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Remember the iPod? It\u2019s making a quiet comeback.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Four years after\u00a0Apple<\/a>\u00a0killed off its digital music player, secondhand sales are surging. It\u2019s fueled in part by young people interested not just in its retro looks but a desire to listen to music in a focused way and with playlists not determined by algorithms.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a growing trend, particularly amongst younger users, to mitigate the ease with which they can be distracted by smartphones, often driven by mental health and well-being concerns,\u201d said Ben Wood, chief analyst at CCS Insight. \u201cHaving a dedicated music device, such as an iPod, is a good way to reduce your dependence on a smartphone and avoid being drawn into other activities, like doomscrolling through social media feeds, when you only really want to listen to music.\u201d<\/p>\n If you\u2019re interested in joining the iPod revival, here are some pointers:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n You can\u2019t buy a\u00a0new iPod<\/a>\u00a0anymore but it\u2019s not too hard to get your hands on a used one. There are still a lot of them around because\u00a0Apple sold 450 million<\/a>\u00a0over two decades.<\/p>\n There\u2019s a thriving secondhand market, as evidenced by thousands of listings for used iPods on eBay. \u201cBased on my discussions with people in the market, there has definitely been renewed interest in refurbished iPods,\u201d said Wood.<\/p>\n But watch out, because eBay, strangely, also has thousands of listings for new iPods. On closer inspection, they\u2019re from China-based sellers and some buyers have left feedback complaining they received a used or refurbished device in counterfeit packaging.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nHow to get an iPod<\/h2>\n