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Are you kidding? No post-ipod Apple device hasn't sold. Even devices with no real market need, like the Apple watch sell in their thousands.

dumbguy 11y ago
Millions.
duskwuff 11y ago
Possible counterexample: iPod Hi-Fi. Really a rather inexplicable product. There were already numerous iPod docks on the market when it launched, and was neither cheaper, prettier, nor more functional than its competitors. I don't think Apple released any exact sales numbers, but it's safe to assume it was a flop. The iPod Hi-Fi was quietly discontinued about a year and a half after its launch, and there are less than a dozen currently being sold on eBay.
- charlesism 11y ago
  A few years back, I got a free iPod HiFi from work. It spent a year gathering dust in my bedroom. Then I spent $30 on one of these, and it suddenly stopped sucking: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bluetooth-receiver-for-Apple-1121-sound-dock-hifi-speaker-iPhone-5-iPod-HTC-etc-/201558414277?hash=item2eedd153c5:g:QxkAAMXQiFxR-DOE http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bluetooth-receiver-for-Apple-1121-so... I understand why Apple marketing thought it would be cool to wedge your phone in the thing at a 90 degree angle... unfortunately for Apple, normal people look at that, and just think "no."
  - duskwuff 11y ago
    > I understand why Apple marketing thought it would be cool to wedge your phone in the thing at a 90 degree angle... Nitpick: iPod, not iPhone. The iPod Hi-Fi was released before the iPhone was even announced, and was discontinued entirely just over a month after the iPhone was released. While I believe it was technically compatible with the iPhone (as both devices used the same dock connector), this clearly wasn't an intended use case. (And in any case, the early iPhones weren't very good music players - they had very limited storage for music, and streaming services were not available until much later.)
    - charlesism 11y ago
      Thanks for the corrections. When I bought the dongle, I already had an iPod Touch. I wanted an iPhone, but they weren't available in Europe yet (without a jailbreak, anyways). So I guess a couple years had passed since I got it. My memory is apparently very bad!
    - dumbguy 11y ago
      Bluetooth didn't work like a damn for music when the Hi-Fi came out. Spec was only 3 years baked, and wasn't in anything, certainly not the iPods everyone had been buying at the time. We wouldn't see an iPod with bluetooth for another couple years.
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dumbguy 11y ago

Millions.

duskwuff 11y ago

Possible counterexample: iPod Hi-Fi. Really a rather inexplicable product. There were already numerous iPod docks on the market when it launched, and was neither cheaper, prettier, nor more functional than its competitors. I don't think Apple released any exact sales numbers, but it's safe to assume it was a flop. The iPod Hi-Fi was quietly discontinued about a year and a half after its launch, and there are less than a dozen currently being sold on eBay.

charlesism 11y ago
A few years back, I got a free iPod HiFi from work. It spent a year gathering dust in my bedroom. Then I spent $30 on one of these, and it suddenly stopped sucking: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bluetooth-receiver-for-Apple-1121-sound-dock-hifi-speaker-iPhone-5-iPod-HTC-etc-/201558414277?hash=item2eedd153c5:g:QxkAAMXQiFxR-DOE http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bluetooth-receiver-for-Apple-1121-so... I understand why Apple marketing thought it would be cool to wedge your phone in the thing at a 90 degree angle... unfortunately for Apple, normal people look at that, and just think "no."
- duskwuff 11y ago
  > I understand why Apple marketing thought it would be cool to wedge your phone in the thing at a 90 degree angle... Nitpick: iPod, not iPhone. The iPod Hi-Fi was released before the iPhone was even announced, and was discontinued entirely just over a month after the iPhone was released. While I believe it was technically compatible with the iPhone (as both devices used the same dock connector), this clearly wasn't an intended use case. (And in any case, the early iPhones weren't very good music players - they had very limited storage for music, and streaming services were not available until much later.)
  - charlesism 11y ago
    Thanks for the corrections. When I bought the dongle, I already had an iPod Touch. I wanted an iPhone, but they weren't available in Europe yet (without a jailbreak, anyways). So I guess a couple years had passed since I got it. My memory is apparently very bad!
  - dumbguy 11y ago
    Bluetooth didn't work like a damn for music when the Hi-Fi came out. Spec was only 3 years baked, and wasn't in anything, certainly not the iPods everyone had been buying at the time. We wouldn't see an iPod with bluetooth for another couple years.
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