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Originally Posted by gargoyle67
Well I canceled my online order and picked one up in the WHSmiths store, got home fired it up and found I had a couple of black dots on the screen  Don't know if there were dust particles trapped under the plastic top screen or something else. I took the Aura back and got a replacement that looked ok in store (no back dots) got home and noticed two light leakage dots when the screen went to a black screen  So took that one back and had to get a refund as they only had the two in stock, prob not a bad thing considering the QC on these things  |
Yesterday I posted that I tried 4 x Kobo Aura's in WHS and they had white spots.
Today I went to another WHS that had them in stock. I checked it out before buying and it looked good, but soon afterwards found 2 x white spots and one dark spot.
The dark spots is like a stuck pixel, but it's stuck at about 50% grey and so isn't really noticeable with the ghosting between pages.
The white spots - one is right at the edge, almost under the black border. I don't mind it at all as it's a bit of a quirk. The other is almost in the center - but it's very small and only noticeable when you look for it.
For the moment I'm holding on to this one to see whether I can live with the spots - eg, whether I find them noticeable when reading in bed. As this is the 5th Aura I've tried and all had spots, and as you've had the same experience as me, I don't think getting another from WHS will help.
One reason I'm seeing whether I can live with it is because the rest of the lighting is so good. I gave my wife my Paperwhite because I hated the patchy lighting so much - see the photo comparing with the Paperwhite. If I want a 6" reader at the moment, it's probably got the best light.
Here are two photo links:
1. Paperwhite vs Aura, both at max settings. See how much better the Aura is:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...2021.31.26.jpg
2. Ghosting on the Aura.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...2013.20.40.jpg
Re the Ghosting - I tried a Simpletouch once and the Ghosting was horrible. On the Aura it doesn't bother me.