Beneath is a video exhibiting somebody destroying a Kindle Colorsoft, and it’s one of the crucial attention-grabbing and informative Kindle movies I’ve ever seen.
First off, I can’t imagine how a lot abuse the Kindle Colorsoft can take. Amazon’s engineers deserve some credit score for the sturdy design, particularly contemplating the truth that E Ink screens are identified for being extraordinarily fragile.
He deliberately tried cracking the display by bending the Kindle in numerous instructions, however the display wouldn’t give, regardless that there was a great quantity of flex. I don’t understand how that’s attainable. E Ink screens are alleged to crack when dealt with like that. It makes you surprise if the display is made with a plastic substrate as a substitute of glass like regular, however Amazon actually would’ve talked about a element like that, proper?
Some issues aren’t so nice, although, just like the iffy “waterproofing” across the USB port and the plastic entrance layer that scratches pretty simply.
The video isn’t nearly destroying a Kindle; there are some closeups of the E Ink display utilizing a microscope to point out how the colour grid layer works, and that’s fairly attention-grabbing too, particularly should you’re new to paint E Ink and haven’t seen the way it works earlier than.
The best a part of the video is when he peels the colour filter layer away from the entrance of the display; I’ve at all times wished to attempt that, and the outcomes should not disappointing.
You’ll be able to inform the dismantler isn’t a Kindle knowledgeable as a result of a number of particulars talked about within the video aren’t totally correct, but it surely’s an informative video nonetheless.
On a facet word, I don’t see the slightest trace of a yellow band on the backside of the display on the Colorsoft within the video. It’s a disgrace such a pleasant specimen acquired destroyed, however at the very least it was for scientific functions.
Kindle Colorsoft Teardown
