, ▁saying , ▁" Yes , ▁children , ▁there ▁really ▁was ▁a ▁time ▁when ▁we ▁ro amed ▁the ▁earth ▁without ▁thousands ▁of ▁our ▁favorite ▁j ams ▁t uck ed ▁comfort ably ▁into ▁our ▁hip ▁po ckets . ▁We ird ." ▁ ▁The ▁i Pod ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁cred ited ▁with ▁acceler ating ▁sh ifts ▁within ▁the ▁music ▁industry . ▁The ▁i Pod ' s ▁popular ization ▁of ▁digital ▁music ▁storage ▁allows ▁users ▁to ▁abandon ▁listening ▁to ▁entire ▁albums ▁and ▁instead ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁choose ▁specific ▁singles ▁which ▁hast ened ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁Album ▁Era ▁in ▁popular ▁music . ▁ ▁Crit ic ism ▁ ▁B atter y ▁problems ▁The ▁advert ised ▁battery ▁life ▁on ▁most ▁models ▁is ▁different ▁from ▁the ▁real - world ▁achiev able ▁life . ▁For ▁example , ▁the ▁fifth - gener ation ▁ 3 0   GB ▁i Pod ▁Classic ▁was ▁advert ised ▁as ▁having ▁up ▁to ▁ 1 4 ▁hours ▁of ▁music ▁play back . ▁However , ▁an ▁MP 3 . com ▁report ▁stated ▁that ▁this ▁was ▁virt ually ▁un ach iev able ▁under ▁real - life ▁usage ▁conditions , ▁with ▁a ▁writer ▁for ▁the ▁site ▁getting , ▁on ▁average , ▁less ▁than ▁ 8 ▁hours ▁from ▁an ▁i Pod . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁class ▁action ▁law su its ▁were ▁brought ▁against ▁Apple ▁compla ining ▁that ▁the ▁battery ▁charges ▁last ed ▁for ▁shorter ▁lengths ▁of ▁time ▁than ▁stated ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁battery ▁de grad ed ▁over ▁time . ▁The ▁law su its ▁were ▁settled ▁by