iPod Video Battery life??

Mack · 27-11-2005, 10:41 PM

Hi,
A friend of mine just bought a 30GB iPod video from Best Buy. The sales person there told him that it is recommended to buy Best Buy's extended warranty for 3 years (Apple's warranty last's one year). The reason was quite strange, according to him the battery of iPod's die after a period of one year and its costs more than $100 to replace them. With this warranty he could do it for free.
I have an iPod video too, but i did not get the extended warranty. Now is this battery life of one year correct or not???

Big B · 27-11-2005, 10:44 PM

Originally, there were some issues with the first iPods and the battery life. I'm not entirely sure that's a remaining issue or not, as I think Apple has since fixed this (consumer backlash can be pretty brutal).

Matt555 · 27-11-2005, 10:56 PM

Yeah with earlier iPods the battery life would deplete after about a year, meaning it would hold about 50% of it's charge conpared to when first bought, I'm not sure if this is as much of an issue with newer iPods but certainly with rechargeable batteries they can only be re-charged a certain number of times before they start diminishing.

Mack · 27-11-2005, 11:12 PM

So it would be wise to get more warranty,..

Nic · 28-11-2005, 12:50 PM

I would suggest it.

27-11-2005, 10:41 PM	#1 (permalink) Top
Mack Big Geek Join Date: Feb 2004 Age: 26 Male Posts: 280 Status: Offline My Computer	iPod Video Battery life?? Hi, A friend of mine just bought a 30GB iPod video from Best Buy. The sales person there told him that it is recommended to buy Best Buy's extended warranty for 3 years (Apple's warranty last's one year). The reason was quite strange, according to him the battery of iPod's die after a period of one year and its costs more than $100 to replace them. With this warranty he could do it for free. I have an iPod video too, but i did not get the extended warranty. Now is this battery life of one year correct or not???

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Big B HWF Godfather Join Date: Dec 2001 Age: 27 Male Posts: 9,553 Times Helpful: 585 My Mood: Devilish Status: Online My Computer	Originally, there were some issues with the first iPods and the battery life. I'm not entirely sure that's a remaining issue or not, as I think Apple has since fixed this (consumer backlash can be pretty brutal). __________________ Hardware Forums\|HWF Rules\|My DVD's\|PSU FAQ\|HWF Folding Team\|2CPU

27-11-2005, 10:56 PM	#3 (permalink) Top
Matt555 iMod Join Date: May 2005 Age: 20 Male Posts: 3,840 Times Helpful: 238 My Mood: Happy Status: Offline My Computer	Yeah with earlier iPods the battery life would deplete after about a year, meaning it would hold about 50% of it's charge conpared to when first bought, I'm not sure if this is as much of an issue with newer iPods but certainly with rechargeable batteries they can only be re-charged a certain number of times before they start diminishing. __________________

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Nic Sleepy Head Join Date: Oct 2004 Age: 18 Female Posts: 2,470 Times Helpful: 21 My Mood: Sleepy Status: Offline My Computer	I would suggest it. __________________

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