Thread: Frozen E-Ink? Is this true?
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Old 01-24-2011, 10:43 PM   #8
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From wiki: E Ink Display
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Operating Temperature Range: 0 — 50 C (32 — 122 F)
Storage Temperature Range: -27 — 70 C (-17 — 158 F)
If you left it in your car overnight at 40 below (in Alaska, say) and then turned it on before warming it up first I guess bad things might happen.

In previous discussions the betting was that the battery would have more problems from severe cold than the screen.
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