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Originally Posted by HarryT
You say that as though it were a bad thing  . Modern high-density plastics are just as good a constructional material as metal and better in some ways - eg they're a lot better at dispersing energy in the event of an impact (which is why modern cars have plastic bumpers). An eBook reader in a plastic case has a better chance of surviving an impact than one in a metal case. |
Considering that the biggest danger to e-book readers is torque and screen impacts, energy dissipation is completely unimportant to survivability.