You think this will be covered by warranty?

[Galaki]

RolStoppable said:

Mr Khan said:
I can see lines of dirt from the lower edge on my upper screen, but i just checked and they're not scratches

Should've gotten the blue model though. Black is smudged as all hell...

I have come to believe that it's not a general flaw in design, otherwise there would have been a huge uproar over this on the internet. It's probably similar to the DS Lite where a minority of units initially had problems with their hinges, so in other words there are only some 3DSes that have their hinges not aligned properly, causing the upper screen to get scratched by the grid of the lower screen. I checked my 3DS again and it's actually just the left side of the upper screen that has a vertical scratch while the right side is clean.

Yup, and due to the screen being so shiny/glossy, it's easy to see any dirt accumulated, even if not a scratch, which will be in-your-face obivious.

There's no way you can see-with-naked-eyes how much the bottom screen is off, thought. The top screen will tell you, just that.

So, even if the ridges don't scratch your screen, you'll still see lines of dirt from your dirty hands rubbing the bottom screen.

I think it's time they design their console to be played with 1 hand.

 

OT: call Nintendo and see what they can do. Make sure you remind them you're eligible for ambassidor program if they are replacing your console :)