Thread: Kindle Owner concerned about my new Iliad
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Old 03-03-2008, 06:38 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by JimBob1971 View Post
I dropped a Nokia N95 phone slap bang onto the Iliad's screen from about 3 feet about 30 mins after first opening the Iliad's box! After retrieving my heart from my mouth I was delighted to find the screen didn't have a mark on it!
The screen is hard plastic, and quite difficult to scratch. The delicate part is the glass substrate (the actual "eInk" part) which lies under the plastic. If a shock gets transmitted through to that, it can quite easily fracture. That's what you've got to be wary of.
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