What type of storage does an iPod classic use?

Question

I am interested to know if a newer generation iPod classic uses a standard hard drive or flash memory. Do you know what type of memory an iPod classic uses?

Answer 1

The specs page for the iPod Classic says "hard drive". That's a mechanical drive with a set of spinning platters and read/write heads.

And here's a replacement part for the drive in the unit. The compatibility list on that page lists:

• iPod 6th Gen 160GB
• iPod 7th Gen 160GB

And here's a video that gives some details on the Samsung drive in the unit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mB3xjIIKcU

Answer 2

All generations of the iPod classic use a hard-drive for storage. That's what the Apple's tech specs specify, as well as Wikipedia.

Answer 3

The iPod Classic Models use 'mechanical' hard drive platters. That is the round disk that also hard disk drives have. You notice this by the noise they make.

Answer 4

Capacity:

160GB hard drive*

*1GB = 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity less.

Answer 5

It uses an old hard drive with magnetic discs.