The second week of September will be remembered for fans of Apple products, not only the new devices, but also a sad occasion: from retail sale, including shops and official website kupertinovskoy company disappeared one of the most recognizable and popular earlier devices - iPod Classic. It is interesting that Apple has not made any official statements regarding the fate of the device, but we can assume that it was wrong because of the low profitability of the player. It's no secret that sales of all iPod models recently declined sharply due to the choice of the iPhone as the main multimedia device.
The first iPod was released on October 23, 2001 and had not yet had the title retronima Classic, which acceded to the title of the music player in 2007, when in September, Apple introduced the sixth generation has really a classical player with logo on the back.
Currently available for purchase audience iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle and iPod Touch. We can only guess how long these devices will survive.