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Apple • 28 Oct 2014

iPod Classic axed ’cause costs and lack of parts says Apple CEO Tim Cook

By Steven Norris: grumpy curmudgeon

ipod classic

This is a quick story, but a good one. Want to know why the iPod Classic was discontinued? We’ve got the answer right from Apple CEO Tim Cook. Well, a tweet that quotes Cook at the WSJD event held earlier this week. Tweet is at the bottom of the article.

Tim Cook: iPod Classic was discontinued because they couldn’t get the parts. And not worth designing a whole new one.

— Benedict Evans (@BenedictEvans) October 28, 2014

Fascinating stuff but it’s horrible for public relations. As The Verge says, Apple could force any company to keep producing parts for it but Cook simply doesn’t believe it’s worth the effort anymore. Also, owning a separate music player is something of a waste of time for most smartphone owners, as even the cheapest Android devices can play media, let alone iPods and iPhones.

The iPod Classic received its final update five years ago and the final iPod (fifth-generation) was released back in 2007 with 160GB of storage. The iPod Touch is now the favoured media player by Apple, and will soon — hopefully — be superceded by the iPod Touch sixth-generation which sadly wasn’t announced by Apple this year.

Steven Norris: grumpy curmudgeon

Steven Norris is a born writer, living in Tamboerskloof, Cape Town and educated in the ways of graphic design but destined to follow in the footsteps of the worlds greatest authors. He has had many years of experience as an SEO copywriter, learning the ropes the hard way before utterly mastering them. He loves training others to write, how to create stories from nothing and how to deliver them to a wider audience. His passion is gadgets, video games, and sorting jellybeans by colour and weight.