1st Gen Nano Recall Notification

well after days of me Bit__hing and moaning and calling apple a bunch thieves, they have relented and are going to send me a new Ipod nano 1 generation 4GB to replace my former. i'll update when that arrives.

do you think they are making any more replacement 1st gens just shipped mine out

what are the odds of me getting a 6th

They are not making ANY 1Gs. I seriously doubt that the above poster will actually get one back, but if if does happen, it will be one that somnoen returned that they just replace the battery in. I still doubt it, though, since I talked to them on two separate occasions (speaking to three different people on ONE of those occasions) and the answer was that, no, they were not sending any refurbished units back out no matter how upset people were that they sent in a 1G expecting a 1G back.

cicerogirl they told it would be a new 1st gen nano. Apple is a huge company and any muilt billion dollar company always has there original products in there archives not for sale but to keep for sentimental purposes. this whole switcharoo they pulled on me really upset me and i just kepted pushing them for resolution i didn't actually think they would relent. i figured they would do what Corporate America does whatever they want and not care about who they hurt. this whole matter is not over yet for me but i'm trying to be hopeful. as i was saying well see what actually happens. i got my fingers crossed

How many "sentimental" iPods do you think they would keep?

Has anyone checked if their so called "replacement" is under warranty? I checked mine and it is not under warranty so while it looks new it could be a refurbished rather than new unit and from reading some of the evaluations, people are having problems with this 6th gen. mini ipod.

your replacement 6th generation has a 90 day warranty on it and it is a refurbished unit. when you got the replacement in the mail it should have had letter with it " AppleCare Service" it tells you you have 90 days. and i have no idea How many sentimental iPods they might have this just something every huge company does.

Could you please list all the huge companies that keep "sentimental" products and how you officially know this?

So give me a range, do you think Apple keeps between say 1 and 10 sentimental models? And you, out of the millions of people who responded to this and get one?

My guess is they might keep one prototype (but not in all cases due to Apple's vaunted secrecy), one for any museum they maintain, and they might send one to the Smithsonian or other museums.

I suppose they could ask the Smithsonian to return theirs to send to you.

thank you for your concern cicerogirl i was really confused as to which i would recieve really looking foward

The 6G units they are now sending out are probably new since their stock of refurbished ones would have been depleted quite a while ago with so many people responding to the replacement program. NOT every huge company just retains old stock for "sentimental" purposes. As Deggie said, maybe a couple for historical purposes (and, yes, probably one to the Smithsonian), but I was very specifically told that the refurbished 1Gs that they had in stock we sent out first and were gone. Personally, I think the person you talked to was just tired of the ******** and told you what you wanted to hear to get you off the phone. (The next time you call you will be someone else's problem!) They also know that if they relent and somehow keep one of the returns, put a new battery in it and send it back to you, there will be LOTS of people (like me) who will call and ***** because we, too, were VERY upset and felt mislead... And we will complain that if they did it for you, they should do it for us as well! So I will be VERY surprised if you get one back. You can always do who I did and buy a couple of 1G units of eBay for about $50. It might also be eligible for the recall, of course (the first one I bought was, but the second one was not)... But at least you will have a 1G.

Received my replacement today. 5 weeks and 6 days after they received my 1st generation ipod nano. It is an 8gb refurbished sixth generation ipod nano with a 90 day warranty.

Am I happy? Absolutely. I sent a piece of equipment that was recalled because of a potential fire risk to me (tbh though I've not heard of this actually happening) that was starting to show signs of wear and tear and in its place a smaller (in size and ideal for running with), larger (in memory), easier to navigate when on the go item at no extra cost to me.

Yes the 1st generation ipod nano cost a significant amount of money at the time but is now worth a fraction of that amount (look at the effect on the cost of ipad 2 following the announcement of the new ipad). Electronic equipment rarely holds its value.

What were Apple to do then? Leave the 1st generation ipod owners with a potential fire risk at home or at a signifcant expense provide a more modern unit to the owners of them? ****** if they do, ****** if they don't.

Hi all! To give anyone else waiting for their replacement some hope, here was my service history:

online request

Jan 28

received envelope to send ipod

feb 2

received my ipod

feb 4

received my replacement, silver new ipod nano 6th gen

mar 15

I'm going to try to bring it to the store and see if they'll give me a different color. If anyone else has tried this, please let me know what happened! Thank you all and good luck. Thank you Apple for the new ipod! 🙂

Apple got my 1st gen on the 10th of Feb. Today (Mar 16) I got the 6th from FedEx.... the box was totally ripped open - like someone was looking for something...

Thanks Apple for the replacement

Stevie306, or anyone else who knows, how do you tell if it's a "refurbished" 6th gen Nano? The 6th gen Nano I received looked brand new with plastic protective stickers on the front and back of the casing. Just curious to know how to tell a refurbished unit from a brand-new one. Also, happy to hear you received your iPod. 😀

Good point, Kimka. I've just assumed that they are refurbished going off what others have put on here and most telling is that they only come with a ninety day warranty. Also since it didn't come in any Apple packaging or anything like that but I don't know for certain. Happy to hear you've got yours too! 😁