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Originally Posted by Anarel
It is the new e-ink generation, Pearl, at a contrast ratio of 10:1, as opposed to the previous Vizplex generation's 6:1.
The Graphite body could help even further, but optical illusion only goes so far. It's all in the screen.
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I agree. I did a bit of a comparison with the Opus (mine is a colour one, and it has a black border around the screen, so we're more or less even with the optical illusion question). The Opus had always pleasantly surprised me with the sharpness and clearness of visualisation, but its contrast is definitely less marked than the Kindle's.
As for the dropping: well, it's always the same question. The chassis is one thing, the screen- or more the glass substrate- is another. It would be easier to broke the latter with a pression/force coming from the front (the back is usually sturdier) than from the sides, which is more what an usual drop would do. (Not a great drop, nor an impale-the-screen drop!)