Kugcine ukubuyekezwa: Okthoba 13, 2015
I-iPod ibe yimpumelelo engavunyelwe futhi engavamile ngokulinganayo. Iguqule i-Apple, indlela abasebenzisi abasebenzisana ngayo nomculo, futhi uma kuhlangene ne-iTunes Store, imboni yomculo ngokwayo . Isivinini lapho ukuthengisa kwalo kukhula khona cishe akunakwenzeka ukukholelwa kudivayisi ebiza amakhulu amaRandi futhi ihlala iminyaka.
Ukubuka umlando we-iPod yokuthengisa kuyamangalisa, ikakhulukazi ukuzuza okukhulu ukuthi zingaki ama-iPod athengiswe emhlabeni wonke ezinkambini ezimbalwa kanye neminyaka (hlola izinyanga ezingu-8 phakathi kukaMashi noNovemba 2005: izigidi eziyi-15 zithengisiwe!).
Lolu hlu lwezinombolo ze-iPods ezithengiswa libonisa ukukhula kwe-iPod. Izibalo zokuthengisa zisekelwe kuzimemezelo ze-Apple (ngokuvamile phakathi nokubika kwezimali kwekota) futhi izinombolo zilinganiselwa. Izibalo ezibalulwe lapha zihlanganisa; isibonelo, inombolo kaDisemba 2014 yiyona inani eliphelele lama-iPod athengiswa kusukela kusingeniso sayo kuze kube yileso sikhathi.
- Disemba 2014: izigidi ezingama-390
- December 2013: 375 million
- September 2012 : izigidi ezingu-350
- NgoJanuwari 2011 : izigidi ezingu-304
- September 2010 : 275 million
- September 2009 : izigidi ezingu-220
- Ngo-Ephreli 2008 : izigidi ezingu-152
- Okthoba 2007 : izigidi ezingu-120
- September 2007 : izigidi ezingu-110
- April 2007 : izigidi ezingu-100
- NgoJanuwari 2006: izigidi ezingu-42
- Novemba 2005 : izigidi ezingu-30
- Mashi 2005 : izigidi ezingu-15
- Disemba 2004: izigidi eziyishumi
- Okthoba 2004 : 6 million
- Agasti 2004 : 3.7 million
- May 2004 : izigidi ezintathu
- Januwari 2004 : 2 million
- NgoJanuwari 2003: 600,000
- Disemba 2001: 25,000
I-iPod Line Yokunciphisa
Ngenkathi umkhiqizo womkhiqizo we-iPod osetshenziselwa ukufaka i-iPod Classic, i-iPod touch, i-iPod nano, ne-iPod Shuffle, ukulungiswa kwe-iPod kuyancipha. I-Classic yavalwa ngo-Septemba 2014 futhi kuphela ukuthinta kuye kwabuyekezwa kakhulu kusukela ekupheleni kuka-2012 (i-nano ne-Shuffle ithole izinketho ezintsha zombala ngoJulayi 2015, kodwa akukho lutho olushintshiwe kuzici zabo noma ama-specs). Hlanganisa lokho ngokuthengisa okunciphisa kwe-iPod-kuphela izigidi ezingu-45 ezithengiswa ezinyangeni ezingu-18 phakathi kukaJanuwari 2011 noSeptemba 2012-nokuqhuma okuqhubekayo kwe-iPhone futhi kucacile ukuthi i-iPod ayiyona inkanyezi eyake yaba nayo.
Ukuphela kwamanani we-iPod Sales
Zonke izinto ezinhle ziphela, futhi lokho kuyiqiniso kuyi-iPod. Naphezu kokuthengisa amayunithi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-400 sonke isikhathi, i-iPod iyancipha, ilandelwa yi-iPhone, edayisa amayunithi amaningi engxenyeni njengoba i-iPod yayivame ukwenza ngonyaka.
Ngemuva kweminyaka eminingi, i-quarter-by-quarter yehla ekuthengiseni, i-Apple yeka ukuhlinzeka ngezibalo zokuthengisa ezihlukile ze-iPod ngoJanuwari 2015. Kunengqondo: kungani ubiza ukunakekelwa komugqa oqhoshayo ophelile? Esikhundleni salokho, i-Apple manje ihlanganisa i-iPod yokuthengisa ekhonjiswe emgqeni othi "Eminye Imikhiqizo" ekubikweni kwayo kwezimali kwekota. Lokho kubamba-konke isigaba kwanoma yini engeyona i-iPhone, i-iPad, i-Mac, noma isevisi.
Akukho ukutshela ukuthi i-iPod line izoqhubeka isikhathi eside kangakanani. Kuyinto yokucabanga okuphephile ukuthi ukuthinta kuzolenga isikhathi esithile ngoba kufana ne-iPhone futhi kusenjalo, kubikwa ukuthi, umdayisi omuhle. Kusobala ukuthi imakethe ye-nano ne-Shuffle, futhi, noma i-Apple ngeke iqhubeke ibenza, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi ukuphela kokuphela kweningi le-iPod line akuyona leyo ndawo.