iPod shuffle (2nd generation)
Discontinued 11 Mar 2009On sale for 2 years, 4 months, from 3 Nov 2006.
Announced
12 Sept 2006
Released
3 Nov 2006
Discontinued
11 Mar 2009
Lifespan
2 years, 4 months
Launch price from
$79
- Category
- iPod Shuffle
- Status
- Discontinued
- Apple support status
- Obsolete (Apple no longer services it)
- Release type
- Refresh of an existing model
- Previous model
- iPod shuffle (1st generation)
- Replaced by
- iPod shuffle (3rd generation)
- Official Apple page
- No longer available on Apple’s website
- Tech specs
- Apple specs ↗
- Press release
- Apple Newsroom ↗
- More information
- iPod Shuffle on Wikipedia ↗
Notes
The iPod shuffle (2nd generation) cost $79 and was less than half the size of the plastic stick it replaced. The body was machined from aluminium with a clip built into the back, which Apple pitched as the most wearable iPod it had made.
The USB plug went. Where the first shuffle pushed straight into a computer, this one had no connector of its own at all and came with a small dock to charge and load it through. The only socket on the player itself was for headphones.
A circular pad of five buttons on the front handled play, pause, track changes and volume, and a pair of switches on the top chose between off, playing in order, and shuffling. There was still no screen of any kind. Apple quoted 12 hours of playback from a charge.
It launched in silver alone, holding 1GB and about 240 songs. Four colours followed in January 2007, a different set with a (PRODUCT)RED version in September that year, and a 2GB model arrived in February 2008 alongside a price cut on the 1GB. Steve Jobs said on stage that it was hard to believe the iPod shuffle (2nd generation) was a real music player when you first saw it.
It was announced on 12 September 2006 at the ‘It’s Showtime’ event, where Apple said it would be on sale in October. It ran late and reached shops on 3 November, priced at $79.
Read about the iPod shuffle (1st generation) that came before.
iPod shuffle (4th generation, Mid 2015)
Discontinued
2017 discontinued 27 Jul27 Jul 2017
iPod shuffle (4th generation, Late 2012)
Discontinued
2015 discontinued 15 Jul15 Jul 2015
iPod shuffle (4th generation)
Discontinued
2012 discontinued 12 Sept12 Sept 2012
iPod shuffle (3rd generation)
Discontinued
2010 discontinued 1 Sept1 Sept 2010
iPod shuffle (1st generation)
Discontinued
2006 discontinued 2 Sept2 Sept 2006
iPod Shuffle release history
- 2017
-
27 Jul 2017
iPod shuffle (4th generation, Mid 2015)
- ↑ about 2 years later
- 2015
-
15 Jul 2015
iPod shuffle (4th generation, Mid 2015)
iPod shuffle (4th generation, Late 2012)
- ↑ 2 years, 10 months later
- 2012
-
12 Sept 2012
iPod shuffle (4th generation, Late 2012)
iPod shuffle (4th generation)
- ↑ about 2 years later
- 2010
-
1 Sept 2010
iPod shuffle (4th generation)
iPod shuffle (3rd generation)
- ↑ 1 year, 6 months later
- 2009
-
11 Mar 2009
iPod shuffle (3rd generation)
iPod shuffle (2nd generation)
- ↑ 2 years, 4 months later
- 2006
-
3 Nov 2006
iPod shuffle (2nd generation)
- ↑ 2 months later
-
2 Sept 2006
iPod shuffle (1st generation)
- ↑ 1 year, 8 months later
- 2005
-
11 Jan 2005
iPod shuffle (1st generation)