I still can’t understand why most e readers feel underpowered. Can’t be that difficult to put a better processor and ram into these devices so that it runs faster.
@@ViciousTurducken nah. thats a stupid excuse. waiting 30-60 seconds for app to open is inexcusable. display can handle two-three fps, so it can easily open instantly if it had fast processor
I am not sure which aspect of it are you referring to feel _underpowered_ but the reason why those displays refresh so slowly is just how e-ink screen works. The display rearranges all the tiny capsule of e-ink on refresh, the earlier devices flashed completely to rearrange everything but now with higher performance chipset they just rearrange text so the display might feel slow but it isn't.
RAM is a great power hog, the more RAM you have, the more refresh cycles you need to make to keep the transistors in the memory chips updated. RAM is not "remembering" the values, as Flash or other permanent storage devices do, so you will get more battery drain. However, I'm pretty sure that Boox did that just to make the device cheaper, if 2GB is good enough for most customers (they're not a very customer friendly company, try returning something) why pay more for 4GB. If you use their own apps, the device run way faster and if you get some non-DRM books you won't need to use Kindle app, that ha a nasty animation going when you change the pages.
Regarding response time, have you tried to play with the e-ink center settings (you can access them from notifications center / pooling down on WiFi and battery area)? From other boox devices, I know that for each app you can select different e-ink center profiles, and the apps should respond much quicker.
The device is honestly just too heavy running the dot widget, letting the ai exists, and being on wifi with background processes running. I disabled or restricted a lot of that and it immediately was a solid device for loading up Google play books and reading. I went further and downloaded a new home launcher which allowed me to get to the full android settings app and not the limited amount the default let's you, and I disabled/restricted/optimized all the stock apps boox loads in that I could and the device is even better. I say all this to get to, I run my device on the normal eink setting and have zero complaints now.
I've had my kindle since 2016 with only 4 GB. I still havent filled it up. 32gb would be plently... If it becomes a problem just delete the books that you finish and don't download a bunch of apps you don't need on an e-reader.
What's the advantage of this over the basic Kindle? Con is that it's way more expensive. Pro is that if your library includes books on non-kindle apps you can access them. I don't think for someone already vested in the Kindle ecosystem there's any advantage jumping ship to this.
He slid the page over vs tapped it, had wifi on, the onscreen widget, and probably more background stuff. eInk is good for displaying something and then refreshing itself to the next thing. It's not a light based display meant for scrolling. I have such a better experience on this device than this review had, but the review was honest to how the product is out of the box.
This same device with proper internals and BSR... and I would buy it. ...and I know most would disagree, but remove the LEDs, and add a Wacom layer, and I'd buy it even if it costs several times that amount 😅
Looks great but I have my eye on the Kindle Colorsoft.
With that, you can buy 2
I still can’t understand why most e readers feel underpowered. Can’t be that difficult to put a better processor and ram into these devices so that it runs faster.
I think it is because the display can't handle high framerates
@@ViciousTurducken nah. thats a stupid excuse. waiting 30-60 seconds for app to open is inexcusable. display can handle two-three fps, so it can easily open instantly if it had fast processor
I am not sure which aspect of it are you referring to feel _underpowered_ but the reason why those displays refresh so slowly is just how e-ink screen works. The display rearranges all the tiny capsule of e-ink on refresh, the earlier devices flashed completely to rearrange everything but now with higher performance chipset they just rearrange text so the display might feel slow but it isn't.
Because e-reader screen is expensive…
RAM is a great power hog, the more RAM you have, the more refresh cycles you need to make to keep the transistors in the memory chips updated. RAM is not "remembering" the values, as Flash or other permanent storage devices do, so you will get more battery drain.
However, I'm pretty sure that Boox did that just to make the device cheaper, if 2GB is good enough for most customers (they're not a very customer friendly company, try returning something) why pay more for 4GB.
If you use their own apps, the device run way faster and if you get some non-DRM books you won't need to use Kindle app, that ha a nasty animation going when you change the pages.
Regarding response time, have you tried to play with the e-ink center settings (you can access them from notifications center / pooling down on WiFi and battery area)? From other boox devices, I know that for each app you can select different e-ink center profiles, and the apps should respond much quicker.
The device is honestly just too heavy running the dot widget, letting the ai exists, and being on wifi with background processes running. I disabled or restricted a lot of that and it immediately was a solid device for loading up Google play books and reading.
I went further and downloaded a new home launcher which allowed me to get to the full android settings app and not the limited amount the default let's you, and I disabled/restricted/optimized all the stock apps boox loads in that I could and the device is even better.
I say all this to get to, I run my device on the normal eink setting and have zero complaints now.
Very cool. Which launcher?
I've had my kindle since 2016 with only 4 GB. I still havent filled it up. 32gb would be plently... If it becomes a problem just delete the books that you finish and don't download a bunch of apps you don't need on an e-reader.
I would love something like this for audio books. However I don't think this would be able to run the Talkback screen reader.
The best part of this thing is that we will save our trees no more trees for paper.
What's the advantage of this over the basic Kindle? Con is that it's way more expensive. Pro is that if your library includes books on non-kindle apps you can access them. I don't think for someone already vested in the Kindle ecosystem there's any advantage jumping ship to this.
That page turn took a solid 3 seconds, yikes
Its slower than my kindle that Ive had since 2016
He slid the page over vs tapped it, had wifi on, the onscreen widget, and probably more background stuff.
eInk is good for displaying something and then refreshing itself to the next thing. It's not a light based display meant for scrolling.
I have such a better experience on this device than this review had, but the review was honest to how the product is out of the box.
Thanks for your review.
Android 11? 10sec to open? Nope.
This same device with proper internals and BSR... and I would buy it.
...and I know most would disagree, but remove the LEDs, and add a Wacom layer, and I'd buy it even if it costs several times that amount 😅
Pocket friendly means cheap 😂😂😂
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thanks for sharing
... It is too expensive for how slow it is
Slow page turns... It's a no go for me.
I think, Kindle Basic 12th Gen is much better than Boox Go 6.