Ugh this was really something I didn't want breaking down on me. The button on my ipod nano 6th gen 16gb recently wore out. It was the switch below the button which seems to happen to a lot of people. I tried opening it up to fix it since it was beyond the 1 year warranty, but now the screen also doesn't turn back on.
Looking on amazon they still sell the 6th gen but people are asking for $200 for it when I originally bought mine for 150ish. I'm thinking Apple discontinued this model because people were creating housings where you could fit it into a watch and they don't want to compete with their upcoming wearable device. Does anyone happen to know the best place to sell the broken device? It seems like it wouldn't be too hard to fix with a few replacement components.
I actually preferred the 6th gen over the 7th gen because it was smaller. Now i'm not sure if I should wait for apple to release some kind of watch device, just buy a 6th gen replacement, get a 7th gen for $140 or get an ipod touch for $270.
I do want to buy another apple device because I like the ease of use of itunes (being able to sync around 14gb selected out of my collection with 1 click). BUt i'm also hesitant to drop another couple hundred on anything they make with mechanical switches that wear down.
What do you guys think? Are we due for price drops on any of this stuff or do you think new models will come out soon? I'll probably wait until black friday to make any purchase unless a good deal pops up. I can make due with a cd player for a couple months.
Looking on amazon they still sell the 6th gen but people are asking for $200 for it when I originally bought mine for 150ish. I'm thinking Apple discontinued this model because people were creating housings where you could fit it into a watch and they don't want to compete with their upcoming wearable device. Does anyone happen to know the best place to sell the broken device? It seems like it wouldn't be too hard to fix with a few replacement components.
I actually preferred the 6th gen over the 7th gen because it was smaller. Now i'm not sure if I should wait for apple to release some kind of watch device, just buy a 6th gen replacement, get a 7th gen for $140 or get an ipod touch for $270.
I do want to buy another apple device because I like the ease of use of itunes (being able to sync around 14gb selected out of my collection with 1 click). BUt i'm also hesitant to drop another couple hundred on anything they make with mechanical switches that wear down.
What do you guys think? Are we due for price drops on any of this stuff or do you think new models will come out soon? I'll probably wait until black friday to make any purchase unless a good deal pops up. I can make due with a cd player for a couple months.
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