Unboxing a SEALED iPod mini after 19 years!
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I was recently scrolling through eBay when I found this pristine sealed iPod mini from 2004. Having spent 19 years in a box, will this be a blast from the past or a dead iPod in a box... today we'll roll back time and see if 2004 is still in style!
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I worked at Apple Retail in 2004. I CANNOT POSSIBLY OVERSTATE how popular these were. We literally COULD NOT KEEP THEM on the shelves. I would work the telephone sometimes and it was a constant stream of calls of people wanting to know if we had some and when we were getting more ("They come randomly and we have no idea, try tomorrow?"). Especially the green ones. If I had to pinpoint a moment where Apple's popularity went white-hot, I would argue it was not the iPhone, but the iPod Mini. That success paved the way for people to actually want an "iPhone" back when that was just a made-up term by bloggers and fanbois.
beside collecting ipods these stories from insiders are my fav. Thank you for sharing 😊
this needs more upvotes
The iPod mini is my favourite iPod of all time, hands down.
That's why they discontinued it after 1 year? Makes no sense.
The numbers support your claims, this is when Apple's profits (and hence, their stock) REALLY started to rocket up. Brand recognition, market share, everything started to jump up. The halo effect and brand recognition and foot traffic / web traffic the iPod mini brought boosted sales of Apple's other products (at the time, macs) as well. And just the following year they released the nano which was basically superior in every way and was an instant hit as well.
The rest is history.
Luke’s little happy dance when things start working is so hilarious 😂
I agree lol need that to be a meme
He looks like he needs a poo.
These older gen iPods could sync with USB but still had to charge with FireWire...surprised he didn't know that :)
In the UK we call that Dad Dancing. 🤣
@spacescout87 Minis didn't need to charge with FW, that was a previous gen limitation. He actually told us this in the video with the Apple keynote onscreen. However, I'm assuming the 12v charging of firewire was necessary to wake this one up after 19 years of battery running down!
8:58 “19 years old, being touched for the first time” sounds so wrong without context 😂
That was literally me though🤣
The excitement and the dance after the iPod starts playing music 😃 = priceless 😂
Really like how enthusiastic Luke gets with these unboxings.
I really enjoy your videos specially when you unbox something that's old and watch your reaction, I would literally also be just as happy. This was really enjoyable to watch.
Listened to my ipod (80gb) for over an hour today while motorcycling. I'll be using ipods for decades to come! Cool vid!
Luke you got me this time. Your excitement transferred directly to me and I was smiling. I do not do that often. Thanks
I remember a video of an absolutely giddy German couple opening their iPod minis here on the 'tube. The sheer glee was just soul affirming.
That is my most prominent memory of the iPod mini.
My first apple unboxing ever! Loved this iPod!
Wow, it's unbelievable its battery survived so many years without charging! Nice old hardware from those times when grass was greener ))
Grass was not greener lol
A new Luke Miami video always makes my day better! This was my first iPod back in the day.
Mine was the 1st gen nano😄
I repaired hundreds of these mini's. Batteries, LCD's, cases, harddisks, clickwheels etc. Later on I upgraded loads of them with CF cards. Think I still have a couple of these lying around. Was a nice litlle machine.
we demand more ipod content
I have a feeling you might be about to get a little busier…
I still have mine and it still works! I also still have the packaging AND the belt thingy (which I never used). What a trip down memory lane!
2:56 me when I am 8 drinks deep at the pub with the boys
This exact iPod (sans engraving) was my first ever Apple device. I’m so happy you did this, and took it all the way to syncing and playing music on it. Watching it makes me feel like a giddy young music lover again!
I was 15 when I got the second gen iPod mini. It was my first mp3 player and first Apple device. I was upgrading from a mini disc player. I’ll always have a soft spot for this device
Exact same age and story
I think the thing about like jeans changing over time is that the anodization has a tendency to discolor over time. I say that because I picked up a used green gen 2 recently and where the previous owner had it in a belt clip its kind of almost yellowish green instead. I don't see this on my gray gen 1 though. I wonder if also they wanted to account for the fact that wear and tear/drops are going to take the coating off, esp because every ipod to that point had a stainless back that always looked the same color even though it was scratched
Man, I remember how excited I was to get my first iPod. Good times.
Install Software for an Apple Device from a CD. That makes me feel OLD 🤣😂🤣I honestly miss Ipods. My very first one was one of the Ipod Shuffles that was the size of today's USB Flash Thumb Drives & according to Apple it could hold 150 songs but I got closer to 200. I still wish that they made Ipods with more storage. I have an over 4,000 song music collection (not all of which is in the cloud) & I listen to music so much that the battery drain increases like after 3-4 years. This is why I thankful for the creation of wireless headphones/earbuds that way I can carry a MacBook with me on the go & still listen to my music.
What a trip down memory lane. This was the product that got me into modern Apple products.
Luke's dance made me smile for like 2 mins straight haha!
I have that exact iPod. I never took it out of the plastic. I cut through the plastic so I could plug it in, but I never took it off. Had it for years, not a scratch on it!
The child that built that iPod at the factory is now a grandparent...
maaaan u happy asf in 2x playback mode, its really happiest happiness that i ever seen
Best moment of video watching Luke dance.
the iPod mini is how I fell in love with Apple products. the smoothness, the coolness, the fun of it all. typing this many years later, from my dream computer a Macbook pro 16
To see Luke pull out a PowerBook brings back memories! The iPod would not work with the USB from that time. Only FireWire. The USB i believe at the time was only for windows iTunes versions. And yes the Pads were for the earbuds. Nostalgic.
iPods are really really fun! I have a nano G5 silver with 16 gb and I just love to listen my favorite music with it. Great video man
I still use this exact ipod, same generation and color on a daily basis. I modded mine for 32 gigs of storage I'm on my 4th new battery haha. This little guy stands the test of time for sure!
Same here, although I pushed mine to 128gb. In theory it can go up to 256gb, but I don’t need that yet.
Yet…
Very nice. I bought an iPod Mini in this same color way back in 2004. I was about to move to Germany and I wanted to bring my music library with me and thought an iPod would be a great investment.
It really was. I traveled all around Germany and Europe with that iPod, and it served me well for over a year. That belt clip was a lifesaver in a few situations in that it kept the iPod from falling out of my hands when I was on a train platform or when someone bumped into me. Plus it made the iPod easier to grip in general.
I worked at Circuit City back in the iPod Mini heyday. I sold so many of these things in my time there. It was a fun time.
As someone who still regularly uses an iPod like this one (moded with 64GB) I find very cool to see how excited Luke is with his "new" toy ;)
For those wondering, this iPod cost $285 + $12.55 shipping
A refurbished one without the box is like $30, free shipping from China😂
There is nothing more satisfying than the clicks of the iPod click-wheel.
It's crazy how timeless that early 2000s product and package design is.
Dude love you're video I'm one like you i feel so happy when i get new but older tech on this days, keep up the good work, one love from Jay in NJ
These things were/are awesome. I still have my blue mini up and running with rockbox and a 16GB microSD card mod.
I just had to hook my moms Mini up to Firewire to boit it up. The wires magical
Fun fact : Meriwest Credit Union still exists, and has the exact same logo that’s engraved on this iPod mini.
I remember back in 2021, I found an iPod mini that was sitting sealed in the back of our closet for 17 years. Apparently it belonged to my parents, but they let me open it up and use it. Fortunately, I was an Apple tech geek back then, so my joy was immeasurable to find and use it.
I entered the iPod rabbit hole and now own a modded 5th gen classic/video. It's the most fun I've had using a piece of tech in a long time. Also it's pushed me to hop off of streaming services and own my music again. Hope you explore these more too Luke!
I loved my silver iPod mini. Was my first iPod and I crammed it to the brim with all my albums, tapes etc. it was such a beautiful object to own. The way it’s edges were flat and you could just stand it up on a table. Towards the end of its life I replaced the battery which was really difficult, and it was never really the same after that. Bought a 30gb iPod after. I’ve still got them and they still work, albeit the battery is screwed - I haven’t the heart to recycle them.
Hey, Luke. Great video! As someone who enjoys ipods like these, I'd recommend getting some ipods (not the mini you just unboxed) and flash modding them. There's subreddits for that, and I think you would enjoy it. And it's not even that difficult! Could make a fun video!
13:18 the best part of the video haha
5:52 what is this strange hieroglyphic?? What could it be? Luke, you may be a zoomer, but you are the absolute BEST zoomer.
Luke you should connect it to an Apple Hi Fi if you ever get your hands on one :D
My first ipod I was 17, I think it was December of 2005, I bought a 30gb iPod video. I absolutely loved it.
the nostalgia hit hard on this one!! the solitaire! the breakout! the clickwheel!! another amazing video Luke!!!
Luke's energy level in this video is like iJustine in every video.
Really nice to view this, was my first ever iPod at the ripe old age of 15. Saved along time for it, and then it broke after just 3 months of use! Thankfully I got a refund exchange and ended up with the 2nd gen iPod Mini with upgraded 6gb of storage instead of original 4gb! I used the belt clip too until I realised it wasn't the coolest of accessories...
I think the belt clip wasn't just cool, it was very practical. I had iPod clipped to my belt most of the time, it was really convenient.
Now when I listen to music on my iPhone, I miss the comfort of changing the volume or skipping the song just by touching the click wheel, ratherr than looking at the screen and pressing some button on it.
@@GuillermoPaulman Ohh I agree, very practical, would definitely use one nowadays!
This was my first ipod!. Had to save up at my part time job in high school to buy it, but I loved it. I'm pretty sure I still have it in a closet somewhere. It was such a big jump over my portable cd player.
I get happy when you got excited the iPod turned on, keep up the good videos man!
As an original owner of a still working iPod 4g Photo from 2004 I have to admit two things: first, the foam pads for the headphones were standard back then and second the iPods are still supported by at least Monterey, I believe.
The foam pads did come standard, but I can't recall seeing anyone ever use them! Myself included.
// So cool, that fun at the end of the video is what
represents to me all Jobs' innovations, I felt the same!! //
You were in your elements, Luke! I actually enjoyed watching you dance!
iPod Mini is undoubtedly the best iPod. Wolfson DAC, easily modded, easy battery replacement - it's such a sweet little player.
glad you opened it! thanks - brought back great memory.
You just a gained a subscriber here!! I had so much fun in this 19 year old iPod mini. It brings back to the memories where I seriously begging my parents to buy me one.
Imagine if iPod Mini has a life and it wakes up this year and it said "Where the hell am I? What year is this? Why all of these technologies are so advanced?" 😂
It's so tempting to unbox tech - 19 years is a long time. (Though I have a few diecast models sealed from 1971 - 52 years ago - though they're cased in clear plastic so you can see the contents anyway)
I'd say why spend a lot for an old piece of tech just becuase it is sealed, but ngl I have a soft spot for these old Apple products, their unboxing experience is something else, and it gives me a bit of nostalgia when it reminds me of my own iPod nano
BRO THIS SONG IS A MASTERPIECE🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔊🔊🔊‼‼‼💯💯💯
If DankPods taught me anything, you've always got to use firewire for those really dead batteries.
Hey Luke, I think this is the most I’ve seen you nerd out in a video 😂. I’m 61 and usually an early adopter of tech but when the iPod came out, it took me a few years to adopt it. I used to bike to work and I would rather carry 3 or 4 CD’s in my messenger bag and usually 1 book and a bike magazine. I eventually did get an iPod with a gazillion gigs of memory in the late oughts (I got the one you could watch videos on). But eventually I replaced all that with an iPhone and iPad.
Remember these being very popular at college, had a friendship group who would buy engraved iPod’s for each other for their birthdays.
I actually got this on release as a birthday gift as a teenager. Man, is this how all the apple owners of the 70s and 80s feel? I just started to feel really old 😅
I once installed a stripped-down Tiger installation (1.9 GB) onto a 4 GB iPod Mini. It worked but naturally ran rather hot but was able to boot a 600 MHz G3 iMac. This worked because it was available with Firewire 400 as well as USB 2 30-pin cables.
I am so happy for you! I'm an iPod collector myself, and believe me when I say that Akihabara is my first stop when I visit Japan next! Nineteen years--that must be a record! Hahahaha! I still have my 2nd Gen iPod Classic, and it's still working!
thank you man! you did something we all wanted to do! soooo cool man! keep it up!
4:49 for anyone wondering where the iPod gets unboxed. (the cardboard outside piece was removed way earlier)
This is my dream iPod. I was lucky enough to get an iPod in 6th grade when the iPod nano just came out around Christmas time. However, I still wanted the mini because of the design, screen size, colors, and battery charge. I wasn’t able to convince my parents to return it and purchase this one instead because they thought I didn’t know what I was talking about. It sucked being a kid during the golden age of Apple designs
the transition from the box to yourself was pretty dope
Great video man! I still have mi iPod Classic 160gb and really love it, still using it pretty consisten actually.
This IPod broke my heart I bought the green one when I was in college. And it froze on me. Now at that time searching for fixes on Google wasn’t a thing. So had to bring it back and could only the grey one to replace it. Was gutted but went with it. A year later same thing happened and that stage managed to find out if I’d have done a soft reset holding enter and up together would have solved the broken. Was pure gutted coz the green was just sooo much nicer then the grey. But it really was an awesome iPod and unboxing experience too.:)
Loved that you used an accurate time Mac to do the tests
OMG. The Ti PowerBook. WHERE did you find that thing! Amazing. Just amazing.
whaou ! sentimental value !!
I had an iPod touch with Courvoisier engraved on it from around 2008/2009. Bought it off a friend who won it in a cocktail competition. Sold it when i got my first iPhone
I love how passionate Luke is, like he is having a blast fiddling with these old Apple products. Its nice to see!
The clip in its original packaging. Well of course it was its a sealed iPod mini 🤣Anyway a top tip when using old iPods that haven't been used in a long time use firewire. It chucks out way more electricity than USB does and jump starts old iPods instantly. I love iPods and still use my 6th gen classic to this day. I like that it does one thing and thats it. It plays music and has same games and some other smaller applications, but it's main use was paying music. Now smart phones do everything which is great. I find myself now looking for the simpler things like iPods, DVD and CD players. Things have gotten so smart and overwhelming it's nice to have simple things back. I mean even fridges have tablets built in nowadays for some reason. I love my tech but out on a dog walk listening to music and not have it cut out with calls or notifications is bliss. Also bring back the headphone jack.
Video content 10/10, Luke, geeking out 11/10
This was my first Apple device ever. Still have it lying around somewhere although it is dead now. Loved it so much!
Just get a new battery, it's not that difficult to take apart, just be careful not to break the ribbon cable for the clickwheel.
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Dancing Luke Miani: 13:29
you could also get a remote... a wired one that is... and yes if the battery was depleted you always needed the firewire cable to get it back to life (or wait a reaaally long time if connected with the usb cable)
I love these older Mac unboxing videos. I am going to charge up my old iPod and get them to work if possible. I think you are right to open and use them.
The joy on your face when you got everything working. Loved it! 💕😃
I’m really happy too!!!
If theres anything I’ve learnt from Dankpods, it’s that firewire works best for reviving old iPod batteries.
Apple has partners around the country that they can refer businesses to for company logo engraving on certain products. Often it can be used for company gifting and can even get custom packaging also.
It's my 53rd birthday today....I owned 3 iPod mini's back in the day...and to know that it's 19 years old REALLY makes me feel OLD now D:
The green one I used to love mine
Firewire gives so much more juice than even USB 2. So hint for anyone with an old boyo ipod that doesn't seem to be working, just throw some Firewire power at it, if it doesn't work after that its gone (the battery at least)
Man I miss mine. I had it through high school. The only mp3 player i had prior to it was an RCA mp3 player that had broke. I was devastated and my mom wound up buying me this while she had two jobs to support me. I have absolute fond memories of this. It looked exactly like this and seeing it turn on and work made me a little teary eyed. I dont remember what happened to it but on another browser literally im looking at some to buy. I miss this thing.
I know that feels Luke 😊
Honestly I’d love to have either the OG iPod or an iPod mini like this
I expected you to turn into a silhouette when you began dancing 🤣
Fun fact: any old IPod can be brought back to life even without a battery at all with firewire, as it it delivers so much more power than usb power.
Takes me riiiiight back to mid-2006 when I bought my first iPod - the 5th gen 30GB black video iPod. I can almost smell the new Apple smell of the iPod and the box.