Goodbye to the remembered iPod: Apple will discontinue the manufacture of the player

Manzana announced through a statement that it will stop manufacturing the recalled iPod after 20 years. Thus, the technology company will discontinue manufacturing the player to focus on integrating its Apple Music streaming service with the iPhone.

The company has noted that despite the discontinuation of the iPod, the “spirit” of the device will live on in Apple computers that play music.

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The iPod was 20 years old in the product catalog of the Cupertino company, but Apple Music streaming music and devices such as the iPhone or Apple Watch have ended up relegating it to the background.

The iPod Touch is the latest model in the iPod family.

Precisely the integration of these services and products are what have led Apple to make the decision to stop manufacturing more iPod models.

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The first iPod, introduced in October 2001, It was the first MP3 player to have the ability to thousand songs and autonomy to ten hours listening. Currently, Apple Music provides access to more than 90 million songs and more than 30,000 playlists.

the iPod impacted “hundreds of millions of users”, not only in the music industry, which “also redefined how music is discovered, listened to and shared”, said the senior vice president of worldwide marketing at Apple, Greg Joswiak.

With information from El Comercio and EuropaPress.

Source: Elcomercio