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I have had my Kobo Forma in my hands since March 1st so I figured I may as well add my thoughts about the screen.
For screen flickering I can get my iPhone to see the flickering in slow mo like others here. But after much use of the Forma the flickering for me is nowhere near slow enough even at the lowest brightness to cause me any problems. Even performing the old trick of waving your hand in the light does not produce a flickering effect for me so the screen flickering is far too fast for my eyes unlike a lot of those LED light bulbs that can be purchased at stores that you can see the flickering by slowly waving your hand in the light.
For screen uniformity at a high brightness there is a brighter side on the side with the buttons but I use mine at 15% and is not noticeable at that brightness. Even my Kindle Oasis has this but not as bad.
If I had two things to complain about something on the build quality I would say I would have rather preferred a matte plastic or metal feel over the rubberized feel. I have bad experiences with rubberized coatings going off and becoming sticky over time but do not know if this one will do it. If not then the coating is fine. The second thing would be the power button not being clicky but I think it was done that way to prevent accidental presses. Mine has no click at all so I do not know when it is pressed until something happens.
As for battery life it destroys my Kindle Oasis. I was charging my Kindle every week with WiFi off. The Forma is at about a 70% charge after two weeks with WiFi left on.
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