iPod Generation chart

Apple has created a consumer electronics monster. Since 2001 Apple has created many variations of the Apple iPod, iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle, and iPod touch.

We have created this generation chart to help identify which iPod you may have.

iPod	Generation	Apple's designation	Memory capacity	When available on market
	1G	iPod	5GB, 10GB	October 2001 - March, 2003
	2G	iPod	10GB, 20GB	June, 2002 - March, 2003
	3G (first docking iPod)	iPod	10GB, 15GB, 20GB, 30GB, 40GB	April, 2003 - June, 2004
	3G (first docking iPod)	iPod	20GB, 40GB	July, 2004 - June, 2005
	4G version with image display	iPod photo	30GB, 40GB, 60GB	October, 2004 - June, 2005
	4G version with color screen	iPod photo	20GB, 60GB	June, 2005 - September, 2005
	5G	iPod video	30GB, 60GB, 80GB	October, 2005 - September, 2007
	6G	iPod classic	80GB, 120GB, 160GB	September, 2007 - present

iPod mini	Generation	Apple's designation	Memory capacity	When available on market
	1G	iPod mini	4GB	January, 2004 - February, 2005
	2G	iPod mini	4GB, 6GB	February, 2005 - August, 2006

iPod nano	Generation	Apple's designation	Memory capacity	When available on market
	1G	iPod nano	1GB, 2GB, 4GB	September, 2005 - September, 2006
	2G	iPod nano	2GB, 4GB, 8GB	September,2006 - September 2007
	3G	iPod nano	4GB, 8GB	September, 2007 - September, 2008
	4G	iPod nano	8GB, 16GB	September, 2008 - present

iPod shuffle	Generation	Apple's designation	Memory capacity	When available on market
	1G	iPod shuffle	512MB, 1GB	January, 2005 - September, 2006
	2G	iPod shuffle	1GB, 2GB	January, 2006 - March, 2009
	3G	iPod shuffle	4GB	March, 2009 - present

iPod touch	Generation	Apple's designation	Memory capacity	When available on market
	1G	iPod touch	8GB, 16GB, 32GB	September, 2007 - September, 2008
	2G	iPod touch	8GB, 16GB, 32GB	September, 2008 - present