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There were a lot more people who bought the K3 then bought the K1 and the K2. I would expect an increase in problems because of the larger number of units sold. Also, the K2 had serious screen problems when it was first released. Many folks were returning them because of these problems. Once they got that issue worked out, K2 returns dropped. It would be more informative to know the percentage of people reporting problems for each device because the anecdotal stories are going to increase as the sales of the device increase.
I have bounced by K1, K3, and DXG and have had ni problems. I keep them all in cases and the cases closed when I am not reading. My K1 landed outside a case on the edge and was fine. Sometimes it is a matter of the angle that the device hits.
Four broken screens sounds like some one is inadvertently putting too much pressure on a part of the screen and breaking the substrata. It has happened to more then one person and for the most part it is unintentional. Pressure in a backpack, a pet walking over the screen, putting a book on top of the device, something silly. It happened with K1s and K2s.
Finally, Amazon has been great about replacing Kindles with broken screens even though they don't have to. They would rather you have a Kindle, increasing the liklihood that you buy Kindle Books, then not. So while they are not obligated to replace broken screens they do so more often then not.
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