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Are refurbished iPods any good?
Chrismcfall
08-08-2006
I was looking on the apple refurb store for a new ipod for my birthday, and i saw that 30gb black ipod was £143. I know that its expected for a new ipod to scratch, but is it a good idea to buy a one refurbished?
KIIS102
08-08-2006
refurbished stuff is usually as good as buying it brand new although you dont usually get a 12 month warrenty (some dont come with any warrenty). You could just buy a brand new one for £30/£40 more from amazon/play/ebuyer
Chrismcfall
08-08-2006
all of apples refurbs come with a years guarantee, but i dont know if i will have enough for a brand new one, so if the quailty is said to be good, ill go with the refurb.
iDan
08-08-2006
All Apple refurbished stuff comes with a standard 12 warranty as far as i know.
iDan
08-08-2006
Yeah, the quality is good, my old iPod were replaced with a refurb and it looked brand new!
Chrismcfall
08-08-2006
Wow, that sounds good telly_man! but would a 30gb be worth the price to replace a 1gb nano?
iDan
08-08-2006
i'd say so.

I've got a 30gig white one, and it's brilliant.
Chrismcfall
08-08-2006
Ok, ill proboly get one then, but 2 questions for you, how fast does the battery die when playing video, and i was using my mates, and i noticed that you could feel the whole ipod kind of vibrating inside when a video is opened, does yours do that?
iDan
08-08-2006
I think it's about 3.5/4hrs for playback, and no, it doesn't vibrate!
sancheeez
08-08-2006
Battery life for ipod playing video is (a rather poor) 2 hours.

4 hours .... lol ..... you wish!
Chrismcfall
08-08-2006
Originally Posted by sancheeez:
“Battery life for ipod playing video is (a rather poor) 2 hours.

4 hours .... lol ..... you wish!”

2 hours? ouch, oh well, if i do get one, i wont be using it for entire movies.
sancheeez
08-08-2006
Well, to be fair, with a bit of fannying around, you can maybe squeeze a shade over three hours out of it. But, you'll have to sacrifice quality to get it.

http://plasticbugs.com/?p=305#battery

(Also, as it's a re-furb you're looking at, does that mean the battery could quite possibly have seen a bit of previous usage? Which I would imagine could only have a negative effect on the playback time on the unit)

If you want a portable to play video, an ipod is not the one to go for.
Chrismcfall
09-08-2006
I think that the battery gets replaced in refurbed ipods, but you have the applecare with it, which will replace the battery if its not a decent one.
mrs.deschanel
09-08-2006
If you get a refurb you will need to buy a wall charger. They don't come with one anymore. I bought my son an iPod mini from Apple's refurb store and it had to be charged with the wall charger and not the USB port before it would work. When it came it had one tiny scratch on the cover - a lot less than my Nano has despite being looked after. I think you save 35% by buying refurbs and you do get a guarantee. No iPod box though.
Chrismcfall
09-08-2006
Ive already got the apple wall plug, and dont mind if it doesnt come in the original box, so everything should be ok with getting one.
mrs.deschanel
09-08-2006
I'm happy with the one I got my son. He's had no problems and it was much cheaper than buying a second hand one on Ebay. They go fast though so good luck.
Chrismcfall
09-08-2006
Does anybody think the ipod will come with the free case?
peace flaps
10-08-2006
my ipod clickwheel has stopped working - apparantly this happens on quite a few of them. does this mean i can get mine 'refurbished' (i.e. get it fixed properly by apple).
Chrismcfall
11-08-2006
Depends, how old is the ipod?
iDan
11-08-2006
Originally Posted by Chrismcfall:
“Does anybody think the ipod will come with the free case?”

Should do!
iDan
11-08-2006
Originally Posted by joemelling:
“my ipod clickwheel has stopped working - apparantly this happens on quite a few of them. does this mean i can get mine 'refurbished' (i.e. get it fixed properly by apple).”

As said above, how old is the iPod? and what model is it?

The clickwheel isn't repairable, nor replaceable. The entire iPod fascia needs to be changed.
peace flaps
11-08-2006
its a 4th generation one (20Gb)


everything works fine apart from the wheel - the bottom half will not work at all, the top half works some of the time.


so it looks like my only option is to get a new one? grrrr.!
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