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Originally Posted by haydnfan
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Originally Posted by HarryT
I imagine that every other device with an IR touchscreen (which is most current readers) uses the same depth of bezel.
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Which is wrong, the Kobo and Nook have shallower bezels. The Kobo's bezel is just slightly deeper than the Kindle 4 (no touch) which proves that the IR does not need that much depth to work. |
How did you measure that? Carpenters feel with their fingertips to see if two surfaces are flush together, which is MUCH more accurate than using your eyes.
I placed a stack of two dimes ($0.10USD each coin) on my eink screens next to the bezels, and using my sense of touch,
the Nook Simple Touch and the Kindle Touch both have exactly (within my sensory limits) the same bezel height as a stack of two dimes. It is not surprising that both the Nook and Kindle have the same bezel height, because they both use the same zforce touchscreen device.
If the Kobo uses the same IR touchscreen as the Nook and Kindle, it would need to have the same bezel height as the Nook and Kindle. But if it uses a capacitive touchscreen, it does not need any measurable extra height. I do not have access to a Kobo Touch to examine or measure so I will just compare the Nook and Kindle that you said are different.
I really am interested in what methods you used to determine your faulty concusion. 