It was essentially not an iPod in the practical sense of the word, but rather more of a watered-down iPhone with cellular capabilities removed.Īfter the introduction of the AppStore a year later, which was maybe even more revolutionary than the iPhone itself, things took off for the iPod touch too. So, months after the iPhone was announced to the public, Apple also released the first-ever iPod without the classic click wheel mechanism, dubbed the iPod touch. Nevertheless, the first iPhone’s retail price was too high compared to many phones of the era, as the smartphone revolution was yet to be embraced by many people around the world, and phones were not selling in the over-$1000 range yet. After all, the iPhone was a “widescreen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone and a breakthrough Internet communications device” all in the same body, as the late Steve Jobs put it in his famous speech. It cemented the way to the huge slice Apple has of the tech pie nowadays.īut after the invention of the iPhone in 2007, the iPod series kind of became immediately obsolete. Would you like a sleek, thin yet large screen, which has a built-in and powerful PC? Buy the new 24-inch iMac.īut back in the day, the iPod was Apple’s first-ever prominent non-PC-related product. Would you like a reliable laptop with up to 10 years of use potential and nearly never-ending battery life? Get a MacBook Pro. Do you need a tablet with vast drawing/illustration capabilities? Sure, there is the iPad Pro. The iPod, with its numerous iterations, was one of the main reasons for Apple’s transition from a prominent PC maker to a tech giant that has something to offer for virtually every single individual in the world.ĭo you need a smartphone? Apple's got it, and arguably the best there is. It was basically the stepping-stone to today’s world, which is dominated by digital content rather than music cassettes, CDs, DVDs or Blu-Ray discs. First of all, it was a portable music player with no support for physical media. It was revolutionary in every sense of the word.
Do you remember the iPod hype of the pre-iPhone era?
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