I choose that wording with the rather "fresh" confusion in mind that came up recently with people speculating about needing specific cables for specific versions of the Pandora. I did not intend to get into details - but if I did I would have told sheer poppycock so thanks (to ED too, of course) for getting proactive before I could spread wrong information.
But no pressure
Only one on my first batch Pandora broke so far, That cable was much more fragile that the later ones. My two other Pandori never developed an issue. My First Batch unit LCD cable was repaired over 3 1/2 years ago. My Rebirth is over 3 years old and my 1Ghz unit Is over 2 years old and none so far has shown signs of LCD cable wearing out.
Define "often".In the beginning they had a very high failure rate, something like 40% or so. This is vastly improved, a properly installed cable only has about a 5% failure rate, I think I remember. So things fail, as things do, and it could stand to be lower, but it's not "a lot". Odds are you won't have to worry about it.
Well, I think I need to clarify something. I have three Pandoras and I also have 4 extra LCD cables. I broke all of them myself because I constantly tinker with them - open them up and hack stuff. My first GHz pandora is 3-year old now and still with the cable it first came with, and it travels with me everyday. So, it depends greatly on you use it. But it is always good to have some LCD cables reserved. I also stock a bunch of cases and parts because I know once PYRA is out, these will be hard to come by.
I used mine _intensively_ for the last 2 years (that is, almost every day). And the purple screen of death appeared... then, a month later, it was permanent. One month of using it like that, it started working again, and I dare not close the lid... nor travel with it.
Well mine did initially last for a few years without problems, but then I got the weird colored screen, sent it back to Germany for repairs, and then I only had it for a month or two before the problems came back, worse then before. Now it either shows messed up colors or the screen completely turns off based on how much it's opened.
