After 21 Years, Apple Halts iPod Production

It has indeed been a significant time for the past two decades as Steve Jobs’ Apple served the world with a music device.

But unfortunately, the company announced on Tuesday that it is now selling out the last batch of its ‘groundbreaking device.

Apple launched the first iPod product line in October 2001 but has now decided to discontinue the production. Although, the touch-screen model, which began in 2007, will be in stock until its supplies run out.

Due to the diverse access that people have to music now, the company believes the product is no longer a necessity to the people.

Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing, Greg Joswiak said “We’ve integrated an incredible music experience across all of our products, from the iPhone to the Apple Watch to HomePod mini, and across Mac, iPad and Apple TV.”

In 2014, Apple began to withdraw the production of the different versions of the iPod due to the introduction of iPhones that dominated the Apple market. In 2017, it stopped the production of the iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle.

The company also ended the production of the iPod classic, the device with a small screen and a click wheel which had a relative look to its first original version.

The iPod was the basis on which the iPhone was developed as the latter including Airpods have now become the source of major revenue for Apple.

The iPod became one of the major turnarounds for Steve Jobs Apple as the company moved from the brink of bankruptcy to an eventual valuation of $3 trillion.

The iPod Touch was last updated in 2019 and cost $199. Its production stood up until 2019 to provide a cheaper Apple product as an alternative to the iPhone customers.

The $199 iPod touch was made to send iMessages and place FaceTime calls while playing music, but it cannot make phone calls.

The cheapest iPhone in Apple’s portfolio, the SE, costs $429.

Greg further stated that  “the spirit of iPod lives on” through its many other products that integrate music-playing features.”