Well...
iPod Classic with a 256GB SSD, please?
Please?
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iWatch May Ultimately Replace iPod, No iPod Updates Expected in 2014
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Someone is stuck in the older decade
I thought they'd take the Nano, make it a watch, and discontinue the Shuffle. But instead they made it a cheapo version of the iPod touch and made the cheapest iPod touch $100 more expensive, removing the smaller capacity options. Whatever happens, I hope they keep the Classic and finally upgrade its capacity.
The current iPod lineup is great.
Especially the iPod Touch and the Shuffle are awesome devices, imho. My kids have both. And they love them.
You could always boost performance with an even stronger processor in the Touch but they sure are great devices as is.
Apple are right to focus on something else.
Especially the iPod Touch and the Shuffle are awesome devices, imho. My kids have both. And they love them.
You could always boost performance with an even stronger processor in the Touch but they sure are great devices as is.
Apple are right to focus on something else.
Could be...
My guess is that a so-called iWatch could be introduced to cannibalize the most affordable iPod lines (Shuffle and Nano), but not replacing them from the start (maybe they leave them to die after several years, like the iPod Classic).
On the other hand, I think the iPod Touch could remain as the top tier non-iPhone media/entertainment device. It could actually receive a significant refresh to make it a little iPad Mini-like (size increase) so it's more game/kids oriented (could this be that 5.5 "iPhone"?). (More than a guess, this is what I'd like to see happen )
A wearable device makes sense to me as a music player, fitness/health tracker but not much else (fashion accessory? notifications on your wrist? Siri search? email/message reader?).
Most wearable stuff (including fitness bands) are being abandoned by about 50% of owners, after an average of 6 months of use. So, besides fitness and health tracking abilities, an iWatch MUST have one or two "tried and true" features (iPod music playing, basically, with Bluetooth connectivity for wireless headsets and speakers) and maybe some other(s) "magical or revolutionary" feature that Apple has in their sleeve.
That's why I believe an Apple wearable could be marketed as an iPod-like device, besides it's other features.
My guess is that a so-called iWatch could be introduced to cannibalize the most affordable iPod lines (Shuffle and Nano), but not replacing them from the start (maybe they leave them to die after several years, like the iPod Classic).
On the other hand, I think the iPod Touch could remain as the top tier non-iPhone media/entertainment device. It could actually receive a significant refresh to make it a little iPad Mini-like (size increase) so it's more game/kids oriented (could this be that 5.5 "iPhone"?). (More than a guess, this is what I'd like to see happen
)A wearable device makes sense to me as a music player, fitness/health tracker but not much else (fashion accessory? notifications on your wrist? Siri search? email/message reader?).
Most wearable stuff (including fitness bands) are being abandoned by about 50% of owners, after an average of 6 months of use. So, besides fitness and health tracking abilities, an iWatch MUST have one or two "tried and true" features (iPod music playing, basically, with Bluetooth connectivity for wireless headsets and speakers) and maybe some other(s) "magical or revolutionary" feature that Apple has in their sleeve.
That's why I believe an Apple wearable could be marketed as an iPod-like device, besides it's other features.
Ehh, imagined walking around with a headset connected to your Watch (people use to move their when walking). The headphones cord would get in the way, and so I think this is yet another nonsense rumour made by people who don't get technology.
Well...
iPod Classic with a 256GB SSD, please?
Please?
Yes, maybe Apple should bring a HD-capable 'iPod Classic' with at least 256GB Flash-Memory as competitor to the pono-Player, the Astell&Kern-Player, the FIIO X5-Player and the Sony NWZ-ZX1 HD-Walkman. And iTunes should sell the HD-files which they already have from the 'Mastered for iTunes' process .....
Exactly. Back in time, the 2nd and the 3rd gen iPod touches were more powerful than the iPhone of the same generation. Apple started dumbing down them in 2010: the iPhone4 was the first iPhone to be seriously superior to the iPt4G, and, later, the gap was even more widened by putting previous-gen CPU's and skimping on RAM in future models.
All this clearly shows Apple wants to dump their touch line by artificially making it far less desirable than was before 2010 and, consequently, making demand far lower than before 2010.
Bingo. iWatch becomes part of the "iPod event" and nothing changes, except Apple has again created the successor to one of its own products.
Can't see iWatch playing videos like Nano, but I'd like it too
Does this mean the Classic is done? I'd like to see iPod Touch done, too. September should be an interesting event, this year. iPhone or iWatch or both Tim deserves a "one more thing", don't you think?
All those people in this thread complaining about the iPod going away. Do you still use them? Do you really need over 64 GB of music on you at all time. No way you'll listen to that, you'll just end up skipping songs for half your commute.
So explain me how can I carry around 50/60gb of music, listening to it 1/2 hours a day and charging it once in a week
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I'll buy 2 of them instanctlyYes, maybe Apple should bring a HD-capable 'iPod Classic' with at least 256GB Flash-Memory as competitor to the pono-Player, the Astell&Kern-Player, the FIIO X5-Player and the Sony NWZ-ZX1 HD-Walkman. And iTunes should sell the HD-files which they already have from the 'Mastered for iTunes' process .....
Maybe when the iPod Touch gets discontinued Apple will lower the price of the 5C significantly to fill that gap in the market?
No way.
Is the iwatch going to have a camera? I doubt it for the 1st gen. Even if it does the screen would be too small to make it a useful camera viewfinder. It would be like stepping back to the first ever camera phones.
Will it store 64gb of music? Not likely again.
Will it be able to play games? I'd say 100% not.
Would I watch a film on an iPod touch? Yes p an iwatch Erm No?
Would I browse the web on an iwatch? Not for any length of time on a tiny screen.
Will it replace the small ipod? Yes that's possible.
Is the iwatch going to have a camera? I doubt it for the 1st gen. Even if it does the screen would be too small to make it a useful camera viewfinder. It would be like stepping back to the first ever camera phones.
Will it store 64gb of music? Not likely again.
Will it be able to play games? I'd say 100% not.
Would I watch a film on an iPod touch? Yes p an iwatch Erm No?
Would I browse the web on an iwatch? Not for any length of time on a tiny screen.
Will it replace the small ipod? Yes that's possible.
Yes, I've built during the years "My perfect iPod collection", 12.000 tracks randomly played, never feel the need to skip a song, because if it's there it has the right to be there. And I enjoy being surprised every time, listening maybe to Pixies->Neil Young->Chopin->Youssou n'Dour->Oscar Peterson->Creedence->Daft Punk etc. etc.
And since you're from Holland...Fatal Flowers too
It won't by discontinued.
No way could they lower the price enough. At the moment the value of an IPod touch 5 to get it as a phone sim free is an IPhone 3GS or maybe Iphone 4 at a push.
The battery is much smaller on an ipod. Hence it's cheaper.
Yes, maybe Apple should bring a HD-capable 'iPod Classic' with at least 256GB Flash-Memory as competitor to the pono-Player, the Astell&Kern-Player, the FIIO X5-Player and the Sony NWZ-ZX1 HD-Walkman. And iTunes should sell the HD-files which they already have from the 'Mastered for iTunes' process .....
I wish!!
They would have to upgrade the classic to match all those players, but apple will never do it. File support is the other big issue.
Maybe if Apple updated the iPod Classic with bigger capacities every year then a lot of people would keep buying them. I would love to have a portable music player that holds my entire lossless music library but Apple does not offer that yet. I hope that the rumours of HD music on the iTunes Store prove to be true because then Apple would have the incentive to sell a high capacity iPod again.
Someone is stuck in the older decade
Actually seventh generation iPod Classic is the second best sounding source from apple behind the 5.5g. If you are into music, this old stuff is superior to the current gen, and the huge capacity is a major bonus for a lot of music fans.
Especially when you consider the fact that there's been at least 8% inflation in the U.S between 2008 and 2013. So in real terms it'd be more like $8.6 billion to $5 billion.
Even the UK has its dark spots. If you can't cover a small island...
I don't think the iPod line is going anywhere. Even if it just comes down to Apple selling iPhones with the radios disabled/removed, there will always be an "offline" music player. And hey if Apple doesn't do that, someone else will (Pono Player anyone?).
The gross unification of tech isn't a wonderful thing.
Gentlemen, it's again some ANALyst's wet dream that MacRumors is publishing.
Nothing more, nothing less.
The iPod Touch will stay, it's too much related to the iPhone to just be made obsolete.
Technology wise, it will stay one or two generations behind the iPhone, this is just to compensate processor production lines.
From what I'm seeing a processor starts in the topmodel iPhone line-up, gets transferred the next year to the "last year's model line-up (being just the same one year old model of iPhone or it's "C" variant) and ends in it's third year as the core processor for the iPod Touch line.
This phased usage of a processor types means that Apple doesn't have to invest in a huge production line and has a longer return-on-investment in said production lines.
Between the iPod shuffle and the iPod Nano, there's a good chance that one or both could be replaced by the iWatch if it has music play capability.
For the future of iPod Classic, it will all depend from the capacity of the ssd that they can fit into the iPod Touch, if it's 128 or 256, it's bye bye Classic, if it's 64, the Classic will stay.
Question will be if they can and would install a ssd of 128 or 256 in the Classic. Even an 128 ssd would get the most Classic fan's to buy it.
So will my ANALystic dreams also get a MacRumors front page article?
Nothing more, nothing less.
The iPod Touch will stay, it's too much related to the iPhone to just be made obsolete.
Technology wise, it will stay one or two generations behind the iPhone, this is just to compensate processor production lines.
From what I'm seeing a processor starts in the topmodel iPhone line-up, gets transferred the next year to the "last year's model line-up (being just the same one year old model of iPhone or it's "C" variant) and ends in it's third year as the core processor for the iPod Touch line.
This phased usage of a processor types means that Apple doesn't have to invest in a huge production line and has a longer return-on-investment in said production lines.
Between the iPod shuffle and the iPod Nano, there's a good chance that one or both could be replaced by the iWatch if it has music play capability.
For the future of iPod Classic, it will all depend from the capacity of the ssd that they can fit into the iPod Touch, if it's 128 or 256, it's bye bye Classic, if it's 64, the Classic will stay.
Question will be if they can and would install a ssd of 128 or 256 in the Classic. Even an 128 ssd would get the most Classic fan's to buy it.
So will my ANALystic dreams also get a MacRumors front page article?
You mean bluetooth headphones? Saying wireless earpods just makes it sound like Apple invented it.