All the other plans for the evening aside, time to focus on what's really important
Here are some more pictures for you.
Side by side with M96. i86 shows slightly less area of the website. Neither M96's pen (left) nor my fatter pen for capacitive screens from a pound shop (right) nor a toothbrush work with the infrared touch sensors of i86. I'm puzzled how easily my pinky gets detected and the fat stylus not at all...
Detail reproduction. Just look at Taylor's hair, enough said, i86 rocks. It also has an option for adjusting contrast wherever you happen to be which sticks for the entire session from what I can tell but gets cleared after powering the device off.
Not exactly Apple quality... No, this is not where the microSD socket is... The idea was to remove the rubbery buttons of M92/M96 and replace them with invisible ones. Unfortunately their covering bulges out and apart from not looking great at a closer inspection it also rubs against the edge when the button gets depressed making this delayed clicky sound. Fortunately you can swipe to turn pages. The round button below Boox label works flawlessly though and I wish the < and > buttons were like it. It works as 'back' or 'backlight on/off' on long press. The power button is quite swanky too but this obviously offers little comfort in this case.
The UI looks and feels pretty much like in M96 with some extra options such as an icon for setting the brightness of the backlight, the aforementioned contrast slider or the volume/page turn toggle icon in the top bar.