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Originally Posted by boswd
so it's still an incomplete data and do you have a source where thousands have confirmed this is a durable device. To my understanding it's not even a year old. Durable at least mean would mean at the very minimum of 2 years of solid use, droppage, etc.
I would say durability usage of the Kindle 1st and second gen. and the nook classic and such are more of a measuring stick. I got my nook classic about 5 months after it's release and it's going strong. Works great.
but the kindle 3 isn't exactly a battle tested device based on only 9 months of it's release.
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Actually, it is not.
Based on the Kindle user's feedback, like here in MobileRead, online, even myself, there are very few issues with Kindle 3 device. This was not the case with other eink readers like Nook Classic which cracked buttons was a well know issue and some wifi problems before 1st firmware upgrade or release (I experienced the wifi issue myself when I had mine)
9 months (I think that's about the time has been out) is enough time to say if the device is good or not, especially when Kindle 3 is an International device, you're reaching much more people, more hands to test, more customers to use it and abuse it.
The Kindle 3 is not a device that will fall apart, that's for sure. You will always find some customers will problems, no way to avoid that, true for all electronics, but on Kindle's case those are a few. And when some serious issues are there, still we have Amazon's customer support which most people agree is better than B&N's one. Amazon customer support is awesome.