for all those who havent seen this - http://www.ipodsdirtysecret.com/

Glad i didnt buy one

Ouch! Good thing I don't invest my money on a $300 mp3 player!

k. i am on 56k. could not be bothered downloading the movie.. some one tell me what this is all about???

Not much really...some guy videotaping himself commiting vandalism, just because he got a defective iPod model. Not really much at all.

poor sod thinking that will stop people buying the coolest HDD mp3 player on the market, i got 2 hdd ones:

the apple iPod 20gb (4G)

Archos Multimedia Jukebox AV140

i still use the iPod, both do a good seven hours on battery...

QUOTE (akarnid @ Dec 16 2003, 06:52 AM)

Not much really...some guy videotaping himself commiting vandalism, just because he got a defective iPod model. Not really much at all.

ud be pissed to if they tried to charge you $255+shipping to fix a battery.

Any one experience this 18 month shit?

lol this guy takes things kinda personally doesn't he

Holy crap, is this shit true?

That is alot of fucking money just to have the battery replaced.

Old news.

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?act...=130669&hl=ipod

My friends iPod doen't stay charged for more than an hour anymore He's had it for two years now.


akarnid: They're all defective buddy

Damn..... I wanted an ipod but now the idea just makes me sick.........

QUOTE (Dark Eclipse @ Dec 16 2003, 12:51 PM)

My friends iPod doen't stay charged for more than an hour anymore He's had it for two years now. akarnid: They're all defective buddy

No, they aren't all defective. Most people have no issues with their batteries, but you only hear from the people that do. Because of this, many people are led to think that every ipod has these issues. Even if you were to get a bad battery, Apple will now replace the battery for $99. If you wanted to do it yourself, you could buy the battery for about $50.

yep, it common knowledge that the ipod's have battery fault's!
My two mates got one then took them back after then had faults with the batteries!

They are crap, made by apple> well there you have the reason! LOL

i dug the bideo. admire people for making an effort to show a fault in a companys' product/service.

QUOTE (akarnid @ Dec 16 2003, 12:52 PM)

Not much really...some guy videotaping himself commiting vandalism, just because he got a defective iPod model. Not really much at all.

someone owns a ipod......



Yes it is quite true that the batterys in Ipods are defective. After that video was released Apple lowered the replacement cost to 99$ from 250$ kinda shows you how much they fuck customers.

i wonder how long the dell one goes for.....


lol

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Madder

Strange. I've had my iPod for a good deal longer than that, with no problems, and I use it all the goddamn time. What is this guy doing to his iPod that it breaks down, but mine doesn't? Weak.

i've own one for well over a year and i haven't had any problems with it and i use it almost everday to and from work. not every ipod malfunctions. it's the same with any product.

The bottom line is that the thing uses non-standard batteries that you must buy from Apple. They charge you over $200 for a new battery plus services fees and whatnot. It is a fact that _all_ rechargeable batteries have a limited life and therefore should be cheap to replace (relative to whatever they are powering). That is clearly not the case here. Even if you have had your iPod for more than 18 months the battery will die eventually and you will be stuck with a useless iPod. Imagine paying $2000 for a laptop battery, or $30000 to have your car boosted (I know car betteries are not rechargeable). The point is that no body should have to pay more than the cost of a product just to use it.

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(I know car betteries are not rechargeable).

theyre not!? what the!!! *KABOOM*


-transmition ended prematurely

QUOTE (revelashon @ Dec 18 2003, 04:30 AM)

I know car betteries are not rechargeable).

Erm, yes they are!

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The bottom line is that the thing uses non-standard batteries that you must buy from Apple. They charge you over $200 for a new battery plus services fees and whatnot. It is a fact that _all_ rechargeable batteries have a limited life and therefore should be cheap to replace (relative to whatever they are powering). That is clearly not the case here. Even if you have had your iPod for more than 18 months the battery will die eventually and you will be stuck with a useless iPod. Imagine paying $2000 for a laptop battery, or $30000 to have your car boosted (I know car betteries are not rechargeable). The point is that no body should have to pay more than the cost of a product just to use it.

I was under the impression that the manual that came with the iPod said the battery won't need replaced. Period.
In any case, it's the same with any product, really. I've had countless NES and SNES games' batteries die on me, I've had TVs stop working, etc. Check out the PS2, as well. Ask anyone that got one when they first came out, and theirs has some problem with it, almost guaranteed.
It's not Apple's Dirty Secret, it's not like they were hoping to make their real money on repair costs. It's some dude who's sad they treated their expensive toy poorly, so he decided to vent his anger about it.

lol that video was the stupidest shit ive ever seen, vandelism solves everthing?? , i remember a while back they got complaints and apple started fixing them for free... i dont see how the fact that a lithium ion battery wearing out in 18 months is a companies dirty little secret. I heard that its a common problem for that kind of battery. Apple:18month battery wearing out::MS:causing a world war