Things were going this way with the Nano on its original release. In the EU consumer products are supposed to be capable of lasting a minimum of 5 years, the Na

Things were going this way with the Nano on its original release. In the EU consumer products are supposed to be capable of lasting a minimum of 5 years, the Nano's on release were lasting months. Fortunately for Apple at the time, Jobs wasn't away and they weren't playing coy, they almost instantly changed the shipping to include a case and instructions that using it without a case can shorten its lifespan and then IIRC offered existing Nano owners a free case. With Jobs gone Apple seems to be screwing up left, right and centre.