To be honest though, I somehow missed the display issue.

Fishy? Not in the least. I take it you've never delivered a product of any kind that required more than a few parts from different vendors and/or working with an ODM that might source different parts from different vendors.

It's not like when Steve Jobs responded to "antennaegate" with "You're holding it wrong" - now that was fishy. This is something altogether different.

Allow me to share this much: that's a lot of fault points and some issues might rear their head at any given time despite the best research and intent. Stuff happens. Glad they found any difficulties before they shipped it.

Mind you, I've worked on some complex projects in my lifetime. But even then I cannot say that I've launched something a complex as a handset or tablet. And in most cases, despite best practices, something went wrong outside of my control.