Thread: Should I buy V1 or V2
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Old 05-17-2008, 05:29 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by Benji99 View Post
...I understand that software wise, I can make the V1 identical to the V2 and that the differences therefore would only the battery and small modifications to the casing. Oh, the V1s in question don't seem to have any kind of warranty.

My questions is to the users familiar with both versions. Is the 200$ extra for the V2 really worth it in your opinion? Should I be really worried if there's no warranty or do Iliads rarely fail?

Thanks in advance for the help!
Sebastien
There have been people who have had line-outs and other issues that are covered by the warranty, enough to make me think that I personally would want to have the warranty. If it has to go back a couple of times, for example, you'd soon eat up the $200 difference (I think, depending on what is wrong).

If you do decide to go for the one on ebay I recommend making sure you get shell access as soon as possible so that you are able to reflash it yourself if necessary. I see that you are interested in its "interesting possibilities" which implies you'll be doing that anyway, but I just wanted to emphasize this.
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