Yet another iPod kicks the bucket.

Well, my 4th generation 40GB click wheel has died.
The hard disk is littered with bad blocks which basically means physical failure, and the only option is to pay half the price again to get it repaired.
This is despite having never dropped it and it generally being in mint condition.
There seem to be an awful lot of posts about iPods failing roughly a year after they were bought. I work in product design, I know what planned obsolescence is, but this is ridiculous. I didn't expect it to last forever, but 14 months?
I realise this post has little point to it, no-one from apple will pay any attention, just felt like venting my anger.

As a fairly new "iPoder", I have to agree. The cost of repairing these things is astronomical! My daughter dropped her 20gig "Click Wheel" iPod (granted a "no-no"), breaking both the HD and display. The cost of repair...$190 plus shipping!!! The cost of a new 20 gig 'pod from Mac Mall...$198!!!
Gag....

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