iPod nano screen scratching?

I just don't like the fact that the shield covers up the touch pad. I'd like the touchpad and button left uncovered, and everything else sealed.
 
update: still waiting on our invisible shileds but decided to return the girlfriend's black nano for a white nano, she's to afraid of scratches and now wants the white nano, cause its less prone to scratch marks. but im still keeping my black nano. i do like the style and color to and features that the nano provides. i will be using the nano to listen to my lectures from my classes. so hopefully apple finds a soloution soon.
 
How many people have tried taking a class action lawsuit to their car manufacterer when they get scratches and chips on the paint from using it on the road, like it shows in the comercial?

Does not happen, some people take better care than others, some fix the problems, some just abuse the heck out of it.

I have had my black nano for 5 days now and some slight scratching, none on the screen. And this was after an entire day yesterday of me going to class with it in my pocket. With no protector. I have the apple cases comming, but I am no worried.
 
Lol! So true. I've yet to take my little nano out of a sunglass case, but hopefully will soon with those nifty looking belkin cases.
 
Hm, I don't really care about scratches but I'd be more than a little upset if the display broke because I pocket carried the thing... Anyone here putting it in their jeans pockets without a case?
 
How many people have tried taking a class action lawsuit to their car manufacterer when they get scratches and chips on the paint from using it on the road, like it shows in the comercial?
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Give me a break...hardly analogous.

...though there was a class action lawsuit when Ford outfitted their SUVs with bad (ie: broken) tires...

...which is about as analogous as your statement.
 
your analogy is totally wrong, taking a car vs a nano? wtf give me a break, when apple advertised a 1000 songs in your pocket and steve jobs walked on the floor with the nano in his coin pocket what was the point? you could carry it with you in your pocket cause its small enough, now if you carry your ipod in your pocket and the screen gets scratched up and its only 1 day old what does that tell you? DEFFECT!! whats so hard to believe so many people have payed 250+ for the ipod not after just one day of cleaning and wiping it with a cloth it gets scratched up? they need to fix this and fix it fast its not user abuse bot more likely apple's fault for putting such a product on the market with out researching and field testing it first. dont blame the consumer, blame the manufactuer. anything that is sold ont he market will have deffects and will most likely be fixed if the company is forced to and law suits my friends is the only way.. to make billion dollar corperations listen. this is the world today.
 
dont blame the consumer, blame the manufactuer.
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Hey Logic...you sound too logical! You must remember you are dealing with a bunch of Apple zealots...these are the same people who sit in Starbucks typing away on their $4000 Apple Powerbook trying to justify why they purchased such a machine. They are fanatics and if your opinion differs from theirs, they attack like you just insulted their mothers. These are the same folks who think they are elite...no...they KNOW they are elite because they CHOSE to purchase a computer that supports less than 5% of the software out in the world...the same people who tried to convince the world that OS9 was more stable than Windows (HA!) and think it was a perfectly FINE idea for Apple to actually have a BOMB show up on screen when their system crashed yet bitched and moaned about the Windows Blue Screen of Death...

You will not win...you can not win...not in their eyes. If it is red, to them it is magenta. If it is blue...to them it is cyan. If is LOGICAL, to them it is an attack on their way of life...

The fact that some have no issues while others do indicates to ME at least that there was at least a good sized batch of faulty units produced...perhaps not every one of them is suseptible to this issue, perhaps it is...but don't try to tell that to an Apple fan...they will just flame you and ignore your logic...
 
I still don't know why the Nano has to be so scratch prone. My Garmin gpsmap 60c plastic screen is flawless and it has been through hell. I think I will skip the nano and get a good deal on a mini since it's less prone due to the brushed aluminum body. (at least on the body part) Damn.. I really love that little color screen though. Same goes for the normal ipod.. that chrome is fugly after it get's scratched up.
 
FrizzleFried said:
Hey Logic...you sound too logical! You must remember you are dealing with a bunch of Apple zealots...these are the same people who sit in Starbucks typing away on their $4000 Apple Powerbook trying to justify why they purchased such a machine. They are fanatics and if your opinion differs from theirs, they attack like you just insulted their mothers. These are the same folks who think they are elite...no...they KNOW they are elite because they CHOSE to purchase a computer that supports less than 5% of the software out in the world...the same people who tried to convince the world that OS9 was more stable than Windows (HA!) and think it was a perfectly FINE idea for Apple to actually have a BOMB show up on screen when their system crashed yet bitched and moaned about the Windows Blue Screen of Death...

You will not win...you can not win...not in their eyes. If it is red, to them it is magenta. If it is blue...to them it is cyan. If is LOGICAL, to them it is an attack on their way of life...

The fact that some have no issues while others do indicates to ME at least that there was at least a good sized batch of faulty units produced...perhaps not every one of them is suseptible to this issue, perhaps it is...but don't try to tell that to an Apple fan...they will just flame you and ignore your logic...
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your right, i know i shouldn't burst out like that, but damn these people who are so against people's rights, because they favor a certain company. just be realistic with everything if you actually bought a 2005 ford explorer and drove it home in the poring rain and went to turn on your winshield wipers and its totally scracthed up your winshield who would you blame? consumer or manufactuer? the ipod may not be "broken" but inhibits your from seeing the screen i think that speaks for its self.
 
LogicSound said:
...the ipod may not be "broken" but inhibits your from seeing the screen i think that speaks for its self.
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I think this issue is really being blown out of proportion. The Nano's I saw in the Apple store prior to purchasing one for my wife all had horribly scratched screens, but that didn't affect their usability in the slightest. It was purely cosmetic. I could easily see through the scratches, and honestly, once the screen was illuminated and I was navigating menus, I didn't even notice them. They were most noticable when the screen was off, and I was admiring the unit as a whole, but once the screen was on and I was focused on that, the scratches weren't a factor.

Now, I'm not saying that people don't have a right to be upset about their new Nanos being so easily scratched, they absolutely do because one of the qualities of this device is it's asthetically pleasing appearance. However I don't think it's right to then extend that complaint (particularly if you don't own one or haven't see it first hand) to suggest that somehow the functionality of the device is compromised, because it isn't.

This isn't a functionality complaint, it's a cosmetic one. Still a very valid complaint, but only in that context.
 
I think this issue is really being blown out of proportion. The Nano's I saw in the Apple store prior to purchasing one for my wife all had horribly scratched screens, but that didn't affect their usability in the slightest. It was purely cosmetic. I could easily see through the scratches, and honestly, once the screen was illuminated and I was navigating menus, I didn't even notice them. They were most noticable when the screen was off, and I was admiring the unit as a whole, but once the screen was on and I was focused on that, the scratches weren't a factor.

Now, I'm not saying that people don't have a right to be upset about their new Nanos being so easily scratched, they absolutely do because one of the qualities of this device is it's asthetically pleasing appearance. However I don't think it's right to then extend that complaint (particularly if you don't own one or haven't see it first hand) to suggest that somehow the functionality of the device is compromised, because it isn't.

This isn't a functionality complaint, it's a cosmetic one. Still a very valid complaint, but only in that context.
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...that is unless you are one of the unlucky people whos screen actually BROKE (see the URL that this thread is all about).....
 
these peoples screens aren't breaking themselves...or scratching themselves either. People bought the nano expecting screen durability on par with the mini and full size ipod. While the screen obviously isn't as durable previous pods, it doesn't make sense to blame a manufacture for something that was never claimed to be there...that's why people research gadgets that cost as much.
 
oh im sorry, there is a machine that takes you into the future so you can test out the merchandise and then come back to the present time and decide wether you like it, oh my! please tell us where we can jump on your futuristic machine and sample this. consumer's dont equal field testing sorry try again! please dont fill your apple loving this and that around here with pissed off consumers because they were decieved. " 1000 songs in your pocket" with 1000 scratches wasn't that label. apple should know better.
 
Logic....once again you are trying to talk LOGIC to an Apple fan....

12" Powerbook- 1.33ghz/ 768mb/ 80gb 5400rpm/ superdrive/ tiger
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...read my above post...

It is futile to talk logic with these types of fanatics....they simply will not listen...why else would this guy (for example) spend 2-3x as much money for a laptop with 1/2 to 1/4 the power and capibility than what he could have bought had he went with an Intel/AMD "PC"?

These folks LIVE in the illogical land of Applewood...or is that Cupertino?
 
LogicSound said:
...whats so hard to believe so many people have payed 250+ for the ipod not after just one day of cleaning and wiping it with a cloth it gets scratched up?
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I'm no grammar nazi, but I had to read that twice. :confused: I may have not been throwin my nano all over the place, but my 2, 7, and 9 yeard old nephews have played with it. It's been over a week without a single scratch. Perhaps there are some screens actually exploding in thin air...or perhaps some of us got the nano with a bulletproof coating. :rolleyes: Whatever the case, I find it "tough" to sympathize with those of you "tossing" your precious "electronics" here and there. Sure, Jobs may have stuck it in his pocket. I bet he probably uses macs instead of pcs too... :eek:
 
FrizzleFried said:
Logic....once again you are trying to talk LOGIC to an Apple fan....



...read my above post...

It is futile to talk logic with these types of fanatics....they simply will not listen...why else would this guy (for example) spend 2-3x as much money for a laptop with 1/2 to 1/4 the power and capibility than what he could have bought had he went with an Intel/AMD "PC"?

These folks LIVE in the illogical land of Applewood...or is that Cupertino?
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I'm glad you have a nice, balanced outlook on the world. Please show me an x86 based 12" laptop with comparable features and build quality to my powerbook for $533-800 (1/3 to half what I paid for my powerbook).


back on topic (to what logic pointed out...the time machine); the vast majority of people that have purchased nanos thus far have rushed through the buying process without reading in-depth reviews, without looking at forums like this one...usually just rushing to the store and saying "gimme gimme gimme". No where is apple saying "you must buy our product and test it for us!" and they aren't trying to IMO. It's kind of the price you pay when you give into marketing and are an early adopter...ask anyone that paid $500+ for the motorola razr v3.
 
sorry for my grammar, but when the hell did this board turn into a writing/english class. yes their may have been a few bad batches that were sent out, but i think those people should be able to recieve newer products and have them replaced, with out being told it was there fault?
 
LogicSound said:
please dont fill your apple loving this and that around here with pissed off consumers because they were decieved.
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you're right, I should know better than to argue with pissed off customers. All they actually here is "you're absolutely right," and "sure, we'll give this to you for free."
 
macworld dot com, vendor caused the problems????

“This is a real but minor issue involving a vendor quality problem in a small number of units,” said Schiller. “In fact, this issue has affected less than 1/10 of 1 percent of the total iPod nano units that we’ve shipped. It is not a design issue.”

Schiller said that if customers find they have this problem, all they have to do is contact AppleCare and their iPod will be replaced.

The second issue deals with complaints posted on Web sites that say the iPod nano screen scratches too easy, perhaps even being more susceptible to scratching than previous iPod models.

Apple said that the screens on the iPod nano are made with the same material that is found in the company’s fourth-generation iPod, which, to date, is complaint free.

“We have received very few calls from customers reporting this problem – we do not think this is a widespread issue,” said Schiller. “If customers are concerned about scratching we suggest they use one of the many iPod nano cases to protect their iPod.”
 
LogicSound said:
Schiller said that if customers find they have this problem, all they have to do is contact AppleCare and their iPod will be replaced.
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what more do you want?
 
LogicSound said:
... we suggest they use one of the many iPod nano cases to protect their iPod.”
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Ok, I'm gonna flip a b----- on this one. WHAT MANY CASES?!?!?!?! I may have lucked out with a nice "temporary" case, but all nano cases I've seen are "coming soon" or "ships in 2-3 weeks."
 
If you guys can't keep this thread ON TOPIC and TROLL/FLAME free I will be forced to lock/delete it.

This your only warning.

If I see any more jabs at grammar, "apple fanatics", personal attacks, or name calling you WILL be dealt with.



This thread is about the durability / quality of the Nano's screen and nothing else.
 
Here's the news regarding his comments

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9515537/

Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product marketing:
He also said Apple had received few complaints about screen scratches, and that the iPod nano screen was made of the same materials used in other iPods. He said if customers were concerned about scratches, they should use a case.
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My iPod screen is perfect still. There is some minor scratching on the rest of it, but its not noticable unless you look for it.

Apple Zealot? lol. The nano is the first and only thing apple I have. My computer is good ole Windows. If the nano starts to blow-up chips and could seriously harm you, like bad tires, then a class action is in order. Cosmetic problems are how good you take care of it. I had my nano in my pocket an entire day riding a bike to class and no scratches.

The company of course will replace ones with broken screens. All reputable companies do that. Consumers should not be given free things becaue they handle it wrong. If you drop it and it stops working after the third time, should we sue them? Of course not.

I am happy my nano is fine.
 
I think Apple needs to seriously re-think the materials they use to make iPODs. Case in point I have an iPOD mini, and I was making breakfast one morning, I had an egg in one hand, and I was searching for some breakfast making music with the iPOD in the other. Well I wasn't paying attention burned my hand a bit, dropped the egg and the ipod onto the stove top. Well the egg didn't break in fact didn't have a scratch on it, yet the iPOD mini has a dent and a little chip ?

So an Egg > iPOD mini :rolleyes:
 
LogicSound said:
“If customers are concerned about scratching we suggest they use one of the many iPod nano cases to protect their iPod.”
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I wanna smack the shit out of him for that comment. GIVE ME A CASE AND I'LL BUY IT NUMBNUTS.
 
The point of this entire conversation and the point of the website referred in the article that this thread was based upon was to get Apple to realize that there are some folks out there who's Nano's screen broke for no good reason. Now that Apple has admitted that there IS an issue and they are willing to work with folks who have encountered this issue....this thread serves no longer serves a purpose.

As I said earlier...I think I will hold off a little bit before my purchase....at least until some cases are readily available.
 
See the frontpage story.
3rd Edition.

What do you guys think?
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That story led to a website that was more about screen BREAKAGE than scratching...though it did cover both...

So the title of this thread is a little vague...

EDIT: From the front page of a couple days ago...

iPod nano Screen Trauma?
Being a nano owner, and knowing a lot of you guys are from talking about it the forums, I figured I better put up this article about the nano screens being “Insanely easy” to scratch. I know from personal experience that the one I bought for my fiancée has already picked up some very minor scratching, and she treats the thing like it’s a rare gem. Could we be seeing the possible developments of another class action suit? Or will Apple step up to the plate and satisfy their ravenous fanbase?

"I don't really care if the case on my Nano gets scratched but my screen has scratched up so badly that all the images are starting to become distorted," Cason wrote, echoing the sentiment of many others in the discussion. "I have only carried it in my small pocket in my shorts and nothing is in there to scratch it. I still can't figure how the screen looks like it has been rubbed with sandpaper when the entire time it has been safe in my pocket (with absolutely no items)."
Now I know we have a good many people who own, or are interested in owning a nano. I would love to discuss it, and get your thoughts.
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I stand corrected...the front page story links to a NEWS.COM story that itself has a link to a website that is collecting "broken Nano screen" stories....so the threat title is actually correct and I am wrong.

...though I am, personally, more concerned with screen breakage issues than scratch issues (though it would be nice to limit scratches as well)...
 
well aslong as they're doing something about it, its just really bad to see people spend alot of money and all of a sudden you cant use your product or its not functioning the way it's supoosed to. everyone here has an opnion and i respect that. thanks for the debate guys :) but were all hard forum members so lets all come out with a smile hahaha. well mac delayed my order for my nano, that was supposed to be shipped out before the 27th and had placed my order 12 days prior with extra pay for shipping. hmm maybe it has something to do with this story i dont know. but will see. hopefully it was only a faulty batch that got released.
 
Ok well I hope Apple has some good news for the Nano, because I was about to buy one, thinking everyone was just overstating all the scratching and screen braking. But I might just wait till Christmas, and hope for good news. That InvisibleShield also looks good, but that doesnt stop screen breakage.
 
I've had a white nano for two weeks. I have treated with the same respect that I have treated my 3g iPod. My 3g iPod is 2 years old and has a few scuffs and scratches here and there mostly on the back. All in all it still looks great. My nano on the other hand already has a smudge on the screen which is distorting the view. The shiny coating over the whole front of the nano seems to rub off, scratch and smudge unbelievably easily. It is definitely not he same material as my 3g iPod and it is definitely no the best choice of material for an iPod.

My old 3g or my mobile phone can be simply wiped on my jeans or t-shirt in order to clean them and remove any smudges. If I do that with the nano I am worried about making it worse.

I will be returning mine to Regent street tomorrow because the sooner Apple realise the problem then the sooner they will fix it.
 
I got an invisibleShield from my black nano and while I can tell it's on there, it doesn't look too bad and seems to protect very well.
 
So I finally got my InvisiSHIELD - without any email confirmation of my order or that it had been shipped - it just arrived in the mail in a regular plain old letter envelope.. odd.

In any event installation was pretty easy - just follow the steps that are on the website. While the RainyDays magazine showed the front side installation, that was the easy party -.-.. the back side took me a long time. Essentially the back piece covers not only the back, but ALL the sides as well, including the top as well as the bottom. Because of this it was hard to put on because you had to make sure it was exactly centered. On mine it was slightly off center (more towards the top than the bottom), but I don't really mind. I haven't tried using it a lot, but fingerprints did show up easily even on the invisishield - but at least wiping it off wont cause scratches! ;P The only unprotected areas - corners. As for usability, the click wheel still is easy to use, although pressing on the side buttons is a *little* harder - surprisingly the up and down buttons aren't effected. Scrolling is unaffected.

Also be sure to do the installation in a CLEAN environment, like on a piece of paper or something, as any dust/hairs will easily get trapped under the film. Remoistening your fingers and the surface with the soapy water definately helps, a LOT.

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Ok, I got a quick question about the invisible shield. Does it make the Ipod feel any different? I mean, does it add like a plastic sorta unnatural feel while holding onto it? Or is the plastic like comfortable feeling?
 
Uhhh what do you mean, exactly? It's sort of like a rubbery feeling, I guess.
 
Apple said that the screens on the iPod nano are made with the same material that is found in the company’s fourth-generation iPod, which, to date, is complaint free.
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I would think it was more about the case's support and protection (or lack thereof), of which the Nano's is understandably much slimmer than the regular iPod's. It is unfortunate Apple did not choose an-all aluminum body for the Nano as they did with the Mini.
 
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