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Apple to Settle iPod Battery Suit
June 3, 2005
Apple Computer has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit involving the rechargeable but nonreplaceable batteries in early iPod models. The batteries don't last as long as advertised. Apple has agreed to replace some iPods and pay other consumers up to $50 in cash or Apple merchandise.
The settlement could apply to as many as two million iPods sold prior to May 31, 2004. Thus, it might cost Apple as much as $100 million.
The settlement is pending before the San Mateo County, Calif., judge who heard the case.
The legal dispute began in 2003, when eight consumers in California and New York filed suits alleging that Apple had misrepresented the durability of its iPod batteries when it claimed they would last the lifetime of the device and would power uninterrupted play for up to 10 hours. Many found that the batteries held their charge for only four or five hours of continuous play.
"I purchased an iPod in Feb 2004. By March the same year I was sending it back to Apple to check the battery. They sent it back stating it met their standards. I told them I got no more than two hours worth of play time," said George of Queens, NY, in a complaint to ConsumerAffairs.Com. "I then sent it back in June for the same thing and they just sent back with the same poor excuse. I have yet to get more than two hours playing time from my $500.00 iPod."
The case eventually came to the attention of Eric Gibbs, a partner at San Francisco-based Girard Gibbs and DeBartolomeo who represented several plaintiffs in the case. His firm alone received complaints from more than 1,200 iPod owners, he said.
Eventually, many of the batteries died completely and would not hold a charge at all. Since they could not be replaced, iPod owners were stuck. Apple initially told them they would have to buy a new iPod. Later it began offering a battery-replacement esrvice for $99.
Under the terms of the settlement, purchasers of so-called third generation iPods, which came with a dock connector, are eligible for new iPods, without charge, if Apple agrees that the battery is not working as advertised. Apple also agreed to extend the one-year warranty on the battery for an additional year, according to the proposed settlement.
Purchasers of older models can receive either a $50 credit on Apple products or $25 in cash. The credit cannot be used towards iTunes Music Store, Apple's music-download service. Consumers who already paid the $99 for a new battery can get back $49.50 in cash. Claims will have to be submitted by Sept. 30, or within two years after the iPod was purchased. The proposed settlement and claim forms are available at
www.appleipodsettlement.com
小弟的ipod也是三代，也是大約2004上半年買的（呵！自己都記不清這種小事），可是我記得當初apple是說三代的是可以跑八小時而已，雖然大家都知道不可能真的可以連續跑八小時（音量，Mp3壓縮率，操作方式選歌與否都跟apple測試環境不同），我的ipod也是在一年後就覺得電力持續力下降了。我是不會一直連續聽八小時那麼久啦！記得剛買的時候，灌了很多英語學習MP3進去，上班時候就掛著一直或斷斷續續聽，一整天下來都可以，晚上去健身房時還可以聽音樂運動，隔天都還可以撐個半天一天。可是快一年後就覺得差很多，就只是搭車時聽，運動時聽，可是現在每天回家就一定要充電，不然隔天晚上去運動到一半就沒有歌可以聽了。甚至充好電擺著沒聽兩三天，拿出來聽發現電力就掉了很多。
上面有一個網站，可以寫一個form去claim說你的ipod也有電力退化的現象，不過最好先看看原新聞稿裡那些用戶的狀況再研判你要不要這麼做（那些人看起來好慘）。我覺得所以的電池本來就會退化，世界上沒有長生不老不老長生的電池，因此用了一年之後電力下降我覺得是很正常的事，所以我不會打算去claim。而且法庭還沒有裁決，真裁決了也大概只對米國境內有效力吧？那張claim form裡還要附當初購買憑證的影本，不知道附台灣的統一發票可不可以啊？
再說一年前的統一發票………誰還會留著呀！
就算丟在抽屜的某個角落，總不能回台灣去找吧？
其實ipod電池是可以自己更換的，電池連更換的小工具，使用手冊，大概29美元，不知道台灣有沒有賣？MacWorld上每期都有小廣告哩！
這幾天我的iPod 3G也發生了續航力的問題