And to add to the point that cracked Kobo screens are likely not a rarity, here are two posts (out of 15 total) from the
Canadian Best Buy site:
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Very Disappointing
I bought this for my wife for Christmas, and while she loved it, after a month of use the screen broke while sitting overnight on a flat surface inside the sleepcover. Customer service diagnosed it as "physical damage" due to the radiating lines and denied warranty coverage, so I opened it up to take a look and found the cracks radiating from a spot on the edge of the screen behind the bezel. So, either this had some sort of pre-existing defect, or the screen is so flimsy that it can crack from normal use. Even if it had fallen from that spot (which there was no evidence of), it's a two foot fall onto carpet! I won't be buying anything Kobo any time soon.
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Very fragile
There is something wrong with the way its made, as the screen broke and started displaying lines all over the screen, while I was actually reading it. Granted it was a cold day at the bus stop but I have never had any f of older ebook readers do this. I have had one out in a blizzard once and it slowed a little but the screen never acted like this one. So if your looking for an easy way to toss ...bucks away this is the way to do it. I had my device for a little over 1 month before this happened.
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