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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
I'd jump at one with a flexible display. I don't mean foldable, I don't need a foldable display. All I want is a screen that can flex without breaking. This would eliminate the fragility of the screen and have an extra benefit of reducing the weight. If the screen can flex, you don't need the hardware to keep the screen from bending.
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The technology for this, eInk Mobius, has been around for a while. The problem is that eReaders using this technology have been few and far between to date, and have tended to be either very expensive (the Sony PDF reader), not widely available (the Wexler FlexONE) and/or stuck in pre-production (a 'rugged' eReader whose name I cannot remember).
It seems that although many of us would "jump at one with a flexible display" (myself included), we haven't managed to convince manufacturers that we'd jump high enough, with sufficient cash, to make it worth their while.
It would be interesting to find out the price differentials between eInk's various technologies (Pearl, Carta, Mobius, Fina, whatever-the-Voyage-uses, etc), to find out if this is what's blocking the more advanced technologies from widespread adoption.