To demonstrate this, here are some interesting facts and figures showing how the iPod compares to the iPhone Duo, Apple’s latest portable device (and music player, among other things). See if you would be willing to make the technical sacrifices necessary to enjoy this part of history.
Processing power
The PortalPlayer PP5002 chip in the original iPod had two 90 MHz cores. Totally acceptable for 2001.
The iPhone Duo, on the other hand, is not even Apple’s most powerful mobile device today. Early reviews suggest the iPhone 18 Pro runs a little faster and a little cooler, but with a maximum CPU frequency of 4.93 GHz, its six-core A20 Pro chip is about 50 times faster.
The Duo also has 12GB of RAM, just 375 times more than the iPod’s 32MB. It probably has a little more processing muscle, overall.
Storage
This is always a brutal comparison because the price of storage hardware has plummeted over the years while storage needs have skyrocketed. But here we go.
The original iPod offered a maximum capacity of 10 GB, enough (according to Apple’s marketing materials) to hold 2,000 songs. The iPhone Duo maxes out at 2TB. That’s 200 times more.
