[Swordmaker]

Note that Amazon does not ever publish sales numbers for the Tablets, so any market share data is purely speculative and includes low end $50 and below (Amazon was selling some Kindle tablets for as low as $40) that are unlikely to even be repaired. In addition, Amazon has a 100% exchange warranty for the first year. . . in Europe that is a full two year free exchange warranty. Amazon contracts with SquareTrade Repair for their extended repair services for their devices. Ergo, it is highly unlikely that any Kindle tablets would EVER be sent to RescueMe-PC. Frankly, very few Amazon Kindle tablets in comparison to their market share would ever show up at this obscure repair company to even be counted.

RCA as #2: According to Statista which works with accurate historical data, the last time RCA showed any significant market share in the world wide Tablet Market, was in the last quarter of 2014 at 4.9%, when they essentially dropped out of the market and cleaned out their inventory of Android tablets. The only other time RCA even made a blip was in the 3rd Quarter of 2013 at 1.8%. Some are still available, but they are counted among the mass of "Others." It is highly unlikely that RescueMe-PC's statistics are accurately reflecting the number of repaired RCA tablets to a real market share when they report a completely fictional and mythical market share of 5% that is higher than that of tablets from Acer, LG, Microsoft, and Toshiba, for a defunct tablet brand that never really hit that percentage and only approached it once at a highly discounted price during a close out over a year ago, and only once before even appeared on the list of name brands with a market percentage of 1.8% in a single quarter!

Finally, we have to come to the same conclusion about Apple product's repair rate with this company. Apple maintains it's own repair system and warranty system that does NOT include RescueMe-PC. Anyone who knows anything would call 1-800-myApple, or go to the nearest Apple store, where they are likely to get free service. They are certainly not going to call these RescueMe-PC bozos.

Comment by Swordmaker

[This_far]

...rates the Kindle as the most trouble-free device.

I still go with ... book

[Swordmaker]

A very suspect product reliability report from RescueMe-PC based on what they claim is their experience repairing various electronic devices divided by their market share they seem to have pulled out of someone's rear end. Very questionable data considering their conclusions putting RCA tablets discontinued in 2014 in the #2 place for 2015 with a claimed 5% market share — where? What market? And Amazon Kindle tablets in #1 with a repair rate of 0.09% with a 10% market share, yet Amazon doesn't publish sales numbers. . . and includes $40 Kindle tablets which are unlikely to be repaired, plus Amazon does free exchanges instead of repairs for defective or non-working tablets. — PING!

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[Jonty30]

If you’re using a tablet, you’re not going to be a power user and push a tablet to its limits. The most you can do with a tablet is watch a movie or do some internet surfing.

[smokingfrog]

There are a lot of older Kindles out there that don’t do much of anything else besides being used to download and read books. They don’t even have a touch screen. I certainly wouldn’t put them in the same category as a tablet computer like a Galaxy or iPad.

[TheBattman]

Never mind that RCA tablets generally get pretty horrible reviews...

Have owned a few and every one has stunk - one was replaced under warranty, the other’s purchase price was refunded by the tack-on warranty company when they deemed it not worth repairing.