Ukuhlaziywa kokugqibela: Oktobha 13, 2015
I-iPod ibe yimpumelelo engavumiyo kwaye ayifanekanga. Yatshintsha i- Apple, indlela abasebenzisi abasebenzisana ngayo nomculo, kwaye xa kudibene neTunes Store, umboniso womculo ngokwawo . Isantya apho ukuthengisa kwayo kwanda khona akunakwenzeka ukukholelwa kwisixhobo esibiza ama-dollar amakhulu kwaye ihlala iminyaka.
Ukujonga imbali yeentengiso ze-iPod kuyamangalisa, ngakumbi ukuzuza okukhulu kwii- iPod ezithengisiwe emhlabeni jikelele kwiikota ezimbalwa kunye neminyaka (khangela iinyanga ezi-8 phakathi koMatshi noNovemba 2005: izigidi ezili-15 zithengiswa!).
Olu luhlu lweenombolo zePods ezithengiswayo lubonisa ukukhula kwe-iPod. Amanani athengiswayo asekelwe kwiimpapasho ze-Apple (ngokuqhelekileyo ngexesha lokubika ngezimali zonyaka) kwaye amanani alinganiselwa. Amanqaku adweliswe apha aqokelela; Ngokomzekelo, inombolo kaDisemba 2014 yinani elipheleleyo leepods ezithengiswa ukususela kwisingeniso salo xesha.
- Disemba 2014: izigidi ezingama-390
- Disemba 2013: izigidi ezingama-375
- NgoSeptemba 2012 : izigidi ezingama-350
- NgoJanuwari 2011 : izigidi ezingama-304
- NgoSeptemba 2010 : 275 yezigidi
- NgoSeptemba 2009 : izigidi ezingama-220
- Ngo-Apreli 2008 : 152 yezigidi
- Oktobha 2007 : izigidi ezili-120
- NgoSeptemba 2007 : izigidi ezili-110
- Epreli 2007 : izigidi ezili-100
- NgoJanuwari 2006: 42 yezigidi
- Novemba 2005 : izigidi ezingama-30
- Matshi 2005 : izigidi ezili-15
- Disemba 2004: izigidi ezili-10
- Oktobha 2004 : 6 yezigidi
- Agasti 2004 : 3.7 yezigidi
- NgoMeyi 2004 : izigidi ezi-3
- NgoJanuwari 2004 : 2 yezigidi
- NgoJanuwari 2003: 600,000
- Disemba 2001: 25,000
Umgca wePod Line
Nangona umgca womkhiqizo we-iPod osetyenziswayo ukuquka i-iPod Classic, iPod touch, i-iPod nano, kunye ne-iPod Shuffle, umgca wehla uhla. I-Classic yavalwa ngoSeptemba 2014 kwaye kuphela umnxeba uye wahlaziywa ngokukhawuleza ukususela ngowa-2012 (i-nano kunye ne-Shuffle zithole ukhetho olutsha ngoJulayi 2015, kodwa akukho nto yashintsha kwiimpawu zabo okanye izicatshulwa). Hlanganisa ukuba kunye nokuthengisa okucothayo kwe-iPod-kuphela malunga nezigidi ezingama-45 ezithengiswa kwiinyanga ezili-18 phakathi kukaJanuwari 2011 no-Septemba 2012-kunye nokuqhuma okuqhubekayo kwe-iPhone kwaye kucacile ukuba i-iPod ayiyona inkwenkwezi eyayiyiyo.
Ukuphela kwee-iPod Sales Figures
Zonke izinto ezilungileyo ziphela, kwaye kunjalo ngokuqinisekileyo kwi-iPod. Nangona kuthengisa iiyunithi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-400 lonke ixesha, i-iPod iyancipha, ichithwa yi-iPhone, ethengisa iiyunithi ezininzi kwikota njengoko i-iPod yayisoloko yenza ngonyaka.
Emva kweminyaka emininzi, ikota ngekota iyancipha ekuthengiseni, i-Apple iyeka ukubonelela ngamanani ahlukeneyo okuthengisa kwi-iPod ngoJanuwari 2015. Kuqondakala: kutheni ukubiza ingqwalasela kumgca onokuzikhukhumeza ophelile? Endaweni yoko, i-Apple ngoku iquka ukuthengisa kwe-iPod ibekwe kwinqanaba le "Ezinye iiMveliso" kwingxelo yayo yemali yekota. Leyo yintambo-yonke into yinto engeyena i-iPhone, i-iPad, iMac, okanye inkonzo.
Akukho nto ichaza ukuba umgama we iPod uza kuqhubeka kangakanani. Kuyinto ekhuselekileyo yokucinga ukuba umnxeba uya kuhamba ngokukhawuleza ngexesha elide lifana ne-iPhone kwaye kusenjalo, kuthiwa, ngumthengisi omhle. Ngokucacileyo imarike ye-nano ne-Shuffle, nayo, okanye i-Apple ayiyi kuhlala ibenza, kodwa ndiyasola ukuba isiphelo esiphezulu sobuninzi be-iPod line asikho kude.