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iPod (5th generation, with Video)

Discontinued 12 Sept 2006

Released

Oct 2005

Announced

12 Oct 2005

Launch price from

$299

Discontinued

12 Sept 2006

Lifespan

11 months

Category
iPod
Status
Discontinued
Apple support status
Obsolete (Apple no longer services it)
Release type
Refresh of an existing model
Previous model
iPod (4th generation, Click Wheel)
Replaced by
iPod (5th generation, Late 2006)
Official Apple page
No longer available on Apple’s website
Tech specs
Apple specs ↗
Press release
Apple Newsroom ↗
More information
iPod Classic on Wikipedia ↗

Notes

The iPod (5th generation) played video, which no iPod had done before, and cost $299 for 30GB or $399 for 60GB. Apple put television programmes on the iTunes Music Store on the same day, starting with five shows from ABC and the Disney Channel, among them Lost and Desperate Housewives.

The screen grew to 2.5 inches in colour while the player got thinner. Apple put it at 30% slimmer than the model before it, holding 50% more, at an unchanged price.

Black was offered on a full-size iPod (5th generation) for the first time, alongside the usual white. The only black full-size iPod before it had been the U2 special edition.

Music ran for up to fourteen hours on the 30GB model and twenty on the 60GB, while video managed only two and three.

It was announced on 12 October 2005 at the ‘One More Thing’ event in San Jose. There were no pre-orders, and Apple said only that it would begin shipping the following week, priced from $299.

The model it replaced was the iPod (4th generation).

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Release history

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iPod release history

  1. 2014

  2. 9 Sept 2014

    iPod Classic 160GB (Late 2009) Discontinued

  3. ↑ about 5 years later
  4. 2009

  5. 9 Sept 2009

    iPod Classic 160GB (Late 2009) Released

    iPod Classic (120GB) Discontinued

  6. ↑ about 1 year later
  7. 2008

  8. 9 Sept 2008

    iPod Classic (120GB) Released

    iPod Classic Discontinued

  9. ↑ about 1 year later
  10. 2007

  11. 5 Sept 2007

    iPod Classic Released

    iPod (5th generation, Late 2006) Discontinued

    iPod U2 Special Edition Discontinued

  12. ↑ about 1 year later
  13. 2006

  14. 12 Sept 2006

    iPod (5th generation, Late 2006) Released

    iPod (5th generation, with Video) Discontinued

  15. ↑ about 1 year later
  16. 2005

  17. 12 Oct 2005

    iPod with Color Display Discontinued

  18. Oct 2005

    iPod (5th generation, with Video) Released

  19. ↑ 3 months later

  20. 28 Jun 2005

    iPod with Color Display Released

    iPod (4th generation, Click Wheel) Discontinued

    iPod Photo Discontinued

  21. ↑ 8 months later
  22. 2004

  23. Nov 2004

    iPod U2 Special Edition Released

  24. Oct 2004

    iPod Photo Released

  25. ↑ 2 months later

  26. 19 Jul 2004

    iPod (4th generation, Click Wheel) Released

    iPod (3rd generation, Dock Connector) Discontinued

  27. ↑ 1 year, 3 months later
  28. 2003

  29. 2 May 2003

    iPod (3rd generation, Dock Connector) Released

  30. 28 Apr 2003

    iPod (1st generation, Scroll Wheel) Discontinued

    iPod (2nd generation, Touch Wheel) Discontinued

  31. ↑ 9 months later
  32. 2002

  33. Aug 2002

    iPod (2nd generation, Touch Wheel) Released

  34. ↑ 9 months later
  35. 2001

  36. 10 Nov 2001

    iPod (1st generation, Scroll Wheel) Launch

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