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Originally Posted by Yolina
Replacement has just arrived, it is so much better 
No pink whatsoever, a very faint green area which I can only barely notice in the dark if the light is on high. Contrast is really good on this one too.
There is still a very small amount of light bleed on the bottom left-hand side, but nothing compared to the one before.
I am happy with my PW 
Thank you to all who have wished me luck in getting a good one 
Edit: and the cherry on the cake is that it's on 5.3.1 so I can jailbreak without having to downgrade the firmware fist. WiFi staying firmly off for now |
Good to hear you're happy now.
Don't return the Kindle to try and get one without bleeding in the lower left. I've now seen 5 Paperwhites in person beside my own, and they all have the same bleeding. You will notice it more or less depending on your reading circumstances and light setting.
Why should you leave Wifi off? I hope Amazon will not just decide to suddenly update and reboot your Kindle without you giving permission? If that would happen, I'd be *majorily* annoyed, and could lead to me selling the device after unbricking it.
I hate it when manufacturers mess with my stuff (software, hardware) and update it without at least notifying me.
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Originally Posted by sparklemotion
On a side note, at one point I had 3 PW's side by side: A 501, 502, and a 603 and they all looked vastly different. Not just a little different, but hugely different. Some more pink, some more blue, some much brighter. Crazy.
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Crazy? No, it's probably checked only one in so many (one per batch of 100 or 1000 or so) for good quality during mass production. That's why. Somewhere, the cheapness of current day ereaders has to be achieved, and as with most products, it will be build quality and/or quality control.