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Old 09-21-2015, 10:57 PM   #33
davidfor
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Originally Posted by Sonist View Post
I am happy that you are easily entertained. But why do some people feel that they have to defend their device of choice to such lengths?
But, isn't that exactly what you are doing? At the moment, it feels like that every time someone asks "Should I buy a Kobo?", you pop in and say they are crap and will break. Fine, you are giving your experience. But, it feels like you are pushing this to far. Part of the problem is that your experience, three out of four device failed, is not representative. Because of the failures you have seen, you like to point out how many reports of failed Kobos there are. Great, there are a lot, but there are also plenty of reports for Kindles, Sony's and other devices. It's impossible for us to how typical this is (for any of the brands) as we don't know how many have been sold. And we also don't know how many have actually broken. But, for Kobo at least, there is no way that it is 75%. If it was, Kobo wouldn't exist. And there would be a LOT more reports.

And from my experience having bought 10 Kobo ereader for myself and other family members. Plus there a few more bought by friends after seeing whichever Kobo I had at the time. I have only seen one broken screen. And it was a due to something being dropped on it. I have seen no failures like you described, spontaneous with no outside cause. I have seen these devices dropped and had things put on them. And several times I have pulled my sons out from under him when rolled onto it when sleeping. And our cats seem to think they are good places to sit (when they can't find a warm laptop to sit on).

As you are expressing your opinion based on your experience, you shouldn't be surprised when someone else states their opinion based on their experience.
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