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I edited my earlier post and did finally see one very faint image of a pin hole in the second image in the lower left. That kind of "problem" would never bother me in reading fonts on a PW 2013.

I believe that eye glasses and surgical corrections improve vision and may allow seeing more pin holes. I wear no glasses, have a large cataract in my right eye which has not been surgically corrected and have macular degeneration in both eyes which can never be surgically corrected. Corrective surgery for cataracts can cause loss of sight for those who also have macular degeneration.

However, I can READ perfectly without glasses and can read street signs at a distance in my car with BOTH eyes. The only effect of the cataract is to make that one eye SLIGHTLY near sighted.

Since medical care in Asia and especially in China is less aggressive than in America, the QC KIDS in China are probably missing almost all the pin holes as I miss them.

Now I understand the huge preponderance of 5 star reviews for the Paperwhite 2013 on Amazon. Those folks probably need their eyes checked and probably need more precise eye glasses or surgery. However, most probably don't bother with it if they can see reasonably well without it.

Maybe eye test charts should have pin holes rather than letters.

The same effect happened on the PW 2012 where most of us didn't perceive the color blotches as noticeable while for some they were very bothersome. Inability to distinguish slight hues made the difference.

@Techiegirl: Are you using your glasses to see the pin holes and, if so, can you see them without your glasses.