Kusukela uKeynote ngoSepthemba 9, 2014, besazi ukuthi kukhona okuzoshintsha e-Apple ngokwethulwa kwe-iPhone entsha. Konke sekufeziwe futhi amamodeli amasha we-iPhone 6 ne-iPhone 6 Plus abe yimpumelelo nomaphi lapho ethulwa khona. Kodwa-ke, ngendlela efihlwe ngokuphelele, U-Apple unikeze umhlalaphansi ophelele kuye kwi-iPod kuphela enamasondo ayeyi-iPod Classic.
Manje, ngaphezu kwenyanga ngemuva kwalesi senzo esenziwe yiCupertino, uTim Cook uchaza izimbangela zefayela le- Ingqungquthela ye-WSJD. Ngokombono wenhloso, ukunyamalala kwayo kufanelekile.
Emzuliswaneni wemibuzo ebuzwe uTim Cook engqungqutheleni ye-WSJD, kube khona obaluleke kakhulu eqenjini elikhulu labasebenzisi futhi ukwazi izizathu zokuthi kungani i-iPod Classic yasenganekwaneni iyekile ukuthengiswa. Impendulo ye-CEO ye-Apple ukuthi sekufike isikhathi lapho inkampani ibingenawo amathuba wokuthola abahlinzeki bezingxenye ezibalulekile zayo, ngoba izinkampani ezinikeze lezi zingxenye zikhetha ukuzinikela kubuchwepheshe obusha.
Kodwa-ke, ukushona kwale modeli ye-iPod nakho kwahlatshelelwa futhi ukuphela kwento eqhubeke nokukhipha ama-hard drive wokugcina kwangaphakathi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwakuwukuphela kwento i-Apple eyayizotholakala ezitolo zayo ngesixhumi Idokhu hhayi uMbane omusha. Ngasikhathi sinye, kungenzeka ukuthi kutholakale i-iPod Classic ne-iPhone 4S, okuyiyona ene-Dock connector.
Kancane kancane i-Apple ibilokhu iqondisa wonke amadivayisi ayo maqondana nesixhumi esisha ngaphezu kokubanikeza bonke izinkumbulo zokugcina eziqinile noma i-SSD uma kwenzeka kumakhompyutha abo. Manje sizoqhubeka nokunaka uhla lwama-iPods, ngoba ukuntuleka kwezindaba ngazo sekuyakhathaza futhi kungukuthi ngezindawo ezihamba phambili eziku-iPhone 6 no-6 Plus, ukuqonda okuncane sekuvele kunalo hlobo lwedivayisi. Kungenzeka ukuthi ngesikhathi esifushane sizobona ukufa okucacile kohlu lwe-iPod. Ngabe kuzoba khona ngokuhamba kwe-Apple Watch?