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alanine · 06-14-2009, 01:28 PM

A few days ago, my wife was reading some novel using my iLiad, and she noticed a thin, white, vertical line appeared out of no where after a few page turn. I looked it over, yeap, the screen was cracked.

It didn't bother too much though because otherwise the iLiad is still useable, well, until today. I noticed the cracked line became thicker than before.

This is worrysome. I bought my iLiad back in late 2007, so the warranty is already over. The crack wasn't due to impact or drop or anything like that, it just appeared in the middle of a reading, all of a sudden.

My question is, will the screen degrade gradually and become completely unusable? Does anyone have any experience on situations like this?

Actually the incident had me wonder if my investment in e-ink devices is unwise. I was looking over Kindle DX the other day, but now I'm scared if such is the common quality of e-ink screen.

06-14-2009, 01:28 PM	#1
alanine Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 399 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: iLiad v2	will my screen crack further? A few days ago, my wife was reading some novel using my iLiad, and she noticed a thin, white, vertical line appeared out of no where after a few page turn. I looked it over, yeap, the screen was cracked. It didn't bother too much though because otherwise the iLiad is still useable, well, until today. I noticed the cracked line became thicker than before. This is worrysome. I bought my iLiad back in late 2007, so the warranty is already over. The crack wasn't due to impact or drop or anything like that, it just appeared in the middle of a reading, all of a sudden. My question is, will the screen degrade gradually and become completely unusable? Does anyone have any experience on situations like this? Actually the incident had me wonder if my investment in e-ink devices is unwise. I was looking over Kindle DX the other day, but now I'm scared if such is the common quality of e-ink screen.