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iPod Mini Design Flaw?
terradyn writes "Over at iPodlounge they've discovered that the iPod mini's have a major issue with their headphone jacks. It looks like the jacks connection to the main system board is extremely poorly engineered and so normal use will wear it out and cause lots of static after around 35-40 days... If any pressure on your iPod Mini results in crackling and static, you should return your iPod immediately to an Apple store for a free replacement. They're also theorizing over in the forums that the iPod Mini shortage may be a cover for this problem..." Update: 04/12 01:08 GMT by T : billybob writes "Someone in the forum thread originally linked to has posted pictures of the iPod taken apart, demonstrating the problem."
Talk about an easter egg!
I don't see this as an "easter egg"... it's just a plain bug in the design, failing after typical use.
It's called apple engineering... Most of their shit is poorly engineered. They just hide it behind marketing, ignorant customers, and pretty cases.
Just some of the poorly engineered pieces I have come across as working as an apple authroized service provider for 4 years:
Wow. Some who's job is repairing broken apple products has seen a lot of broken apple products. Who'd have figured?