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Old 01-14-2015, 06:10 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by Ripplinger View Post
I would think the opposite. The larger the glass, the easier it would seem to flex it and break one of the layers. Phones don't seem to have problems with breaking the glass layer with their smaller footprint.
I don't think you can compare phones and e-ink this way. The glass that's breaking inside the e-ink is literally paper thin (see teardown pics) whereas the glass surface of a phone is reasonably thick. The thickness of a phone screen is going to prevent flexing/bending generally where the e-ink is relying on the other parts of the device to keep anything from happening to it. Tablets have a screen size the same or greater than e-ink and they also don't have breakage issues from general twist/bending due to thicker glass.
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