To add an opinion to the claim that Apple somehow builds 'planned obsolesence' into its iPods: nah. It's definitely a product with flaws, but I wouldn't call them deliberate. When the Mini's first came out here in Japan, I went through 3 of them in the first year before I got the one I still have now. Battery problem, missing a line of pixels on the screen, headphone socket problem. Each time, it was still under the year's warranty. And each time, they took a look at it, and within minutes, swapped it out for a new one, fresh in the box, and handed it over to me. They must have lost money on me on that one, but their service made sure I was well taken care of. No company would plan a product to break easily AND have a top-notch service policy. Makes no sense: they would just constantly be replacing them at their own cost.
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To add an opinion to the claim that Apple somehow builds 'planned obsolesence' into its iPods: nah. It's definitely a product with flaws, but I wouldn't call them deliberate. When the Mini's first came out here in Japan, I went through 3 of them in the first year before I got the one I still have now. Battery problem, missing a line of pixels on the screen, headphone socket problem. Each time, it was still under the year's warranty. And each time, they took a look at it, and within minutes, swapped it out for a new one, fresh in the box, and handed it over to me. They must have lost money on me on that one, but their service made sure I was well taken care of. No company would plan a product to break easily AND have a top-notch service policy. Makes no sense: they would just constantly be replacing them at their own cost.