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Looks like MP3 players are still striking a chord in 2023.<\/p>\n

Microsoft is giving away an unopened Zune portable media player to promote Marvel\u2019s \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3\u201d movie \u2014 and the company isn\u2019t even sure whether the discontinued MP3 player still works. <\/p>\n

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In Disney\u2019s
\n DIS,
\n -2.57%<\/bg-quote>
\n latest MCU flick, the music-obsessed main characters pass around a Zune \u2014 Microsoft Corp.\u2019s
\n MSFT,
\n -0.06%<\/bg-quote>
\n MP3 player developed to compete with Apple\u2019s
\n AAPL,
\n +0.06%<\/bg-quote>
\n iPod, which it stopped selling several years ago. <\/p>\n

From the archives (2009): <\/strong>What\u2019s to become of Microsoft\u2019s answer to the iPod?<\/p>\n

But Microsoft has unearthed at least one of its portable MP3 players to hand out in its \u201cZune sweepstakes,\u201d which any U.S. resident age 18 and up can enter (as long as they are not a Microsoft, Marvel or Disney employee) by \u201cliking\u201d and retweeting the Zune post. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re giving away this never opened Microsoft Zune,\u201d the tech giant shared in a tweet, and admitting that, \u201cWe have no idea if it works.\u201d <\/p>\n

The company estimates the retail value of the 8GB Zune to be $180, which is what this particular model was selling for back in 2008, according to CNET. That sounds a bit steep today, considering that used 8GB Zunes regularly sell on eBay
\n EBAY,
\n -1.45%<\/bg-quote>
\n for less than $50, oftentimes for spare parts. <\/p>\n

Then again, some other, larger Zune models have sold for upwards of $600 on eBay \u2014 including this one and this one. And there are hardly any sales of new Zunes on eBay.<\/p>\n

Of course, older tech has been resold at a massive markup before. Earlier this year, for example, a 2007 factory sealed first iPhone sold at auction for $63,356. <\/p>\n

Marvel\u2019s newest Guardians film has performed well at the box office, having already grossed over $528.8 million worldwide as of Sunday.<\/p>\n

Read on:<\/strong> AMC boosted by rebound in foot traffic and Gen Z visits, research finds<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Looks like MP3 players are still striking a chord in 2023. Microsoft is giving away an unopened Zune portable media player to promote Marvel\u2019s \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3\u201d movie \u2014 and the company isn\u2019t even sure whether the discontinued MP3 player still works. In Disney\u2019s DIS, -2.57% latest MCU flick, the music-obsessed main […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-11663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investing","tag-featured","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"\nWhy Microsoft is giving away a Zune MP3 player that\u2019s 15 years old \u2014 and may not work | iFintechWorld<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Looks like MP3 players are still striking a chord in 2023. 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