iPods selling as ‘vintage’ tech at Urban Outfitters hundreds of dollars

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By Brooke Steinberg

Need to really feel outdated? Look no additional.

It’s 2023, and City Outfitters is promoting iPods — and labeling them “classic.”

“First launched in 2001, the iPod is the quintessential MP3 participant, and this fifth technology gadget (2007) is the right mix of latest millennium design with trendy options,” the product description reads.

“It is a real piece of classic retro tech.”

Although they’re not promoting it only for the Y2K vibes — the music gamers have been refurbished and restored by Retrospekt, a workshop and product design studio devoted to the restoration of “retro” know-how.

Based on the product web page, these “new” iPods have been up to date with an all-new battery and 128GB of flash storage, and include the unique deadstock Apple charger and a pair of headphones.

Those that are sufficiently old to recollect proudly owning an iPod Mini approach again when will in all probability have their jaws dropping on the storage enhance, contemplating we might solely hearken to 4GB price of music.

However nostalgia comes at a value.

At City Outfitters, a sky blue Apple iPod Mini (1st Era) prices $199, and the Apple iPod (fifth Era) goes for $349.

The worth level has been critiqued on the web since resale web sites resembling eBay and Etsy are promoting related fashions beginning at round $35, The Philadelphia Inquirer, who first noticed the merchandise on sale, reported.

Nevertheless, merely trying to find “iPod” on the shop web site not results in any outcomes, and hyperlinks to the merchandise say that it’s unavailable — which means all fashions are doubtless already bought out.

The primary iPod was launched on Oct. 23, 2001, so evidently this throwback coincides with the twenty second anniversary of the product.

Y2K has been an especially in style development for Gen Z, and their enchantment with early 2000s know-how — ditching iPhones for flip telephones, bringing again digital cameras and utilizing iPod Minis as hair clips — has bewildered the older generations.

Final 12 months, Apple discontinued the iPod after 20 years, however perhaps the fascination with supposedly retro tech will spark a resurgence.