During 2014 the company Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), has withdrawn from sale one of its iconic products saying that it cannot buy enough components at good prices to continue its production. Then we were talking about IPod Classic, but now we are talking about iPod Shuffle, this product of the Apple company being available in limited quantities in its physical stores.
Practically most Apple Stores in the US list iPod Shuffle as unavailable for purchase on the spot or with immediate delivery, the Apple online store listing a period of 7-10 days for delivery. This problem is usually encountered when Apple changes the product line or completely abandons a product, but in this situation no one knows what is at the base.
According to multiple sources, supplies of the iPod Shuffle are dwindling across Apple's physical retail and online channels. In fact, Apple has warned its retail employees that Shuffle supplies will be short for an unspecified period of time and that customers seeking to buy a Shuffle via a retail store should be directed to Apple's online store.
The Apple company has notified its employees about problems regarding the stocks of iPod Shuffle in the immediate period, some claiming that difficulties in buying components for them would be the problem. Apple claimed that it cannot buy enough components at good prices to continue producing the iPod Classic, so in the case of this product we could talk about a similar problem.
Regardless of the situation, iPod sales have been declining for several years and many wonder how long Apple will sell these products. Perhaps we will have an answer to the question by removing the iPod Shuffle from sale, a product generating very little sales anyway at the moment.
