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More fragile than fine china
My iPod touch was less than 4 hours old when it met its untimely end. I put it on a coffee table while I went to the bathroom. The coffee table is just under two feet high. One of our cats saw it, thought it was shiny, and knocked it to the wood floor below. The front glass shattered. Apple tells me that it will be a $100 charge to replace.
A few days ago, we hosted Thanksgiving. One of our Wedgewood plates fell from the same height and hit the same floor. It's fine.
So I can say with some certainty that the new iPod Touch is more fragile than fine china. The display looked great for the few hours I had with it, and the cameras still both work. However, making a media player this fragile is really poor design - completely unusable. What's the point of making it so thin and light if you just have to encase it in something thick and heavy? Is it fair to give it only one star because one of my cats broke it (which is definitely my fault?) Yes, it is fair. None of the features or functions mean anything if it has to spend its life in a museum case or a safe.
December 2010 · Electronics · verified purchase