When one of my best friends got his 16 GB iPhone he promptly sold me his 160 GB iPod Classic in his quest for the One Gadget To Rule Them All. He claimed the integrated iPod in the iPhone was all he needed and he was tickled by the idea of carrying one gadget around with him instead of two.
This was something I was curious about for a long time even before getting an iPhone. How would it peacefully co-exist with my iPod? Would I still use it? As it turns out, the answer was DEFINITELY. The iPhone was not replacing my iPod any time soon.
Here’s why:
Size does matter
I have roughly 30 GB of music, podcasts, videos and audiobooks, so current iPhone handsets could not fit my capacity needs. And I prefer having my music library with me so I can listen to whatever I want whenever. If I had to sift and select content from my library (e.g. through smart playlists) to fit on the iPhone I would always miss the freedom a readily available library gives.
Missing controls
Talking about freedom, the joy of listening to music on shuffle on the iPhone is short-lived for me. I miss the mechanical “next” button. You see I surf or check my news feeds while listening to music. When a song crops up that I’d like to skip or stop, I have the leave the app I’m using to enter the iPod app to regain control. There the iPod wins hands down.
Missing features
The iPod can be used in disk mode, the iPhone cannot (at least not from Apple). You can shuffle by song or album on the iPod, the iPhone shuffles by song. For some, not a deal breaker. For me it lessens the experience.
For me, the iPhone is first and foremost a phone with an iPod “ adequate for basic listening and viewing needs but no real competition for my Precious. I have instead opted for a separation of content between the two. The iPhone holds podcasts, a few vids and select most-loved tracks, plus photos, contacts, notes etc. I use my iPod solely for music as well as video storage. Hence they are my ideal co-existing companions “ I happily surf with the iPhone while grooving to Oceansize or Radiohead.
P.S. I am curious to hear how you use both devices if you have them. Post a comment or message me at twitter @aliciabankhofer
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