Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Apple i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Cupertino, ʻoiai e kūʻai ʻia ana nā mea iPod Touch i koe no ke kūʻai ʻana ma o nā hale kūʻai pūnaewele pūnaewele a i ʻole ma nā hale kūʻai kūʻai kūʻai Apple, ʻoiai nā lako, ʻaʻole e hana ʻia nā hiʻohiʻona iPod hou. i ka wā e hiki mai.
No nā makahiki he iwakālua, ua lanakila ka iPod i ka mākeke leo portable. ʻO ka mana mua o ka iPod me kahi huila kaomi a me ka pale liʻiliʻi i hoʻolauna ʻia e ka mea hoʻokumu ʻo Apple hope ʻo Steve Jobs i ka makahiki 2001.
"Mai kona hoʻomaka ʻana ma mua o 20 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻopio ʻo iPod i nā mea hoʻohana ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa i makemake i ka hiki ke lawe i kā lākou mele me lākou ma ka hele," Apple i'ōleloʻia i loko o kahi hōʻike.
"I kēia lā, ua hoʻohui ʻia ka ʻike o ka lawe ʻana i ka hale waihona mele i ka honua ma waena o ka laina huahana o Apple."
Hiki ke hoʻopaʻa i 1,000 mau mele maikaʻi CD, ua hoʻololi ka iPod mua i ka ʻoihana mele ma nā ala nui ʻelua. ʻO ka mea hoʻokahi, ua ʻae ia i nā mea aloha mele e lawe i kā lākou album punahele me lākou i nā manawa āpau i kā lākou ʻeke. Ua hoʻolauna pū ka iPod i ka manaʻo o ka 'shuffle' i kāna poʻe hoʻohana, e ʻae iā lākou e hoʻolohe i nā mele me ka ʻole o ke koho.
Ua hoʻololi ka mea hana iā Apple i mea waiwai nui loa o ka honua. Ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ke ala no ka huahana hae o Apple - ka iPhone.
"Inā ʻaʻole mākou i hana i ka iPod, ʻaʻole i puka mai ka iPhone," wahi a Tony Fadell ka mea hana iPod.
"Ua lawe mai ʻo Steve [Jobs] i ka hilinaʻi e hiki iā mākou ke hana i kekahi mea ma waho o ka palapala ʻāina a hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomau i ka hana hou i nā wahi hou."
Ua haʻi ʻo Apple i kāna ʻōlelo ʻo Greg Joswiak, ka pelekikena poʻokela o ka hui o ka Worldwide Marketing e ʻōlelo ana: "I kēia lā, ola ka ʻuhane o iPod. Ua hoʻohui mākou i kahi ʻike mele kupaianaha ma waena o kā mākou huahana āpau, mai ka iPhone a i ka Apple Watch a i ka HomePod mini, a ma waena o Mac, iPad, a me Apple TV.
Ua ʻike ka honua i ka hōʻano hope loa o ka iPod Touch, nona ka pale nui a lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he koho ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka iPhone, ma 2019. A i kēia lā, ʻoiai ua lilo ka iPhone i mea kūʻai maikaʻi loa o Apple, ʻaʻole ʻike ka ʻoihana i ka hoʻohana hou ʻana. e hana ana i nā iPod hou.
Wahi a nā hōʻike ma mua, ua piʻi ka loaʻa kālā o Apple ma Q1 o kēia makahiki e 9% i ka manawa like ma 2021 a ua loaʻa i kahi $ 97.3 biliona (e kūʻē i kahi $ 90 biliona ma 2021).