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Originally Posted by WaseemAlkurdi
OK, so I'm giving up on the older Kindle. I'm asking about the new, working Kindle Touch. Should I sell it while I can? I want it for the headphone jack + speakers + no need of serial cable. Should I?
Edit: The bell curve can also mean that, say, a Kindle Paperwhite 4 might just decide to die one day after warranty. Isn't that right? So even though a "younger" device is "safer", it isn't definitely, 100% not going to fail. (The one-in-a-million-but-what-if-I-was-that-one-in-a-million stuff)
I do understand the stuff about hardware useful life. But why do:
- reports of working Kindle DX units (for example) in active use exist?
- vintage '90s PDAs still work?
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Some older devices will always keep working long past their expected life span, that does not mean that all will. Just because your friend's Palm Pilot still works doesn't mean that they all do, any more than one person living to over 100 years old means that all people do.
Shari