iPod Touch Removed From Apple's Website in Some Countries After Being Discontinued

[MacRumors]

A few weeks after Apple announced it is discontinuing the iPod touch, the company has started to remove the device from its website in some countries.

It is no longer possible to access the iPod touch's product page on Apple's website in countries such as Canada, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, and many others. The page is still live in some countries, including the United States, but inventory is either sold out or very limited.

Apple had already relegated the iPod touch to the footer of its website following a redesign last year, and the device being removed entirely now in some countries signals that the end is near for the last iPod model in Apple's history.

It may still be possible to find the iPod touch at select Apple Store and Apple Authorized Reseller locations while supplies last, but inventory is very limited by this point. 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.

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.

"The spirit of iPod lives on," Apple's marketing chief Greg Joswiak said earlier this month.

(Thanks, exDeveloper and Thomas GS!)

Article Link: iPod Touch Removed From Apple's Website in Some Countries After Being Discontinued

 

[ghanwani]

I’m not seeing it on the US site.

 

[jav6454]

It was bound to happen as it's gone now.

 

[FelixDerKater]

It would have been interesting if they had made a 20th anniversary model similar to the original design for nostalgic purposes before discontinuing it. I would have bought one.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Wow! It’s like it doesn’t even exist. Sad news. RIP iPod Touch. You will live forever. Iconic Product! Changed the world.

 

[webkit]

I’m not seeing it on the US site.

Link in footer on Apple website under "Shop and Learn" takes you to:

iPod touch - Official Apple Support

Learn how to set up and use your iPod touch. Find all the topics, resources, and contact options you need for your iPod touch.

www.apple.com

 

[madebybela]

I know there's edgelords and zoomers that want to spit on the grave of this device, but I firmly believe the iPod touch was more pivotal to the iPhone's success than the iPhone itself. I owned an iPhone in 2007, but much more people I knew owned an iPod touch. Gave many people a demo of the best of the iPhone experience without having to shell out $600+ and switch phone carriers.

 

[winxmac]

Wayback Machine has your back...

 

[ackmondual]

It would have been interesting if they had made a 20th anniversary model similar to the original design for nostalgic purposes before discontinuing it. I would have bought one.

Agreed, but the IpT has faded that much into irrelevance. The irony is if if it were still a viable product for Apple, it wouldn't even have been discontinued in the first place (let alone entertaining ideas for a 20th anniversary model)

 

[webkit]

I know there's edgelords and zoomers that want to spit on the grave of this device, but I firmly believe the iPod touch was more pivotal to the iPhone's success than the iPhone itself. I owned an iPhone in 2007, but much more people I knew owned an iPod touch. Gave many people a demo of the best of the iPhone experience without having to shell out $600+ and switch phone carriers.

I guess it would depend on how many devices you wanted to carry around, storage needs, what sort of internet connectivity you had/needed, current phone and plan, etc.

Less than three months after its launch in 2007, Apple cut the iPhone price down to $299 (4GB) and $399 (8GB) which is the same price as the iPod touch at the time although the iPod did offer twice the storage space for the money.

 

[MrENGLISH]

It would have been interesting if they had made a 20th anniversary model similar to the original design for nostalgic purposes before discontinuing it. I would have bought one.

I would have bought a 20th anniversary iPod Classic with SSD, Apple Music, WiFi, and Bluetooth support.

 

[MacFan23]

Sounds like they’re making space for a new category.

 

[Bustycat]

In the Taiwan website, the hyperlink is gone from the bottom. Although the iPod touch page remains accessible, it redirects to its support page.

 

[svish]

Sad to see it go. Not available in Apple store India too.

 

[Yebubbleman]

"The spirit of iPod lives on," Apple's marketing chief Greg Joswiak said earlier this month.

(Thanks, exDeveloper and Thomas GS!)

Article Link: iPod Touch Removed From Apple's Website in Some Countries After Being Discontinued

I credit Joswiak with causing the iPod line to tank. Probably unfair, but as soon as the 5th Generation iPod touch came out with the A5 alongside the iPhone 5 with A6, I knew something was off. The discontinuation of the iPod classic was also an obviously bad omen. Frankly, I think if Apple had focused efforts on merging the iPod nano and iPod touch into a device that didn't necessarily run iOS or apps, but still had Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a headphone jack, and the ability to access and download music from Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube/Google Play Music, Bandcamp, SoundCloud, Pandora, etc. - that'd be a device that wouldn't necessarily be made as redundant next to the iPhone as the iPod touch ended up being. Then again, if the iPhone SE had a headphone jack and could run 100% fine without an active data plan (including 100% functional SMS forwarding), that'd be the obvious iPod touch replacement right there.

 

[everlast3434]

Purely for nostalgic purposes, I miss the one with the scroll wheel. The iPod touch isn’t really that great though. Isn’t it just an iPhone without a SIM card and without the phone app? Lol. ?