Apple will stop making the iPod Touch and iPod Nano, the company has confirmed. Along with the announcement came an upgrade and major price drop for Apple’s competing iPod Touch.
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Apple is discontinuing two once-popular miniature iPods – the iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle.
Apple’s last music-centric devices have already been removed from the company’s site. Some Apple stores and major retailers still have existing stock available for sale.
Alongside side the death of theses mini-iPods came an announcement of a refreshed iPod Touch line. Apple has discontinued the Touch 16G and 64G models and dropped the price of the remaining 32G $50 to $199 and the 128G models $100 to to $299. Apple’s Touch line includes am 8MP iSight camera and an robust A8 chip to power most apps.
The new models are available now.