Apple to Mark Several iPod Models as Obsolete Later This Month

[FreedomPenguin]

ouffffff, I sold that thing instantly after I tried that.

I think my Zune sounded better than my iPod's back then. but my phone sounds better than any of that, due to better hardware/processing.

imo, the Zune had great sound output. I ran across mine recently, not sure where it went. I also have the iPod nano as well which I utilized for running a lot.

 

[bookofxero]

It's been dead for a decade. now my workout tool is Apple Watch and headphone. Better? perhaps. but it drains battery

That is the point, though. There were tons of "watch" cases for the Nano long before there was a watch, and then Apple found a way to make multiple times more on an actual "watch" version. Toss in a few sensors, some hardware tweaks, a very limited OS, disgustingly slow BT transfers (unless you can perform the ceremony to get it to switch to wi-fi for transfers correctly), and a new chipset and they multiplied the price tag. It is really disappointing just how limited the options for a dedicated MP3 player have become (essentially nonexistent if you eliminate random foreign knockoffs no one has ever heard of before). There is one Shuffle-like device that seems promising, except they only allow you to download Spotify and Amazon Music songs to it - making them pointless if you have media not available on those platforms.

 

[ackmondual]

If it doesn’t have a click wheel it’s not an iPod.

I will fight anyone about that.

I mean, you can put a scroll wheel on an iPod Touch. Otherwise, from 10 years ago into today, every time I talk about my scroll wheel iPod, I be sure to specify it as "iPod Classic" to avoid confusion.

iPod? pfft. I got a ZUNE!

I had one too! They weren't half bad. I was already into iPod (Classics) and preferred those, having gotten used to them is all

 

[lusty]

It's been dead for a decade. now my workout tool is Apple Watch and headphone. Better? perhaps. but it drains battery

My Fenix 7 lasts weeks even using maps, music and GPS workouts. The only issue is sometimes I forget to charge it because it never seems to run down!

 

[routine_analyst]

Apple obsoleting several unique Apple devices. All that remain look the same.

 

[fhall1]

I found an ancient iPod shuffle from 2005 when I was decluttering the attic. Lol. The green and orange light are still working when I plugged it in. It’s currently still charging, really curious if it will still work after 17 years.

Well?????

 

[AF_APPLETALK]

I found an ancient iPod shuffle from 2005 when I was decluttering the attic. Lol. The green and orange light are still working when I plugged it in. It’s currently still charging, really curious if it will still work after 17 years.

Mine still works.

In all seriousness the death of the iPod does kind of leave a hole in the market. It'd be nice to have something like a last-generation classic iPod with a pencil thin design and flash storage.

 

[ColdShadow]

Uh... no. When the original iPod came out, besides saving and turning Apple into the unstoppable juggernaut that it is today and not a laughing stock that Bill Gates was buying with spare change before Steve Jobs returned, the largest MP3 players often cost $400 for like 128mb of space. The iPod was the same price with 10GB of songs and vastly superior sound quality. iTunes was fine; once Windows felt threatened, they started trying to make it harder to sync with PC's while they were launching their own competing product to dozens of screaming Zune fans.

I was not talking about iPod’s success and it being the product that saved Apple at that time.
I’m well aware of all that.
But it wasn’t a ground breaking product. the same was iPhone or even iPad were.
It sold so well simply because average ordinary consumers of that time didn’t know about existence of digital music and MP3s.
It’s seemed like a miracle to them coming from bulky portable CD players.

But for those who were more tech savvy and computer literate,MP3s and digital music players were available at least half a decade before iPod.

I had many MP3 digital players from cheaper low capacity ones from Sandisk and Creative to higher end ones from Sony.

When I experienced iPod , it was already old news for me just a different brand of what I was already been using for years.

and using iTunes to transfer music was awkward and very un-user friendly.

With most others you’d just drag and drop your music from PC to the player.
Also I never mentioned Zune.Zune was made after iPod and I never even bothered trying it.

 

[ponzicoinbro]

I mean, you can put a scroll wheel on an iPod Touch. Otherwise, from 10 years ago into today, every time I talk about my scroll wheel iPod, I be sure to specify it as "iPod Classic" to avoid confusion.


I had one too! They weren't half bad. I was already into iPod (Classics) and preferred those, having gotten used to them is all

I want a haptic feedback scroll wheel in Apple Music app. This would be the cake.

 

[Westside guy]

iPod? pfft. I got a ZUNE!

Hopefully the poop-brown one!

 

[Westside guy]

If it doesn’t have a click wheel it’s not an iPod.

The iPod's click wheel was inspired design for navigating a large music library. For that specific purpose, it is so much better than what we have now on our phones.

 

[szw-mapple fan]

If it doesn’t have a click wheel it’s not an iPod.

I will fight anyone about that.

I guess all iPod shuffle’s aren’t iPods then.

 

[D-ConYT]

*sigh* RIP the iPod

 

[ponzicoinbro]

I guess all iPod shuffle’s aren’t iPods then.

They are iShuffle.

 

[ponzicoinbro]

The iPod's click wheel was inspired design for navigating a large music library. For that specific purpose, it is so much better than what we have now on our phones.

I used to be able to navigate my music in the dark or in my pocket just by being able to feel the wheel.

 

[Sir_Macs_A_Lot]

All models of iPod basically became obsolete when Apple decided to stop manufacturing them.
It's a shame because they are still pretty useful.

 

[iLLUMI]

The Shuffle is the greatest workout music device ever made.

I still use my 6th gen Nano at the gym. I used to use a Shuffle but hated it because I couldnt see the music. Then 6th gen Nano came along and it was exactly what I'd been wishing for.

 

[ZZ9pluralZalpha]

The Shuffle is the greatest workout music device ever made.

I never got the hang of working out with wired headphones—always mere inches from catching the cord on something and garroting myself. The Apple Watch plus AirPods is a far better combination to me.

 

[SoldOnApple]

iTunes is the main reason I seldom use iPods any longer.
When does iTunes become Obsolete?

What's iTunes? Are you talking about the Music app?

 

[return2sendai]

Obsolete? Not until you pry my iPod from my dead hand!

 

[userofnames]

If it doesn’t have a click wheel it’s not an iPod.

I will fight anyone about that.

I know what you are saying but the first three iPods did not have a click wheel. It was introduced in the iPod mini and then added to the main line with the 4th gen monochrome.

 

[svish]

Inevitable. Sad to see iPod no longer available.

 

[ponzicoinbro]

I know what you are saying but the first three iPods did not have a click wheel. It was introduced in the iPod mini and then added to the main line with the 4th gen monochrome.

I mean those as well. Actually like the physical wheel so much because you can feel your way around the system without looking at it.

It’s the same reason digital displays and digital controls for cars are being panned.

Because drivers shouldn’t take their eyes off the road for a second.

Physical controls let drivers use them without taking the eyes of the road.

Love that 💩

 

[ackmondual]

I mean those as well. Actually like the physical wheel so much because you can feel your way around the system without looking at it.

It’s the same reason digital displays and digital controls for cars are being panned.

Because drivers shouldn’t take their eyes off the road for a second.

Physical controls let drivers use them without taking the eyes of the road.

Love that 💩

Well, car manufacturers like displays because it lets them keep the console much less cluttered. Granted, I'm still used to cars from decades back, and did appreciate having a knob or switch for every little thing (climate control, and radio controls). Another thing is as of May 2018, cars built from then on are required to have a backup camera, so a display is needed to utilize that. Between that, and being able to use Android Auto, I gotta say the tradeoff wasn't a complete bust.

If I ever get to it, that's why I enjoyed my iPod Classic. I knew my own playlists and setup, and could find anything with little to no looking at the Ipod Classic. A nice contrast this day in age is I do have voice activated commands. I can just use voice commands to seek music in YouTube, and use a button on Android Auto screen to tell it to rewind/ff 24 seconds, pause, etc.