Ipod video vs. ipod nano- longer life?

I have lost 2 ipods to a broken hard drive. Both times i have taken my ipod into the store the mechanic has said that the hard drive is broken and that it wasn't necesarily my fault, it was just that the hard drives arent meant to last a long time. I understand that the ipod nano uses flash memory instead of a hard drive. Would the ipod nano's flash memory last longer than the ipod video's hard drive?

Since there are no moving parts inside flash drives as opposed to hard drives, then the answer wouild generaly be: Yes. It would last longer. How long have you have the other two ipods and what models were they?

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