I ordered the 3C, then the 3. the better screen is nice, but you only notice it side by side. The screen on the 3C is considerable darker, that was the deciding factor für me. And also Batterie Life is much better. The colors dont make this up to me, as they are really washed out
Can you make a video comparing Note air 3C and Note air 3? I'm really curious about the presence or absence of BSR GPU BTW. Thank you for the nice review
I expected something else of this video, maybe it is my false expectations, but I wanted to know how the screen is opposed to the 3C. I already know the features of Boox from other video's, it went too much on and on at the 227ppi. I just need to know: why buy this instead of the 3C. Is the screen better with no lights on? Currently I'm using a Nova 3 Color and want a bigger device, if the B/W version has a better screen with the lights off, I'd maybe go for that instead of color
I sent my Tab Mini C color back and it had the same screen tech as this. I found the color screen far too dull compared to my b&w Kindle and BOOX Page, both of which look great with no glow light on. As you’ve already got a color one, the color air 3 will probably be quite similar, just a bit faster to refresh, but still way darker than this b&w version.
It's the same device with the same battery. The only major difference is that the color has a color array filter which doesn't affect the battery life So I don't know what the lol is all about.
Why not compare side by side with 300 ppi screen? I bought a kindle to test and even on the sharper screen seeing the pixels bothers me a little bit when drawing with a thinner pen. I can't imagine 227p not having noticeable pixels.
This device is currently the best value ereader! It is really sad that they downgraded the quality of the screen from 300 PPI. Otherwise, they would have sold a lot more. Thanks for your review!
I received my unit on Saturday, about 5 pm. I put it on the charger which indicated 90% and took it off after some chores at 99%. I have used it samewhat sprodically for two days now, I have always thought judging battery on a new device is a lttle unfair as we tend to use it more in the first days of ownership. At the end of Sunday it had 85% and as I type today, monday, after usnig it as an e-reader and messing with folders for several hours it is clocking in at 70%. I would guess with this usuage and following an hour-long meeting tomorrow taking notes it will show over 60% remaining without a charge. My guess is after 1 week it may be wise to top it off, but I doubt with what I see that it will be less than 40% or more after moderate use. @@FawadBilgrami
It seems to me we are entering a "golden age" of ereading/note-taking devices. Onyx seems to be leading the way in terms of technology. I don't think it will be long before we have a Palma-sized device that maybe has two screens... one e-ink and the other oled... that also acts as a phone and allows note taking and note to text conversion. That, to me, would be an almost perfect personal device.
I suspect that they keep the screen to make the price in China low. There, this tablet is called NoteX3, and cost around 250 pounds, whereas the colour version still cost more than 400.
I m in Hong Kong and i am thinking of buying note x3, it s 2600 RMB that is 50g lighter, while air note 3 with goggle playstore is 3600 hkd, or about 80 pounds more expensive, or 25% more expensive.
Great review thanks. I think if this hit $300 it'd be a buy for our family. It's hard for me to justify not spending 25% more for color and better ppi.
Yep, I held off buying the Air 2 waiting for 300 ppi screen. I have the BOOX Page and the 300 ppi screen looks great. Prior to that I had a Kindle paperwhite from 2015 with 300 ppi. Why they’d release another 10” lacking 300 ppi I don’t know. I’m concerned if the ppi difference would annoy me when jumping from one device to the other! Plan is to use the 10” for note taking and PDF’s, and keep the Page for a carry around, reading my novels and the news etc.
I love the video comparisons at the end. But I came here to see a side - by - side comparison of the screen between 3 and 3C. I am hesitant on 3C because of the bad contrast. But You didn't compare the screens. I think You still have a small window of opportunity to do a comparison video until someone else does it. Also hand gesturing without a purpose on camera is just unnecessary distracting. But the camera angles for shooting the buttons are top notch
Yes, there was no comparison because this is not a comparison video, there was a review because this is a review video. We compare devices in comparison videos
Great review! I bought a Boox Go for my JP Language class notes and homework; access to the google play store was a big selling point so I could also read manga in Japanese (I'm thinking of exchanging it for a Note Air 3 for the backlight, however. Big question though--how in the heck were you able to gain access to the Japanese play store? Seems like you need a JP mobile number now to make a JP Google account.
Really baffles me, how can you show the main functionality, notetaking, so badly? Why did you speed up the "Latency test" what the hell!? How am I supposed to see any latency if it's sped up. Also why did you just ditch the original pen? If it has "the same tip" why change it? This is a review of the Note Air 3 not another pen right?
The only downfall is BSR technology - Already bought NA2+ because B/W without BSR was not announced. I really wanted sth with color but short battery life is a real no-go for me.
@@tortisrot its their refresh technology and its using a lot of battery life, this combined with the darker screen of the 3c so you have to put the frontlight really high is eating away at the battery. i bought the note air 3 instead it has weeks of battery life compared to the 3c at max i can get 2 days if im not using it heavily...
i had just bought the 2air plus ... whats with the improved monochrome on the air3? did i really poop the bed? i couldn't even find that the 3 was about to be released .....
Please listen to your viewers, read the comments below - in a review like this one would expect battery life to be covered, especially as the air 3 c doesn't appear to have great battery life, and some of us are hoping for a boox device with the same features, but with a B&W screen and better battery life. Please do a future video in which you cover this! This 'review' feels a bit rushed tbh. It's good to hear that the ppi is not disappointing but most of us still have unanswered questions after watching this. Another question is the screen - the colour screen appears to be matter / grayer. Is this b&w screen nicer, because it has higher contrast?
We do listen to our viewers, but RUclips isn't our Prime focus of our company and the reality is is that we are the biggest company on RUclips that talks about epaper devices exclusively, but RUclips only accounts for about 10% of our company's profile We have explained a million times before, although we have 40 plus employees over five offices in four different countries, we do not have the infrastructure to set up agent tables, where we leave multiples of each unit on charge to see when they go from 0 to 100%, and vice versa There's also too many variables for that scenario including temperature of the room, voltage of the country, wi-fi, bluetooth, the specific speed mode, whether the glow light is on, what they are accessing, if the audio is playing, ETC It is not feasible to do battery tests and it is not possible for us to do them, we explained this countless times over the past decade Thank you
@@goodereader Maybe but it would be qualitatively easy to tell us if your battery experience is much less about the same or better than the color screen. Given one of the most probable reason for the existance of this unit is better battery life than it's older brother it is not outrageous to expect some comments about batter life.
@@jimgreco7041 yes, correct, but it is a very hard thing to sum up our battery experience, We also juggle several reviews at one time, and upload thousands of videos So unfortunately it would be too difficult for us to assess any sort of battery as even if we say "it's quite good" Everyone's always going to just watch our videos and say "uhhh it went from like 48% to 28% in like 14 minutes" Rendering any assessment of our personal opinions of the battery moot. Therefore, we do not comment on battery life as literally every single person is going to have a unique and different experience
@@goodereader Dude, the Note Air 2+'s battery is leagues better than the Note Air 3C in almost all areas. This is the reason why we want to know about the battery life of the Note Air 3.
As you note, battery life can be completely subjective depending upon use and location. I have turned off the Bluetooth as I know the radio will affect the battery life on mine and I do not intend on using anything other than earbuds, but likely not even that. I will let you know your reviews were the most informative and allowed me to objectively compare the Remarkable 2, my first choice, with the Kindle and the Boox. I found this devise to be the best compromise on many of the features most important to me. Thanks and I will be continuing to follow your excellent reviews. For others needing more, there are tons of more detailed reviews and comparisons out there to choose from.@@goodereader
Honestly, 300 PPI is basically my absolute minimum required for purchase of e-ink devices, otherwise I do get distracted by the noticeable pixels. I once got an ereader I had to regretfully send back, because I didn't realize just how bad 227 PPI looks in person. Pictures and video on the internet failed to capture this. I replaced it with a (now old and discontinued, but still perfectly working) Boyue Likebook "Muses", which has a 7.8" carta/1782×1448/300 PPI display that I've been quite happy with. In fact I'm not really aware of anything that actually clearly surpasses it even 4 years later, as least for reading.
I’m now 2 months as a books air 3 user…. I beg onyx….. PLEASE MAKE A KEYBOARD COVER FOR THE AIR 3!!!!! I’m tired of having a separate Bluetooth key board in my bag!! For my daily commute it would be so much more convenient.
I'd love to see more side by side with the C. I'm considering this for the brighter screen without the color layer.
Longer battery life as well
I ordered the 3C, then the 3. the better screen is nice, but you only notice it side by side. The screen on the 3C is considerable darker, that was the deciding factor für me. And also Batterie Life is much better. The colors dont make this up to me, as they are really washed out
Can you make a video comparing Note air 3C and Note air 3? I'm really curious about the presence or absence of BSR GPU BTW. Thank you for the nice review
I expected something else of this video, maybe it is my false expectations, but I wanted to know how the screen is opposed to the 3C. I already know the features of Boox from other video's, it went too much on and on at the 227ppi. I just need to know: why buy this instead of the 3C. Is the screen better with no lights on?
Currently I'm using a Nova 3 Color and want a bigger device, if the B/W version has a better screen with the lights off, I'd maybe go for that instead of color
I sent my Tab Mini C color back and it had the same screen tech as this. I found the color screen far too dull compared to my b&w Kindle and BOOX Page, both of which look great with no glow light on. As you’ve already got a color one, the color air 3 will probably be quite similar, just a bit faster to refresh, but still way darker than this b&w version.
What about the battery? I've seen complaints of the 3c regarding battery life
The air 3 is the way to go if battery is a big factor for you between the two
The one thing I wanted from this video is a battery life comparison against the note air 3 C.
It's the same device. So it's the same battery
@@wafflest1ck thank you
@@goodereaderlol what?
It's the same device with the same battery.
The only major difference is that the color has a color array filter which doesn't affect the battery life
So I don't know what the lol is all about.
@@wafflest1ck Was the screen less dim because of the missing colour layer?
Why not compare side by side with 300 ppi screen? I bought a kindle to test and even on the sharper screen seeing the pixels bothers me a little bit when drawing with a thinner pen.
I can't imagine 227p not having noticeable pixels.
I think the difference PPI is secondary to contrast, which the carta 1300 screen touts as being 20% better than their other B&W displays.
This device is currently the best value ereader! It is really sad that they downgraded the quality of the screen from 300 PPI. Otherwise, they would have sold a lot more. Thanks for your review!
Does it actually matter? Can you see a difference I mean.
How's the battery life?
That's the only reason we are here for
I received my unit on Saturday, about 5 pm. I put it on the charger which indicated 90% and took it off after some chores at 99%. I have used it samewhat sprodically for two days now, I have always thought judging battery on a new device is a lttle unfair as we tend to use it more in the first days of ownership.
At the end of Sunday it had 85% and as I type today, monday, after usnig it as an e-reader and messing with folders for several hours it is clocking in at 70%. I would guess with this usuage and following an hour-long meeting tomorrow taking notes it will show over 60% remaining without a charge. My guess is after 1 week it may be wise to top it off, but I doubt with what I see that it will be less than 40% or more after moderate use.
@@FawadBilgrami
It seems to me we are entering a "golden age" of ereading/note-taking devices. Onyx seems to be leading the way in terms of technology. I don't think it will be long before we have a Palma-sized device that maybe has two screens... one e-ink and the other oled... that also acts as a phone and allows note taking and note to text conversion. That, to me, would be an almost perfect personal device.
Then there's me, just waiting still for a Tab X Color to be surprise dropped someday.
I suspect that they keep the screen to make the price in China low. There, this tablet is called NoteX3, and cost around 250 pounds, whereas the colour version still cost more than 400.
I m in Hong Kong and i am thinking of buying note x3, it s 2600 RMB that is 50g lighter, while air note 3 with goggle playstore is 3600 hkd, or about 80 pounds more expensive, or 25% more expensive.
Issue is kindle now is unavailable on any device besides amazon devices
Great review thanks. I think if this hit $300 it'd be a buy for our family. It's hard for me to justify not spending 25% more for color and better ppi.
No mention of lack of BSR and if that has an affect on either ghosting or battery life?
I think most of the people who were holding onto their money waiting for this, will keep holding and keep waiting.
Yep, I held off buying the Air 2 waiting for 300 ppi screen. I have the BOOX Page and the 300 ppi screen looks great. Prior to that I had a Kindle paperwhite from 2015 with 300 ppi. Why they’d release another 10” lacking 300 ppi I don’t know. I’m concerned if the ppi difference would annoy me when jumping from one device to the other! Plan is to use the 10” for note taking and PDF’s, and keep the Page for a carry around, reading my novels and the news etc.
Without the BSR it probably has better battery life. I would have bought a 300 ppi version.
I love the video comparisons at the end. But I came here to see a side - by - side comparison of the screen between 3 and 3C. I am hesitant on 3C because of the bad contrast. But You didn't compare the screens. I think You still have a small window of opportunity to do a comparison video until someone else does it. Also hand gesturing without a purpose on camera is just unnecessary distracting. But the camera angles for shooting the buttons are top notch
Yes, there was no comparison because this is not a comparison video, there was a review because this is a review video. We compare devices in comparison videos
How well does this handle pdf reading / editing?
what app are you using for viewing manga that lets you magnify the text bubbles?
Great review! I bought a Boox Go for my JP Language class notes and homework; access to the google play store was a big selling point so I could also read manga in Japanese (I'm thinking of exchanging it for a Note Air 3 for the backlight, however. Big question though--how in the heck were you able to gain access to the Japanese play store? Seems like you need a JP mobile number now to make a JP Google account.
What about the battery? =/
Will the Premium reMarkable pen and eraser work on the Boox devices???
Really baffles me, how can you show the main functionality, notetaking, so badly? Why did you speed up the "Latency test" what the hell!? How am I supposed to see any latency if it's sped up. Also why did you just ditch the original pen? If it has "the same tip" why change it? This is a review of the Note Air 3 not another pen right?
Not 300dpi ? That’s just wackiness
@@simongordon8182 I agree that's ☹️
Yep that's 😢☹️
The only downfall is BSR technology - Already bought NA2+ because B/W without BSR was not announced. I really wanted sth with color but short battery life is a real no-go for me.
What exactly is bsr technology? I may buy one of these for notetaking and going minimalist but want to know all the concerns.
@@tortisrot its their refresh technology and its using a lot of battery life, this combined with the darker screen of the 3c so you have to put the frontlight really high is eating away at the battery. i bought the note air 3 instead it has weeks of battery life compared to the 3c at max i can get 2 days if im not using it heavily...
does this air 3 has the same number of apps and functionalities like air 2 plus?
I am not seeing here Google Drive
In your experience, what's the best pen to use for these e-ink readers?
Can you tell me if it's possible to move files on the Boox to another Folder which I created on the Note Air 3?
Can you a video comparing the bigme ink note color + and this boox air 3 c?
This looks really good, I got the remarkable 2 and looking for the same quality but more specs.
Also reading The Fable, that manga is great.
i had just bought the 2air plus ... whats with the improved monochrome on the air3? did i really poop the bed? i couldn't even find that the 3 was about to be released .....
Is it worth upgrading from the 2+ to the 3?
Could you make one for Huion Ink?
How did you pair Kindle’s Scribe pen ?
These pens are passive, no battery, no bluetooth. As long as the pen uses the same technology, it will just work.
Is it possible to give the onyx note air more pen like feel ?
Maybe cange the stylus or install screen protector?
Just use a different pen 🖊️:)
What about a comparation with the meebook P10 pro edition? It's like the two are similar, but is better the boox in a comparation quality/value?
Should i buy this tablet if it's my first e reader?
This or Kindle Scribe for PDF reading?
Always android, except if you want to lock yourself on kindle
I would buy an ecarta 1300 version of this.
Please listen to your viewers, read the comments below - in a review like this one would expect battery life to be covered, especially as the air 3 c doesn't appear to have great battery life, and some of us are hoping for a boox device with the same features, but with a B&W screen and better battery life. Please do a future video in which you cover this! This 'review' feels a bit rushed tbh. It's good to hear that the ppi is not disappointing but most of us still have unanswered questions after watching this. Another question is the screen - the colour screen appears to be matter / grayer. Is this b&w screen nicer, because it has higher contrast?
We do listen to our viewers, but RUclips isn't our Prime focus of our company and the reality is is that we are the biggest company on RUclips that talks about epaper devices exclusively, but RUclips only accounts for about 10% of our company's profile
We have explained a million times before, although we have 40 plus employees over five offices in four different countries, we do not have the infrastructure to set up agent tables, where we leave multiples of each unit on charge to see when they go from 0 to 100%, and vice versa
There's also too many variables for that scenario including temperature of the room, voltage of the country, wi-fi, bluetooth, the specific speed mode, whether the glow light is on, what they are accessing, if the audio is playing, ETC
It is not feasible to do battery tests and it is not possible for us to do them, we explained this countless times over the past decade
Thank you
@@goodereader Maybe but it would be qualitatively easy to tell us if your battery experience is much less about the same or better than the color screen. Given one of the most probable reason for the existance of this unit is better battery life than it's older brother it is not outrageous to expect some comments about batter life.
@@jimgreco7041 yes, correct, but it is a very hard thing to sum up our battery experience,
We also juggle several reviews at one time, and upload thousands of videos
So unfortunately it would be too difficult for us to assess any sort of battery as even if we say "it's quite good"
Everyone's always going to just watch our videos and say "uhhh it went from like 48% to 28% in like 14 minutes"
Rendering any assessment of our personal opinions of the battery moot.
Therefore, we do not comment on battery life as literally every single person is going to have a unique and different experience
@@goodereader
Dude, the Note Air 2+'s battery is leagues better than the Note Air 3C in almost all areas. This is the reason why we want to know about the battery life of the Note Air 3.
As you note, battery life can be completely subjective depending upon use and location. I have turned off the Bluetooth as I know the radio will affect the battery life on mine and I do not intend on using anything other than earbuds, but likely not even that.
I will let you know your reviews were the most informative and allowed me to objectively compare the Remarkable 2, my first choice, with the Kindle and the Boox. I found this devise to be the best compromise on many of the features most important to me. Thanks and I will be continuing to follow your excellent reviews.
For others needing more, there are tons of more detailed reviews and comparisons out there to choose from.@@goodereader
would you recommend this for PDF reading? like textbooks, course slides, paper articles etc
Does it support m4a
Audio?
What tablets are competing with this one?
Never compare eInk reader to tablets
@@Dr.Akakia I meant eink tablets
do i need a screen protector?..
Is it Android 11 or 12 ? Maybe Android 12 weighs more ? Joking…
Thanks for the review :)
You bet!
Why is it weird for being heavy? The 3C has the latest screen technology/version which is obviously lighter..... It's not rocket science 😎
Honestly, 300 PPI is basically my absolute minimum required for purchase of e-ink devices, otherwise I do get distracted by the noticeable pixels.
I once got an ereader I had to regretfully send back, because I didn't realize just how bad 227 PPI looks in person. Pictures and video on the internet failed to capture this.
I replaced it with a (now old and discontinued, but still perfectly working) Boyue Likebook "Muses", which has a 7.8" carta/1782×1448/300 PPI display that I've been quite happy with. In fact I'm not really aware of anything that actually clearly surpasses it even 4 years later, as least for reading.
keep up the awesome job, love you!
Is that a review or comparison video? 😂
They rather release 7 Tablets in a year than 1 smartphone. 🤨
Nope, I pulled the trigger. Just came in the mail earlier today. So far, so good.
I’m now 2 months as a books air 3 user…. I beg onyx….. PLEASE MAKE A KEYBOARD COVER FOR THE AIR 3!!!!! I’m tired of having a separate Bluetooth key board in my bag!! For my daily commute it would be so much more convenient.
I bought this device and it won't be recognised by any PC. Customer service is abysmal
Your PC have problem i think
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I was disappointed that the the BW did not come with BSR technology. If it did, I think it could have been perfect.
"It doesnt have a gold line on it"....bro what.