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Apple Acknowledges Limited iPod Nano Screen Manufacturing Flaw

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 28, 2005 - 5:12am.
San Francisco - Apple Computer has acknowledged that a manufacturing issue affecting a small number of its iPod Nano digital music players causes their screens to crack easily, and said that it will replace the defective units. "This is a real but minor issue that involved a vendor quality problem in a small number of units," Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr told the Associated Press. "This has affected less than one-tenth of 1 percent of the total iPod Nano units that we've shipped. And it's not a design issue." A number of Nano owners have also complained on a website called FlawedMusicPlayer.com that the devices' screens also scratch too easily, to the point that they are difficult to read. Apple rebuffed these claims, adding that the Nano is made of the same polycarbonate plastic as other iPod models. "A few vocal customers are saying their Nano is more susceptible to scratching than prior iPods," an Apple representative told CNET News.com. "If customers are concerned about scratching, we suggest they use one of the many iPod Nano cases that are now becoming available."
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