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E-readers: Kobo vs Boox? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/books@lemmy.world
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I've been getting back into reading and while nothing will beat a physical book, having a device with multiple EPUBS seems like a good way to save space and money. After a bit of searching, I'm down to two options: Kobo (specifically the Libra Colour) and Boox (specifically the Go Color 7). I've discarded tablets because they're just a larger phone and thus blue light-induced eye strain. I've also discarded the Kindle because of Amazon's business practices. I known that Kindles can jailbroken (which I wouldn't mind doing) and I could buy one second-hand on eBay but I prefer to give my money towards a better competitor.

Which one do you think is better? Have you used their previous e-readers? How do they compare?

Thanks in advance!

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[–] 3 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Throwing out some love for the Bigme B7.

It's my e-reader, my maps, my podcasts, and I can even knock out a reply to a telegram and then get back to my book without pulling out my (stupidly small) phone.

I have an old as eff Kobo, and it's a marginally better e-reader, but just grabbing an Epub off the net, off nextcloud, or even reading a decent sized article... Yeah, love my B7.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    How's the battery life? I've been considering it vs a comparable boox device and most reviews have been pointing me at boox

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Honestly? Not fantastic. I run it with the wifi and LTE on, some backlight, GPS on, and I get two solid days out of it. For e-ink, I would expect more. Still... Quite nice for what I paid. Much more useful than a pure e-reader, even just for ease of getting content into it, you know?

    I miss the Yotaphone days.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

    Honestly thats better than the impression I had gotten, thanks for the reply! Its really hard to find current experiences with them, most were from when it came out and these days it so often hard to tell if thats representative of the product anymore. Plus bigme reviews are like disproportionately influencer marketing ads, which isn't very helpful 😅

    I guess I'll have to consider boox vs bigme a bit more then. I wish there were more current direct comparisons

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I had a few really annoying problems with the Bigme when I first got it, but two updates later and it's really solid.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    Thats super helpful! Are there any thing with it you still dont love other than the battery life? I think the comparable boox device has similar battery life issues, just as a product of running a full android os and having the more powerful hardware needed for that

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Well, e-ink has it's own limitations, so watching videos sucks. No headphone jack. The charge port is covered by the case when it's closed, so I have to leave the case open when I charge it. The "menu ball" is a weird design choice, so I don't use it. These are pretty nit-picky things though.

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