What are the weaknesses of Ipods?

Answer 1

Criticisms
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Battery life advertising
Apple stated that the older original 5G 60 GB and 30 GB iPods had battery lives of "up to 20 hours" [10] and "up to 14 hours" respectively, when used on controlled and limited tests. For real-world use, many users report battery lives of less than 8 hours with the 30 GB video iPod.[11] Apple does provide advice for maximizing the battery life of the iPod. [12]

A similar advertising strategy for a computer in 2003 resulted in the Independent Television Committee banning Apple's TV advert, due to it being too misleading.[13] Also in 2003, class action lawsuits were brought against Apple complaining that the iPod battery charges lasted for shorter lengths of time than stated and that the battery degraded over time.[14] The lawsuits were settled by giving individuals the options of getting $50 store credit or a free battery replacement.[15]

Apple later complained that its competitor, Sony, had misled consumers in its advertising for Sony's music player. Apple complained that Sony had not considered real-world usage.[16]

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Non-replaceable batteries
The battery in all iPods cannot be removed or replaced by the user without levering the unit open. This is unusually difficult for a consumer device, although some rival products have a similar enclosed battery. Compounding this problem, Apple initially would not replace worn-out batteries. The official policy was that the customer should buy a refurbished replacement iPod, at a cost almost equivalent to a brand new one. All lithium-ion batteries eventually lose capacity during their lifetime (guidelines are available for prolonging life-span) and this situation led to a small market for third-party battery replacement kits.

Apple announced a battery replacement program on 14 November 2003, a week before[17] a high publicity stunt and website by the Neistat Brothers.[18] The initial cost was US$99,[19] but it was lowered to US$59. One week later Apple offered an extended iPod warranty for US$59.[20] Third-party companies offer cheaper battery replacement kits which often use higher capacity batteries. For the most recent iPods, soldering tools are needed because the battery is either soldered onto the main board, as with the nano; or attached to a metal backplate, as on the video iPod.[21]

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Bass response
The 3rd generation iPod had a weak bass response, as shown in audio tests.[22][23] The combination of the undersized DC blocking capacitors and the typical low impedance of most consumer headphones form a high-pass filter which attenuates the low-frequency bass output by up to 10 dB. Similar capacitors were used in the 4th generation iPods.[24] The problem is reduced when using high impedance headphones and completely masked when driving high-impedance (line level) loads. The 1G iPod Shuffle does not use blocking capacitors and thus does not exhibit reduced bass response for any load.

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Equalizer
If the sound is enhanced with the iPod's software equalizer (EQ), some users[25][26] have noticed that some EQ settings — like R&B, Rock, Acoustic, and Bass Booster — can cause bass distortion too easily. Using in the ear plug headphones with powerful bass response, (for example Koss Plug's) the bass response of the iPod Nano appears distorted at the R&B equaliser setting (the setting with highest bass and lowest midrange). On 3rd generation iPod's which have a weaker bass reponse the R&B setting does not cause this distortion. In comparison an iPod nano using the Rock equaliser setting delivers considerably higher bass response than a 3rd generation iPod using the R&B setting.

The equalizer amplifies the digital audio level beyond the software's maximum level, causing distortion (clipping) on songs that have a bass drum or use a bassy instrument, even when the amplifier output level is low. Notable song examples include Bob Sinclar's Love Generation[27] and Jem's Wish I.[28] One possible workaround is to reduce the volume level of the recorded MP3 by modifying each audio file. However, this cannot be done with DRM-encrypted music, and different tools are needed for each different file format.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

No doubt about it! Itunes is the biggest pain in the backside to use
on your PC (and the ONLY thing that Apple wants you to use!)!
It is also sniffware and spywear (it makes a listing of all the songs
on your PC and sends it to Apple's servers, along with info. of if
they were purchased or not!). Thankfully there are shareware and freeware hacks on the net if you know what you are doing (but you still have to initialize the Ipod with Itunes before it will work! Grrrr!).

Answer 4

lots 1-easily breakable espicially the screen
2-u have to buy everything from the music store unless you have a cd
3-have to have a credit card or bank account to buy music on itunes
4-have to charge it alot
5-to much shuffiling
6-always have to download new itunes programs
7-even have to have credit car or bank account for ree songs and the freesongs they allow u to have are stupid
8-its hard to put videos and shows and movies on ur ipod
9-too expensive 300 dollars 4 500 songs and 500 dollars 4 1000 songs and thats if u buy it from the online store

and lots more reasons but those r the basics

Answer 5

-Not durable (especially the Nanos)
-Easy to be scratched(most of them)
-Too small screen compared to the Ipod itself(especially the nano)
-Doesn't have the best audio quality (Creative, Sony have the best audio quality)
- Doesn't have the best video playback (short battery life, load time is long, compared to the Zen Vision:M)
- Everyone has an Ipod, why would you have the exalt same one?

Answer 6

Battery only lasts for about 18 months. Then can't be easily replaced. Usually the entire unit get replaced.

Answer 7

The earbuds get directly by your eardrum and hurts you ears. if it's too loud, you could even go deaf. Also, you can only listen to the songs you buy and not the radio.

Answer 8

You HAVE to use I-tunes.(which gets annoying)
It's a Mac product.
and water like started before me.

Answer 9

you can't shuffle the songs in a particular album. you can shuffle all of your songs, but if you've put an album on there you can't just shuffle the songs in the album.

Answer 10

The confiscatory price....


(and water as previously mentioned) :)