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Apple Officially Obsoletes Last iPod Nano Model
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I’ve got three very nice 16 gb 7th generation left that work great, good battery and are used regularly. Sure hope they last.
I remember the first ever Nano. I loved that thing. Something about that glass front made it feel really premium. Of course, it suffered from the dreaded scratches that would seemingly appear on contact with air, even when kept in its leather case with that nifty pull-tab.
Over the years the nano seemed to be a design playground for Apple. I thought the square ‘watch’ style was where they hit the nail on the head. I often wonder if that’s what inspired the creation of the Apple Watch. The fact that they then replaced it with such a different design seemed to me to be a distraction... ‘nothing to see here, definitely not working on a watch’...
That final design was just weird to me. Circular app icons on an otherwise iOS-like interface? Such an odd design language.
Over the years the nano seemed to be a design playground for Apple. I thought the square ‘watch’ style was where they hit the nail on the head. I often wonder if that’s what inspired the creation of the Apple Watch. The fact that they then replaced it with such a different design seemed to me to be a distraction... ‘nothing to see here, definitely not working on a watch’...
That final design was just weird to me. Circular app icons on an otherwise iOS-like interface? Such an odd design language.
Really, so much this. If they could make a phone this small w/ an edge to edge screen, and a great camera, I swear it'd sell like hotcakes.
I doubt you prefer to scroll from songs beginning with A all the way to songs listed in M vs scrubbing by letter first before song title.
I normally highly value MacRumors' reporting, but in this case, the headline of ‘Apple Officially Obsoletes Last iPod Nano Model’ (emphasis mine) is completely false!
Following the link provided in the article to Apple's KB page, we see the following:
Following the HT204217 link then shows separate entries for two 7th generation models, one from October 2012 and one from July 2015. Combining this knowledge with the fact that the vintage list specifically says ‘(7th generation, Late 2012)’, it seems clear to me that the 2015 iteration of the 7th generation model is not vintage or obsolete.
Why the distinction? The only thing I can think of is that because the 2012 and 2015 colour options are different, Apple doesn't want to have to still keep supplies of the 2012 ones (e.g. yellow and green) that were discontinued five years ago.
By this logic, we can also deduce that the mid-2015 refresh of the iPod Shuffle is also still fully ‘alive’.
(I have a friend who bought a Nano on my recommendation just a few years ago and loves it, so I wanted to be sure of its support status in case they ever seek my advice if it breaks – I'm pleased I can still tell them it's supported by Apple with a repair/replacement being available, despite what MacRumors say!)
Following the link provided in the article to Apple's KB page, we see the following:
Following the HT204217 link then shows separate entries for two 7th generation models, one from October 2012 and one from July 2015. Combining this knowledge with the fact that the vintage list specifically says ‘(7th generation, Late 2012)’, it seems clear to me that the 2015 iteration of the 7th generation model is not vintage or obsolete.
Why the distinction? The only thing I can think of is that because the 2012 and 2015 colour options are different, Apple doesn't want to have to still keep supplies of the 2012 ones (e.g. yellow and green) that were discontinued five years ago.
By this logic, we can also deduce that the mid-2015 refresh of the iPod Shuffle is also still fully ‘alive’.
(I have a friend who bought a Nano on my recommendation just a few years ago and loves it, so I wanted to be sure of its support status in case they ever seek my advice if it breaks – I'm pleased I can still tell them it's supported by Apple with a repair/replacement being available, despite what MacRumors say!)
If anyone has figured out how to create playlists on an iPod Nano 7th gen within Apple Music then please let me know at this post:
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iPod Nano (7th gen) NOT working with Apple Music
I have an iPod Nano (7th gen) and a Macbook Pro. When I upgraded the Macbook Pro to Catalina the Apple Music app didn't work with the iPod Nano. It's been a few months but I think I recall that I couldn't create playlists in Apple Music that would appear in the iPod Nano. After that I downgraded...
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I never had one of the small nanos. I first started with an archos hard drive player and used that for some years. Built like a tank. Not quite as durable as one, unfortunately; but it did handle riding around in a backpack just fine. I liked the painted silver body, the blue bumpers, the display screen for finding songs, and the overall form factor, although it was never really small enough to put into a pocket. I did use it all day at my job and no longer had to bring CDs to work.
The Archos lasted for several years and then one day started malfunctioning. Soon it was a goner, so I bought a 32GB hard drive version of the Apple iPod. What a huge difference between that and the old Archos! I STILL didn't have enough room for all my music, but I could store most of it there. I think it was the iPhone 5 that finally allowed me to store my entire library of MP3s on my portable listening device.
I stream now 80% of the time, but my iPhone and my iPad still carry my entire music library around, so when I do get tired of streaming annoyances (I won't pay for streaming, so yeah, I put up with annoyances), I can just play something out of my old library.
But man, those where the days. When I could plug my archos, iPod, or iPhone into my car's 1/8" headphone jack, or my home stereo's aux input, and just listen to music without CDs. Now of course, the car and home stereo both have bluetooth inputs, so I still use my portable device as a "head unit". But those old days; nostalgic.