DAVID WIELAND

This model is from 2003; it’s eight years old. The battery is wrecked, it won’t play one song. But when i found it again, i actually discovered something: it’s delightfully easier to use than the most recent iPod classic, 160gb.

I was so surprised by this, but actually it makes sense. Apple has stopped improving the classic iPod, because it was already perfected; save for battery life and storage, there’s nothing to improve on.

The black white screen has one major advantage over the full colour: it’s tremendously snappier and faster in use. You would not believe it until you saw it yourself.

I am now planning to get the battery fixed, and have this trooper dance for me once more.