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Old 10-26-2014, 10:05 PM   #560
Drew0020
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Originally Posted by jswinden View Post
My guess is that at the most each Kindle gets powered ON to make sure it works, but I doubt they would examine each unit's screen. Perhaps they test one out of every so many, say 1 per 1000, but I doubt it. That would take too long, cost too much, and be subjective anyway. Amazon probably finds it less expensive to gamble on quality and replace the units people complain about. I'm pretty sure most of the returned ones will wind up being sold as refurbs even though I doubt they do anything to them other than make sue it powers up and then repackage it.
I understand but when the final design is signed off on I'm guessing Jeff Bezos sees a Kindle that is almost 90% white? I just don't get it. I mean $200 isn't a lot of money but for an e-ink screen it's a hell of a lot of money. I'd gladly pay whatever the cost for a Voyage with a 90-95% white screen. It's just unbelievable to me.

I'd never let my company ship such a shoddy product even though the vast majority of consumers might not notice the shitty quality. Just baffles my mind...

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