It works seamlessly with Bluetooth headphones and speakers, but you'll need a pesky Lightning adapter to use old-school headphones. The latter will cost you about $429 all-in (for 64GB of storage), but you'll get a device that can run the latest version of iOS, and it can pull music from iTunes (on Windows) or Apple Music (on the Mac). What to do instead? Get a used iPhone, or a new iPhone SE - and just use it on Wi-Fi. You can still find used models out there, but don't expect them to be supported for much longer. The iPod Touch was the last dedicated music player in Apple's lineup, but it was officially discontinued in May 2022. Maybe you have rare, one-off live tracks that don't exist on mainstream services. Maybe you've got one too many subscriptions already, so why pay for one more when you already have a music library of thousands of MP3 files sitting on your hard drive? Or maybe you've meticulously crafted iTunes playlists, like mixtapes of old, that you don't want to re-create or transfer to another service. And the tracks are downloadable, too, so you can listen to your music even when you leave a Wi-Fi or cellular coverage area.
You pay your $5 to $10 a month, and you get access to nearly every popular song ever recorded. Any iPhone or Android phone is an audio player that works with subscription music apps like Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Amazon Music and YouTube Music. Standalone MP3 players dominated pop culture for a long time, but in 2023 almost no one needs one.
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