> Apple Discontinues The iPod Touch Officially Ending The iPod

“Music has always been part of our core at Apple, and bringing it to hundreds of millions of users in the way iPod did impacted more than just the music industry — it also redefined how music is discovered, listened to, and shared,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “Today, the spirit of iPod lives on. We’ve integrated an incredible music experience across all of our products, from the iPhone to the Apple Watch to HomePod mini, and across Mac, iPad, and Apple TV. And Apple Music delivers industry-leading sound quality with support for spatial audio — there’s no better way to enjoy, discover, and experience music.”

Apple ending the iPod Touch is truly the end of an era. They may have ended the iPod Classic and all of the other iPods ages ago but this was the last survivor. It was always looked at as the iPhone without the phone but it was also a glimpse into what Apple could and would do in the long run.

The king is dead. Long live the king.

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