Thread: Libra 2 Kobo Libra 2 first impressions
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Old 11-08-2021, 04:41 AM   #239
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Originally Posted by Almamida View Post
Don’t get the wrong impression based on this comment. The Forma was unique and weighted less than it should have normally have. It uses a screen with plastic substrate that allowed it to be super light. The Libra is more in the norm of what we’re used with ereaders.
From the eink website, a Carta 1200 8" flexiable screen weighs 28g. A Carta 7.8 Glass screen weighs 37g. So a difference of 9g.

A Kobo Sage weighs 240g. A Forma 197g. So a difference of 43 grams.

Taking out the 9g, that's 34g. So why the extra 34g, beefing it up for a glass substrate?

And it is interesting that the eink site doesn't list a Carta 1200 8" glass substrate panel? Are we sure that the Sage doesn't have a plastic substrate? They also don't list a 8" mobius panel.
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