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Originally Posted by jswinden
And the dark, brownish screen issues with the Kindle Touch were never fixed because Amazon never released a Touch 2. Instead they released the PW1 with light. I know the forums always speculate about when to buy a new model that has reported issues, thinking that makes a difference. Or they try to link the issues to a specific factory or distribution warehouse or batch number. But I think the reality is that the issues, if hardware related, tend to stick around all year and if it gets fixed it is only fixed in the subsequent year model. It might be inconsistent manufacturing processes, unreliable parts suppliers, very poor QC, or who knows what, but whether you get a good one, a bad one, or something in between seems to be totally random and luck (good or bad).
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I honestly think, Jack - and this is absolutely not meant as a criticism of anyone - that a major factor is simply that some people are more critical of these things than others. I've been perfectly happy with the screens of all my Kindles, and when people were posting pictures of their "terrible" PW1 screens, most of those looked just fine to me, too. Obviously things like pinpricks are a genuine manufacturing defect, but factors like the hue of the screen are very much a matter of personal preference. As I've said before, my PW2 has a distinctly yellow tint to its frontlight, something which I know others regard as a "defect", but I like the warmer tint to the screen.