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Originally Posted by Fortissimo
Really? Then this should hardly ever break or crack. I assumed the screens were made of glass due to the incessant reports of broken screens and the like. Would you know what the Sony reader screens are made from?
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I'm not sure I'd describe it as 'thick' plastic, but you can certainly clean the front of a kindle screen without much worry.
It's the backplane of the screen that's make of glass. And yes, that can shatter just like all other current E Ink screens.
There have been some plans to create an e-ink screen using a plastic substrate, but I don't think anyone's gone to mass production yet.