iPOD: End after more than 20 years
Only the supplied players remain on sale - new iPods will no longer be produced.
" It was clear and very obvious to us that iPods are a serious threat to the iPod," Apple said in a statement announcing the latest beats of one of the most popular music players of the modern era.
The iPod may have judged the Walkman player, but streaming services and previously mobile phones have ruled this multimedia player, which has redefined the moving music market.
The original iPod appeared in October 2001, and the first iPod Touch was introduced in 2007, right after the introduction of the iPhone.
The last iPod was introduced in 2019, and it is also the last iPod with the shutdown of production and the iPod line in general after 21 years of existence.
In addition to the iPod, this player will be remembered as the iPod nano, iPod Shuffle, and iPod Touch, and Apple emphasizes that although the iPod as a device is dead, it continues to live through their devices. iPhone, iPad, Mac, and HomePod mini.
The original, white iPod once sold for a staggering $ 20,000 unpacked and in the original package, and Steve Jobs aggressively pushed the iPod story even when Apple seemed to lose because of it - taking money from the Mac department and investing in iPod development.
The turning point was in 2003 when the iTunes service arrived, and the brightest iPod period was during 2008 when over 54.8 million players were sold in one year.
Over 100 million players were sold in the first seven years of business, and since 2009, when only Apple approached the success of 2008, iPod sales have been steadily declining, to just 14 million in 2014.
This data should by no means cast any shadow on the huge success that the iPod has had over the past two decades, during which it was the best-selling music player for years on the go with a market share of at least 80%.
