Faulty ipod touch :(

benwoodcock · 22 Aug 2009 at 21:47

Had this since October last year, it's a 2G, wondered if a very distorted speaker when at max volume was a decent reason for return?

PardonTheWait · 22 Aug 2009 at 22:49

None of them sound very good at max volume, but if you think it sounds significantly worse than other Touches (i.e broken) then yes it would be, if they agreed. And if it sounds really awful they will agree

Mattus · 22 Aug 2009 at 23:09

It probably just sounds like all speakers in portable devices sound when you turn them up too loud. Why anyone would want to listen to music that way is beyond me!

Slogan · 23 Aug 2009 at 00:02

Mattus said:
Why anyone would want to listen to music that way is beyond me!

To be annoying on trains or buses most likely.

PardonTheWait · 23 Aug 2009 at 00:33

It's a stupid speaker. It's loud enough to irritate people but not loud enough to actually listen to usefully. When i was on holiday we'd point the speaker into an upended bowl, which helped a bit, but it was guff so I've bough a little external battery powered speaker for next time.

It's only loud enough for playing games, really.

Slogan · 23 Aug 2009 at 00:47

To be fair to Apple, they never touted the speaker as a music playing one - it was for other things.

Mattus · 23 Aug 2009 at 00:50

Yeah, not a problem with the product... the speaker's actually pretty good compared to most phones I've had. It's just that listening to music on any phone speaker is an awful experience.

benwoodcock · 23 Aug 2009 at 09:51

Thanks