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Review on 10.3" E-book ONYX BOOX Note 4 1872x1404, E-Ink, package contents: cover, blue by Boyan Jakimov ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

A great option for this money, one of the best offers.

I used to associate e-books with large remnants with a ridiculous design. But with Onyx Boox, every book is a Thing. And this book is no exception. Only one box with rich packaging suggests that this is a quality product, and not some kind of toy. It's a pleasure to hold and a pleasure to use. Apple from the world of e-books.

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Pros
  • Excellent aesthetic qualities. Good materials (frosted glass on the back and metal frame), small thickness, flawless assembly, cool dark blue color. Despite the small thickness, the construction feels rigid. You feel that you are holding a good thing in your hands. The presence of a soft screen backlight with the ability to adjust the color temperature. It does not hit the eyes at all, and therefore you can comfortably read at least all night. The screen resolution is sufficient to display letters clearly. No visible difference from printed text. Literally like a sheet of a book on which the text changes. Availability of Android on board. You can install the usual readers and, with some reservations, surf the Internet. Lives incomparably longer than any tablet with 2-3 smaller batteries. Combining reading with traveling on the Internet for 4-5 hours a day, you can count on a week of work. Folio cover with magnetic fastening included. I didn’t really like its appearance (imitation of gray velvet fabric), but it’s a matter of taste.
Cons
  • A fully-fledged tablet still can not replace. Watching videos is impossible, as well as playing anything; applications with an abundance of animations will be annoying with a lack of smoothness, somewhere there will be unreadable text or interface elements. It is possible to speed up the screen by partially redrawing, but this significantly affects the quality of the picture and creates an afterimage. By the standards of tablets, it lives a very long time, but very little by the standards of e-books: a week of work against a month. However, I have more than enough. At least something these days does not need to be charged every day. A frosted film is glued to the glass, although I was counting on frosted glass. The film reflects unpleasantly in the sun and is more likely to get dirty than glass with anti-reflective and oleophobic coatings. Holding a book without a cover is uncomfortable, because the glass on the back is very slippery. It's strange, considering that Sony and Apple phones have glasses that are much more tenacious in their hands.