Retro Buyer's Guide: Apple iPod!

I've started collecting iPods few months ago because of an 'Aussie who screams at ipods', and recently finished collecting every single generation of classics. As I don't have a lot of money, I bought 'broken' ones from ebay and most of them worked without any repairs. Also I really enjoyed fixing some of really broken ones. It's really heartbreaking to see iPod is now becoming the thing in the past, but they will always be in our mind.

i was a really poor kid growing up, so i was never able to get an actual ipod. i had a few different cheap mp3 players, but i really wanted an ipod. about a year ago i found a 2nd gen nano at a pawn shop for $20. and just today, i ordered a refurbished 5th gen from elite obsolete and i can’t wait for it to arrive

People want to say but “iPhone” but you really hit a nail on the head, “Distraction Free Listening” is incredible hard especially when iOS can only handle one audio source at the same time, this is why when you use safari or different apps your music keeps being paused. I just found my iPod classic recently and ordered a bunch of replacement parts to make it like new but seriously, it’s a niched market that it’s getting harder to do so 😭😭😭

I definitely am bummed about this. The iPod defined an era, an experience, as well as childhoods of many people. As an iPod enthusiast myself, the discontinuation will only make me collect and use iPods more than I already do. Remember, just because Apple discontinued the iPod doesn’t mean that it is extinct forever. Collecting iPods is a great hobby, and if you have an interest in them, go for it! I will miss the iPod, and I know tons of other people will too, but as the iPod bin at FreeGeek says, The iPod is dead… LONG LIVE THE IPOD!

Really excellent video! And you have an impressive iPod collection! I especially love that orange iPod nano!

the ipod mini is honestly one of the easiest to work on, after you take the top and bottom adhesive off (guitar pick and a little heat) and remove the retaining clip the whole thing slides out. the hard drive interfaces with CF cards natively and with a CF to SD card adapter on the 2nd gen you can go up to 256gbs and still be able to random the whole ipod. the Nanos are impossible to work on or upgrade

I am the buyer of the IPod in the year of around 2007, and the lucky one, it is still with me and working fantastic 😍.... The best buy ever... Loving it..

I think a big thing to note is that iPod Nanos were a big hit with youth & children, so things like the smaller click wheel don't really matter. I had a couple of nanos during my childhood, and would use my 5th Gen nano to watch movies during long car rides. The first video that's still on my YouTube channel was also from the 5th gen's camera. I also used the radio on that iPod to listen to news updates after a large earthquake hit our city and communications went down. The iPod nano was quite a pivotal piece of tech for me before delving into iPod touch/smartphones.

I remember when the Shuffle came out. I was in high school and didn't have a lot of money growing up, and was able to swing the $99 for the 512 MB version. It was one of the few things I had that people didn't give me crap for having the "Cheap Version"... People were like "Wooh! That looks like a thumb drive with a headphone jack!" I had it for like 7 years before it's battery finally stopped taking a charge. I also had an old set of computer speakers, that I soldered a few battery holders together to make them portable.

I have 3 last gen shuffles and I use them daily. I was a big fan of limited functionality as it forced me to listen to the music instead of being picky and endlessly searching my library. I grew up on radio where you had no say in the songs that played and this reminded me of that except better because there were no commercials.

I had the 6th gen nano. Loved the tiny form factor for use in my car. It had a feature where you could double click the power button to skip to the next song, so it made it easy to change songs while driving without needing to fiddle with it too much. I actually broke mine over time because I kept clicking the power button and wore it out. Considered getting a shuffle to replace it, but by then I had a Touch and a car with bluetooth

The 3rd gen gumstick Shuffle was not only my first iPod but also my first apple product and I loved that thing, I guess I was the only one. I dropped it on the ground near my house and found it again months later and it still worked!

Solid video!! Absolutely love iPod and still use all of mine daily and have amassed an iTunes library with over 900 songs. Was devastated by the announcement from Apple but was not surprised. The iPod will live on forever and it will not be forgotten anytime soon.

I absolutely LOVED my 4th gen ipod Nano!! Had it from middle school to high school (let a friend borrow it and she never gave it back) but I found a good replacement on FB marketplace! I’m so excited to get it for both nostalgia and no ads and distractions ❤ hoping I can upload my music onto it

I was kind of scared going into this video, worrying that it would be too much information for me to understand what’s being said, but you made this so easy! Not complicated at all, you spoke in terms that someone who isn’t tech savvy like me could understand and use as a basic guide! Thank you!

I have a iPod shuffle 4th generation for 9 and 3/4 years and still have it now and I LOVE IT. I got if for my 8th birthday, I'm turning 18 this August.

I think it's worth noting, the ipod 5th and 5.5 gen models had a very good DAC in them, providing the best possible audio available in iPods. In addition, the 5.5 brought with it a brighter screen over the 5th gen model. You can find completely modded 5.5 models with 1 TB SSD storage and an increased 3000 mah battery capacity for around $330 presently, and for another $10 or so, a 30 pin dongle that connects to the bottom of the iPod classic to provide Bluetooth capability.

Bought an iPod nano 6g last spring and it’s just perfect for me: listening to my music, the radio or attaching it with its clip to myself to have a pretty accurate tracker for walking or jogging :)

me thinking to buy ipod while my iphone can do anything i want

This was an excellent trip down memory lane. My first real piece of tech was a 4th gen non-color iPod, which was imported here to Denmark for me by my mom's Aunt who (until recently) lived in New York. As I recall they hadn't even gone on sale here when I got mine! I still have it and actually fired it up not so long ago and it just works. I still think it is my single favourite piece of tech I ever owned. It was eventually replaced by an iPod Touch, though I never really fell in love with that in the same way I did my original iPod. I was recently helping my mom clear out her attic and found the bag it came in from the Apple Store on 5th Ave in New York, which was a really cool keepsake!