yeah...if 1 can fail, then technically it is possible that 26 in a row could fail. it's just that the statistical chance of that happening are so infinitesimally low that it's essentially impossible. what is FAR more likely it nit-pickery...
that being said, i think most people are reasonable. if i bought one and there was some discolouration on the screen or physical defects you'd better believe i'd return it as many times as i had to until either i got an adequate device or i got sick of trying and gave up. i just think most people's limit is FAR sooner than 24 returns.
my problem with people criticizing the QA, or lack there of, is that it's silly. they've sold 170 million of these things. if they were to spend even one second more on ever device than they already do then that would be just under 5.5 YEARS of time...and since time is money, who do you think picks up those costs? us the consumer. Otherwise the quality of the consumable goes down. QA works by taking samples of batch and testing them. each company decides what the specifications to be tested are and what their required minimums are before they'll ship. no company has 100% perfect devices and like i said before, i think Apple's generous 14-day no questions asked return policy is a sign of confidence in their product rather than any sort of insidious ploy to get us to do their QA for them
