Is an iPod Touch 5th generation a good testing device for iOS (react-native) development in 2018 As I'm going to upload my first app on the Apple App store and do not own an iPhone. From what I understand, owning and bundling your app on an Apple Device is a required phase of the app creation process on x-code.

I'm wondering if an iPod Touch 5th generation is a good enough device for running and running my bundled app.

Appart from the screen size difference (the iPod touch 5th generation is 4") and minor differences, is an iPod Touch 5th gen an adequate device for ios development or must it obligatorily be an iphone? 

PS: the only similar question I found dated from 2011, just want to be sure it's sill ok in 2018 before buying an iPod Touch and the apple developer licence.
   Will an iPod touch suffice for testing iOS apps?

PSS: I'm using react-native (without expo) but I guess it's not relevant in the question.
No, an iPod 5th gen would not work for testing your app for these reasons:


Software incapabilities. The 5th generation iPod came out in 2012 and is using a 32 bit architecture, therefore, it is unable to update to software requiring a 64 bit architecture. Which means it is stuck at iOS 9.


Why this matters:

iOS 10-11 brought many new features and speed improvements to all apple devices. If you are testing your product on a device that does not have these enhancements, you will not be able to provide a quality product to people using the newer versions of iOS




Processor problems. The iPod 5th gen came with Apple's A5 chip and a 32bit chip


Why this matters:

Plain and simple, your iPod will crash when it runs the app.