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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Christy Cooney

‘The spirit lives on’: Apple to discontinue the iPod after 21 years

Apple iPod First generation, with mechanical scroll wheel.
Released in 2001, the iPod was the first MP3 player capable of storing 1,000 songs and had a 10-hour battery life. Photograph: Chris Willson/Alamy

Apple has discontinued the iPod more than 20 years after it was launched.

The most recent iteration of the music player, the iPod Touch, has not been updated since 2019, and many of its features are now available on other products.

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