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Getting an iPod in America?
OneTreeHillFan
04-11-2011
Hi, I am thinking of investing in the new ipod touch and my dad is going to new york, and i've seen that the ipod is a lot cheaper over there but was wondering whether it would york with am english charger or if the thing on the bottom would be different, anyone know?
pumazooma
04-11-2011
I'll work fine.
OneTreeHillFan
04-11-2011
Are you sure? Will I need am adaptor or is the thing on the bottom the same?
susie-4964
04-11-2011
Originally Posted by OneTreeHillFan:
“Hi, I am thinking of investing in the new ipod touch and my dad is going to new york, and i've seen that the ipod is a lot cheaper over there but was wondering whether it would york with am english charger or if the thing on the bottom would be different, anyone know? ”

It might come with a US-type charger, but you can buy a UK one in any electronics store - Maplins do a good one. Otherwise, it will work just like the UK version. Be aware, though, that if you buy it in the US, you might have problems if you have to send it back under warranty.
Roush
04-11-2011
Originally Posted by susie-4964:
“Be aware, though, that if you buy it in the US, you might have problems if you have to send it back under warranty.”

That sounds extremely unlike Apple. After sales support is one of the things they excel at. Based on my experiences with Apple's support here in the UK I wouldn't have any such concerns.
grumpyoldbat
04-11-2011
The iPod touch doesn't actually come with a charger plug, it just comes with the sync cable so you can charge from a computer. Apple's white USB sync cables are the same everywhere in the world.
pumazooma
04-11-2011
Originally Posted by OneTreeHillFan:
“Are you sure? Will I need am adaptor or is the thing on the bottom the same? ”

The connector to the ipod is exactly the same. Your current UK charger will work fine.
OneTreeHillFan
05-11-2011
Awesome thanks everyone
susie-4964
05-11-2011
Originally Posted by grumpyoldbat:
“The iPod touch doesn't actually come with a charger plug, it just comes with the sync cable so you can charge from a computer. Apple's white USB sync cables are the same everywhere in the world.”

It's so annoying that all the companies are doing that now. It used to be that you'd get not only your own country's plug connector, but it would come with adapters for the US and Europe as well. A lot of people either don't use computers at all, or don't take them for travelling, so you've got to go and buy a separate charger. Although I suppose once you've got the charger (USB type), you're sorted for any device that you can charge from a computer, so maybe it's not that bad!
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