iPod Mini Launched in 2004

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Was this the sickest iPod?

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By 2004 , the iPod had a starting price of $ 299 and could run as high as $399 .

Apple needed to offer a music player that many more people could afford.

The iPod Mini was Apple ’s answer for that over-$100 grouping.

The aluminum-covered device came in several colors, a first for any iPod .

The full-size iPod Classic was discontinued in 2014 ; the Nano and Shuffle would follow in 2017 , and Apple bid farewell to the iPod brand altogether in 2022 . Nowadays, there’s been an iPod renaissance of sorts as people seek a reprieve from music subscriptions and phone notifications, but it’s nothing like the heyday of a simpler time in tech — when music players were music players and you could truly have all your songs right there in your pocket..

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