Battery
- Part / capacity
- iPod touch 3rd-gen battery #616-0473. Capacity: 730 mAh.
- Fitment
- 3rd-generation iPod touch A1318
Medium confidence
iPod touch (3rd generation)
3rd generation · 2009–2010
Available in
- Black Front + Stainless-Steel Back
Identification and specifications
- Product family
- iPod touch
- Generation
- 3rd generation
- Year(s)
- 2009–2010
- Model / A-number
- A1318
- Capacity
- 32, 64 GB
- Colours
- Black front, stainless-steel back
- Identifying features
- Faster 2009 hardware revision; model number distinguishes it from visually similar 2nd gen.
- 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: 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 3rd-generation iPod touch LCD metal backplate; this is the internal LCD support/backplate, not the external rear housing.
No external rear housing replacement fitment verified.
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 lists a generation-specific LCD for 3rd-generation touch model A1318.
The similar exterior to 2nd gen does not establish LCD interchange.
Medium confidence