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The iPod Nano And The Last Click Wheel

A tiny square with a clip, worn on a jumper.

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The iPod Nano And The Last Click Wheel

The sixth-generation Nano dropped the click wheel for a touchscreen the size of a postage stamp, and people wore it as a watch.

Third-party watch straps for it sold in enormous numbers, which is broadly why the Apple Watch exists.

It was the end of the dedicated music player as a mainstream object. Phones took the job within two years.

Cost back then

£131

Goes for now

£60–£200

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