Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News – 28-07-2017
Technology company Apple has announced it is discontinuing the iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle which were the last two iPods that didn’t run iOS, the same software on the iPhone.
The music players have also been removed from Apple’s website and online store.
Many people, even within Apple, had predicted the elimination of the last two iPods that mainly only played music. Neither model discontinued on Thursday had been updated in years.
An Apple representative told Business Insider in an email the price of the iPod Touch, essentially an iPhone without cellular service, has been cut.
“Today, we are simplifying our iPod line-up with two models of iPod Touch, now with double the capacity, starting at just $199, and we are discontinuing the iPod Shuffle and iPod Nano.”
Apple introduced the iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle in 2005.Analysts surveyed by FactSet estimate that Apple has sold about 1 million iPods per quarter in 2017.
The company has also previously said the iPhone, which comes with a music app and was in its early days called the “iPod phone,” would lead to the decline of standalone music players.
The iPod name isn’t being phased out — Apple’s newest audio products are AirPods and HomePod. And the iPod Touch was recently by far the best-selling iPod.
One reason Apple may be phasing the iPod Shuffle out is that it doesn’t have Bluetooth, which means it won’t work with Apple’s latest wireless headphones, AirPods.
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