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Originally Posted by wallcraft
A large fraction of the hardware costs are the e-paper screen, so the relatively low cost is presumably from SiPix being cheaper than EInk. Jinke's designs have not been cutting edge, but the component and build quality of the existing V3 and V5 is very good.
One issue for the A9 will be the potential for broken screens, because they are using a glass substrate. This can be mitigated by a good case design. We don't yet know how susceptible to breaking these new screens will be.
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thanks for clarification.
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Originally Posted by wallcraft
The Microcup film is definitely plastic, and their web site does say: "The electronic paper is laminated on a rigid or flexible matrix-patterned backplane". So the backplane might be plastic. If so, this is another plus for SiPix. |
This is all very confusing.
The Lbook's owner
said that "no one has plastic so far".