The Apple iPod Touch 6G will reportedly be released alongside a slew of other devices on October 16.

The highly anticipated music/video player will launch together with the iPad Mini and iPad Air 2 this October.

Aside from that, Apple has several other devices on the line, making sure that they close with a bang before the year's end. These include the iPod Nano 8G, iPod Touch 6, Apple Watch, iPad Mini 2014 as well as a larger iPhone 6 operating on the new iOS 8.

Meanwhile, several improvements were speculated regarding the next generation iPod Touch 6G including a larger screen size, enhanced camera, and hardware.

The new iPod Touch 6^th Generation will come in a variety of colors including orange, pink, green, blue, light grey, dark grey and red.

Also, it will reportedly sport a larger screen size of 5-inches and will have a resolution of 1280 x 720 megapixels, with 440 pixels per inch.

The device will boast of a 1.5-megapixel front-facing camera with HD video capability of up to 720p and 30 fps, while an 8-megapixel iSight camera at the back of the device will have several features like backside illumination, auto-focus, LED flash, five-element lens, face detection and hybrid IR filter. 

The iPod Touch 6^th Generation will be powered by the fast and powerful A6 dual-core processor with at 1 GHz, and will be available in 32 GB and 64 GB versions, reportedly extending to 128 GB.

Aside from that, the iPod Touch 6^th Generation was speculated to acquire Near Field Communication (NFC) that will allow a secure sharing data between mobile devices.

In terms of the battery life, the new device was rumored to sport an Organic Radical Battery (ORB), which the iPhone 6 currently has, allowing the upcoming iPod Touch to have a music playback time of up to 60 hours and 10 hours for video playing.

The iPod Touch 4G 32 GB will start at $249 while the iPod Touch 5G 32GB will cost $299, and $399 for the 64 GB version.

The iPod Touch 6G will cost the same as the iPod Touch 5G.