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Originally Posted by ottischwenk
The flush has no effect, but each layer reduces the contrast and sharpness somewhat - including the Wacom layer.
In addition, backlighting is impossible with EInk because the EInk layer is opaque - it is frontlight. The light shines through a layer of light guide from above onto the EInk display and you can see what is reflected.
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I'm aware of the layers reducing the visibility of the e-ink layers. However, the wacom layer is underneath the e-ink (according to the description on Onyx's site) and thus shouldn't have an effect on screen clarity. Therefore, it should have the same layers as my Hisense A5 Pro, which is a capacitative touch layer + glass screen. The Hisense looks sharp enough, though. The difference I've been able to spot is that the shadows around the screen edges are deeper on the Nova 3 compared to the Hisense.
Neither of the above looks as good as my Paperwhite 3. The difference is that the Kindle has a sunken screen with no glass layer.
I'm not the only one to notice that flush screens seem to make the text less clear:
https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/20...ers-overrated/
On the other hand, in comparison reviews between the Paperwhite 3 and Voyage, many seem to prefer the latter and it has a flush screen:
https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/20...-review-video/
Whereas the Paperwhite 3 is held in higher regard than Paperwhite 4 when it comes to screen clarity.
Obviously, the flush screen in and of itself doesn't lower the clarity (at least not to problematic levels). My guess is that both the material used and the distance to the actual e-ink layer has a significant impact on the end result.