In response to complaints about dark screens on the new Apple iPod Touch the company admitted last week that some of the screens that left manufacturing facilities were defective, and Apple is looking for a way to remedy the situation.

According to reports from various blogs and Apples own iPod Touch discussion board, the screens on the new 16GB iPods from various weeks of production have a darker than normal display, and with some darker video scenes are almost unwatchable. Since these issues weren’t as notable with the original iPhone it brings up suspicions that the new Touches were designed with a possibly inferior, or at least different, display than the iPhone.

According to Walt Mossberg’s report on the new iPod, “[S]some early iPod Touch units have had defective screens, where images appeared too dark,” the Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg revealed in his own review of the player published Thursday. “Apple says this problem affected a small number of units and is being remedied.” His review unit did not have a display problem, however he did notice a battery life that was not up to snuff with Apple’s specs. Could there be a correlation there?

It’s unknown at this point just how many of the iPod Touches are actually affected with the dark display problem or what Apple’s plan is to remedy the situation. Hopefully it won’t be another $100 credit.

Source: AppleInsider