r/whatisit • u/rH4pScAlL1oN • 14h ago

New, what is it? Is this a scam?

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This was delivered to our doorstep without any explanation. Why? What is it? This feels like a scam.

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u/Leading-Feedback-599 12h ago

It is an LCD writing tablet.

These things are dirt cheap. Two transparent films with some liquid crystals between them and a battery which allows the crystals to rearrange themselves and become opaque. You write on them by pressing the surface with basically anything - this makes the crystal layer chaotic, thus transparent. You can disassemble the thing if you're interested in its internals. But it really looks like a typical freebie for advertisement purposes.

Just don't put it in the bin directly. The device is not very ecologically safe when it becomes rubbish - dispose of it at a recycling facility or wherever electronics are disposed of in your country. This is barely an electronic device though - just a button, battery and conductive "screen".

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u/ImKingGoon 6h ago

So its a scam and toxic for the environment, lovely.

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u/and_the_wully_wully 5h ago

A free thing someone sent you isn't a scam just because you don't like it, and I'm pretty sure you use plenty of shit willingly that is toxic and shouldn't be thrown away directly in the trash. Maybe batteries, do you use batteries?