2G iPod Shuffle Clips Easily Bent?
A member of the Apple Insider forums writes that his second-generation iPod Shuffle’s clip was bent when he stood up from a seating position with his shuffle clipped to his watch pocket (yes, that’s what the fifth jeans pocket is called).
“Today I was wearing my iPod like the picture on Apple’s [iPod] shuffle page. When I stood up, I heard something falling on the ground. It was my shiny new iPod,” he wrote. “But no big deal I thought — until I picked it up. The clip was bent like a piece of cardboard, and is impossible to get straight again.”
The damage to the shuffle’s clip had no affect on the user’s ability to play and listing to music, but as he points out, Apple developed the player to fit precisely into its accompanying docking station, which the bent clips now prevents.
This is reminiscent of the first-gen iPod nano’s tendency to scratch easily and even have its LCD easily crack. I was thinking of getting a new shuffle for myself, thinking it would be sturdy enough for my needs. But with news like this, I’m thinking Apple had better improve on this new design first.
Comments
José Miguel
November 8th, 2006 at 10:49 am
I just call it the “Coin Pocket”…
This happened to me
January 9th, 2008 at 1:09 am
This happened to me today. In fact it was worse because where this guy’s clip just bent, mine completely snapped off so now my shuffle is in two parts. Same as this dude, I wasn’t doing anything unusual, just had it clipped to my jean’s pocket (not even the coin pocket) and was jamming out.
It Does Bend
April 13th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Yea, it just happened to mine recently. It was just clipped on and then it bent.