Great review! Totally love my Note Air 3... That battery life totally does it for me. Zero battery anxiety. Don't need colour - OLEDs do that better. The improvements for 300 dpi aren't enough to outweigh all the things this tablet does beautifully. Makes e-ink lovely for journaling, Blinkist, Kindle, chess, WhatsApp, emails, professional notes, reading documents and process diagramming :)
Been watching your videos all day. Finally bit the bullet and got a Note Air 3C after seeing all your reviews. Thanks for the best e-ink reviews out there.
I have a note air 1. I found the note air 3c interesting with some good features but it took away one of the features I prefer: battery life. Your review or the note air 3 makes me want to get one over the note air 3c. That and I like the way the whites and such look better with the monochrome screen. Call me weird, but 300 vs 227 or whatever it is doesn’t really bother me. I guess I’m the audience for this device, heh
I purchased the Remarkable 2 and owned if for a week before returning it and breathing a sigh of relief. I now have the Note Air 3, and it’s absolutely wonderful. I do not notice any sluggishness in the writing from the Remarkable, but it does everything much better and has the best E-Reader for sure. This is a powerful tool and very nice to look at. I read in low light with the backlight low and a bit of brown added to the hue. It’s perfect!
It's a versatile brand but unfortunately with a rather short life span. I had 2 BOOX readers, Poke 2 and Nova 3, and they both broke within 2 years. In both cases repair cost + both way shipping amounted to roughly 70% of the actual value and shortly after batteries died (I mean if a battery dies in those models it won't last even 1 day). They're not built to last. I never had quality issues with Kindle readers and I have 3 Kindle readers, 4th generation 2011 still works fine. With free Calibre converter one can easily convert any format like EPUB, PDF, WORD to MOBI.
Thank you for your analytical reviews! Your videos were a tremendous help in narrowing down my search to the Note Air 3. I went through a 2-week process to find the right e-reader for my use. It was difficult because of all the new color e-readers coming out. Also, I'm hoping to see you get the Boox Go 10.3 and 7 for review soon.
For the pen numbness, i ended up taking a silicone grip off an old pen i no longer use and slid it on my boox pen. It is much more comfortable to use now. The magnet still works but it admittedly doesn't hold in place as well. Worth the trade off for me though since i write a lot
I have watched many reviews for this device before purchasing and this is the best review yet! Thanks a lot for going into the tablet settings and testing the reading capabilities. I will be using it for reading academic papers.
I also plan to buy it for reading scientific papers. Since it is quite smaller than A4, is it tiresome to read papers? Do you have to zoom in/out all time and scroll up/down/left/right? I would like to have a 13 inch device like tab X but the battery life is too much shorter.
Thank you so much for yet another fabulous review! And thanks also for finding straightforward words in your verdict about things like the much criticized dpi.
I have been using the Air Note 3 during almost six months. It is good for taking notes, drawing and reading (although darker than a black and white e- reader).You can also watch videos like this one. The problem is that browsing works badly in many pages, like e. g. do not expect to be able to book a flight (RyanAir) or use learning platforms like Teachable. Moreover there is a lot of ghosting in videos and movies, so it is not suitable for multimedia.
Thank you for the review, I have 2 days left on my Scribe return period, I thought I could live with the limits, but no note bookmark was the last straw (on top of the notes export workflow going through Amazon or email). I'll be checking out your a6x2 review but with the battery report I think I can do Air 3 if I can't wait for the a5x2. Happy New Year!
i have same with my scribe. it gives stable for kindle app features but in 2024 for e-ink just kindle is not enough. its browser just a joke and you cant even install a calender. I have ordered air 3. lets see what we will take :)
@@brainprism88 3rd. Scribe could have easily been the best by far with some simple organisation / search software, even if they used their searchable pdf export to do it on command so you can search device it would be game over. But no, the most non-negotiable software features for note taking are ignored.
Very good, logical, objective review of the Note Air 3. Since the Note Air3 will be going back to Boox, it begs the question..... what will remain as your daily driver? May we presume you'll continue to use the Note Air 3C in your daily work, or are the benefits of the Note Air 3 (monochrome) enough to cause you to purchase your own? I understand the benefits of the color version of the Note Air 3C, but lower cost and significant improvement in battery life offered by the monochrome version seems compelling for most people.
Hi, I just received my iReader Smart X3 with Carta 1300 and it's awesome the improvements related to the whither background and bigger size, only 0,3"more but make the difference.
Great reviews, a video that I would really like to watch is a comparison for reading PDFs in different screen size devices. I wonder if a 7 inches display would be good enough for reading scientific PDF papers on those android devices. On my old kindle paperwhite it's impossible, and in those 10 inches devices surely looks like it would be a good experience.
I have a Boox Nova Air which has a 7.8" display. It's definitely tricky to read PDFs on it, not going to lie. It's possible but not a great experience. I think a 10.3" display would be much better.
Well I ordered mine yesterday - £400 from Amazon which I think is a bargain since I paid around £340 for my Nova 3 years ago. I am therefore delighted to see such a positive review of the device. I have wanted a larger screened e reader for some time but couldn't justify spending another 4-500 pounds so soon after buying the Nova, so missed out on the Air 2. I didn't want a colour screen or a tablet/e reader hybrid so until this launched my choice was a second hand Air 2 or the 2 plus (and I just don't like that green colour). The 7.8 inch Nova is excellent for portability (I do love it and will be sad to see it go) but for split screen work it's too small and marking up pdfs is difficult. I can't wait - now does anyone want a second hand Nova??
You could pay £400 directly with Boox and they throw in the magnetic cover worth £50 for free as part of a bundle. Shame that Amazon doesn’t offer that. Hope you enjoy the device
@@ahmadrachid - import duties etc. would make this come out as more than the £400 because I'm in the UK. I have had my new Boox Note Air 2 for 2 days now and I'm loving it. It is heavy compared to my lovely little Nova but the advantages of the larger screen are worth the extra weight. I bought a cheap eBay case for £10, advertised as fitting the Note Air 2 and it fits perfectly, as I needed something to protect my new baby immediately. Amazon have a couple of dedicated Note 3 cases: one looks good - comes in grey, blue, black or pink. Very thin and with a clear back so you can see the device - but as it comes from China it will take a month which is why I bought the cheapy one for now.
@@honeychurchgipsy6 In the end I went for the Supernote A6x2 , think they are as difficult to send back as the Boox, but based on Voya’s review I took the plunge. Hope I like it as much as he does. Take care
Yes!! This is the review of this device that I needed. My exact questions were answered. Thank you so much. I especially appreciate your comparisons to the other devices that would be direct competitors. I was very curious to see how much of an impact the lack of a 300ppi screen would have on really world usage and can see that now. This is the Boox device I have been waiting for. Now however, I have a huge problem!!! What am I supposed to do with my NA3c?!? The battery life (or lack thereof) almost completely turned me off eink. 😅
Swappa? Trade it with someone who is really excited about the NA3c, but, would rather buy it in person? Keep it as a night reader instead of a bright phone or tablet? Just a few ideas.
As I’ve offered as a view elsewhere: it’s interesting to see people taking sides in this NA3 v NA3C debate. Having a NA2 and NA3C I have a vested interest in joining the NA3C side of course! Clearly, the NA3C is much more innovative than the NA3 is. Not much point in upgrading to a 3 from a 2 whereas there could be a reason for switching to colour and BSR in the NA3C from the NA2. If you have no interest in the attractions of colour or don’t want to charge a regularly used NA3C as much as you do your phone or iPad then don’t bother of course with the NA3C. Then more subtle considerations - if you want the same best screen sharpness of the 300 ppi Kindles then don’t bother with the NA3. If you want a brighter but unlit eye-friendly screen you must go for the NA3 over the “dull” NA3C. But if battery life and frequent charging isn’t an issue for you, fixing screen brightness on the NA3C is available to something like you get on the NA3/2, whereas for some (but not all) not being able to “fix” the old tech 227 ppi to 300 ppi may be an issue. And if speed and screen refresh is particularly important, go for the NA3C. Ultimately, if you’ve no need and zero interest in colour, probably go for a NA3 (or Kindle Scribe), unless you already have a NA2/+. In all other cases, however, I think the NA3C still has a lot going for it, imperfect though it is.
Because of the way manufacturers are delivering products and the current tech race I feel like I am continually waiting until something gets fixed to make a product right. DPI to 300, better interface to get files off the device and into other programs, a more responsive screen and on and on. I hold off waiting for the next product drop or the next product update/upgrade or iteration or model and about the time I am about to pull the trigger and commit the dang thing is falling behind. Each manufacturer has a piece of the puzzle and it makes me feel like I need to wait for a "Typefolio A4X2 SuperBooxRemarkenstein 3". I await that product and cart my paper notebook and 2B Mechanical Pencils around dreaming of the day.
Thank you for the review. I read in reviews that the color can't really be used without the light and are pastel at best. I wanted an ereader for the calmness for the eyes. Else i could read in a backlit monitor or OLED. The note taking is my main impulse yo upgrade because i go through quite some paper while studying and hope its gpod enough to get in a routine with this e-reader.
Appreciate the in-depth review, would have liked to buy this but it seems unlikely they will restock. Do you have any feedback, knowledge, or experience regarding the terrible customer service reviews for this company? Interestingly I emailed them to ask for information about restocking the Note Air 3 and they themselves said they "didn't know" and encouraged me to buy the Air 3C instead (which I would love to do if not for the huge price hike in my currency and the significant drop in battery life). While this lack of knowledge about their own company's activities is disconcerting, I'm more worried about their apparent refusal to resolve warranty issues and returns either honestly or to customers' satisfaction, based on trustpilot commentary - especially when I'm being nudged into buying a more expensive product.
I wish they had kept the super refresh on Note Air 3. I am visually impaired and the darkness on the color screen really bothers me since it takes away from the contrast. I tried the Air 3 C for a few days and I really loved it except that in order to be able to work on it, I had to turn the light up to 80 - 90% which drained the battery fairly quickly. And it still wasn't as crisp as a b&w. So I am returning it since I prefer a monochrome. But I'm worried that without the super refresh it'll have more ghosting and won't run as smoothly.
Engadget recycled a ‘review’ of eink tablets for 2024. It had some discontinued models and didn’t even mention newer models like this one or the A6X2; didn’t mention colour models. I commented that Boox produces more new models in a year than Engadget produces reviews. I added a link to this channel, 6 months ago!
My ideal device would be this with BSR, but make it possible to disable BSR on a per-app basis. Get the responsiveness where you need it, the battery savings where you don't. (I appreciate that may not be trivial, if BSR devices are always using the GPU even in slower refresh modes.) I essentially wanted an NA3C, but in b&w. 227 PPI is enough for me, as much as I'd love 300. And I prefer b&w over color because many Android apps use color in their UIs or for their text, which makes those elements 150PPI on the color devices. The color devices also seem very subject to strong after-images inside color content in a way that's distinct from the ghosting of any e-ink device. Maybe in six months there will be a NA3+ with BSR included.
But if deciding between 3 and 3c what would you pick? Batterylife is not so important. Will charge it everyday anyway. But the difference between b/w and color and the advantages and disadvantages of them both has me doubting. Thanks!
I mean, it is boox we are talking about; making a B/W variant was just a matter of time, as they have plenty of old screens to get rid of :D I like this one more than the color screen ones to be honest. This is probably the most balanced device of all, between features and price, as it was for the NA2+ Nothing wrong with it... The wrong was in making the Air 3C IMO, and the C plus pro and so on :D
What's wrong with the device is that it doesn't support BSR and the price difference between the Air 3 C and Air 3 is not that high. So it also compares to the 3C instead of “just” to the 2 or 2 Plus. IMHO you cannot just exclude the 3C for comparison.
Hi and congrats! I really need your help🙏 I am between the air 3 and the air 3c. I want to read scanned PDF and the pinch zoom is very Important for me. I saw a Video for air x ( with bsr) and pinch zoom was super, like on my ipad. How dies it perform without bsr??? (Air 3). Please help me on my purchase!!!🙏❤🙏
Thanks for the review! I have one question concerning the SD Card Slot. I have seen people complaining that their slot couldn’t be totally shut once the card is inserted. Is this happening to the device you have? So the slot might protrude out of the edge of the device a little bit? Thanks in advance!
Didn't look at it that way... I was very sceptical at first... Still, I think that very few people are going to switch to this from Air 2 or 2+. From 3C surly not... So I think that most buyers are going to be people who are still clinging to their Air 1 or Novas or those entering Boox world (either total starters in eink or those jumping over from Remarkable or Supernote 1 or other...). Might be wrong, but that's my take on it... After Air 3C, I don't know in which direction should their innovation go. One is ofcourse going to be TabX C, the other possibility to switch on and off BSR (hopefully) to save some battery. Or otherwise just keep going with same stuff with newer android and a bit better hardware... But new innovations. I don't know what could that be... Air 3 is a sign of that... Hopefully they are going to start giving more support to present devices and drop out new ones only when they really have something breaking new, and not every few months as until now... Let's see what future of boox has in store
@153bigfishes - Ordered mine yesterday and can't wait for it to arrive. For me it's an upgrade from my Nova 3 - my first 10 inch device. I really didn't want either a tablet/ereader (tab x) or a colour device - both overpriced for stuff I don't want. So it was either a second hand note air 2/2 plus or this new air 3 with the added bonus of the sd card slot and a faster processor/bigger battery. At £400 it was a no brainer.
Or maybe they can lay off churning out a gazillion new devices per year and focus on improving their software functionality, which is in dire needs of fixes, maturity, focus, and refinement.
Since I purchased my Boox device, I have had nothing but issues with the touch screen. Only calling out for a buyers beware. Capacitive touch keeps going to "Unknown." I have to open a ticket. They have to send me a firmware update. And then it fails again a couple of weeks later. Just a warning to people before purchasing that I find the hardware to be unstable.
Thank you for all the good work :-) I Have an issue with my Note air 3, I just got it in exchange for my Note air 3C. Battery life was an issue, so I thought I try the Note Air 3. Here's the Problem... In sleep mode the Note Air 3 (not 3C!) is lossing 3-4% of battery life on a daily bases... It's in flight mode and no apps are running in Background. Maybe that's how it is. Do you have any recommends on how to fix that, if it's not usual. Thank you.
Hmmm, that is unusual. Have you tried with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth turned off, not in airplane mode, to see if the results are the same? Also, in Settings you have options that you can check on what the device does with WiFi connection when it goes to sleep and wakes up from sleep. Make sure those are set to something that wouldn't cause the tablet to remain connected to the internet even when in sleep mode.
Have you done any ACTUAL REAL WORLD USE videos on the NA3?? I would love to ACTUALLY see someone show the new notebook creation process?? Can someone ACTUALLY load a CUSTOM template in native format (the RM2 would be PNG) what is the native format on the NA3?? Can I add pages that then use a different TEMPLATE than the previous pages in the notebook?? Does the NA3 actually do the obvious things the RM2 doesn't do as far as SUPPORT CUSTOM TEMPLATES that aren't pdf's with their limitations? Are there any "Gotcha's" using the Kindle app? That's one of the VERY few android apps I can see using on the NA3? Can I annotate / write in kindle books?? Is the actual active writing / viewing area the same dimensions the same as the RM2? The overall device appears to be wider and shorter than the RM2. YES I have an RM2 that is disappointing / frustrating me with it's software limitations. Is the NA3 the answer or just a different set of limitations???
Hi, I have a question about newer vs older BOOX devices re: durability and fragility. Are older devices more durable? I have dropped mine a few times and there is not so much as a scratch (Nova Air), but I have seen seemingly countless examples of newer devices breaking with seemingly very little impact. I will eventually need a back-up/new device, and am mostly struggling to find a durable solution. I like BOOX, but am also interested in others.
Heh, believe it or not, when Note Air 1 came out, you also had "seemingly innumerable" example of the same thing, yet it would turn out that it was a handful of people being persistently very loud, and hiding the fact that they had been abusing the device. Basically, it comes down to the fact, that if you use your device normally, and use common sense, and basic precautions, you are most likely not going to run into any problems. I am not saying that there aren't genuine examples of occasional faults, of course there are, but nothing more than what would be seen with any other device of that type. My own personal experience is that I have never had a single Boox device develop any kind of fault or failure over the course of years now.
I've tried several different Android compatible note taking apps. NoteShelf is my daily go to on my Samsung Tablet and my Chromebook. Sadly, all of the 3rd party note taking apps I tried on the Boox Note Air 2+ were awful. The pen lag was so bad as to make the app essentially unusable. If you want a Boox Note Air, you'll want to stick with the default Boox note taking app that comes preinstalled on the system. I suspect you'll be very unhappy with just about anything else. It's a problem that I've rarely heard mentioned in any of the review videos.
Hello Voja! In your experience, with this 3rd iteration, has the device outgrown any of the issues/problems introduced with that dreadful 3.2 OS update that you covered 2 years earlier? I'm especially interested in that seeming trend to force you to need to go online... (Btw. thank you for your exceptionally informative and thorough videos.)
Yes, that was fixed a long, long time ago, but unfortunately they keep introducing random new issues on different models. So the NA3 is excellent at the moment, but so was the NA3C, which has been hogged down in recent "performance improvement" updates issued for it. So it's a bit of gamble, coz you never know what their " brilliant" software solutions will do to which model.
@@MyDeepGuide Thanks! ( They certainly don't make it easy to swallow the tremendous price tag with these. Just when they finally added the storage expandability, the lack of which drew the line for me previously...)
You can make notes in epub, you do not write on a page but you make notes for the marked part of the text. Embedded notes. It's work very well. You can type them or write them, and they are automatically changed from handwriting into text. It works amazingly well (I do them in 2 languages - English and Polish, and I'm very happy about the results in both).
It's not clear what you are referring to but if you ar referring to battery life testing, then it's described in the video. For reading, it is turning a page every 20 seconds and repeating this action for an hour, for writing, it's continuous writing for one hour.
Hi, I had a BOOX Tab Ultra C Pro, but I returned it. Can you look up what the current chargerate in the app AccuBattery is with the front light on 50% and off? Mine was -550mA/h, with no app on and wifi off, that was way to much! I don't know if the Color E-Ink so much energy consumes, I don't know.
That Snapdragon is a VERY power hungry beast, and overall, TUC Pro is probably the most pointless product they release last year and one of the worst balanced products in a long time.
@@MyDeepGuide If there only is the long life battery like 1 Week and the surface like a reMarkable 2 and the edges was quite sharp on my devices. It would be so good an useable. I really like the BOOX local cloud thingy and the Note App, it is very nice, but that I couldn't use drawing apps like Autocad Sketchbook or Krita fluitly, was a no-go for me. And also Android Devices tend to get slower over the time! If they could optimize 3rd Party Apps and optimize the energy consumption a bit more with a 8Ah Battery, that would improve it a lot. But for 700€ It's to much money. I did buy my first normal Tablet yesterday a Samsung S9 for 850€(a lot of money but it can do so much more), I'm curious how it performs for my use-case and against my reMarkable 2.
Thank you for the review that nobody did for note air 3!
It's strange because it really seems like it's the better device. And it's cheaper!
It's not exciting "on paper" so it's easy to overlook it, but I think that it's an excellent value for money.
@@MyDeepGuide Unfortunately, it seems to no longer be available.
Great review! Totally love my Note Air 3... That battery life totally does it for me. Zero battery anxiety. Don't need colour - OLEDs do that better. The improvements for 300 dpi aren't enough to outweigh all the things this tablet does beautifully.
Makes e-ink lovely for journaling, Blinkist, Kindle, chess, WhatsApp, emails, professional notes, reading documents and process diagramming :)
Been watching your videos all day. Finally bit the bullet and got a Note Air 3C after seeing all your reviews. Thanks for the best e-ink reviews out there.
I have a note air 1. I found the note air 3c interesting with some good features but it took away one of the features I prefer: battery life. Your review or the note air 3 makes me want to get one over the note air 3c. That and I like the way the whites and such look better with the monochrome screen. Call me weird, but 300 vs 227 or whatever it is doesn’t really bother me. I guess I’m the audience for this device, heh
I purchased the Remarkable 2 and owned if for a week before returning it and breathing a sigh of relief. I now have the Note Air 3, and it’s absolutely wonderful. I do not notice any sluggishness in the writing from the Remarkable, but it does everything much better and has the best E-Reader for sure. This is a powerful tool and very nice to look at. I read in low light with the backlight low and a bit of brown added to the hue. It’s perfect!
It's a versatile brand but unfortunately with a rather short life span. I had 2 BOOX readers, Poke 2 and Nova 3, and they both broke within 2 years. In both cases repair cost + both way shipping amounted to roughly 70% of the actual value and shortly after batteries died (I mean if a battery dies in those models it won't last even 1 day). They're not built to last. I never had quality issues with Kindle readers and I have 3 Kindle readers, 4th generation 2011 still works fine. With free Calibre converter one can easily convert any format like EPUB, PDF, WORD to MOBI.
Thank you for your analytical reviews! Your videos were a tremendous help in narrowing down my search to the Note Air 3. I went through a 2-week process to find the right e-reader for my use. It was difficult because of all the new color e-readers coming out. Also, I'm hoping to see you get the Boox Go 10.3 and 7 for review soon.
For the pen numbness, i ended up taking a silicone grip off an old pen i no longer use and slid it on my boox pen. It is much more comfortable to use now. The magnet still works but it admittedly doesn't hold in place as well. Worth the trade off for me though since i write a lot
I have watched many reviews for this device before purchasing and this is the best review yet! Thanks a lot for going into the tablet settings and testing the reading capabilities. I will be using it for reading academic papers.
I also plan to buy it for reading scientific papers. Since it is quite smaller than A4, is it tiresome to read papers? Do you have to zoom in/out all time and scroll up/down/left/right? I would like to have a 13 inch device like tab X but the battery life is too much shorter.
Awesome, this is the review I've been waiting for since this device came out.
Thank you so much for yet another fabulous review! And thanks also for finding straightforward words in your verdict about things like the much criticized dpi.
I have been using the Air Note 3 during almost six months. It is good for taking notes, drawing and reading (although darker than a black and white e- reader).You can also watch videos like this one. The problem is that browsing works badly in many pages, like e. g. do not expect to be able to book a flight (RyanAir) or use learning platforms like Teachable. Moreover there is a lot of ghosting in videos and movies, so it is not suitable for multimedia.
Thank you for the review, I have 2 days left on my Scribe return period, I thought I could live with the limits, but no note bookmark was the last straw (on top of the notes export workflow going through Amazon or email). I'll be checking out your a6x2 review but with the battery report I think I can do Air 3 if I can't wait for the a5x2. Happy New Year!
i have same with my scribe. it gives stable for kindle app features but in 2024 for e-ink just kindle is not enough. its browser just a joke and you cant even install a calender. I have ordered air 3. lets see what we will take :)
@@brainprism88 3rd. Scribe could have easily been the best by far with some simple organisation / search software, even if they used their searchable pdf export to do it on command so you can search device it would be game over. But no, the most non-negotiable software features for note taking are ignored.
Very good, logical, objective review of the Note Air 3. Since the Note Air3 will be going back to Boox, it begs the question..... what will remain as your daily driver? May we presume you'll continue to use the Note Air 3C in your daily work, or are the benefits of the Note Air 3 (monochrome) enough to cause you to purchase your own? I understand the benefits of the color version of the Note Air 3C, but lower cost and significant improvement in battery life offered by the monochrome version seems compelling for most people.
Hi, I just received my iReader Smart X3 with Carta 1300 and it's awesome the improvements related to the whither background and bigger size, only 0,3"more but make the difference.
Great reviews, a video that I would really like to watch is a comparison for reading PDFs in different screen size devices. I wonder if a 7 inches display would be good enough for reading scientific PDF papers on those android devices. On my old kindle paperwhite it's impossible, and in those 10 inches devices surely looks like it would be a good experience.
I have a Boox Nova Air which has a 7.8" display. It's definitely tricky to read PDFs on it, not going to lie. It's possible but not a great experience. I think a 10.3" display would be much better.
Well I ordered mine yesterday - £400 from Amazon which I think is a bargain since I paid around £340 for my Nova 3 years ago. I am therefore delighted to see such a positive review of the device. I have wanted a larger screened e reader for some time but couldn't justify spending another 4-500 pounds so soon after buying the Nova, so missed out on the Air 2. I didn't want a colour screen or a tablet/e reader hybrid so until this launched my choice was a second hand Air 2 or the 2 plus (and I just don't like that green colour).
The 7.8 inch Nova is excellent for portability (I do love it and will be sad to see it go) but for split screen work it's too small and marking up pdfs is difficult.
I can't wait - now does anyone want a second hand Nova??
You could pay £400 directly with Boox and they throw in the magnetic cover worth £50 for free as part of a bundle. Shame that Amazon doesn’t offer that. Hope you enjoy the device
Watch out tho.. Boox aren't awesome for returns etc.. Check their policies
@@ahmadrachid - import duties etc. would make this come out as more than the £400 because I'm in the UK. I have had my new Boox Note Air 2 for 2 days now and I'm loving it. It is heavy compared to my lovely little Nova but the advantages of the larger screen are worth the extra weight.
I bought a cheap eBay case for £10, advertised as fitting the Note Air 2 and it fits perfectly, as I needed something to protect my new baby immediately.
Amazon have a couple of dedicated Note 3 cases: one looks good - comes in grey, blue, black or pink. Very thin and with a clear back so you can see the device - but as it comes from China it will take a month which is why I bought the cheapy one for now.
@@honeychurchgipsy6
In the end I went for the Supernote A6x2 , think they are as difficult to send back as the Boox, but based on Voya’s review I took the plunge. Hope I like it as much as he does. Take care
@@ahmadrachid impossible to get in UK unfortunately
I bought that for the university best device ever
Yes!! This is the review of this device that I needed. My exact questions were answered. Thank you so much. I especially appreciate your comparisons to the other devices that would be direct competitors. I was very curious to see how much of an impact the lack of a 300ppi screen would have on really world usage and can see that now. This is the Boox device I have been waiting for. Now however, I have a huge problem!!! What am I supposed to do with my NA3c?!? The battery life (or lack thereof) almost completely turned me off eink. 😅
Swappa? Trade it with someone who is really excited about the NA3c, but, would rather buy it in person? Keep it as a night reader instead of a bright phone or tablet? Just a few ideas.
As I’ve offered as a view elsewhere: it’s interesting to see people taking sides in this NA3 v NA3C debate. Having a NA2 and NA3C I have a vested interest in joining the NA3C side of course! Clearly, the NA3C is much more innovative than the NA3 is. Not much point in upgrading to a 3 from a 2 whereas there could be a reason for switching to colour and BSR in the NA3C from the NA2.
If you have no interest in the attractions of colour or don’t want to charge a regularly used NA3C as much as you do your phone or iPad then don’t bother of course with the NA3C.
Then more subtle considerations - if you want the same best screen sharpness of the 300 ppi Kindles then don’t bother with the NA3. If you want a brighter but unlit eye-friendly screen you must go for the NA3 over the “dull” NA3C. But if battery life and frequent charging isn’t an issue for you, fixing screen brightness on the NA3C is available to something like you get on the NA3/2, whereas for some (but not all) not being able to “fix” the old tech 227 ppi to 300 ppi may be an issue. And if speed and screen refresh is particularly important, go for the NA3C.
Ultimately, if you’ve no need and zero interest in colour, probably go for a NA3 (or Kindle Scribe), unless you already have a NA2/+. In all other cases, however, I think the NA3C still has a lot going for it, imperfect though it is.
Because of the way manufacturers are delivering products and the current tech race I feel like I am continually waiting until something gets fixed to make a product right. DPI to 300, better interface to get files off the device and into other programs, a more responsive screen and on and on. I hold off waiting for the next product drop or the next product update/upgrade or iteration or model and about the time I am about to pull the trigger and commit the dang thing is falling behind. Each manufacturer has a piece of the puzzle and it makes me feel like I need to wait for a "Typefolio A4X2 SuperBooxRemarkenstein 3". I await that product and cart my paper notebook and 2B Mechanical Pencils around dreaming of the day.
Thank you for the review.
I read in reviews that the color can't really be used without the light and are pastel at best.
I wanted an ereader for the calmness for the eyes. Else i could read in a backlit monitor or OLED.
The note taking is my main impulse yo upgrade because i go through quite some paper while studying and hope its gpod enough to get in a routine with this e-reader.
Appreciate the in-depth review, would have liked to buy this but it seems unlikely they will restock. Do you have any feedback, knowledge, or experience regarding the terrible customer service reviews for this company? Interestingly I emailed them to ask for information about restocking the Note Air 3 and they themselves said they "didn't know" and encouraged me to buy the Air 3C instead (which I would love to do if not for the huge price hike in my currency and the significant drop in battery life). While this lack of knowledge about their own company's activities is disconcerting, I'm more worried about their apparent refusal to resolve warranty issues and returns either honestly or to customers' satisfaction, based on trustpilot commentary - especially when I'm being nudged into buying a more expensive product.
I wish they had kept the super refresh on Note Air 3. I am visually impaired and the darkness on the color screen really bothers me since it takes away from the contrast. I tried the Air 3 C for a few days and I really loved it except that in order to be able to work on it, I had to turn the light up to 80 - 90% which drained the battery fairly quickly. And it still wasn't as crisp as a b&w. So I am returning it since I prefer a monochrome. But I'm worried that without the super refresh it'll have more ghosting and won't run as smoothly.
Engadget recycled a ‘review’ of eink tablets for 2024. It had some discontinued models and didn’t even mention newer models like this one or the A6X2; didn’t mention colour models. I commented that Boox produces more new models in a year than Engadget produces reviews. I added a link to this channel, 6 months ago!
My ideal device would be this with BSR, but make it possible to disable BSR on a per-app basis. Get the responsiveness where you need it, the battery savings where you don't. (I appreciate that may not be trivial, if BSR devices are always using the GPU even in slower refresh modes.)
I essentially wanted an NA3C, but in b&w. 227 PPI is enough for me, as much as I'd love 300. And I prefer b&w over color because many Android apps use color in their UIs or for their text, which makes those elements 150PPI on the color devices. The color devices also seem very subject to strong after-images inside color content in a way that's distinct from the ghosting of any e-ink device.
Maybe in six months there will be a NA3+ with BSR included.
But if deciding between 3 and 3c what would you pick? Batterylife is not so important. Will charge it everyday anyway. But the difference between b/w and color and the advantages and disadvantages of them both has me doubting. Thanks!
Get the colour - end of discussion 🤣😉
I mean, it is boox we are talking about; making a B/W variant was just a matter of time, as they have plenty of old screens to get rid of :D
I like this one more than the color screen ones to be honest. This is probably the most balanced device of all, between features and price, as it was for the NA2+
Nothing wrong with it... The wrong was in making the Air 3C IMO, and the C plus pro and so on :D
What's wrong with the device is that it doesn't support BSR and the price difference between the Air 3 C and Air 3 is not that high. So it also compares to the 3C instead of “just” to the 2 or 2 Plus.
IMHO you cannot just exclude the 3C for comparison.
227 is actually looking pretty good. I do wish they’d improve on the writing features, so we can track and organize notes
What's wrong with the writing features?
@@freman75 probably they're comparing it to SuperNote devices featured
Thank you for review. Can you help is it needed to buy cover for it or usually it is used without cover?
BSR vs Battery, battery is what matters when we are on eInk device. I won't be able to get away for a weekend wirhout a charger
Thank you for your amazing work!
What is your personal decision between Air 3C and Air 3?
Which one are you choosing to be your personal ereader?
Hi and congrats! I really need your help🙏 I am between the air 3 and the air 3c. I want to read scanned PDF and the pinch zoom is very Important for me. I saw a Video for air x ( with bsr) and pinch zoom was super, like on my ipad. How dies it perform without bsr??? (Air 3). Please help me on my purchase!!!🙏❤🙏
Thanks for the review! I have one question concerning the SD Card Slot. I have seen people complaining that their slot couldn’t be totally shut once the card is inserted. Is this happening to the device you have? So the slot might protrude out of the edge of the device a little bit? Thanks in advance!
I think the Note Air 3 was developed to crush the Remarkable 2. This it does in the most satisfying way.
Didn't look at it that way... I was very sceptical at first... Still, I think that very few people are going to switch to this from Air 2 or 2+. From 3C surly not... So I think that most buyers are going to be people who are still clinging to their Air 1 or Novas or those entering Boox world (either total starters in eink or those jumping over from Remarkable or Supernote 1 or other...). Might be wrong, but that's my take on it...
After Air 3C, I don't know in which direction should their innovation go. One is ofcourse going to be TabX C, the other possibility to switch on and off BSR (hopefully) to save some battery. Or otherwise just keep going with same stuff with newer android and a bit better hardware... But new innovations. I don't know what could that be... Air 3 is a sign of that... Hopefully they are going to start giving more support to present devices and drop out new ones only when they really have something breaking new, and not every few months as until now... Let's see what future of boox has in store
@153bigfishes - Ordered mine yesterday and can't wait for it to arrive. For me it's an upgrade from my Nova 3 - my first 10 inch device. I really didn't want either a tablet/ereader (tab x) or a colour device - both overpriced for stuff I don't want. So it was either a second hand note air 2/2 plus or this new air 3 with the added bonus of the sd card slot and a faster processor/bigger battery.
At £400 it was a no brainer.
Or maybe they can lay off churning out a gazillion new devices per year and focus on improving their software functionality, which is in dire needs of fixes, maturity, focus, and refinement.
@@MyDeepGuide - you make a good point.
Since I purchased my Boox device, I have had nothing but issues with the touch screen. Only calling out for a buyers beware. Capacitive touch keeps going to "Unknown." I have to open a ticket. They have to send me a firmware update. And then it fails again a couple of weeks later. Just a warning to people before purchasing that I find the hardware to be unstable.
How bright is the screen with the light off? Wondering if I can read with an amber book light in bed and the front light off 🤔
Thank you for all the good work :-) I Have an issue with my Note air 3, I just got it in exchange for my Note air 3C. Battery life was an issue, so I thought I try the Note Air 3. Here's the Problem... In sleep mode the Note Air 3 (not 3C!) is lossing 3-4% of battery life on a daily bases... It's in flight mode and no apps are running in Background. Maybe that's how it is. Do you have any recommends on how to fix that, if it's not usual. Thank you.
Hmmm, that is unusual. Have you tried with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth turned off, not in airplane mode, to see if the results are the same? Also, in Settings you have options that you can check on what the device does with WiFi connection when it goes to sleep and wakes up from sleep. Make sure those are set to something that wouldn't cause the tablet to remain connected to the internet even when in sleep mode.
@@MyDeepGuide Thank you very much for your reply, I'll check that, keep up the good work :-)
Any news on the issue of writing issue (sluggishness / pause de-pause) ?
Have you done any ACTUAL REAL WORLD USE videos on the NA3?? I would love to ACTUALLY see someone show the new notebook creation process?? Can someone ACTUALLY load a CUSTOM template in native format (the RM2 would be PNG) what is the native format on the NA3?? Can I add pages that then use a different TEMPLATE than the previous pages in the notebook?? Does the NA3 actually do the obvious things the RM2 doesn't do as far as SUPPORT CUSTOM TEMPLATES that aren't pdf's with their limitations? Are there any "Gotcha's" using the Kindle app? That's one of the VERY few android apps I can see using on the NA3? Can I annotate / write in kindle books?? Is the actual active writing / viewing area the same dimensions the same as the RM2? The overall device appears to be wider and shorter than the RM2. YES I have an RM2 that is disappointing / frustrating me with it's software limitations. Is the NA3 the answer or just a different set of limitations???
All the questions you have, I have. It seems everyone is about specs, looks, performance, etc.. but nobody is showing ACTUAL use.
What are the odds that BOOX will release a 10.3 or 7.8 inch b&w device with lights, BSR, and android 12?
Very high.
@@MyDeepGuide and with a pen?
What about pen tilt in NA3?
Hi, I have a question about newer vs older BOOX devices re: durability and fragility. Are older devices more durable? I have dropped mine a few times and there is not so much as a scratch (Nova Air), but I have seen seemingly countless examples of newer devices breaking with seemingly very little impact. I will eventually need a back-up/new device, and am mostly struggling to find a durable solution. I like BOOX, but am also interested in others.
Heh, believe it or not, when Note Air 1 came out, you also had "seemingly innumerable" example of the same thing, yet it would turn out that it was a handful of people being persistently very loud, and hiding the fact that they had been abusing the device.
Basically, it comes down to the fact, that if you use your device normally, and use common sense, and basic precautions, you are most likely not going to run into any problems.
I am not saying that there aren't genuine examples of occasional faults, of course there are, but nothing more than what would be seen with any other device of that type.
My own personal experience is that I have never had a single Boox device develop any kind of fault or failure over the course of years now.
@@MyDeepGuide Very good to know, thank you!
I have just ordered one of these. I want it for reading and writing. Can anyone recommend a good note-taking app? Prefer cross-platform, secure etc
I've tried several different Android compatible note taking apps. NoteShelf is my daily go to on my Samsung Tablet and my Chromebook. Sadly, all of the 3rd party note taking apps I tried on the Boox Note Air 2+ were awful. The pen lag was so bad as to make the app essentially unusable. If you want a Boox Note Air, you'll want to stick with the default Boox note taking app that comes preinstalled on the system. I suspect you'll be very unhappy with just about anything else. It's a problem that I've rarely heard mentioned in any of the review videos.
Hello Voja! In your experience, with this 3rd iteration, has the device outgrown any of the issues/problems introduced with that dreadful 3.2 OS update that you covered 2 years earlier? I'm especially interested in that seeming trend to force you to need to go online... (Btw. thank you for your exceptionally informative and thorough videos.)
Yes, that was fixed a long, long time ago, but unfortunately they keep introducing random new issues on different models. So the NA3 is excellent at the moment, but so was the NA3C, which has been hogged down in recent "performance improvement" updates issued for it. So it's a bit of gamble, coz you never know what their " brilliant" software solutions will do to which model.
@@MyDeepGuide Thanks! ( They certainly don't make it easy to swallow the tremendous price tag with these. Just when they finally added the storage expandability, the lack of which drew the line for me previously...)
On the MDO 2024 i tend to always flip page when taking note because my palm is touching the screen is there an option to disable that ?
Do we know if writing latency inconsistency is fixed or will be adressed?
Hello, is it possible to write in the ePUB files or just in PDF?
You can make notes in epub, you do not write on a page but you make notes for the marked part of the text. Embedded notes. It's work very well. You can type them or write them, and they are automatically changed from handwriting into text. It works amazingly well (I do them in 2 languages - English and Polish, and I'm very happy about the results in both).
What do you mean by continuous use? Do you mean contenous turning und refrishing the page or just leaving the page on?
It's not clear what you are referring to but if you ar referring to battery life testing, then it's described in the video. For reading, it is turning a page every 20 seconds and repeating this action for an hour, for writing, it's continuous writing for one hour.
@@MyDeepGuide Actually this is what I mean, thank you very much for the answer. ♥️♥️♥️
I want 3c
Hi, I had a BOOX Tab Ultra C Pro, but I returned it. Can you look up what the current chargerate in the app AccuBattery is with the front light on 50% and off? Mine was -550mA/h, with no app on and wifi off, that was way to much! I don't know if the Color E-Ink so much energy consumes, I don't know.
nevermind, I saw your chart and your BOOX Tab Ultra C Pro showed only 8h batterylife, too. :/ I thought that I have maybe a bad product.
That Snapdragon is a VERY power hungry beast, and overall, TUC Pro is probably the most pointless product they release last year and one of the worst balanced products in a long time.
@@MyDeepGuide If there only is the long life battery like 1 Week and the surface like a reMarkable 2 and the edges was quite sharp on my devices. It would be so good an useable.
I really like the BOOX local cloud thingy and the Note App, it is very nice, but that I couldn't use drawing apps like Autocad Sketchbook or Krita fluitly, was a no-go for me. And also Android Devices tend to get slower over the time!
If they could optimize 3rd Party Apps and optimize the energy consumption a bit more with a 8Ah Battery, that would improve it a lot. But for 700€ It's to much money.
I did buy my first normal Tablet yesterday a Samsung S9 for 850€(a lot of money but it can do so much more), I'm curious how it performs for my use-case and against my reMarkable 2.
Wait fkr a more frefinded versionwith hight dpiand better contrast
The writing looks a bit laggy