iPod Touch Already 'Sold Out' in Some Configurations After Being Discontinued

[MacRumors]

Just one day after Apple announced it is discontinuing the iPod touch, which remains available "while supplies last," the portable music player is now listed as "sold out" in some configurations on Apple's online store in the United States.

For example, the iPod touch can no longer be ordered with 256GB of storage in any color on Apple.com in the United States, and the (PRODUCT)RED model with 128GB of storage is also listed as "sold out" in the country. Stock may fluctuate over the coming days, but it is clear that Apple's remaining iPod touch inventory is quickly depleting.

First introduced in October 2001, the iPod is one of Apple's most iconic products, but the device's discontinuation became inevitable given the wide array of Apple products that can play music, including the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, HomePod mini, and more.

"Today, the spirit of iPod lives on," Apple's marketing chief Greg Joswiak said Tuesday. "We've integrated an incredible music experience across all of our products, from the iPhone to the Apple Watch to HomePod mini, and across Mac, iPad, and Apple TV. And Apple Music delivers industry-leading sound quality with support for spatial audio — there's no better way to enjoy, discover, and experience music."

While stock is depleting on Apple's online store, the iPod touch may still be found at select Apple Store locations and at Apple Authorized Resellers while supplies last. The seventh-generation iPod touch was released in May 2019 and features a 4-inch Retina display, an A10 chip, and a classic Home button without Touch ID.

Once the iPod touch is fully sold out, Apple will no longer sell any iPod, marking the end of an era.

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[Blackstick]

There's a lot of niche uses for iPod touches in business/warehouse settings. We manage a few dozen in JamfPro for our corporate classes where our trainers use them as "gameshow" clickers, to provide instructor feedback during/after class, etc. The warehouse also runs scanner software on them.

Yes, we could (and at this point will have to) do much the same with low end iPhone or iPad models, but it's simply not as cost effective (or in the case of iPads, portable). Some of our trainers take 12 iPod touches with them in a flight case to client sites... 12 iPads is considerably more weight.

 

[Spock]

There's a lot of niche uses for iPod touches in business/warehouse settings. We manage a few dozen in JamfPro for our corporate classes where our trainers use them as "gameshow" clickers, to provide instructor feedback during/after class, etc. The warehouse also runs scanner software on them.

Yes, we could (and at this point will have to) do much the same with low end iPhone or iPad models, but it's simply not as cost effective (or in the case of iPads, portable). Some of our trainers take 12 iPod touches with them in a flight case to client sites... 12 iPads is considerably more weight.

I always thought that this was the real reason that Apple was still selling the device in the first place. I bet most of these being sold are probably companies getting replacements while they can that are still covered under warranty.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

I’m glad I ordered mine. They will all be sold out soon. RIP iPod Touch 🪦

 

[tonywalker23]

My 10 year old son has been craving one of these for a while. I told him no because of the A10 processor—it just doesn't make sense to me. Last week, I began reading the Fadell book, Build, and was inspired by the introduction. There, he says that his grandfather helped him save the money to buy an Apple ][ when he was 12. I told my son I had an idea: for every Swift Playground he completed, I would give him some money to save up for a new Apple device...

Yesterday I broke the news to him. He is super smart (started reading when he was less than 3yr), but his mind doesn't understand how quickly "while supplies last" is. He thinks there will still be some by the time he saves his money. He asked my mother, his grandma, if he could help her clean houses to make some money. He said that she would give him $20 for each house he helps clean, so he did the math and was so excited yesterday at the possibility of finally getting one.

He doesn't know it, but grandma went ahead and gave us the money yesterday to order one and put it up without telling him. He is going to help her clean, save his money, work on Swift Playgrounds, and when he sadly thinks they are all out of stock, there'll be one waiting for him.

It might not make the news like the introduction of Tony Fadell's book, but I can't wait to surprise him with it. He has a brilliant mind to be 10, and I hope that continues the spark that tech puts in his eye--that he will do good with it far more than I ever hope to.

 

[bgraham]

Probably not a bad buy honestly - will retain its value for quite a few years as the last iPod, and because there’s not a product that even comes close to it on the market.

 

[Mr. Dee]

Sounds like a bunch of scalpers if you ask me.

 

[mansplains]

Do they really run out of stock when you can add AppleCare+?

 

[Nimrad]

Rest in peace! Although there are definitely some use cases - for instance as a first device for a child - it is natural to discontinue this. iPod changed the MP3 player world just as the iPhone changed the smartphone world. Looking forward to the next big thing, regardless of whether Apple or anybody else will be responsible for it.

 

[iHorseHead]

My 10 year old son has been craving one of these for a while. I told him no because of the A10 processor—it just doesn't make sense to me. Last week, I began reading the Fadell book, Build, and was inspired by the introduction. There, he says that his grandfather helped him save the money to buy an Apple ][ when he was 12. I told my son I had an idea: for every Swift Playground he completed, I would give him some money to save up for a new Apple device...

Yesterday I broke the news to him. He is super smart (started reading when he was less than 3yr), but his mind doesn't understand how quickly "while supplies last" is. He thinks there will still be some by the time he saves his money. He asked my mother, his grandma, if he could help her clean houses to make some money. He said that she would give him $20 for each house he helps clean, so he did the math and was so excited yesterday at the possibility of finally getting one.

He doesn't know it, but grandma went ahead and gave us the money yesterday to order one and put it up without telling him. He is going to help her clean, save his money, work on Swift Playgrounds, and when he sadly thinks they are all out of stock, there'll be one waiting for him.

It might not make the news like the introduction of Tony Fadell's book, but I can't wait to surprise him with it. He has a brilliant mind to be 10, and I hope that continues the spark that tech puts in his eye--that he will do with good with it far more than I ever hope to.

What? My son started to read when he was 6 months old.
I give him a penny every time he codes and compiles a full featured game in 6502 assembly language. For every bug he's getting spanked.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Probably not a bad buy honestly - will retain its value for quite a few years as the last iPod, and because there’s not a product that even comes close to it on the market.

I agree. Remember what happened to HomePod. iPod Touch will retain it's value high for the years to come.

 

[BradWI]

Sounds like a bunch of scalpers if you ask me.

Can't really call them scalpers when they were all available for many hours after the announcement.

This isn't a PS5 drop that sells out in seconds. These have literally been for sale for years.

Are people (myself included) buying for later resell? Yes, but we didn't stop anyone from having a chance at buying one.

 

[ouimetnick]

Do they really run out of stock when you can add AppleCare+?

I’m sure retail inventory is separate from warranty/AppleCare inventory just like with HomePods (and everything else) since they have to support these for 5-7 years starting yesterday.

 

[iHorseHead]

I agree. Remember what happened to HomePod. iPod Touch will retain it's value high for the years to come.

If I bought iPod touch today I'd keep it boxed and never unbox it and sell it 10 years later. Probably a good plan. Not really sure. I've noticed that it's a hit or miss. I certainly regret unboxing and using the first iPhone.

 

[Sir_Macs_A_Lot]

While I've bought a few iPod Touches for others, I've never owned one. I planned on getting one as a replacement for all of my music when my Classic iPod 160GB would die...(it still hasn't). The back-light did stop working months ago so I thought maybe that was a sign that I needed to move on. Then last night after taking it off of the charger...that light I assumed was dead came back to life, shining brightly, illuminating the dark room I was in with the brilliant colors of some randomly selected Album Cover. It was as if she heard the news about her kind's demise and was telling me, "Don't worry. I'm still here for you, buddy!"

 

[switz]

Trouble is storing for a long time period the battery will croak. Had new 160GB disk drive units and batteries were dead when tried to bring them to life a couple of years ago.

 

[saudor]

Trouble is storing for a long time period the battery will croak. Had new 160GB disk drive units and batteries were dead when tried to bring them to life a couple of years ago.

yeah need to charge them up every so often. I've been charging my 3GS to about 60-70% every few months and so far battery is still excellent (92% health)

 

[StuBeck]

There's a lot of niche uses for iPod touches in business/warehouse settings. We manage a few dozen in JamfPro for our corporate classes where our trainers use them as "gameshow" clickers, to provide instructor feedback during/after class, etc. The warehouse also runs scanner software on them.

Yes, we could (and at this point will have to) do much the same with low end iPhone or iPad models, but it's simply not as cost effective (or in the case of iPads, portable). Some of our trainers take 12 iPod touches with them in a flight case to client sites... 12 iPads is considerably more weight.

I had looked at this for a use case we have but decided against it because of the age of the units. I still think there is a use case for them to exist, but they would have had to put it at the old iPod Nano price point for that to happen. As it is, we just upgraded a user from an 11 Pro to a 13 Pro and used the 11 Pro without a data plan.

 

[Sir_Macs_A_Lot]

Trouble is storing for a long time period the battery will croak. Had new 160GB disk drive units and batteries were dead when tried to bring them to life a couple of years ago.

Unfortunately, it's not like storing rare baseball cards or action figures back in the day. Many of the items we'd like to store today have internal mechanisms that can't be preserved through time.

 

[winxmac]

Putting a downclocked A10 and keeping virtually everything the same from iPod touch 6 was the worst decision when iPod touch 7 was released... They should have used the iPhone 5/5s/SE 2016 body and released it back in 2019 or released it in 2022 and say it will be the final product in the iPod line ever...

Sounds like a bunch of scalpers if you ask me.

They will probably show up in sites like ebay once current stock has been zeroed out... And since they will be hard to find new and in perfect condition, prices will surely shoot up... If only the international/non-US prices were lower, I may have bought one for myself brand new, specifically the 256GB storage option...

 

[klasma]

I would like to want to buy one, because I like the idea of dedicated devices, but I don’t actually have a convincing use-case for one (and it will be out of support too soon). So Apple is probably right in discontinuing it, but it’s still sad.

 

[Sir_Macs_A_Lot]

I would like to want to buy one, because I like the idea of dedicated devices, but I don’t actually have a convincing use-case for one (and it will be out of support too soon). So Apple is probably right in discontinuing it, but it’s still sad.

I agree. While I wanted one, I grew tired of carrying around 2 devices: my phone and a separate device that contained all of my music. So I decided to consolidate these by getting a 512GB iPhone. Life is much simpler now.

 

[ian87w]

Scalpers in action.

 

[Macative]

My 10 year old son has been craving one of these for a while. I told him no because of the A10 processor—it just doesn't make sense to me. Last week, I began reading the Fadell book, Build, and was inspired by the introduction. There, he says that his grandfather helped him save the money to buy an Apple ][ when he was 12. I told my son I had an idea: for every Swift Playground he completed, I would give him some money to save up for a new Apple device...

Yesterday I broke the news to him. He is super smart (started reading when he was less than 3yr), but his mind doesn't understand how quickly "while supplies last" is. He thinks there will still be some by the time he saves his money. He asked my mother, his grandma, if he could help her clean houses to make some money. He said that she would give him $20 for each house he helps clean, so he did the math and was so excited yesterday at the possibility of finally getting one.

He doesn't know it, but grandma went ahead and gave us the money yesterday to order one and put it up without telling him. He is going to help her clean, save his money, work on Swift Playgrounds, and when he sadly thinks they are all out of stock, there'll be one waiting for him.

It might not make the news like the introduction of Tony Fadell's book, but I can't wait to surprise him with it. He has a brilliant mind to be 10, and I hope that continues the spark that tech puts in his eye--that he will do good with it far more than I ever hope to.

I bought an iPhone 11 instead and just didn't activate it. Far better value purchase.

 

[winxmac]

I bought an iPhone 11 instead and just didn't activate it. Far better value purchase.

Inserting a SIM card, connecting it to wi-fi/mobile/cellular connection and entering the iCloud/Apple ID activates it... So how are you going to use it/install/download apps to it? Or are you just going to keep it in the box?