Did Apple Kill the iPod Classic Prematurely?
. But the company may have jumped the gun by pulling the plug, as it were, on the device that arguably both changed the music industry and saved Apple. Since vanishing from Apple's online store earlier this year, fans have been scrambling to purchase the last few touch-screen-less iPods on the market. With most of them having sold out from retail outlets, many are taking to eBay and Amazon to buy secondhand (but unopened) iPod Classics for well over their list price. But why are people so attached to a device that Apple itself has deemed no longer necessary? The 160 GB Classic can hold around 40,000 songs, far more than any iPod Touch can hold, and is probably more than most people actually need. With streaming services increasing in popularity, and the near ubiquity of the iPhone, the iPod may have lost its appeal to many. However, there are no subscription or data charges with an iPod classic, you can listen to it anywhere and many users prefer to have their music player separate from their phone (how old school!). Read more here. Radio.com is an official news provider for antiMusic.com.
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