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E Ink Carta 1400 might be pushed back to 2027
2026-09-12

E Ink's next-generation Carta 1400 e-paper display has been pushed back, with supply-chain sources telling Good e-Reader that mass production won't be ready until late 2027. Partners including Foxconn, Netronix, and Linfiny have received samples for future e-readers. The delay also cascades to the Kaleido 4 and Gallery 4 color e-paper platforms, while rumors point to contrast beyond 20:1, lower latency, and reduced text ghosting.

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E-Ink's Carta 1400 was previously rumored to debut later this year, but supply-chain sources have told Good e-Reader that the tech won't be ready for mass production until later in 2027. E-Ink's largest partners, including Foxconn, which makes the Amazon Kindle; Netronix, which manufactures Kobo and NOOK e-readers; and Linfiny, which focuses on B2B, have received samples of the new screen technology to see how it will fit into future e-readers.

E-Ink still has no Carta 1300 white papers or product listings on its own website, and the tech has been part of mainstream Kindle and Kobo e-readers for years. No information explains what Carta 1400 will bring to the table. Rumors suggest it will push the standard optical contrast ratio past 20:1 for crisp text. Lower latency will make page turning, scrolling, and handwriting feel much closer to an iPad or paper note. Higher contrast ratios deliver crisp, “truer” blacks and ultra-bright whites to maximize outdoor and low-light readability. Refined waveform technology to drastically minimize text ghosting and the dramatic “black flash” associated with full e-ink screen refreshes.

E INK Carta 1300 was known as an incremental, generation-on-generation refinement of Carta 1200. While Carta 1200 was a massive, ground-up architectural overhaul that introduced significantly faster refresh speeds to the e-paper industry, Carta 1300 builds on that same foundation to deliver slightly better contrast metrics and lower latency.

The delay of Carta 1400 will cascade to Kaleido 4 and Gallery 4, which are in the prototyping stage. This color E-INK technology will not come out until Carta 1400 is used in e-readers such as the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite and other black-and-white e-paper e-readers of the future.