"Bloody iPod Owners" re

Alright Jason, you found TWO instances where people had faulty iPods. You posted that like it's a major problem. But uh.. have you ever happened to read this very forum? There are what? How many posts about headphone jack problems with Zen players here? Exactly.
In one thread, theres 329 posts. A vast majority of those are individual people saying they have a problem with a headphone jack with either a Zen Xtra or a Zen Micro or an occasional problem with another Zen.
So, comparing Zen's and iPods, theres not even % as many people having headphone jack problems. Think about that.. not even % as many people are having headphone jack problems with their iPod as people are having with Zens. And think about how many MORE people have iPods. Millions upon millions more people own iPods than Zens, yet not even % as many iPod owners have headphone jack problems as Zen owners.
So before you go posting things and acting like iPods have the same problems, you really need to look at the facts.
You also need to realize that one of those posts was written by a person who had a faulty iPod FROM THE BEGINING. It wasn't a design flaw that caused mass failures after everyday use.

MasterOfStorms,
The thread was closed as it was turning into a flame war, it wasn't an invite to start the topic up elsewhere to continue it.
This topic is closed. We're not going to get into detail on discussing Apple products and problems they may or may not have, that is not what this forum is for.
Cat

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