IPods over 10 million yen, such as traditional iPod rare models traded at high prices

ByIvailo Djilianov

Apple developed the concept of "bringing out the music contained in the library of iTunes to the outside"IPodHas sophisticated design and excellent UI, which distinguish it from conventional portable digital music players, etc. When the first model was announced in 2001, it showed enthusiastic excitement mainly for some fans. It seems that the fever still remains in 2014 when more than ten years have passed since the debut of the first generation, and it seems that sometimes it is actually traded at a price exceeding 10 million yen when becoming a rare model.

Old iPods are selling for as much as $ 90,000
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Internet auction siteEBayThen, the fourth generation iPod (20 GB) was marked with a sign of the member of the rock band "U 2" "IPod U2 Special EditionThere is a case that unopened goods are sent at a price of 90,000 dollars (about 11 million yen), and they are bidding for it.

RARE UK Model Apple iPod Classic 4th Gen U2 Special Edition 30 GB 718908885741 | eBay


IPod U2 Special Edition was released only in November 2004, and the price at that time was about 40,000 yen. The following picture is a version of the 5th generation iPod which was released in June 2006 after about a year and a half, tailored to the same U2 design, the price at the time of sale is about 39,000 yen. Purchasers had a benefit to download free 30 minutes of U2 video provided exclusively on the iTunes Music Store.

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By the way, iPod U2 Special EditionUsed itemsBut there was also a price of 1300 pounds (about 240,000 yen) attached.

Must See Apple iPod Classic 4th Gen U2 Special Edition Black Red 20 GB 718908885741 | eBay


Also, in a sense, iPods that can be said to be valuable more than artist models are sold at high prices. It seems that it was kept as new and unopenedFirst-generation iPod · 5 GB modelThere was sometimes sold at a tremendous price of 180 thousand dollars (about 21 million yen). However, it seems that the buyer did not attend because it was too much price.

Amazing Vintage Collector's Museum Historic Apple iPod Classic 718908458976 | eBay


However, the popularity of the original iPod still seems to be high, and there were cases where the same model was bidding for a price of 20,000 dollars (about 2.4 million yen).

Vintage Apple iPod Classic 1st Generation 5 GB First iPod Ever 718908458976 | eBay


Although it is an iPod built-in type which has been selling for a long since the appearance of the first iPod, sale ended around September 2014. Apple's CEO Tim Cook confirmed that it is "because it can not procure parts such as HDD" because of that reason.

While recognizing the existence of fans who want the HDD model in part, Cook CEO revealed that it is a measure to distribute the effort spent on parts that are difficult to supply to another new field.

"Why did you end selling iPod classic?" Tim Cook explained - GIGAZINE


In addition, Mashable'spageSo, the slide show which the past iPod arranged is arranged has been created, and it became a memorable content to fans.

The Evolution of the Apple iPod