How Sturdy Is The Pandora?

[Patrick R Ludvigsen]

The right hinge of my onyx DS Lite broke and the screen started breaking off about a few months after my warranty ended, and I was treating it pretty well. Since my DS was mainly used for homebrew/emulator purposes, I think that the Pandora would be a good replacement. But I was wondering how it would hold up in the long run? And if it does break how does the warranty process work?

Thanks for your time.

 

[whiskthecat]

Unfortunately, I will probably be the first to find out, I plan on pre-ordering and I'm pretty clumsy, so I'll let you know.

 

[Chip]

That's kind of an unanswerable question. You can't really tell the long-term reliability of a device until it has been out in the world for a while. Big companies do (at least they should do) HALT testing to see how various components hold up. You can't possibly expect a small group like the Pandora team to shell out for something like that.

I'm sure the designers did everything they could to produce a reliable design, and there's a pretty good chance they succeeded. However, you should be prepared for the small chance of an unknown engineering issue cropping up. That's just the way stuff like this works.

 

[Patrick R Ludvigsen]

Thanks for the quick response; I'll probably be preordering one. Looking forward to it!