And thanks for all the fish. So sad it had to come to this. But my precous ipod is broken and I've had it up to here with apple product ( you can't tell but I am holding my arm up really really high) every three months my ipod breaks and I'm done. I'm gonna go buy me a shiny new 3DS woohoo. So bye this has been a wonderful community to be a part of and I just wanted to give a proper goodbye. I still might hang around though I don't know. But thanks for all the great tips and the fun we had here but I'm done with apple. So bye bye.
Sorry to hear that. Goodbye Mctron! Maybe if you get a new iPod in the future consider getting a Ghostshield.
Hope you come back, I left for quite some time before I came back, because my iPod 2G's screen cracked, and I came back because I got a iPod 4G and a iPad 2.
LOL at that. Year-in and year-out, Apple scores the absolute highest total in every consumer-satisfaction index known to mankind. So throwing the entire company under the bus for one bad experience makes no sense at all. It sounds like you might have gotten a dud; it happens. The world is an imperfect place, especially where tech is concerned. You should work with Apple on this (and/or the store where you got it from). You might be surprised at the results. My wife walked out of our local Apple Store with a brand new iPhone when hers kept having problems with the headphone jack. New phone, no questions asked, 20 minutes, tops. And I've heard similar stories, too. Give it a shot. It beats bitching about it on random forums.
Wow fair play. Mine lasted two years exactly. I got my touch 2nd gen for my birthday and got iPhone 4 for my birthday. But it did last well for those 2 years and had only a few problems. And I used it tonnes everyday for those two years.
Sounds like more than one bad experience judging by the post... which incidentally is sitting there just waiting to be read properly. It doesn't matter who the company is, if their products repeatedly fail someone they'd be right to hold a somewhat bitter view. Coincidence or otherwise, it's still annoying the guy.
If it's been breaking every three months, I almost wanna say it's your fault. My iPod Touch 3G has been kicking after a dunk in the washing machine, and falls to concrete that have probably hit double digits. It has dents, and it has scratches, but it's still goin' like a champ. My friend dropped an iPhone in the toilet, and technically, his plan didn't cover it, but customer service gave him a new one regardless. You don't have much of an excuse, but the past is the past. Have fun with the 3DS.
I've had a rough history with Apple (dead HD followed by a dead logic board in iPod 3rd gen, dead HD in '07 iMac, keyboard fell apart on powerbook G4, 5th gen iPod was a lemon and so fourth) but I still have a much higher opinion of the company then I do Microsoft (self explanatory) or Nintendo (half a dozen original Game Boys with screen issues, dead disc drive in Gamecube, failing to release a substantial number of desired titles outside of Japan). Even after all the Apple related issues I've had the only thing that would get me to switch to another product is if my iPhone spontaneously combusted while in my pants pocket.
I wouldn't go that far, for every frustrating Apple experience I've had there's been enough fantastic products to keep me coming back. The iPod Nano 2nd gen is without a doubt the best MP3 player I've ever used, that thing was solid as a tank. Despite the hard drive failure this iMac has served me well for four years and will probably last me another four. I've been using iPhones since October of 07 and I've enjoyed watching iOS grow from barely functional into one of the best OS experiences around. Leaving the Apple ecosystem would mean having to switch back to Windows (virii, malware, reinstalling the OS every six freaking months..) or use a Linux distro (the total PITA opposite of the computing experience I want). Considering nearly all my Apple issues have been HD related and SSDs will be cheap by the time I'm going to replace my iMac the future looks relatively problem free.
The guy has one bad experience, then writes that he's fed up with "Apple products." I called bull***t, then backed it up. It's really not that complicated. The frustration is understandable; I wasn't arguing that point. But the reaction was absurd.
Ah, I see. So expecting your products to work for a prolonged period of time and refusing to purchase said product after it fails time and time again is irrational, now.
I seriously can not believe my iPhone 2g, iPod 3g, iPad are still working. Especially the iPad. Its fallen on the floor more times than I'd like to admit. Cant believe the 10 inch screen hasnt shattered to pieces by now. I really do need a case before my luck runs out
