Digital Gadgets

Apple Repairing Nano Screens Free

First, note the word cracked. Last year there were stories and even lawsuits about the screen on the nano easily cracking or scratching, and this message to service providers applies to cracked screens only. Apple continues to state that cracking or scratching is an isolated issue.

See, whine long and loud enough and the boys at the boardroom table will hear your plight, dear consumer, and come to your aid. Well, perhaps in a more perfect world anyway, but at least on a case-by-case basis Apple’s doing decently well for themselves on fixing where a fixing’s needed.

“The AppleCare Repair Center will also be processing such repairs as covered repairs,” the company added. This means iPod nano owners with cracked displays should be able to contact AppleCare via telephone to arrange for their players to be serviced under warranty.

It’s unclear if Apple’s decision to continue replacing cracked iPod nano screens stems purely from the initial vendor quality problem or if it is a result of an ongoing issue with the screens. However, Apple’s recent note to service providers appears to imply the latter.

According to AppleInsider, AppleCare Repair Centers will begin processing nano display problems (specifically those screen cracks people keep decrying), which they claim has affected less than a tenth of a percent of nanos. Well done, now hows about issuing a patch for that mad scratchy acrylic they used on the damn things, eh?