Apple put aside this last week of July 2017 the iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle. The truth is that times change and for a long time Apple was no longer paying attention to these music players despite keeping them alive for many years and being a really important part in the company's trajectory, now they have disappeared from online stores and we can say that we are facing the end of an era.
Evidently the latest iPod Touches are still available In the stores, those that are more similar to the iPhone for its 4 ″ screen have also received an improvement in price (being more affordable) and an increase in capacity in the most powerful version.
The iPod Nano that added a small screen were renewed by Apple more recently, but we already talked about them a little over half a year ago as a residual market for Apple. In addition, it must be taken into account that smartphones in general and especially iPhones in the case of Apple, are taking almost all users who simply wanted a music player since in addition to allowing listening to music they can always be used to call and This is something great if we go out to do sports sinceyou don't need more than one device.
IPod Nano and iPod Shuffle have lived alongside iPhones for many years, but it is clear that the volume of sales obtained for these players was not important to Apple and we believe they have kept them for more years for what they represented.
IPod Touch hold up and with better price
Without a doubt, the biggest beneficiaries are the iPod Touch in this world of "bigger" screens and for this reason it is normal that they stay a few more years in the Apple store. Anyway the iPod Touch is not important in terms of sales at Apple, but it is clear that the greatest similarity to the iPhone with the option to install applications to play or similar, they make it stay a while longer.
This iPod Touch was renewed in 2015 with the A8 chip and the 8 Mpx iSight camera that mounts the iPhone 6, something that can undoubtedly keep the device in better health. The price reduction also leaves out the 16 GB model and allows por 229 euros to take the 32GB model memory. If we want to spend a little more, we can get it 128GB model for about 339 euros.
IPod Nano and iPod Shuffle have been a pleasure!
Hello Jordi;
They have taken a long time to remove the iPod Shuffle and the Nano from the website, for Apple today these products were a residual product line as you say in your article. But it was a residual product line because Apple had wanted it, I think that if it had specialized in HiFi iPods it would have had its market ...
In his day I wrote an article on my blog about my trajectory with iPods: http://www.orgullosodeserfriki.com/2013/09/ipod-nano-7g-el-fin-de-un-ciclo.html. At the time of that article I expected that they would release another generation of iPods but after a while I wrote another article comparing the FiiO X1 product and the iPod Nano 7G: http://www.orgullosodeserfriki.com/2016/12/comparativa-fiio-x1-1-gen-vs-ipod-nano.html.
Thank you.
A greeting.