iPod Classic
Sign in to saveAlso known as iPod, Apple iPod Classic, Apple iPod classic, Apple iPod
line of portable media players
Key facts
- Manufacturer
- Apple
- Product family
- iPod
- Type
- Portable media player
- Lifespan
- November 10, 2001 – September 9, 2014 (12 years, 9 months)
- Discontinued
- September 9, 2014
- Media
- 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 60, 80, 120 or 160 GB 1.8" hard drive
- Operating system
- 1.5 (1G, 2G), 2.3 (3G), 3.1.1 (4G), 1.2.1 (4G Color), 1.3 (5G), 1.1.2 (6G) , 2.0.5 (6G, 2009)
- Display
- 1G–4G: 160 x 128 px , 2 in (51 mm), monochrome LCD , Color: 220 x 176 px , 2 in (51 mm), color LCD , 5G–6G: 320 x 240 px, 2.5 in (64 mm), color LCD
- Input
- 1G: Scroll wheel , 2G–3G: Touch wheel , 4G–6G: Click wheel
- Connectivity
- 1G–4G: FireWire , 3G–6G: USB 2.0
- Power
- 1G–2G: Lithium polymer battery , 3G–6G: Lithium-ion battery
- Successor
- iPod Touch
- Related
- iPod Shuffle , iPod mini , iPod Nano , iPod Touch , iPhone
- Made in
- China
- Website
- Official website (archived)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The iPod Classic (stylized and marketed as iPod classic and originally simply iPod) is a discontinued portable media player created and formerly marketed by Apple.
There were six generations of the iPod Classic, as well as a spin-off (the iPod Photo) that was later re-integrated into the main iPod line. All generations used a 1.8-inch (46 mm) hard drive for storage. The "classic" suffix was formally introduced with the rollout of the sixth-generation iPod on September 5, 2007. Prior generations of the device had simply been marketed as the "iPod". It was available in silver or black from 2007 onwards, replacing the "signature iPod white".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “iPod Classic” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.