Or rather, how much money did they lose on every Vita sold is the true question lol.

I think the yield for a perfect screen was not too high. I got a Vita and decided to get a backup screen from Aliexpress for $10. There are a lot of these “new” screens, and they all have some kind of defect. The one I got has 1 dead subpixel that’s not really noticeable in a game, so I just kept it as backup.

Yes SSD SMART data can be reset. I wouldn’t buy used SSDs as they’re more risky than HDD since they have finite amounts of write before failure.