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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib
There were also reported problems (and a thread here) about the plastic developing cracks near the bottom of the screen.
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And some units crashing with the covers (some grounding problem with the connectors perhaps), although I've never seen that.
Sure, Kindle 3 had its niggles, but overall it was a really, really balanced product. After that Amazon split the product family eventually three-ways and to get, today, what you got in Kindle 3, you have to choose between $69 Kindle, Paperwhite and the Fire (for audio books), neither really as complete, as no-compromises e-reader as the Kindle 3 was. Maybe the PW can eventually get there once they sort out its niggles, and the Touch was pretty good, but still I feel like as a fan of Kindle, my purchasing decisions have been harder since the fourth generation - and not just because there is more choice, but because Amazon chose to make new and different compromises in various models.