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- Screen: 10.3" Kaleido 3 (4,096 colors) glass screen with flat cover-lens. Resolution: B/W: 2480 x 1860 (300 ppi). Color: 1240 x 930 (150 ppi). Touch: BOOX stylus touch (4,096 levels of pressure sensitivity) + capacitive touch. CPU: Octa-core + BSR RAM: 6GB ROM: 64GB Connectivity: Wi-Fi + BT 5.1 Front Light with CTM (Warm and Cold) G-sensor for Auto Rotation
- OS: Android 15 Document Formats: PDF, CAJ, DJVU, CBR, CBZ, EPUB, EPUB3, AZW3, MOBI, TXT, DOC, DOCX, FB2, CHM, RTF, HTML, ZIP, PRC, PPT, PPTX Image Formats: PNG, JPG, BMP, TIFF Audio Formats: WAV, MP3 Supports 3rd-party apps
- Button: Power Button with Fingerprint Recognition USB-C Port (Supports OTG or use as an audio jack) microSD Card Slot Built-in Dual Speakers Built-in Microphone Battery: 3,700mAh Li-ion Polymer Dimensions: 225 x 192 x 5.8 mm (8.9" x 7.6" x 0.23") Weight: Approx. 430 g (15.2 oz)
- Dark, gray, or wrongfully believed low resolution screen : All Eink products used Kaleido 3 color e-ink technology, which currently has inherent limitations and share the same darker or grayer screen than LCD/LED ones. This is a characteristic of all e-ink products, not a defect. If it doesn't meet your expectations, you may return the product under our return policy. However, please note this is not considered a product fault.
- Over 99% of mobile apps are optimized for LCD/OLED screens with: High refresh rate expectations; Color-rich interfaces; Animation-heavy designs; These design choices conflict with E Ink's natural strengths in static content display.Energy Efficiency Trade-off: E Ink relies on electrophoretic particles that physically move to form images, resulting in slower refresh rates, makes it inherently unsuitable for conventional app interfaces designed for always-powered displays. If the buyers are not satisfied, they can apply for return or exchange, but it cannot be regarded as a malfunction.
- Regarding E - INK technology, for B/W spots on the screen, if their diameter does not exceed 0.5mm, they are all regarded as normal. All E - INK products comply with this industry standard. If the buyers are not satisfied, they can apply for return or exchange, but it cannot be regarded as a malfunction.
Brand: BOOX
Model Name: 10.3 cun 5C-01
Display Technology: Electronic Ink
Connectivity Technology: Wi-Fi
Screen Size: 10.3 inches
Memory Storage Capacity: 64 GB
Display resolution: 300 PPI in Black 150 PPI in Color
Included Components: Stylus
Product Dimensions: 9"L x 6"W x 0.2"Th
Item Weight: 0.43 kg
Display Technology: Electronic Ink
Connectivity Technology: Wi-Fi
Screen Size: 10.3 inches
Memory Storage Capacity: 64 GB
Native Resolution: 300 PPI in Black 150 PPI in Color
File Format: AZW3, BMP, CHM, DOC, DOCX, EPUB, EPUB3, FB2, HTML, JPG, MOBI, PNG, RTF, TIFF, TXT
Other Special Features of the Product: E INK
Battery Description: Lithium-Ion Polymer
RAM Memory Installed: 6 GB
Human-Interface Input: Touchscreen with Stylus Support
Item Dimensions L x W x Thickness: 9"L x 6"W x 0.2"Th
Item Weight: 0.43 kg
Brand: BOOX
Model Name: 10.3 cun 5C-01
Built-In Media: Stylus
Manufacturer: BOOX
Number of Items: 1
Model Number: 10.3 cun 5C-01
Mfr Part Number: 10.3 cun 5C-01
Unit Count: 1 Count
Warranty Description: 1-Year non-hardware warranty
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I looked into every viable option for a writing tablet, and I finally landed on this one. This search has taken literal years. I've been working on my "Great American Novel" and had grown weary of using a laptop and keyboard for my writing. but the options to more to electronic writing were either severely limited in their capabilities, or they require a subscription, (some times both) but all the options seemed unreasonably expensive. I'd pretty quickly realized that I wanted an e-ink screen and a large one at that, the BOOX Note Air 5 C, has one of the larger screens available but not the largest, so a little bit of a compromise as I was hoping to get a screen that was a true 8.5 x 11, as it is the BOOX is more than large enough. I realize now that a larger screen device would be kind of cumbersome to use. The BOOX also has a feature I didn't want, it's that little alley of unusable real estate along the left side of the screen, but as it turns out, that area is critical for ease of use because it makes holding the table much easier because there is a natural place for your thumb to rest while you're writing, without it there would have to be a software solution that rejected your thumb placement what could cause strange anomalies. One of the main reasons I selected this tablet was it's lack of a need for a subscription and it's ability to function as an android 15 tablet. It's not an ideal android tablet, but it isn't limited strictly to a writing device and being that it's android it can easily connect to my network storage devices. Some of the available tables don't include a stylus in their base price - which is ridiculous for a writing device - The BOOX includes the writing "pen" and that "pen" includes 4 writing tips (one installed and 3 under the rear cap) so I was able to start writing as soon as I took it out of the box and charged it up. The stylus/pen includes a strong magnet to hold it to the side of the table when it's not being used, there are two magnetic positions, one which is slightly lower on the edge of the device holds the stylus more loosely and doesn't force the stylus to press the volume rocker switch, this position seems to be designed for holding the stylus when you are actually using the tablet. Sliding the stylus up slightly along the edge of the device there is a much stronger magnet holding it in position, In this position the stylus can press the volume down button firmly enough to active it, so it's clearly a storage position. One think to note the stylus should be attached with the writing end pointing toward the volume buttons. This keeps cap end of the stylus from activating the volume buttons accidentally while you're using the tablet. The E-Ink screen is both a blessing and a little bit of a curse, if you're in an environment with enough light, the screen reflects enough light to make writing feel natural. and you don't need the screen light at all. In a completely dark environment you must use the screen light because just like a book or a paper writing pad there is no way to see it in the dark. it's in those "in between lighting condition" environments where there is enough light to write on a paper writing pad, but that light is not enough to use the BOOX without the screen light that can be frustrating. Since the BOOX is a color E-Ink device it reflects less light than a black and white screen would. So you're forced to use the screen light in situations where intuitively you'd think you wouldn't have too, this is actually important because the screen light drains the battery, and battery life is the weakest link for the BOOX, I don't know if it's the fact that the device is running full Android 15 or if it's the digitizer that makes the writing possible, but when used for writing the BOOX seems to burn through the battery fast enough that you can literally watch the battery percentage drop while you're using the device. The "Fuel Economy" is not so bad that you can't get your work done, especially if you're using it like I do, for you own writing tasks, but I do wonder if it would be a good choice for note taking in a college setting where a person might need a solid 7 or 8 hours of battery life to get through a full day, based upon my device it wouldn't make it through even one whole day in that scenario. This leads to charging time, that can be longer than you'd think, the initial charge took several hours (to be fair, the instruction manual said it would take up to 4 hours, so they did a good job managing expectations). If you burn the battery all the way down to 10 or 5% with a long writing session it could be several hours before you're back to 100%. I was pleasantly surprised by how luxurious the BOOX felt when I opened the package, it has a quality look and a density to it that makes it feel solid and well made, the exterior is metal and it's overall elegantly slim it feels good in your hand and it's sturdy and easy to hold for long periods of time. One of the big things for a writing device is the ability to convert that writing to text, here again, the BOOX is one of the few devices that I could determine could do this without needing a internet connection. That text conversion can be used either to convert your document to a text document (which replaces your hand written document with a text document) or it can be used to present a text version of your written document that can be pasted into a text based document (this method does not destroy or replace you written document). As one would expect you can pick different pens and brushes, and different line thickness's and colors. The BOOX has lots of setting that I don't necessarily understand and haven't yet mastered, and one does best to read the detailed user's manual that is included on the tablet, this is especially true if you'll be using it for drawing. One thing to note here is that it does this best if you use the built in writing / drawing app, all of their capability claims are based upon the understanding that you will use the built in apps, this is not a problem in any way, but it's something to keep in mind. For instance, you can download other writing apps, but they do not provide a convincing pencil on paper experience, there is a MASSIVE lag with every writing app I tried, it's so bad that it's distracting and kind of ruins the writing experience. The built in writing app is not like that at all there is no noticeable lag between the pen and "ink", writing feels convincing because the screen has a paper like texture that adds just the right amount of resistance, it even works with the stylus to produce a realistic pencil on paper writing noise. My Tablet was purchased with the included tablet cover, that cover is very nice and looks smart and refined, the cover converts to a stand (both portrait and landscape) and will put the BOOX to sleep mode when the cover is closed. The cover also includes a removable magnetic closure, I didn't initially understand why the closure is fully removable, but it has to do with how the digitizer and stylus work, you do not want the closure to be anywhere near the screen when you are using the stylus, the strong magnetic field created by the closure interferes with the stylus in a way that causes your writing and drawing in the area where the clip is attached to lag and skew oddly, this is not a problem once you understand the reasons and heed the warnings (I got several magnetic field warnings and couldn't understand why I was getting them, then one day during a long writing session I figured it out!). As an Android tablet you can install just about any app from the play store but how well that app plays with the E-Ink screen will vary, Writing apps, Reading apps, and Drawing apps will work fine (with the screen, not necessarily great with the stylus) but streaming apps and games with lots of movement are not a great fit. E-ink is not a great choice for motion (movies, games, etc) this is not a BOOX problem, it's an E-Ink reality. You can watch a video or movie in a pinch but the experience is not satisfying at all (with he exception of cartoons like old looney tunes, which work ok and are enjoyable on the color E-Ink screen) Dark scenes in movies and games are just a black hole with no detail and some games where the scene doesn't look all that dark on a LCD screen will show very dark on the E-Ink screen. This is a little bit of a shame for games especially because the touch and tilt functionality for games like Alphalt 8 or Riptide GP Renegade is actually very good. Another fail would be using the BOOX for maps. My tablet seems to support location but it doesn't follow you and only seems to work for a second or two then stops feeding location data to the apps, I was hoping it would be a unique way to use maps but it didn't work at all. Music apps and bluetooth work well and the BOOX supports adding additional storage via sd cards. there are built in stereo speakers they do a reasonable job but the best experience is to pair the device with a good bluetooth speaker or two, it's a great little platform for music. I think it's best to remember the main purpose of the BOOX, it's an ePaper notebook first and foremost, it's is also a pretty good eReader (visually speaking, the built in book apps aren't optimized for the device (or at least don't seem to be) ) and the kindle app works well enough but it doesn't seem to know it's being used with and E-Ink device so there are some E-Ink related screen issues (around ghosting and refresh) that are distracting to me, but I could see them being deal breakers for others. The newspaper like color of the E-Ink screen is kind of fun and charming with the right kind of content, (comic eBooks and color drawings). I'm glad I found the BOOX, it does exactly what I wanted it to do, it's made it possible for me to actually "write" my book instead of typing it, and it's true that you think differently when you're writing instead of typing. I've actually taken the BOOX to a park and sat in the sun and written pages and pages, the way the screen reflects ambient light works brilliantly for writing outdoors. It's the most reasonably priced device for eWriting that I could find, it has a good size, good writing experience and a subscriptionless usage model that does not rely on the "cloud" for any of it's important basic functions. It feels nice in the hand, and isn't such a niche device that it will be forgotten in a drawer somewhere. I'd buy it again, and I'm enjoying using it.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2026 by NiteForce9
I also have a SuperNote Nomad, so I will be comparing the two products. (If you're wondering, I also gave the other product a 5 star review, because there are reasons you'd choose the Nomad over this product and vice versa.) First off, the 5C was really well executed. The fit and finish as soon as I unboxed it were impressive. It definitely was the product the company intended to build, and their engineering team hit all of their targets. Pros: - color screen: it straddles gimmicky and useful. - Android software: using the Nomad as a point of comparison, it was such a relief that I was able to download Android apps for this product. Other notes: 1. Its default software load is what I'd call awkward. Unlike the Nomad, you don't get a full complement of apps that shows off what the 5C can do out of the box. Their Notes app is custom, works great and shows just a few hints that it was inspired by Supernotes's Notes app. 2. The power button, which I use to turn it on after it goes into sleep mode, is indented a little bit. There isn't much travel to that button, which worries me. About the Nomad. Supernote's claim to fame is its patented screen technology, which allows it to have the best pens. They're right. My first impression of the 5C's stylus was that it felt a lot like pencil on rough paper: a bit scratchy. Supernote runs a custom OS. It comes with a good selection of apps, but you can't add to them much. However, their apps are very well done and tuned to their hardware. In contrast, the 5C leans on its much more powerful processor to pursue the same ends. Because they support Android apps, they are at the mercy of those app developers. OS support -- It has been said that Android tablets have traditionally suffered from the limitation that they can never upgrade their OS. Whether that curse continues with this product, we'll wait and see. In the meantime, the Supernote has upgraded its OS/firmware at least a couple of times since I started using it. Supernote cloud account versus the Boox cloud account -- In order to use the full feature set of your brand new 5C you'd need to have a Boox account. This wasn't entirely pleasant. I wasn't able to find a website on which I could create it with a computer, so I had to create it by pecking at the virtual keyboard on the 5C. (This is especially fun with passwords!) I don't remember Supernote's account creation being hard. Also, you have the option of syncing your notes into the cloud. Whether you create an account or not does not impact how the apps work, outside of syncing. Tablet UI Navigation -- The 5C runs Android, so you have access to the same three buttons as on Android devices. It actually supports a fourth button, because it has the room. If you've used an Android phone, you can picture performing many of the same operations on the tablet. Supernote uses two stripes, which you'd swipe to pop up their compact home screen. Their implementation is so useful. AI and handwriting recognition -- The 5C's notes on their app support multiple layers. With the lasso tool, you can select a rectangle of your handwriting and ask the software to recognize your scrawls. Theirs works very well, but you have to have set up your account and I believe have to be online. In contrast, the Nomad's layered notes do not support handwriting recognition so you'd have to use their single-layer note template. Once it has recognized your handwriting, it shows you a crude text editor and a virtual keyboard. Clearly this not how they wanted you to use your device, and I don't use it that way either. (I already had a virtual keyboard on my phone. I bought the Nomad and the 5C so I can write!) I've reached the end of what I wanted to write in my review. As you can see, there are quite a few differences. They made different design choices along the way. For organizing my next week or checking my calendar or taking quick notes while I'm on the phone, I use my Nomad. For taking notes as I'm reading from my eBook and for reading my eBooks, I use the 5C.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2025 by Chicken Little
So, I'm going to bring up the few of the compromises I have noticed that I wish were better or different first. 1. No camera, I knew there was not a camera when I bought it but for a full android tablet to not have a camera is disappointing. I knew I would be unhappy with that when I purchased it and I am. 2. Battery life is mediocre for a e-ink screen device. To be fair it has a small battery in it, 3700 mah. I'm not sure why that compromise was made but it gives legitimacy to the complaints of low battery life. If all I use it for is reading digital books I need to recharge it daily. Again I knew about the complaints of this and it is within expectations, I just wish it was better. 3. Screen darkness. Lots of complaints of screen darkness. I agree with them. It's usable and again I was aware of the reviews so I'm going to just say for my usage so far I'm OK with it but don't like it overall. these three things are why I gave it a 4 star review. It is working for what I got it for which is reading books and as a bonus I can use all my normal android apps for email, calendar etc.. etc.. That is a clear step up for me that it is now a fully functional general android tablet. Positives.. Its fast compared to my kindle and other android tablets with LCD screens and phone. Apps open almost instantly and close as quick. Play store works well and other apps I normally use work well also. My primary usage is reading books. Page flips are fast and a pleasure to use now compared to my kindle paperwhite signature edition. I like the pen that came with it when it isn't lost. I wish it had an internal docking bay like my old note did for the pen. I like that it is full android and I can attach a Bluetooth page click/turner device to it. I can just click a button to forward or back in a book now with a small ring on my finger. The reason this makes me happy is that I am using the kindle app and on the kindle signature edition had the same issue of instead of turning the page when swiping or touching the side of the screen to advance or go back it will highlight the text. It happens constantly and is annoying. If they would just allow you to turn that option of on the kindle or the kindle app it would make the reading experience much better. With being able to control it from a Bluetooth ring it's now a non issue. Without that in the kindle or the app its a every few minutes that you accidentally highlight text instead of going to the next page. This wasn't an issue pre paperwhite with the kindles I had. it is a software and UI design issue. All it would take is a simple option to disable highlighting or selecting words for the dictionary when you want to, that or simply change the sensitivity to doing that operation. Personally I would like the option to disable all text selection features on demand. In 20 years I have never deliberately used the text select or highlighted any text. It's not something I do. It's a nice option but leave it as something you can turn on or off. It would be a super simple software fix. Size.. love the bigger screen.. Weight.. it weights on my wrists holding it for hours. I am older and not as strong as I used to be and with arthritis it can cause my wrists to hurt. This is something I deal with with a lot of stuff so not a particular complaint. I think for the size the weight is not bad at all overall. I have a couple tablet holders on arms that I can use in bed and in general. combined with the page turn clicker it has made my reading experience nicer. Color.. I had hoped for better with the color. It is very muted colors. It helps when looking at pictures and book covers but on a scale of 1 to 100 if as good LCD is 100 then this is a 50.. I still would do it and like it but the technology has a ways to go. I had been holding out for the next gen screen tech over this but with my paperwhite dying I settled on this for now for the larger screen, color and full android tablet with play store access. So far I am happy with the compromises I made as it works better for what I use it for than what I had. I have updated it OTA once when I was setting it up and it worked flawlessly and I not had any issues. I have heard people complain about setting up accounts on it, especially the google accounts for play store usage. They are correct in that it isn't easy like a say a Samsung tablet that as part of the first time startup walks you through that. You have to go to accounts in the settings and set it up there. It was not hard. I still have not gotten the Boox account setup on it as there was some issue in the authentication to their servers and I could not get it to finish the process. So... that is an issue... I gave up after a while and moved on to just using it and enjoying it. It hasn't been important enough to seriously troubleshoot it yet. Oh.. sd card.. god bless them for having the sd card slot. I listen to a lot of audio-books and the installed memory isn't enough. Actually It isn't enough even if I wasn't data heavy with content on the device. I dropped a 400 gig sd card in that I have used in past devices and it worked just fine. Loaded a couple hundred gigs of my Audio-books on it and tested it with audiobookplayer from the play store and it works great through it's speakers or Bluetooth speakers. I wanted to get a 1+ terabyte SD card but had heart palpitations at the price. I have a 1.5 tb sandisk ultra in my phone that I got for 110 dollars including tax almost 2 years ago this month. Today it is 260 dollars. Just crazy. anyway if it hadn't come with an SD card slot it would have been a no on purchasing it for me. That was one of the had to have features. Though I would have been happier with more than 6 gigs of ram and 64 gigs of storage it is adequate. 8 or 12 gigs of ram is what I would expect of any decent tablet nowadays. So far in practice and limited usage I'm OK with it. again 64 gigs of storage is kinda pitiful and a bare minimum needed. I really compromised on this with that, but as I said the inclusion of the SD card slot gets around that just fine. I now have a total of 465 gigs usagble for data. this CPU.... in use it is snappy.. I was unhappy that they don't specify which processor and specs of the processor. I almost didn't get it because of that. However I needed something and it came closest for price to what I was willing to use. I didn't see any reviews complaining of speed issues so got it. I am happy so far with the apps I have used. ok that's it for now. I will update over time as I use it. I have only been using it since the 5th so 7 days now.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2026 by Scott Carle
For the tablet itself, it seems to be pretty good so far. I haven't used it a great deal but I haven't had any issues yet. The pen is garbage though. Pure garbage. The rubber cap that covers the nib just come right off. Easy to lose. The other end of the pen (the top end) also comes off very easily. It doesn't snap on and stay on. It barely stays on at all, which is a big problem because that is where the extra nibs are stored. Consequently I lost all 3 extra nibs because the top came off. Customer Disservice is clearly not interested in helping. They've given me a really hard time. You can't talk to anyone, its all via chat/email. They want videos uoaded, and you know it is very hard to shoot a video which articulates issues like this. Tablet = good Pen = poor Customer Disservice = extremely poor I would seriously consider not.... Not that the tablet is bad, but if you need help you'll probably not get it.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2026 by Defiantclass
I wanted to like, I really did. E-ink and android sounds like a great match but on this device it simply isn't. I started downloading various apps from the play store and noticed I couldn't find any of them anywhere on the device. So after much annoyance I found a setting where Boox is auto disabling any app you download from the play store. So I turned that off, but it turns out it never really fully turns off, because you will have apps randomly disappear again because they have either been disabled or the device has just uninstalled them altogether on it's own. I attempted to use Niagara Launcher and it worked until the setting mentioned above kicked in and disabled it. This type of screen can produce a "screen door" effect due to the layers involved but it is particularly bad on this, nothing looks clear anywhere, at any time. All of the promo images for this device have clearly been doctored to make them look considerably better than what the device can actually produce. You are relegated down to 2 modes, fast or not. Neither seems to do that much great stuff as it relates to ghosting and apps crash all the time so it just isn't that useful. Then there is the whole thing with the pen where it presses the volume button when it is in the proper spot to catch it's magnets. Boox will gaslight you and say it should be placed lower but it really boils down to the fact that they changed the pen but did change the tablet and the 2 don't match anymore, quality control is nowhere to be found with this device. While the screen tech may be very different, you can get an iPad for $200 less than this paperweight and be much happier in the end.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2025 by MarkS
So glad I got this. It works really well, the writing feeling is good and it's a nice looking device with a good size. It was heavier than I figured, but not bad. I would suggest getting the cover with it. I noticed people complain about the colors and brightness. Not a problem in my experience so far. I guess my expectations weren't as high. I know the eink display and the colors won't be like a regular display. I don't find it dim, I have the brightness of the front light down even. Maybe if I was trying to use it in the dark or something? Anyway, the display and writing experience is good. It's not perfectly like writing on paper but there's a texture. I got a matte screen protector since I saw people recommending that, but other than for protection, I don't think it's necessary. It made the texture even more coarse, and that's ok. I did get an aftermarket pen but the one that comes with it is fine. I got felt nibs too, but the ones that come with it are fine. Is there ghosting? Yes. I understand that's hard to avoid with eink displays. You can clear it and it automatically will do so with a screen refresh (and you can configure how often). It's faint enough to not bother me and I know it's not permanent and I can refresh it if it does bother me. I absolutely can see how it would annoy someone though...but I'm focused on utility and not a perfect display. I had hoped to sketch some art with this device. I haven't seriously tried yet, but it's not a graphics tablet. The colors aren't accurate/rich, the brushes aren't super sophisticated. I haven't tried downloading an app from the app store with more brushes, but I will. My concern is performance, but I can't speak to that right now. Having Android on it it's another selling point. I can use all the apps I need, email, kindle app, etc. Google Gemini app works on it too. It feels a little underpowered but their writing app is fine. I don't really see any lag when writing. Most utility apps are fine, but there's compromises of a screen reader. Do not expect web sites to be real friendly here. Some won't even be usable. At least not with their built in web browser. I did watch a youtube video for fun. It worked but the colors aren't right. Refresh rate wasn't as bad as I thought...but no, you're not watching videos on this device. Why would you? It does its job perfectly - taking notes and reading books/content. Could it be improved? Sure. Wave a magic wand and give it zero ghosting. Make the hardware a little faster and give it more vivid colors. I wouldn't want a regular LCD screen. Eink is the right call for a device like this.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2026 by T
Quick caveat to my review - if you're buying this primarily for the pen and note taking features, it would probably be more like a 4-star device. Unfortunately I purchased this as an all-in-one reader for western comics, and novels. Also the way the back of the pen doesn't lock down and where it magnetizes to the tablet are some really strange design decisions...and not in a good way. Purely as a book reader it would be fine with one major draw back - the battery life. I mistakenly expected it to be great because of the e-ink screen but evidently this type of color e-ink isn't going to get weeks or months of battery life. It's more like 1-2 days, but the screen is nice and it works fine for this purpose. As a comic reader it's severely lacking - the screen is too small - it's supposed to be 10.3" but I think it's being measured across the huge bezel so it feels significantly smaller. Text is too small so you're constantly zooming and trying to drag the images around the screen but due to the touch latency you're constantly over or under correcting. For this price I'm opting to get both an iPad and a dedicated b&w e-reader & return this device. One more note, I've been living with Android (I use a Google workspace account so you're less likely to experience this if you use a standard google gmail.com account) for about a year and IMO it's a significantly worse experience than Apple. This isn't the Boox fault but because it's running Android, I kept running into weird permissions issues and certain apps (like Google Drive) just not working right. I was able to get it working, but it was a pain. I like that this is a more open platform but from a functionality standpoint, it's nice when a reading device just works and you're more likely to get that experience with an iPad or Kindle.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2026 by Nuclearbalm
Works great for reading and there are many options to customize the reading experience such as: sliders modify brightness, sliders for backlighting, along with high contrast and screen refresh settings. It’s very good for someone like me who suffers from light triggered migraines. I bought this specifically to avoid migraines with multi-hour reading sessions, since I’m unable to use a regular computer monitor without triggering a migraine after a recent surgery. It seems to work well in that regard. It’s a bit big, so this thing is not easily held in one hand. You certainly can do it, but it’s not comfortable to do so without leaning the device against something. The setup was a bit of a problem for myself, but shouldn’t be a problem for most people. I had difficulty since the front light brightness setting was too bright given my light migraine problem, but after working through that, I was able to change the settings to nearly remove the front light and heavily reduce blue light. Again, an average person won’t be bothered by this. This was only for the first time setup, so it’s not that big of a negative. It uses a USB C port for charging and there’s a wonderful bright color outlining the port. No issues charging it outside of the keyboard case. My only wish after reading through some books over the past few hours is that they made the charging icon more obvious in high contrast mode and low front lighting. There are settings to reduce ghosting and honestly, it hasn’t bothered me with my current settings. It could be a bigger problem with different settings. This is my first eink reader since an original kindle, so I can’t compare it to other models currently on the market, but this is great to read from. The tech has come a long way. The colors on this eink reader aren’t going to match up perfectly to a regular phone or monitor, but that is expected—the technology isn’t there yet. I bought this knowing that before purchasing. Personally, the color screen has been enjoyable—certainly better than a greyscale reader. Have yet to try the stylus that came with it, as I only intended to use this for reading with the kindle and O’Reilly books apps. No issues using the Google play store on it. I would definitely recommend this to someone if they had had the money to spend and were looking for an eink reader.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2026 by Carp