Apple begins removing iPod touch webpages as remaining stock sells out

Apple has started off eradicating the iPod touch from its web page in a number of international locations all over the entire world after asserting previously this thirty day period that it was discontinuing and retiring the iPod item class wholly.

As spotted by Twitter user Heedo Abu Laban, Apple has now pulled the on the net Apple Shop in Canada, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, and Switzerland, with one-way links redirecting to Apple Assistance webpages.

When the iPod contact is no lengthier obtainable to order right from Apple in the stated nations around the world, some 3rd-social gathering shops nonetheless have remaining inventory of the now discontinued system, while inventory amounts will likely also be nearing depletion.

Apple introduced in direction of the starting of the thirty day period that just after far more than 20 yrs, the firm was pulling the plug on the moveable tunes lineup by discontinuing the past remaining design in the array – the iPod contact. Shortly following the announcement, iPod touch styles started advertising out immediately from Apple’s on the web shop, with only a handful of colours and storage configurations remaining out there in the United States and the United Kingdom, as properly as in a handful of other nations all-around the earth.

Apple launched the very very first iPod in 2003, launching as the very first MP3 participant to store 1,000 music. Following the start of the release of the iPod mini in 2004 and the iPod nano in 2006, Apple unveiled the extremely initially iPod touch in 2007, showcasing a 3.5-inch widescreen MultiTouch show, getting to be the most well-liked iPod in the lineup.

Apple quietly discontinued the iPod nano and iPod shuffle in 2017, leaving the iPod touch as the only remaining iPod in the range.

Many thanks for the tip, George!

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