); A1509 (16 GB, 2013 revision)
- Capacity
- 16, 32, 64 GB
- Colours
- Black/slate, white/silver, blue, yellow, pink; revision-dependent
- Identifying features
- Tall anodized-aluminum body, 4-inch display, Lightning; 16-GB 2013 revision differs in camera/loop details.
- Flash / iFlash notes
- No iFlash; soldered flash storage.
- Rockbox support
- No official Rockbox touch port confirmed.
- Popular mods
- Battery/screen repair; software restoration/jailbreak where supported; Bluetooth built in.
- Catalogue notes
- Family-level ReclaimStuff touch benchmark only; not generation/condition-specific. Mod sources: https://ipodwiki.com/wiki/IFlash; https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/IpodPort; https://ipodwiki.com/wiki/Bluetooth_modification. Bluetooth is built in on touch 2nd–7th; nano 7. USB-C feasibility not verified. Dates cross-check: https://everymac.com/systems/apple/ipod/index-ipod-touch-specs.html.
Typical recorded value
$30–$45 USD
Rough range shared across the whole iPod touch line, not specific to this generation. Per-model sold prices are coming.
Parts & upgrades
Storage
- Factory capacities
- Factory-installed flash: 16, 32, 64 GB. No iFlash HDD-adapter listing was found for this model family.
- Upgrade path
- Not yet verified.
- Maximum practical capacity
- Not yet verified.
- Fitment notes
- Apple model capacity is documented; no primary-source storage-upgrade method or higher practical maximum was verified.
Low confidence
Front / back shell
iFixit lists a used OEM rear panel for iPod touch model A1421 (5th generation).
Fitment for 6th/7th-gen rear panels is not established.
Medium confidence
Click wheel
Not applicable: iPod touch uses a Multi-Touch screen, not a Click Wheel.
Apple states Click Wheel controls apply to classic, video, photo, nano (5th gen and earlier), and mini; touch is excluded.
High confidence
Screen / LCD
iFixit sells a combined screen/digitizer assembly specified for iPod touch 5th, 6th and 7th generation.
LCD and front glass/digitizer are fused and replaced as one assembly; exact submodel/capacity should still be checked before ordering.
Medium confidence