San Francisco - (AFP) - Apple has turned the page on the iPod, announcing on Tuesday that it will stop producing its famous digital device for listening to music, which revolutionized the world of the music industry at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

"The spirit of the iPod remains," said Greg Joziak, Apple's vice president of international marketing, Greg Joziak, in a statement. "We've built an amazing music experience into all of our products, from iPhone to Apple Watch," he added.

And he stressed that “the music site has always been essential” to “Apple”, and “making it available to hundreds of millions of users, as happened through +iPod+”, not only had an impact on the music industry, but also made a change in the way music is discovered, listened to and shared. ". .

The giant company, which is based in Cupertino, California, stated that the iPod Touch will remain available at Apple's points of sale until it runs out of stock.
The "iPod" was put on the market for the first time in 2001, and the first model was rectangular and white in color, and soon its popularity expanded and it became very popular.
This device based on the "MP3" format for transferring audio files, in addition to the "iTunes" application, which was also released in 2001, led to a radical change in the world of music by providing the possibility of downloading movies and songs in a legal way, at a time when a number of Websites make this available for free.
Apple has sold about 450 million iPods since its launch, according to the New York Times, citing Loop Ventures.
The "iPod" was an inspiration for the "iPhone" devices in 2007, which were launched in 2007, and subsequently contributed to the sweeping success achieved by these smart phones, which were among the most prominent elements in strengthening the position of the giant company.