Apple Launches First Generation iPod Nano Replacement Program

Posted November 12, 2011 at 7:33am by iClarified | Please help us and submit a translation by clicking here | 18142 views

Apple has launched a replacement program for the first generation iPod nano.

Apple has determined that, in very rare cases, the battery in the iPod nano (1st generation) may overheat and pose a safety risk. Affected iPod nanos were sold between September 2005 and December 2006.

This issue has been traced to a single battery supplier that produced batteries with a manufacturing defect. While the possibility of an incident is rare, the likelihood increases as the battery ages.

Apple recommends that you stop using your iPod nano (1st gen) and follow the process noted below to order a replacement unit, free of charge.

Click the link below to order a replacement unit via the web.

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Joe - November 16, 2011 at 9:12pm

Theres no mention whatsoever that they will replace with a new model. From the confirmation, I'm led to believe that they will just replace the battery and send it back to you. Would be great if a new one was sent out. But highly doubtful. Watch this space.....

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Rick - November 14, 2011 at 12:16pm

LOL! Suddenly there's millions of people digging through their junk drawer for their broken iPod nano that stopped working or failed to a charge years ago. Apple...too little to late IMHO.

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kamatis - November 12, 2011 at 4:15pm

why don't they just offer a visa gift card instead?you think people would actually want another replacement? offer them a gift card they can use toward getting the latest iPod Nano instead of calling suppliers to make more of these obsolete gadgets.

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BigRich - November 12, 2011 at 6:39pm

I'd imagine they would give you the new 6Th Gen unit as a replacement.

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Oliver - November 14, 2011 at 3:13am

Yeah I think they would give you the latest version of the nano not the older one, what you think there's a factory somewhere in china with blueprints to a product that hasn't been manufactured in 6-5 years just in the event that one day in the year 2011 after the death of the company's CEO they might have had problems with batteries.

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Big White Azz - November 14, 2011 at 10:02am

Why don't you shut up and crawl back under the house where you came from

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Eurotramp - November 12, 2011 at 11:53am

And they still have supplies of these ?

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David - November 12, 2011 at 10:26am

Oh, now THAT'S cool. Mine is all scratched up and the battery's pathetic now. This means I can get it switched out to a brand new one? Sweet!

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Jing - November 12, 2011 at 4:45pm

Haha me too. This iPod is so classic that I don't want to discard it.