Apple discontinues its last iPod (US.AAPL) - 11 mai 2022
Apple just marked the end to one of the most important product lines in its history. The company has discontinued the iPod touch, which will only be available in stores "while supplies last." Not surprisingly, the company maintained that the "spirit of iPod" continues in other products, including the iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. The move has been expected for a long time. Apple last updated the iPod touch in 2019, and that was just to provide a faster processor in a design that hadn't fundamentally changed since 2012.
Even so, it's a sad moment that closes a vital 20-year chapter in Apple's history. The company introduced the first iPod in October 2001, at a time when the firm was highly dependent on computers and still on shaky financial ground.
The iPhone's much-hyped 2007 launch was helped in no small part by the iPod's success. People were looking for the "iPod phone," and the iPhone's media capabilities were arguably its strongest selling point in its early days.
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