iPods continue to fade into history →

Mark Gurman:

Typically reserved for accessories like Apple Watch bands, headphones, and iPhone cases, Apple Store accessory walls will now be home to the recently-updated iPod line. Apple products, ranging from iPods to iPads to Macs, have typically been stored in the back of Apple Stores and brought to a customer upon the point of sale. Now, when a customer wants to buy an iPod, she or he can simply pull it off a shelf without needing to wait for the product to be brought from the back room.

This isn’t a surprising move, of course. I was in our local Apple Store last week and noticed that the iPod table was not only still somewhat prominent in the store, but that no one was near it. After being booted from Apple.com’s navigation, it was only a matter of time before the product line would lose its place in the stores as well.