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Okay, we all know the good things the iPod Touch has to offer, and those reasons are why I am BARELY holding on to the thing. I am still considering taking it back. Here’s why:
1) Speaker quality is ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS. The speaker is simply not functional, unless you are in perhaps a recording studio. When you turn it up all the way (because you can’t hear it) it becomes fuzzy, sounding like a blown speaker. What is this thing, the size of a flea? And if there is ANY background noise, you cannot hear it at all with the volume up (in case you’re wondering, no, the speaker did not fail. I exchanged the iPod, and the second one sounded the same: really bad). I can’t share videos, share music, share anything, unless my friends and I are in a wine cellar.
I’ve heard excuses for the speaker’s embarrassing quality, including “it’s a small device”. My cheap Samsung cell phone’s speaker is 4x better than the iPod Touch, and the phone is smaller. The other excuse I’ve heard is “The speaker was designed for game play.” Wait, what? That’s not a valid excuse, because the IPOD is a MUSIC device. And that aside, what if I wanted my friends to hear the game play? For example, like 2 player Tap Tap Revolution 3 is unplayable, unless you are in a quiet room.
2) Price: Let’s face it, this thing is too expensive, as are EVERY SINGLE ONE OF APPLE’S PRODUCTS. Sure, they are “Designed in California”, but they are MADE IN CHINA, just like everything else.
3) Microphone: WHY IS THERE NOT A MICROPHONE ON THIS THING? “It doesn’t need one” is the response I always get. I mean, just, why not have one? They are cheap, and the iPhone has one. Why have the “Voice Memo” option when I have to plug in the headphones to use it? Often I am not using the headphones: I am using the iPod for wifi, or using it in the car, and I would like to record a voice memo. I would also like to use it for recording scratch guitar riffs and song ideas. And WHY should I have to plug in the headphones f
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