Njengamanje ukusakaza umculo yilokho okuphathwayo futhi okunekusasa kakhulu ngaphakathi kwezinhlobo ezahlukahlukene zokusetshenziswa komculo. I-Apple iqale ukubona ukuthi ifomethi yokuthengisa umculo ibisincipha isikhathi eside ngaphambi kokuba ithenge iBeats Music futhi kamuva yethule i-Apple Music. Kokubili i-Apple Music neSpotify nezinye izinsiza zomculo zokusakaza zisivumela ukuthi silande umculo ukuze siwudlale ngaphandle kwesidingo sokuxhumeka kwe-inthanethi futhi ngaphandle kokuvumelanisa idivayisi yethu ne-iTunes ukuze izingoma zethu esizithandayo zisondele. Kulesi silungiselelo esisha I-iPod Nano ne-iPod Shuffel babengenandawo futhi ekugcineni u-Apple uthathe isinqumo sokuzihoxisa unomphela ekuthengisweni.
Ngokusho kuka-Apple, inkampani yenza lula amamodeli we-iPod wamanje ngokushiya kuphela i-iPod touch ezothengiswa, isenzo esinengqondo ngoba sinoxhumano lwe-Intanethi futhi esivumela ukuthi silande umculo wethu esiwuthandayo kunoma iyiphi insizakalo yomculo yokusakaza esibhalise kuyo. Ngenhlanhla, inkampani esekwe eCupertino ivuselele amakhono ale divayisi uqhubeka nokunikeza inguqulo engu-32 GB yama-euro angama-229 kanye nenguqulo engu-128 GB yama-euro angama-339.
Ngale ndlela, imodeli engu-16 GB iyanyamalala, imodeli ebingasasebenzi eminyakeni yamuva ngenxa yokushoda kwesikhala, hhayi somculo kuphela, kodwa futhi nokukwazi ukugcina imidlalo ikakhulukazi. Kokubili i-iPod Shuffle ne-iPod Nano bebengakazitholi izibuyekezo iminyaka engu-5, futhi ngokusobala abakatholi lutho olungaba khona nikeza lawa madivayisi ngokuguquguquka okukhulu ebavumela ukuba baxhumeke kwi-Intanethi futhi balande umculo wabo abawuthandayo kumasevisi okusakaza umculo.
Futhi i-Apple Watch ikuvumela ukuthi ulande umculo wakho owuthandayo futhi uhambe nawo ngenkathi sisagijima ngaphandle kokuphatha i-iPhone emahlombe abo, ngakho-ke futhi kuyinhlangano ebhekiswe kubasebenzisi abanesifiso sokuthenga noma iyiphi yalezi zinhlobo bayakhuthazwa ngasikhathi sinye futhi bathole i-Apple Watch, uma namuhla bengakayenzi.