Death of a Classic

During all the hype of the launch of the new iPhone and the Apple watch, the death of a classic was quietly going on in the background as iPod Classic was killed off by Apple. As the main show was going on behind the scenes the someone at Apple was removing all traces of the device from their online store. No longer will you be able to buy a device to store your top 40,000 tunes you brought from Apples iTunes.

The first generation iPod Classic was first released on the 23rd October 2001. At its core was a 5GB hard drive that could hold around a 1,000 songs that was accessed by a mechanical scroll wheel and a centre button and other buttons around the wheel. Battery life back then was around 10 hours, which would have been long enough for most people.This lasted just a year before the second version came out with a touch sensitive wheel and larger hard drives.In 2005 video was added to the iPod Classic abilities for the first time.

The final version that was discontinued on the 9th September 2014 was the 6th generation of the iPod Classic and it first hit the shops some 7 years ago. Initially the 6 generation devices where released with 80GB hard drives and these were increased to 160GB drives in the final production models. By now the battery life had increased to 36 hours for music and 6 hours for video. Many people thought it sales would stop in 2013 but the iPod Classic refused to die until today.

Many fans of the old iPod Classic took to social media sites to morn its passing what it did for the fortunes of Apple during its period of rebirth at the start of the century. With some saying it was still the Apple device to own out of all the range. Thankfully you can still buy one new form Argos and alike but if you want one you will have to be quick.