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New Apple iPod classic 80GB black | 
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| Brand: Apple
Category: CE
Buy New: £135.70
New (12) Used (1) from £135.70
Avg. Customer Rating:  152 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 0.4 x 2.4 x 4.1
MPN: MB147ZO/A
Model: MB147ZO/A
UPC: 885909199075
EAN: 0885909199075
Release Date: September 13, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New Sealed, DIspatched Via Royal Mail Special Delivery Once Payment is Clear via Amazon
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| Customer Reviews: Read 147 more reviews...
 absolutely no problems, why has everyone else?? March 18, 2008
85 out of 87 found this review helpful
i bought my first ipod in july 2004, 20gb classic, and it was great, no problems with it. just before christmas (2007) it was lasting for around 3 hours, the battery had seen better days, so i started to look at a new ipod. all the bad reviews on here kept putting me off, but i decided to buy one 3 weeks ago, as my other was now down to 2 hours and was definitely needing replaced.
i've no idea why i waited, no idea why i took these bad reviews into account, because the 80gb classic is GREAT!
i've had it for 2 weeks now, it was updated with songs the first day i got it, took around 20 minutes to get the thousands of songs on it, and since then it's only been updated another once, lasting about 2 minutes. i DIDN'T charge it when i got it, as the battery was full, so the battery has lasted THAT long!
i had to charge it last night, as it was down to a red bar, so it wasn't fully dead. i use it for 3/4 hours per day, sometimes longer, so i'm very impressed that i got 2 weeks worth out of one charge. even my other one didn't last that long!!
i also like the colour screen, my other doesn't have that. it's crisp and clean and looks a lot better.
not had problems with cover flow either, it works fine.
also not had any problems with the volume. it's clearly audible on the lowest setting, and on highest i nearly blew my eardrums.
also noticed there is a volume limit in the settings, is this maybe why so many people have problems with low volume?!?
i'm also not using the apple ipod earphones, i'm using phillips.
also liking the case colour. i thought it might have been a 'shiny' case like the psp and ds lite's, but it's nothing like that, it's a 'matt' case. fingerprints don't show up on it, although they obviously do on the back, but this happens with my other ipod, too. easily wiped off though.
so yes, all in all, i'm very impressed with my new ipod and kicking myself for taking these bad reviews into account, because for me, they're not justified.
it's also well worth the money, my first cost 220 at the time, and it was 20gb.
Worth the money November 10, 2007
105 out of 112 found this review helpful
After reading reviews on the Ipod Classic and the dodgy sound I was reluctant to fork out the money to get something that wasn't up to par. Anyway after about 30 minutes reading reviews I decided to bite the bullet and buy one. I was intending to only get the Nano 8GB version but the price difference between that and the classic 80GB was (to me ) worth it so I got the 80GB classic. I have to agree with the posters about the sound, I was pretty dissapointed until I swapped ear phones and plugged in my old creative MP3 player ones and it sounded excellent (Pink Floyd The Wall is a great sound tester)I could hear every strum of the guitar and every note as clear as a bell. Anyway I noticed the only difference between the Ipod earphones and the creative ones (apart from the colour)were the foam caps over the ear piece so I found an pair of foam ear phone caps that came with my nokia phone, I put them over the white Ipod ear phones plugged them back into the Ipod and the sound was a 100 percent improvement. I am getting some sennheiser 300x earphones today so the sound should be even better if that is possible. My only complaint is that the volume is not high enough,(this does not apply to everyday situations though). I work in construction, so when I am on the building site and some one is using a chop saw or a grinder nearby it is difficult to hear the music. I am hoping that the sennheiser earphones will remedy this though because they fit right down in your ear canal and I have read that they cut out a lot of ambient noise.
The screen is great too for viewing photos, lovely colour and clarity, I havent tried the video yet though because I havent got any MP4 videos and I cant be bothered decoding any.
I would like Apple to bring out a gizmo that I can put a memory card into and download photos from a memory card straight into the Ipod for when I am out photographing, preferablly one that will view RAW images.
To summarize, This is a great buy if you like fantastic sounding music, put foam caps over the original Ipod eraphones or buy new ones, preferably the ones that fit right into your ear to cut out loud ambient noise. This is the best thing I have bought for a long time.
Superb machine(s) May 17, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
My last player was a CD Walkman. As it's now 15 years old, and I'm tired of lugging CD's around, I thought it about time for something new. Should I stick with Sony or stick my neck out and crunch on an Apple? Well I bought both...this iPod and also the Sony NWZ-A828K 8gig. My overwhelming opinion is that, first and foremost, they are both incredible machines. Buy either (similar price at Amazon) and you will be thoroughly delighted. The sound and pictures on both are sublime (Apple earphones very average so I use the excellent Sony with both players). I'm looking forward to many years' audiovisual pleasure with these. If I had to choose? The Apple....first and foremost it has ten times the memory....films,telly and music vids are all simple to rip (from my Sony HDD recorder) and load on the Apple, and with so much memory even films hardly register on the guage! I think a 2hr film goes on at 500mb....amazing picures and sound too! ipod user interface is better too, wheel and menus are intuitive and a pleasure to use. iTunes tries to lock you in a little (only 1 PC allowed) but it's slick and speedy to use and synching is rapid. DRM (protected) iTunes (ie most of them) won't play on anything else so if you want to put them on another machine you'll have to burn and rip them. It will play Mp3 and will convert non-DRM WMA tunes.
Wonderful! September 13, 2007
169 out of 187 found this review helpful
I am at a loss of words. This is truly the best bang for your buck from the entire iPod range.
80GB for 159? Apple must be kidding us! The 30GB video iPod (5th generation) was that "costly" just a month ago! And now, they offer a device with 3x the storage capacity and overall just better:
So the predecessor was faulty and these were the negative feedback it received:
-battery life too short
-too little storage
-screen isn't bright and vivid enough
-the display menu is boring compared to the iPhone
-it's fat!
-too costly!!!
-(and most of all) the surface scratches way too easily!
Apple fixed ALL of that through the release of the iPod Classic:
-24h battery life (5h for video)
-storage now extended to 80 or 160 GB
-screen now brighter and clearer
-iPhone's unique Coverflow is adapted to the new iPod Classic, as well as the "album cover art drift" and search function
-it's thinner now!
-much cheaper for what you get!
-and last but certainly not least: the aluminium finish is ideal to make your iPod immune to scratches!
One important feature is the fact that with 80GB, you can make backups of all your personal data on your Pc, as well as upload almost all of the songs, photos and videos you possess without having to think about GB-shortage.
The iPod nano and iPod touch are also quite seductive, but in the end, it's the Giga Bytes that count. And the fact that you get 80GB for 159, while you have to pay 269 for only 16GB is insane!
So let me get this straight: you pay EXTRA money AND receive less GBs? And what for? Touch-screen and Wifi? Oh please. It'll turn out to be a huge ripoff after you've gotten used to the cool features.
So I say - stick with the classic and you won't regret it!
All this for less than 160! October 22, 2007
24 out of 26 found this review helpful
I've just got my classic and I'm very impressed!
As soon as I connected it the software was updated so I'm guessing this fixed the bugs mentioned by others, as the transfer speed was far better than my old gen 4 ipod.
The case is very slick looking in the matt black and the large screen is superb.
Not convinced by coverflow yet as there are many gaps where I have single tracks I haven't bothered to apply artwork to.
For the money I really couldn't be happier. 80gb of storage is insane so god knows who needs the 160 version!
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