Apple’s iPod players are history after more than 20 years. The last remaining model – the iPod touch – will only be available while stocks last, the group announced on Tuesday. With the iPod introduced in 2001, Apple expanded its business beyond computers and gave the music market a digital boost. The success of the devices paved the way for entry into the smartphone market with the iPhone.
The Silicon Valley company has released dozens of iPod versions over the years, but the product has gradually been overshadowed by its other devices, most notably the iPhone.
Therefore, in 2014, Apple began to gradually phase out the models. At that time, the company stopped producing the iPod classic. In 2017, the tech group phased out production of its smallest music players, the iPod Nano and the iPod Shuffle. The last generation iPod Touch was released in 2019.