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Is the iPod Classic Done? 10 Years of iPod

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Hey, someone predicted the iPhone in that thread:

Obviously, this crowd will only be happy when Apple is giving away kick-ass PDAs for with MP3 record/playback and a built-in world phone for free.
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The Classic will likely be around for a couple more years at least, or until the price of an equivalent (at least 128Gb) iPod Touch approaches the $249 price point.

Perhaps sooner if cloud-based storage capacity becomes the norm very very quickly.

If we don't see 128 Gb at this year's refresh we'll see something cloud-based introduced. We might see both.
 
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Gemütlichkeit said:
I see no need for it when you have an outstanding product like the iPod Touch.
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1. Durability: Glass front screen can crack easily on the touch
2. Capacity: The touch cannot match the iPod
3. One hand operation: The click wheel is made to use one-handed. The IPod touch, not so much.
 
My first iPod was a first gen iPod touch. I've never owned a Classic, but I still feel partial to these things. I've played with my cousin's and I like how you can feel the hard drive spin when you skip a song. It makes the electronic feel much more personal and 'alive', although I always get the impression the hard drive will break any time.

If one were to buy a classic now would you be able to make a lot of money later on?
 
Your missing a big point

You guys are missing a huge point. A couple actually. There not going to take away the high storage and only leave people with a 64GB option, because people would buy the 120GB Zune. Have you ever though that they are going to release a huge 10 year anaversery or something? Also, so what? It's been 2 years since an upgrade. Why freak out? It's a classic, it doesn't need to do anything more. Also, the Zune HD and other Zunes haven't been updated in over 3 years,,, many products just don't need them right now.
 
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The space/price point was nice but my iPod Video HD sure didn't like being cliped to the tank of my motorcycle. ;)
 
Lancetx said:
That thread is full of some of the most comical and short sighted statements you'll ever see. Good thing Steve Jobs obviously knew what he was doing a lot more than the forum posters of the time did. That's why I laugh at some of the more critical comments you see on some of the threads today as well. In 10 years they'll look just as comical and short sighted as those do I'm sure.
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So true. That's why Steve Jobs is where he is and all the naysayers and criticizers are where they are.
 
Funny stuff. And yet people refuse to learn. There are plenty of threads today about iPhone, iPad and other products that are otherwise indistinguishable from that one.

Re: iPod classic. It's sad to say it, but I agree it is done. The world's just moved past the design which has not substantially changed since 2001 (today's iMacs are substantially different than those from 2001). It's still got the same layout, even if the materials, screen, scroll wheel and screen have seen revisions. But these days, it's all about touch, flash memory and the fabled "convergence" (remember that word? Everyone was throwing it around as the "next big thing", but nothing ever really worked. But then it actually happened, even though people forgot about it). It would be nice if Apple acknowledged it and officially laid it to rest on its 10 year anniversary, rather than just quietly discontinuing it.
 
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While that thread is indeed hilarious, keep in mind that the thing cost $399 and was Mac and FireWire-only. It would never have taken off if it weren't for the big changes in future revisions that fixed those issues.
 
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As much as I love my iPod touch, it'll never replace my 160gb Classic. Having pretty much every album and song I've ever owned and/or loved, as a child, and in my adult years, is priceless. Glad I picked one up last year.
 
How cool would it be if apple released a 10th anniversary edition ipod classic that was 320gb (double current) and also came with a cable that could attach to an ipad and the ipod would act as a media drive to play music and movies off of.
 
fifthworld said:
What about the iPod OS? Isn't it on the hd, like the Nomad Jukebox of that time? I had one of those and it was easy, if expensive, to find hd larger than the original already formatted including the OS.
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I believe that the core of the iPod OS resides in firmware. A bit of research reveals that after replacing the drive as seen here, putting the iPod into disk mode and restoring with iTunes will reinstall any missing pieces.

Signal-11 said:
Apple hates physical buttons. No Apple device in the past ten years has ever moved backwards in the drive to eliminate physical buttons.

Button to open laptop display? Gone.
Latches for batteries? Gone.
Trackpad button? Gone.
Physical buttons on the iPod? Six.
Buttons on iPod Touch? Two (Four if you count the volume.)
Buttons for ejectable drives? Never existed.

Dude, you will never again see physical buttons for these things on an iDevice itself.



Why buy new if you intend to void the warranty? This is something I'll probably do in the coming few weeks myself. I think 1.8" HDD development's more or less plateaued as well.
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Unfortunately, you are probably right. Though it would be nice to see one last revision of the Classic, I have a feeling that this is the end of the line. Also, a good point on the buy used bit. I tend to forget that the Classic is still two years old as is and used models are readily available on eBay, etc.
 
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The current "iPod" app icon on the iPhone. Enough said.
 
Considering that a 160GB iPod Classic existed in 2007, it's really been more like 4 years since Apple has made meaningful progress with this line.

Perhaps if a Classic were to be produced with capacity superior to all its predecessors, it might motivate people to upgrade.
 
As I didn't respond to post #36 back then, allow me to take this opportunity to say, @fragiledreams, HAHAHA!

On point, I still see people on the train to work using iPod Classics quite often. Sure, they look kind of beat up and old (the iPods, not the people) but they haven't been replaced by iPod Touches either, so there's continuing demand for them.
 
It seems that Apple has abandoned the product that made them a household name. Why would you buy a huge HDD iPod, when you could get an iPhone or an iPod touch? Eventually, iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads will be 64GB or 128GB. The first iPod I bought, had a black and white screen and was 40GB. Add to that, the eventual cloud, why would you need a portable device with more than 128GB storage and wifi? BTW, this is coming from the guy that always buys the highest storage capacity, because I think it's worth an extra $100 to get twice the storage capacity.
 
iVeBeenDrinkin' said:
Why would you buy a huge HDD iPod, when you could get an iPhone or an iPod touch?
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I've got an iPhone and a classic.

The classic is used almost every day solely for playing music. The iPod app on my iPhone is only used once in a blue moon.

I just think the classic is a much better music player and I'll carry on using them as long as I can. :)
 
OllyW said:
I've got an iPhone and a classic.

The classic is used almost every day solely for playing music. The iPod app on my iPhone is only used once in a blue moon.

I just think the classic is a much better music player and I'll carry on using them as long as I can. :)
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I applaud you. I would have done the same until they added the "convert higher bit rate to 128" option to the iPhone. Now, I can have 5200 songs on my iPhone 32GB, which is roughly half my iTunes library, with enough space for app, photos, and video. I see no reason to carry around two devices when one does everything I need, plus all the guilty pleasures of the web.
 
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