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Apple's iPod: is the end nigh?
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Author:  paulzolo [ Wed Jan 29, 2014 12:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Apple's iPod: is the end nigh?
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Few pieces of technology can genuinely claim to be iconic. But Apple's iPod, first launched in 2001, arguably fits the bill.

With its distinctive click-wheel design, and those ubiquitous white bud headphones, the iPod brought good looks to portable audio technology - with a "cool" factor not seen since Sony's Walkman over a decade earlier.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25927366

I bought a 1st gen one (my dad thought I was mad) and an iPod Photo when I needed the extra capacity. The Photo is still running, and unless it suffers a catastrophic failure, I intend to keep it going for a while yet.
Author:  pcernie [ Wed Jan 29, 2014 12:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Apple's iPod: is the end nigh?
I imagine they've only really lasted this long cos of people who won't have a smartphone near them, presents etc. Anybody else would need to be mad if they're into Apple. Or a really bad decision maker.... It's different if you already have existing kit of course.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Wed Jan 29, 2014 1:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Apple's iPod: is the end nigh?
There's presumably still a market for small, cheap MP3 players, so maybe the iPod shuffle has a future. The problem may be Apple don't do 'cheap'.

Now there's a 128GB iPhone, the justification for the iPod Classic is looking increasingly marginal. Plus it hasn't changed at all in a good few years and they presumably want to rid themselves of 30-pin devices as soon as possible.

I can see the iPod brand continuing for a few years yet. The iconic 'iPod' with the circular control and screen, maybe not so much.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Jan 29, 2014 2:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Apple's iPod: is the end nigh?
jonbwfc wrote:
There's presumably still a market for small, cheap MP3 players, so maybe the iPod shuffle has a future. The problem may be Apple don't do 'cheap'.

Now there's a 128GB iPhone, the justification for the iPod Classic is looking increasingly marginal. Plus it hasn't changed at all in a good few years and they presumably want to rid themselves of 30-pin devices as soon as possible.

I can see the iPod brand continuing for a few years yet. The iconic 'iPod' with the circular control and screen, maybe not so much.

Not necessarily. There are still needs for an iPod without phone features. You can give it to kids no need to worry about additional call charges etc. If they want to get rid of the old docks then a new device is necessary unless they drop the line completely.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Wed Jan 29, 2014 2:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Apple's iPod: is the end nigh?
Amnesia10 wrote:
Not necessarily. There are still needs for an iPod without phone features. You can give it to kids no need to worry about additional call charges etc. If they want to get rid of the old docks then a new device is necessary unless they drop the line completely.

The IPod touch is the same price as the classic, for a more limited but still reasonable capacity. Evidence suggests the Classic isn't selling in big enough numbers to justify further development. I suspect it's not far from that to 'no longer enough to justify selling them'.
Author:  paulzolo [ Wed Jan 29, 2014 2:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Apple's iPod: is the end nigh?
jonbwfc wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
Not necessarily. There are still needs for an iPod without phone features. You can give it to kids no need to worry about additional call charges etc. If they want to get rid of the old docks then a new device is necessary unless they drop the line completely.

The IPod touch is the same price as the classic, for a more limited but still reasonable capacity. Evidence suggests the Classic isn't selling in big enough numbers to justify further development. I suspect it's not far from that to 'no longer enough to justify selling them'.


Apple also make less money after selling an iPod Classic than they do after selling an iPod Touch. The Classic is really for music, and to buy music for it, you need to be sitting near your base computer to load content onto it. With an iOS device, you can be anywhere and buy stuff - and not just music, but games, videos, etc.. So the after sales money trail for Apple is better. It’s instant gratification.
Author:  veato [ Wed Jan 29, 2014 10:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Apple's iPod: is the end nigh?
It wasn't that long ago I bought a Shuffle. It clips onto me for gym use, has more than enough space for an hours "running" tunes and the battery lasts forever.
Author:  timark_uk [ Wed Jan 29, 2014 10:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Apple's iPod: is the end nigh?
I don't put any music on my iPhone.
I use an iPod video (I think it's a fifth gen iPod) for listening to music in the car.

Mark
Author:  paulzolo [ Thu Jan 30, 2014 9:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Apple's iPod: is the end nigh?
timark_uk wrote:
I don't put any music on my iPhone.
I use an iPod video (I think it's a fifth gen iPod) for listening to music in the car.

Mark


I have some music on my phone. I can Bluetooth it to my wife’s car stereo. My car’s stereo is painfully primitive. It has a CD player, and no way to plug in an iPod. Ho hum.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu Jan 30, 2014 11:29 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Apple's iPod: is the end nigh?
timark_uk wrote:
I don't put any music on my iPhone.
I use an iPod video (I think it's a fifth gen iPod) for listening to music in the car.

Mark

I am the same. I have too much music to get on a phone anyway.
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