I have a PW1 and a PW2. In the past I had another one of each but without 3G which are now being used by friends. I live in a retirement home with a number of Paperwhite users. I've yet to see my first dead pixel on any ereader.
I've also had quite a few other Kindles and Kobos and Nook e-ink readers as have many of my neighbors. Still no dead pixels.
They happen and when something happens now and then you're liable to run into two of them. The odds are in favor of that occasionally happening. But I don't think it's at all common.
In all the many Kindles I've had and dealt with the only problem I've ever seen was when a Basic Kindle of about 2 years ago was returned to me by a friend with a scratched screen. Even though it was obviously user error Amazon cheerfully replaced it for me under warranty.
These things are good. So is Amazon.
Barry
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