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iPod Apple Killed the iPod classic
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Apple could put a 1TB hard drive in it and I wouldn't buy. The classic is old tech.
I agree with Carl and with the OP; I love my classic - at present I have an 80 GB - I love its capacity, its long battery life, and its general durability. Also, like Carl, on an iPod, all I want is to be able to listen to music, - lots of music - as I have enough exposure to screens during the rest of my life.
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I'm convinced that Apple is killing the iPod classic, and for good reason. There's not much you can do with it. A hard drive is just too fragile to build in accelerometers and other "cool features." Also, Apple is out to make as much money as possible. Sales show that the nano is far more popular than the classic ever was, so of course Apple is going to focus all their efforts on the nano. With flash memory increasing in capacity yet dropping in price, it won't be long before we see the nano and touch approaching capacity matching that of the classic. I predict by next year there will be a 32 GB nano and a 64 GB touch, and by 2010 we will have the 128 GB touch. And once that happens, I imagine the classic will be discontinued in favor of the nano.
Also, one of the biggest reasons that Apple discontinued the 160 GB classic is simply because few people needed it. Yes, it did make a nice hard drive, but for the same price, I could have gotten a 500 GB+ portable hard drive. The fact is, a select few individuals really have music libraries of 160 GB+. Therefore, only a select few would need such a high capacity iPod classic, and as noted by Jobs in the keynote, this is why most everyone went for the 80 GB model.
Also, one of the biggest reasons that Apple discontinued the 160 GB classic is simply because few people needed it. Yes, it did make a nice hard drive, but for the same price, I could have gotten a 500 GB+ portable hard drive. The fact is, a select few individuals really have music libraries of 160 GB+. Therefore, only a select few would need such a high capacity iPod classic, and as noted by Jobs in the keynote, this is why most everyone went for the 80 GB model.
Got a touch
sold my 160 classic and got a touch. I use the touch so much more than I used the classic (music, safari, & tons of apps). I have a 20 min commute to work and don't need 3 weeks worth of music on me at all times. The touch is truly amazing and has more cost/use benefit to me. If I traveled a lot more or was away from home more, I could see the need for the classic. But, as the ipod touch grows in size and battery life, I can definitely see the Classic dying out over time.
sold my 160 classic and got a touch. I use the touch so much more than I used the classic (music, safari, & tons of apps). I have a 20 min commute to work and don't need 3 weeks worth of music on me at all times. The touch is truly amazing and has more cost/use benefit to me. If I traveled a lot more or was away from home more, I could see the need for the classic. But, as the ipod touch grows in size and battery life, I can definitely see the Classic dying out over time.
Here's the deal: The classic is for hard core music junkies and audiophiles. We (audiophiles) don't care about what cool new features the iPods have, we just want a massive hard drive that packs a punch and can fit our entire library (high quality music, movies, tv shows, and pics)
I have to agree. I bought an 80GB Classic because it will be sufficient for my needs (58GB music collection and counting) until flash prices drop and the 128GB iPod Touch is released (or even a 128GB iPhone).
Sometime between 18 months and two years ago Apple asked me to participate in a survey concerning the iPod, what I liked about it, where my preferences lay, and what future capabilities I wished to see developed. To my surprise, the vast majority of questions concerned matters other than music - would I watch movies, desired video capabilities, what other functions I wanted from an iPod, etc. I suspect that my responses (music, only music, and more attention to improving the audio format) met with little interest, and were very much in the minority of those who responded to the survey. Anyway, we have since seen which way the design has gone.
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I think they're done with it and want to shuffle it off to gradual retirement.
I've not been all that happy with my Classics. Recently got a new one and all right, I understand with the increased capacity over say the 5G (the last iPod I didn't have any serious usability problems with overall) there's a lot more metadata to parse but it should have been considered when choosing the CPU, etc.
Even if I put 16Gb of music on the machine, it's actually a less salubrious experience when compared to the 4G Nano in terms of a more seamless navigation experience.
Lots of jerks get in the way of the 'iPod experience'. It's a minor thing, but the minor things were what made the iPod better than many other also-rans.
I've not been all that happy with my Classics. Recently got a new one and all right, I understand with the increased capacity over say the 5G (the last iPod I didn't have any serious usability problems with overall) there's a lot more metadata to parse but it should have been considered when choosing the CPU, etc.
Even if I put 16Gb of music on the machine, it's actually a less salubrious experience when compared to the 4G Nano in terms of a more seamless navigation experience.
Lots of jerks get in the way of the 'iPod experience'. It's a minor thing, but the minor things were what made the iPod better than many other also-rans.