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[RIP] iPod Classic

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by DCkid, Sep 11, 2014.

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  1. DCkid

    DCkid Member

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    The last remaining iPod based on the original line is now gone.

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-end-of-the-ipod-goodbye-to-the-little-box-that-changed-everything/2014/09/10/983525b2-38f5-11e4-9c9f-ebb47272e40e_story.html

    Mine has been acting up the past year. It skips every once in a while and the battery doesn't hold it's charge very long...maybe 5 or 6 hours, which is good enough. I snapped up another one from a local Wal-mart this morning, so I have a replacement when the time comes. They're out of stock almost everywhere else it seems.

    Anyway, it fits a good niche for me.
    - Only buy CDs, which I burn to iTunes
    - Don't use a data plan.
    - Have a huge collection of music (> 200GB)

    Was hoping they would increase the size of the iPod touch soon, but who knows when that will happen. It's strange that in 2007 I could buy a 160GB iPod, but in 2014 I can only buy a 64GB iPod.
     
    #1 DCkid, Sep 11, 2014
  2. LonghornFan

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    Damn. Glad mine old 160GB classic got sand in it on Vacation this year so I now have a brand new one. I NEED the iPod in the car. I just went to Amazon and they're flying away and the prices are insane.
     
    #2 LonghornFan, Sep 11, 2014
  3. Jturbofuel

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    I still use my 120GB every day and I have for years. I would be lost without it.
     
    #3 Jturbofuel, Sep 11, 2014
  4. DreamShook

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    I haven't updated my 5th gen iPod Video since I got it way back in '06. I live in fear updating the software will brick the device. I had to replace the battery a couple months ago, but it is still going strong (knock on wood*). It is the only Apple product I trust.
     
    #4 DreamShook, Sep 12, 2014
  5. DCkid

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    Reading a lot of comments about it on the web, and there seems to still be a pretty big market for the click wheel iPod. It is a device for music lovers, who primarily want a clean interface for accessing their music. You press a button and it's there. You don't have to look at the screen for skipping songs, pausing, etc. For simply playing music, the iPod user experience is vastly superior to a touch screen. In fact, there will probably never be a better device for accessing music.

    And again, this is on top of the elephant in the room that the only current "replacement" device that Apple offers has only 35% of the iPod's capacity.

    I know it's a declining market, but I still feel like they're just throwing away easy revenue by discontinuing.
     
    #5 DCkid, Sep 12, 2014
  6. TheFreak

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    Chiming in as another user. That sucks to hear that there isn't anything similar available. There's no other non-Apple mp3 players out there? I used to use a Sansa before I got mine but haven't looked for anything else in a while.
     
    #6 TheFreak, Sep 12, 2014
  7. LonghornFan

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    They have them at a few Best Buys around town available for in store pickup at the regular price. The $400+ prices on Amazon right now are insane. I'm going to pick one up in Katy this evening as a backup. I need my iPod. Wifi and Spotify is too compressed in the car, sounds so bland.
     
    #7 LonghornFan, Sep 12, 2014
  8. Beck

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    My ipod classic bit the dust. I now just have my Galaxy s4 and have loaded my entire collection on 4 64gb microSD cards. Kind of cumbersome to have to change out the memory cards, but it works.
     
    #8 Beck, Sep 12, 2014
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    Mine bit the dust about 8 months ago, but a friend came through in the clutch when he gave me his classic since he didn't use it. I imagine I might get another 8-12 months out of this one. Then I am up the creek. iPod Classic was the best.
     
    #9 jank1434, Sep 12, 2014
  10. SwoLy-D

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    :cool: My original 1st generation BEHEMOTH of an iPod still works... I have it in my garage playing music (on the left):

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    #10 SwoLy-D, Sep 12, 2014
  11. LonghornFan

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    NM, errwhere in Houston is sold out. I found a brand new one at the link below for $278, that includes taxes.

    http://www.tamayatech.com
     
    #11 LonghornFan, Sep 12, 2014
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    My first mp3 player was a Creative Zen. It was a bit clunky but I loved that thing.
     
    #12 Poloshirtbandit, Sep 12, 2014
  13. Mr. Clutch

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    I have two
     
    #13 Mr. Clutch, Sep 12, 2014
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    Interesting thread. I actually found a 160GB model in good shape at a pawn shop yesterday. They were asking $70 but I got them down to $55. So far, so good.
     
    #14 jelanit, Sep 12, 2014
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    I do too, now. Gotta have a backup.
     
    #15 LonghornFan, Sep 12, 2014
  16. Mr. Clutch

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    Will probably sell mine because I got Google play. Just gotta get it hooked up to my car
     
    #16 Mr. Clutch, Sep 12, 2014
  17. FranchiseBlade

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    Thank goodness I still have mine. I ended up trading in my old one a couple of years ago and got the 160GB one. My music won't fit on even the largest ipod touch. I have to hope mine holds out for a while. My library isn't shrinking.
     
    #17 FranchiseBlade, Sep 12, 2014
  18. FlyerFanatic

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    feel like they could make a killing by offering up the same device except just put in a 250 GB SSD.

    as others have said, its really one of the best devices out there for strictly music listeners.
     
    #18 FlyerFanatic, Sep 12, 2014
  19. Dairy Ashford

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    Very fascinating that they've come this far so quickly. It seems like during the first tech boom most manufacturers of a killer device would just add more colors and plow money into advertising, for some reason ultra-green translucent pagers and TDK commercials come to mind.
     
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  20. DallasThomas

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    What are the advantages that an iPod Classic held over something like the iPod Touch?

    Did it use a mechanical hard drive so it had more storage than NAND/SD memory? Or is it just that it only played music, nothing else? I'm asking because I don't see what the big deal is here, or why they were still selling it as recently as yesterday.
     
    #20 DallasThomas, Sep 12, 2014
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