With the help of several TV commercials and armed with enough gigabytes to accommodate thousands of songs, the iPod has made an amazing move from its first 2001 release. But rather these days have passed.
Apple sold just 6 millions iPods κατά τη διάρκεια των τελευταίων τριών μηνών που συμπεριλάμβαναν και την περίοδο των γιορτών, σύμφωνα με την τελευταία έκθεση με τα κέρδη της εταιρείας. Αυτό είναι ένα μια drop της τάξης του 52% από τα περασμένα Christmas, the steepest year-over-year decline the iPod has had in as many years as it's been around.
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Meanwhile, the company broke record sales for both the iPhone and the iPad during the same period. The success of these two products led to the death of the iPod.
As can be seen in the table above, the decline in purchases of iPods has been steady and noticeable since 2009, two years after the release of the iPhone, which essentially began to cannibalize the sales of its "brother" iPod. With the iPhone one can have a huge number of music files along with everything else that a smartphone does. Thus the iPod's usefulness began to decline. Despite efforts with the iPod Touch, essentially an iPhone that can't make phone calls calls, the iPod was left unclaimed. Even the Steve Jobs she had almost predicted it, when during her presentationof the iPhone in 2007 said it was the "best iPod we've ever made."
