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Redesigned ipod nano!!!, doesn't get scratched as easily

Feb 11, 2006 10:33AM PST

See http://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?threadid=149353 for more details.

According to the pic, the sides of the front of the nano are slightly raised, if lying down on its front the screen & click wheel arn't touching the ground.

Seems slightly strange, wouldn't just applying some kind of scratch proof coating be easier?

And what about extisting ipod nano owners with scratched screens...do we get a replacement??

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I hope you don't get a replacement.
Feb 11, 2006 1:40PM PST

If you want a new one, buy it. Jeez, whine whine whine consumers these days are pansies.

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Yeah, well
Feb 11, 2006 1:57PM PST

The product is obviously flawed. I returned mine a couple of months ago because the screen cracked...am I a 'whining pansey', Jasmes, because I returned a flawed product?

And since Apple obviously recognises that the origional design had problems, why shouldn't I whine. If no-one says anything about any flaws in any products, then thats going to do alot, isn't it?

But I do think that suing over something like this is..well...quite idiotic.

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Know what you are buying.
Feb 11, 2006 5:01PM PST

If you're going to be an early adopter, you should expect to have to deal with growing pains.

The iPod scratch scandal was all over the tech news world within a week of the thing's release. If you waited a little while to buy it, you wouldn't have had the problems you did. Its your fault as an uneducated or overeager consumer that you had to deal with a bad product.

The language companies speak is "money." Use your money to get your message across -- don't buy bad products and they won't make them.

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Fault
Feb 11, 2006 6:12PM PST

I fall on both sides of this issue. I think that too many people are way too irresponsible with their ipods. They stick them in pockets with change and keys but I also know they scratch very easily. I've said before, I really wish they could use the same material as what is on both screens of my RAZR phone. 8 months and counting and not a single scratch on either screen.

I personally choose to wait until they fix it. I agree with Jasmes in that if people stopped buying the iPods because of easy scratching, Apple would try a lot harder to solve the problem and make it more like the RAZR screens.

-Kevin S.

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Well Actually
Feb 11, 2006 6:17PM PST

I didn't buy it...it was a gift, and I usually don't buy rev. A products. Having said that, however, I got my intel imac a few weeks ago and it runs flawlessly.

"Its your fault as an uneducated or overeager consumer that you had to deal with a bad product."

I don't agree at all. I believe that if you buy a product, Rev. A or not, it should be able to withstand everyday use. But really, other than a few small scratches on the back, my ipod is pretty good. Some peoples ipods, however, are scratched like...well..alot, to the point where it renders them unusable. And they should be getting replacements. Well actually, a few of them have.

Hoping that I didn't get my ipod replaced surely can't be bad for Apple, or good for the consumer...

Eugh, I'm sick of ranting.

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Earth to wmoisis: BAD PRODUCTS ARE EVERYWHERE!!!!
Feb 12, 2006 2:39AM PST

There are _tons_ of ****** electronics being made by companies that are sitting on store shelves. That is why sites like CNET are popular -- they tell you if a product is okay to buy. If its bad, you don't buy it.

Its not the companies responsibility to make something that will be super-awesome-fantastic-save-the-puppies, its their job to make money. If people buy something, they'll keep making it.

If you know people who have iPod Nanos that are unusuable, well thats their fault for buying a bad product and they should be a little more responsible with their money in the future.

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Yo
Feb 12, 2006 3:00AM PST

Jasmes, we're all friends here Happy The Nano is far from a "bad product." It just has a soft surface that isn't quite as durable for the usage as it was sold to people: "chuck it in your pocket and go"

All of us have been guilty of purchasing really cool rev 1 products and the Nano was seriously cool enough to create a LOT of rev 1 purchasers. I personally waited but I can't fault others for diving right in. It's not the sort of flaw you would have expected. AND, Apple was claiming for weeks that there was no scratch issue and that the cracked screen thing was in a fraction of the ones that shipped. So, it wasn't so clear there for a while if there really was a problem.

Hopefully, the fuss raised by wmoisis and others and the negative press (= loss of sales) it brings to Apple will force them to try a little harder to make a product that doesn't scratch as easily. The iPod is their bread winner/stock booster. They can't afford to screw that up.

-Kevin S.

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Thanks
Feb 12, 2006 10:26AM PST

I don't want to start a fight, or even 'cause a fuss' or anything like that. So I'm not going to comment any further, I just want so say that as this is a forum, we have a right to express our opinions, and debate if done the right way is a good thing, however I don't believe we should totally undermine a person or group of peoson's on their veiwpoint, which is, in this case, about rev. A products.

Thanks

Will

P.S I'm not sure if that design change is real, since its not on the Apple website and the pictures haven't changed, so what do you think?

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make it new again
Feb 12, 2006 12:23PM PST

First of all, let me preface this by saying two things.
1. I do not own an ipod, and 2. this is meant as information, kind of tongue-in-cheek, and while true, I mean it more as a funny story than advice... but here goes...

My father-in-law has a small plane. He uses Lemon Pledge to fill in the micro-cracks in the windshield. He said the 'wax' in pledge is kind of plastic-based, so it fills in the tiny scratches so when the sun hits the windshield, the pilot's view is clear. I have also done this to my motorcycle windscreen (not a cheepy either, it's a $400 Windvest, but I digress) and it worked quite well. A micro-fibre cloth is a must when you are doing this. Point is, it works great on large plastic/lexan surfaces.

So, there may be ways to make your scratched up iPod look as good as new again. Either that, or you'll have a lovely Lemony-smelling plastic brick to use as a paper weight.

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Dude. Chill out.
Feb 12, 2006 9:06PM PST

Ranting is totally welcome here. Personal attacks, on the other hand, can go elsewhere.

Don't worry man, be happy

Scott

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Engadget Update: Fake
Feb 12, 2006 1:03PM PST

Engadget says that "iLounge now has reason to believe that this is probably "either a fraud, a manufacturing oddity in some subset of units, or something that does not exist in the brand new 1GB unit we have here." So, we'll keep this in the rumor column (and wait for more definitive info before moving it into the fraud one)."
I didn't click through to iLounge though, so maybe it is real

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Better Pictures
Feb 12, 2006 1:40PM PST
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Not a fake...
Feb 13, 2006 11:08PM PST

I just got my 1GB black Nano and the Crystal Film set to cover it. The Nano looks totally normal at first, but when you try to apply the Crystal Film, you can see that there's a small gap or ridge around the edge of the face of the Nano. I suspect it's just a very minor manufacturing anomoly.

If you take a second look at the iLounge picture, what you're seeing is the Nano with a new Crystal Film on...that's why you're seeing the strange, messy line around the perimeter of the face...the face is not perfectly smooth, leading to in improper adhesion from the Crystal Film protective covering.

I managed to smooth mine out a bit, and it doesn't look too bad. Definitely not perfect, but good enough to keep the face from getting scratched up, which is the whole point, right?