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Old 14-09-2014, 17:12
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If you can find one snap it up as i reakon a boxed unused one will be worth something. If they have the old connectors even better.
I have a 160gb classic with the old connector.

I'm not too happy with it though as it suffers from distortion when I play MP3 that have too high gain.

It seems to be a common problem with MP3 files on the classic.

http://manishbansal.wordpress.com/20...eq-distortion/

Plus I dislike having to use Itunes to copy music over.

Will try the Fiio X1 when it comes out.
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Old 16-09-2014, 17:49
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Out of all of the gadgets unleashed upon us this past decade, the iPod will always be my favourite. This is very sad news.
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Old 16-09-2014, 20:55
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Out of all of the gadgets unleashed upon us this past decade, the iPod will always be my favourite. This is very sad news.
It definitely is. It was a genuinely remarkable, useful device and it is such a contrast to the gimmicky watch thing being announced at the same time it was discontinued.
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Old 16-09-2014, 22:57
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I bought my two ipod classics 160gb just over a year ago, and im glad I did as I need all the GB space I can get...I can't believe that newer ipod's don't have the same amount of space on them.
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Old 17-09-2014, 11:01
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Well I'm half expecting a 256GB Micro SD card to arrive late next year.
Lets hope it works fine in the Clip Zip.

I think Samsung will be first this time as they already have Vertical NAND SSD available.
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Old 19-09-2014, 01:13
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I have a 160GB classic with music and podcasts on and it's a great device.

I love the battery life, it goes on for hours and hours. It's a shame that it's been discontinued.
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Old 20-09-2014, 14:25
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This has saddened and annoyed me at the same time. The Classic was the Apple’s first digital music player, and although the original debuted in 2001, there were six generations released up until 2007.

When Apple’s online store came back online yesterday, following its iPhone 6 event, this later model was missing from the iPod lineup.
Apple did not make any formal announcement about ceasing the line.
According to an earnings report earlier this year, Apple's iPod Classic sales in the final quarter of 2013 had dropped 52 per cent year-on-year.

Apple also lost 55 per cent in revenue on all models of the music player, compared to the previous year, and the iPod makes up less than 2 per cent of the company's overall income.
The drop in sales is being attributed to the increase in music apps, cloud storage and streaming services including Spotify.

I have over 100gb of music on my Ipod Classic which I use in the car and connected to a set of speakers in my kitchen so when im cooking. I can choose anything from my vast collection to listen to.

I have no interest in using cloud and spotify as 1 they do not have the music that I listen to on there. 2 I am not using up my bandwith/data allowence just to listen to music, when I have a device that can do the job.

So I will not be updating Itunes at any point now as no doubt the Classic will be unsported at the next update. There is a market for a large capacity music player as people have been snappng up 2nd Classics since the news of it's demise has come out.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...usic-fans.html
My iPod Classic is very handy for my huge audiobook collection. But I'm guessing future iPods will have options for far more storage (albeit at a very high cost!). Shame to see the Classic go though. I hope mine lasts a few more years, the battery life is still amazing (mine lasts about a week for my typical usage) even now compared with phones or iPod Touches which barely manage a day and half max of battery life.
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Old 20-09-2014, 14:49
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I love my ipod classic from 2003. Still runs like a dream despite all the abuse its had travelling over the world with me. The iphone just isnt the same.
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