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What should I buy? Ipod touch 4th gen or a Nintendo 3ds?

Asked by PopTarts (53points) March 24th, 2011

The ipod touch would be 32gb.
I can only buy one so please help me choose wisely, it would be very helpful if you put facts along with your answer.
and also I would appreciate it if you won’t answer something like “Whichever you like best” or “Depends on what you like”. I need help to choose the better device over all. Thanks.

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silenceiswar's avatar

32 GB for an ipod touch is great! You can do so much with it, whereas the nintendo 3ds is used for gaming. In my opinion, the ipod touch is the better deal.

XOIIO's avatar

@silenceiswar is right. And if you jailbreak you ipod it’s waaaayyy more useful.

Seelix's avatar

If you’re only focused on gaming, go with the DS. If you want a device that’ll allow you to play games (but not hardcore) as well as other stuff, get the iPod.

XYZZYtja's avatar

Seriously I suggest the Ipod bro, you can do so much more with it!
Nintendo 3DS sounds fun, still is a bit “cheap” if you ask me, would be obvious to go for the Ipod,
You can either go for:
Quality work, and hell of a lot more options
Watch movies listen to music etc (Ipod)
or
Original, inventing but shitty graphics and I guesse it will get boring after some while, and it’s pretty bad for you eys (3ds)

jerv's avatar

Anybody who follows me may be surprised, but I would go with the iPod. Yeah, I dish on Apple a lot, but I have to say that the fourth-gen iPod is a better deal. It does gaming decently, has a large library to choose from, and can do other things as well.

PopTarts's avatar

I was hoping for the 3ds, but I guess the Ipod touch has more functions.
But hey, I heard that the 3ds has better graphics now and it also has full web browsing and can play 3d movies too. But i still need to hear opinions so I won’t waste my money.
Btw, how is the 3d bad for our eyes?

jerv's avatar

If you wan tto know how 3D graphics can hurt someone’s eyes, read this for a rough idea.

The truth about the 3DS and eye damage is that there is some debate, but one thing that isn’t is that people are getting more nearsighted in the Information Age where we spend many hours staring at something within arms reach and fairly little time with our eyes focused further than a few feet away. Accordingly, there probably is at least a grain of truth to the warnings.

PopTarts's avatar

@jerv
I don’t think I will have a problem with my eye using the 3D, it was said in the article you gave it may affect the children because their eye muscles are not full developed yet. Thanks for the detail.
I would greatly take that into consideration.

PopTarts's avatar

I still need more opinions please.

jerv's avatar

Actually, it hurts kids the most, but even adults shouldn’t play it for more than 30 minutes at a time, and since I have screwy eyes anyways, the 3D wouldn’t work right for me and may make my eyes worse than they already are despite being well above the age of 6.

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