Apple discontinues iPod, 20 years after it was released | Science & Tech Information

Apple has discontinued the iPod, 20 years after it was launched.

The US tech large said its iconic music participant has been replaced by different units, making the iPod redundant.

Greg Joswiak, Apple's senior vice-president of worldwide marketing, mentioned: "In the present day, the spirit of iPod lives on.

"We have integrated an incredible music expertise across all of our products, from the iPhone to the Apple Watch to HomePod mini, and throughout Mac, iPad, and Apple TV.

"And Apple Music delivers industry-leading sound quality with assist for spatial audio - there is no better method to enjoy, discover, and experience music."

In October 2001, Steve Jobs debuted the original iPod and it was the primary MP3 participant that would hold 1,000 songs and had a 10-hour battery life.

"With iPod, Apple has invented a whole new category of digital music player that allows you to put your complete music collection in your pocket and listen to it wherever you go," he stated at the time.

"With iPod, listening to music won't ever be the identical again."

Comparable MP3 gamers launched by Microsoft and Sony didn't have the same success because the iPod.

Apple has launched 5 versions of its music participant - the Traditional, Contact, Shuffle, Mini and Nano.

The corporate has been slowly killing its iPod range in recent times, with mobile phone technology enabling prospects to hearken to music companies on their telephones.

In 2014, the classic click wheel model was discontinued, and the Shuffle and Nano have been killed off three years later.

The seventh-generation iPod touch was the one mannequin nonetheless on sale right this moment.

With out the iPod, there would never have been an iPhone or iPod, based on its inventor Tony Fadell.

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