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Scion, I don't see how weight should scale with size that directly. Most of the electronics to drive the device could even be made smaller and lighter (or remain the same). So we're talking about the bezel, plastic back, and glass screen growing in size. It should add a quite small proportion weight compared to actual area increase. The "guts" don't have to scale equally.
I'm sure Sony had a design goal of "x" weight at a given price. I was given to understand that the limiting factor on size remains the E-ink screen itself. Only a few sizes are mass manufactured. The 900 is an oddball. If they widened the screen an inch I'll bet they could keep the weight identical. Added cost? Maybe not, if they produced and sold higher volume.
I tried landscape mode. Don't like it. Not sure why but it feels like less total text displayed than in portrait mode and doesn't feel right in my hand.
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