Looking back on the development history of music players, the status of Sony Walkman is needless to say, but due to the mistake of strategic decision-making in the later period, the Walkman began to decline, and it was the Apple iPod that was born, with its simple and intuitive product design, strong software and hardware ecology, quickly occupied the market and replaced the position of Sony Walkman. With more than 400 million units sold, the iPod is the world's most revolutionary music player and the first Apple product owned by many.
 
In July 2017, Apple's online store removed the iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle from the iPod series, leaving only the iPod Touch on sale. Although the main product has been discontinued, Apple is still thriving in the MP3 second-hand market, with a high retention rate, and some have even entered the category of collection, which shows the status of the iPod in the minds of consumers.
 
In CNET's "Best MP3 of 2016" selection, Apple has two products shortlisted, namely the iPod Touch 6 and iPod Shuffle 4. Compared to the iPod Touch 6, the iPod Shuffle 4 is clearly more suitable for active users. The iPod Shuffle 4, which is only 368 yuan, can be regarded as the lowest price Apple audio and video product, with exquisite workmanship, and the size is only one circle larger than a one-yuan coin, with its own clip, and it is extremely portable. iPod Shuffle 4 doesn't have a screen on the front, but you can use the VoiceOver key to announce the name of the track being played, the name of the artist, the name of the track list, the battery percentage, and more. Its disadvantage is that the capacity is only available in the 2G version, and it does not support TF card expansion capacity and Bluetooth, and the sound quality is only at the entry-level level. Overall, the iPod Shuffle 4 is better suited for scenarios where sound quality is not very demanding, and it is still a worthy item for those who want to be stylish and portable.
 
If you want an MP3 with a display, iPod nano 7 is also a good choice, there is a 2.5-inch multi-touch display, 5.4mm thick, weighs only 31g, the overall look is like a Mini version of the iPhone, battery life can be up to 30 hours, support Nike app and pedometer, can instantly grasp the number of steps, distance, time and calories burned, and equipped with Bluetooth function, can be connected to heart rate monitor and headphones, the market price is about 1200 yuan.
 
In all fairness, Apple's iPod is a product that can't be measured by cost performance, for example, it doesn't support mainstream lossless formats, the price is high, the operating experience is not friendly to Windows system users, Nano and Shuffle don't support Apple Music offline music, and can't share the music library with Apple phones, but this doesn't prevent it from becoming a generation of classics in the hearts of fruit fans, at present, Nano and Shuffle have no official purchase channels, but there is still a large stock available for purchase in the market.