Apple Putting I-Pod Out To Pasture

Saturday, May 14th, 2022 -- 7:34 AM

The tech giant said this week that it will discontinue its iconic iPod Touch, the final remaining product of its music-player-only lineup, marking the official end of the era that revolutionized digital music.

The original iPod was the first portable MP3 player that could hold 1,000 songs with a whopping 10-hour battery life. The product was considered a risk for Apple, which almost went bankrupt a couple of years prior and was still primarily known as a computer company. In 2006, it released the iPod Nano. And in 2007, the very first iPod Touch.

At its peak in 2006, a year before the first iPhone was released, the iPod accounted for 40% of Apple’s entire revenue.

Apple said it will keep selling its iPod Touch inventory until it’s gone.

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