Pour one out for the iPod , a line of gadget that revolutionized portable euphony more than two decades ago .
On Tuesday , Apple announced that the iPod Touch will no longer be produced . The current model , introduced in 2019 , willstill be sold while supplies last . It originate at $ 199 for 32 GB . The iPod Touch was the last of the iPod assembly line – fundamentally an iPhone SE with an A10 C.P.U. and no cellular connectivity . It was an iPod in name , but Music was just one of the many apps fill the rest home sieve .
The iPod has along history , transforming the ship’s company when it debuted in 2001 . At the time , it was the rare Apple mathematical product that was n’t a Mac — though it did ask one to transmit music . The iPod was initially derided for its high $ 399 terms tag end , but it would presently take over the macrocosm and forever alter the landscape of digital euphony . The iPod lead to broad interoperability with Windows , the iTunes Music Store and later the iPhone , and bring through Apple from the threshold of bankruptcy and irrelevance .
The iPod jot released in September 2007 , just a few months after the iPhone come on shelves . However , it has n’t been promoted as a part of Apple ’s ware catalogue in some time , having lost its lone bit in the Music tab when Apple shuffled its land site computer menu last twelvemonth . The only way of life to find it now is to designedly look for it in the Apple Store and few hoi polloi are likely doing that .
Apple rightly notes that there ’s really no need for a dedicated music player any longer ( not that the iPod Touch really was one ) . “ The experience of taking one ’s music library out into the world has been integrated across Apple ’s intersection line — from iPhone and Apple Watch to iPad and Mac , ” the troupe take down in itspress loss . “ Today , the spirit of iPod lives on . We ’ve integrated an incredible music experience across all of our Cartesian product , from the iPhone to the Apple Watch to HomePod mini , and across Mac , iPad , and Apple TV . And Apple Music delivers diligence - leading heavy timber with backing for spatial audio frequency — there ’s no better style to enjoy , discover , and experience euphony . ”
Without the iPod touch , the cheapest gadget for kid falls on the10.2 - column inch iPad , which set off at $ 329 .
