Wow, over in Japan Apple’s not doing anything by halves—they’re not only replacing faulty batteries in first-gen iPod Nanos, they’re actually replacing the whole iPod. This comes after the country’s government pressured Apple over the overheating iPods issue.
https://gizmodo.com/japan-orders-apple-to-publish-a-remedy-for-ipod-overhea-5606648
We’d first heard that there were only 27 cases of overheating and four cases of burns, as a result of faulty iPod Nano batteries, but it could be as high as 34 altogether.
Apple blamed the company which produced batteries for iPod Nanos sold between September 2005 – September 2006, and while they didn’t name names, they’re willing to replace all Nanos bought between this period for free. [Apple Japan via CrunchGear]
UPDATE: I’m pretty sure they’re going to be replacing those first-gen Nanos with current models, considering they’ve probably agreed to the replacement as it’s cheaper than manufacturing those differently-sized batteries all over again.
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