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Apple Faces Class Action Lawsuits Over iPod Nano Screen Scratches

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 21, 2005 - 8:16am.
Seattle - A number of law firms this week announced class action lawsuits against Apple Computer, over consumer complaints that the company's new iPod Nano digital music player scratches too easily. Apple sold a million Nanos during the device's first 17 days on sale. The company previously agreed to replace a small number of Nano players whose screens were found to crack easily, buy Apple claimed this was because of a manufacturer's defect. It has maintained that the Nano is made of the same polycarbonate used in other versions of the iPod, and is thus no more prone to scratching. Plaintiffs contend that the devices "scratch excessively during normal usage, rendering the screen on the Nanos unreadable," according to the complaint filed by the Seattle-based law firm of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro in federal court in San Jose, California. An Apple representative declined to comment on the suit for CNET News.com.
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