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Old 10-08-2013, 08:28 PM   #880
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Originally Posted by strindberg View Post
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Seriously though, a one in ten chance of a faulty unit is absolutely horrible for a company manufacturing electronics; I doubt even Apple could survive such a huge number of duds.
I agree with this for the electronics. A 90% yield is not acceptable for modern electronics manufacturing.

However, this conversation is about the screen which may have a very different yield profile and greater manufacturing variation.
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