APPLE will be discontinuing the iPod Touch a decade after ditching regularly yearly updates.
The company stopped with annual refreshers of the iPod Touch in 2012.
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Why has iPod Touch been discontinued?
It’s not quite clear why the iPod Touch has been discontinued, but it comes as no surprise.
Apple stopped releasing now iPods on a yearly basis in 2012 and has only released two newer generations since then.
In 2015, Apple removed iPod from its homepage in 2015 – a sign of what was to come.
The iPod Touch has been around for 15 years and seven generations.
The company said it was discontinuing the once-popular listening device in May.
The iPod was first introduced in October 2021 and quickly became one of Apple’s most iconic products.
Can I still buy an iPod Touch?
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According to CNN Understood, the iPod Touch is still available on Apple’s website as well as most big third-party vendors such as Amazon and Walmart.
You can still find them in several colors including Space Gray, pink and Product Red.
An iPod touch, brand new, normally costs $199 and has an iconic MP3 player.
Which other iPods are still available?
Below is a list of iPod models that are vintage and obselete.
Vintage
- iPod nano (7th generation, Late 2012)
- iPod shuffle (4th generation, Late 2012)
- iPod touch (4th generation)
- iPod touch (5th generation)
Obsolete
- iPod (5th generation)
- iPod (5th generation, Late 2006)
- iPod (Click Wheel)
- iPod (Dock Connector)
- iPod (Scroll Wheel)
- iPod (Touch Wheel)
- iPod classic (80GB and 160GB, 2007)
- iPod classic (120GB)
- iPod classic (160GB)
- iPod Hi-Fi
- iPod with color display
- iPod mini
- iPod nano (2nd generation)
- iPod nano (3rd generation)
- iPod nano (4th generation)
- iPod nano (6th generation)
- iPod touch (4th generation)
- iPod touch (5th generation, 16GB, Mid 2013)
- iPod nano (5th generation) 8GB, 16GB
- iPod photo
- iPod photo (Early 2005)
- iPod shuffle
- iPod shuffle (2nd generation)
- iPod shuffle (2nd generation, Late 2007)
- iPod shuffle (2nd generation, Late 2008)
- iPod shuffle (3rd generation)
- iPod shuffle (4th generation)
- iPod Special Edition U2
- iPod touch
- iPod touch (2nd generation, 2008)
- iPod touch (2nd generation, 2009)
- iPod touch (2nd generation) 8GB
- iPod touch (3rd generation) 32GB, 64GB
