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Who's Actually Buying iPods These Days?
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#42The 240/320gb iPod Classics were insanely popular with DJs and other music folks until Apple cancelled them and still have a strong resale market. While that may not constitute a viable commercial niche, it does suggest a use case among a tech savvy community.
I wish that the iPod were ever available in those storage capacities, but 160GB was as large as they got. Of course, thanks to this [1] fellow, the sky's the limit..
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#43Why don't people get it? They are ipods. Besides the ipod touch, they are bought to play music. If I would use my phone to play music the battery would be dead by noon. If it rains while im on a run, I only risk 120€ not 500-900€. Not to mention that an ipod is WAY lighter (12.5-31g) compared to a smartphone (130g). Which makes it less iritating when you carry it in your pocket.
Playing music on your phone (not streaming) requires shockingly little battery.
I regularly play music from my phone for the entirety of a 10-12 hour flight without using more than 20% of my phone's battery.
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#44I use iPod Touch-es for a corporate app, and have just begun rolling out the first few trial installations.
In May/June we noticed a shortage of iPods, which was kind of scary since we are eventually going to need several hundreds for our users. It is a relief to see that Apple is continuing the iPod Touch product line.
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#45I have an iPod touch and its not very good for audio. Often it doesn't remember where you stopped. You have to take it out and look at the screen to pause it. Despite there being a big redundant button on the front. It requires some proprietary software to load audio onto it, which is difficult to figure out and has some strange quirks.
I miss my old generic MP3 player.
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#46Why don't people get it? They are ipods. Besides the ipod touch, they are bought to play music. If I would use my phone to play music the battery would be dead by noon. If it rains while im on a run, I only risk 120€ not 500-900€. Not to mention that an ipod is WAY lighter (12.5-31g) compared to a smartphone (130g). Which makes it less iritating when you carry it in your pocket.
Rain shouldn't really affect your smartphone, unless it's poorly built. My Nexus 7 fell into a stream of water, getting completely submerged while turned on, and it didn't even shut off. Opening it up revealed it was completely dry, despite the case being snapped on.
Friends have had similar experiences with their Moto G, a Wiko and a cheap non-branded tablet.
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#47The best iPod was discontinued immediately. It's square with a screen on it, this one: http://www.zdnet.com/i/story/61/18/017591/zdnet-ipod-nano-si... Giant clip dominates the back, just large enough of a screen to choose or control music, and just enough space to store way more than I need. I travel a lot, it's great to have a separate music device. I can listen to music and not have to worry where my phone is. I ca…
The Nanos from the mid-2000s were pretty solid. I think I still have an 4GB one somewhere that worked the last time I looked. Perfect for taking to the gym or hiking. An updated version with the same specs would probably be too cheap to produce now, with Flash so dramatically cheaper. Could you build one for $20?
Check out the Sansa Clip. Up to 8GB, should be around $40 now, TINY (1.36 x 2.16 x .6"), good sound, small OLED screen, controls on the front which can be pressed through jeans, small enough to throw into you hood or under your collar or clip to the top of headphones.
Also, mass storage mode so you can drag-and-drop files or set up a script to cp all your newest torrented music to it when you plug it in.
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#48I was at an entrepreneur meetup group just this week and we got discussing the iPod. Seeing a lot of teenagers with them and couldn't understand why. Guest from Chicago who does a lot of travelling verified that it wasn't just our local area but nationwide. Guess they've become retro hip again.
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#49No mention of the iPod classic. I guess not many people bought them. I absolutely love my classic. It has every song instantly accessible wherever I am. I use it every single day. It's a shame there's no standout replacement. Sure, you need to spend longer curating your music collection, but the reward is a far more permanent collection of music and playlists which acts almost as a time capsule for your emotions. Plu…
> It's a shame there's no standout replacement. Sure, you need to spend longer curating your music collection, There's not even that much curating needed with modern storage capacity. SD cards are cheap, large, and so the only limit is how long I wait for FLACs to transcode down to AACs. > Plus it always lets you access all your music, regardless of reception, data, record company politics Exactly. I can't fathom why…
>> Plus it always lets you access all your music, regardless of reception, data, record company politics
> Exactly. I can't fathom why people are so in love with relying on so many unreliable parts to listen to music.
A phone will do exactly the same thing...
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would have expected that there were so many old off-contract iPhones floating around these days that they would have pretty much have destroyed the market for new iPods for the kids. I personally have two of them (plus an ancient 40GB iPod pre-classic). One I actually use for various purposes but the other would be a fine kid's iPod. Still, I guess there is enough demand for the scenario you describe.
I bought two iPod touches for my kids. I don't want my kids having an old iPhone. For starters, a new device comes with a warranty and reasonable assurance it hasn't been beat to hell internally. I also don't want my kids inadvertently dialing 911 - they don't need a cell connection (even without a plan) as first graders.
Understand. I was mostly referring to many families having lots of hand-me-downs at this point.
>I also don't want my kids inadvertently dialing 911 - they don't need a cell connection (even without a plan) as first graders.
Genuinely curious. I certainly managed to get to adulthood without a cell phone but I guess I assumed most parents gave their kids some sort of cell phone these days. When do parents think that kids should have at least very basic feature phones these days?