Boox Note Air 3 C E Reader Review | An Outside Perspective
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Intro 0:00
Unboxing 1:34
Booting up 4:13
Software 5:19
TH-cam? 7:15
CPU 8:44
Boox Library 9:07
Using the Stylus 9:42
Speakers 10:53
Navigation 11:46
The Cover 13:11
The Store is Pretty Bare 15:06
Play Books 16:09
Comics Look GREAT 17:48
Misc Apps 18:20
Minecraft Because Why Not? 21:16
Battery Life 21:55
Comics/Manga Are My Favorite 23:26
Does Android Make Sense? 23:55
It's EXPENSIVE! 25:29
Some Issues 26:32
Conclusion 28:26 - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
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I'm so happy to have found this video, i own a boox 3C and i got it thanks to the my deep guide channel. Most of the people in that channel are power users and they have some solid complains for their use cases. However, seeing you enjoying this devices so much and finding most of it's great highlights on camera was priceless.
This is one of the best demos I've seen for this device and the 3C Pro big-brother of this one. You are actually using it the way 'normal' users would, for example when you write on the screen you aren't holding the pen in a weird-way to avoid 'upsetting the device', you are holding it normally as we all do with the rest of the side of your hand on the screen for support. This gave an unequivocal demonstration therefore that the palm-rejection is pretty-much perfect - with no unpredictable marks or gesture-actions happening while you were writing - a VERY, VERY important aspect of any e-note/screen device for me and I'm sure others. Real-life demo of the speakers too - and as you say they are there, and they're clearly fit-for-purpose, the device never claims to be a 'music-machine' but has sound that can be clearly heard nevertheless. A really helpful video that 'just shows the device' without too much existential-waffle and endless pondering that so many YT content contains now. Many thanks for taking the time to make and show us this video - p.s. sort the garden a bit - it's a mess. 😉😉
Best I can recall, all you saw was my yard still trying to recover from the winter/dogs lol. Tennessee clay + winter + dogs that won't use a walkway = mud 😂
@@scaryifliteral Mine's the same - she will insist on making her own path through the bloody lawn! 😌
This has been by far one of the best reviews on a product I have watched in a long time. Thank you.
Thanks!
The scritchy sound is delightful 🥰
This looks amazing. I've been waiting for color e-ink screens to improve for soooooo long. Excellent review. Just may get this one finally.
Interferometric modulator display (IMOD, trademarked mirasol) would have been a nice technology.
Thank you for unboxing stuff, alot of reviews dont know it's the feeling of unboxing that makes us want to buy the product
I am so close to buying one of these. There probably won't be a new version until the day after I have bought this one :D
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I gotta say that one of the reasons I switched from the iPhone to the OnePlus Open was the ability to read comics.....if you haven't tried reading comics on the Open, it literally sells the device! Great videos as always, man.
I was literally thinking the same thing the other day reading a Manga on the Open, love the device
Which app do you use for reading?
@@joaquinginer6020 so far CDisplayEx is my favorite, it's free but there's an ad-free version you can purchase as well. The free version is just fine, but I'll buy it to support them. It plays all my old cbr and cbz files, no matter how large they are.
Some reading works better with an A4 size screen.
This seems to be a very decent color e-ink reader. I like how you pushed the device past what it was intended to do. Thank you for the unboxing as well. Not too many creators include unboxings anymore.
If I didn't try to do stupid things with it, it wouldn't be one of my reviews 😂
I love how everything looks in that gadget even the colors❤
As always Shane, nice work! I wish you had stressed more the note taking capabilities of the device. The software helps you take and organize your thoughts with handwriting. There's a lot of science behind the idea that we remember what notes we're taking when we handwrite them versus typing them on a keyboard. This is an outstanding device for note taking in addition to reading.
It honestly maybe something that I come back and revisit later on. It's hard to know what to include and what not to when the video is getting this long 😂
My god that's a pretty reader. I really should look into getting one. I have a old Kindle that's slow AF.
I love these devices and this one looks fantastic. Having said that I just can't justify the price even though I can easily afford it. Great comprehensive review. Massively impressed with the product.
Yes you can hear it when you ✍️ sounds coo
Great review !
Nice review. I own the Boox Ultra C with a keyboard. Unfortunatly the processors in these things (and Android) are older as they need to integrate with an additional processor that can work with the e-ink particles. Did you try to turn the device off? That's also fun as due to the way e-ink works even when it's of it maintains a full color picture on the screen.
I really like using it in the sun. It's my only device that I can use to do some work outside on a sunny day. For this it is great!
Wow that's a really cool device
Looks great .
I'm curious of the scratch resistance of the screen. Especially being paper-like while using the stylus.
I have the Boox Note Air3c which is my main reading device since by Surface Duo 2 broke, definitely helps with sleep. I wish it had hardware page turning buttons like Kindle Oasis or Kobo Libre or Boox Page.
Was also spying the Boox Palma which is interesting form factor.
I am wondering if the better play to listen to audio books is just to get a cheap small android tablet so I can use it instead of my phone to download audio books from my library using Libby or Hoopla? Any thoughts on that?
does the screen cast work? if it does then you can use it to watch video on normal monitors or TV
after you say ‘’sorry it was off side’’ and made it off side again. this time it was more on left not right 😃😃😂anyways,it was nice review. 🍻 thanks
I would love to see some kind of spiritual successor to the Surface Duo that uses that hybrid e-ink tech that some smartwatches use.
With panos now at Amazon, who knows lol
I just bought the reMarkable 2. Its the best for reading and writing.
Need a Kobo Libra Color review next haha
If you just want to read, get a kindle, but if you are a note taker that likes to write your notes an e ink device like this is the way to go over any iPad,
When you have to read a lot of documents, study, and write notes… In normal kindle isn’t possible, those have little screen and the kindle scribe doesn’t have color when you need to highlight contents. On the other hand, ipad or Samsung tablets with pen gives you a headache, swollen eyes, fatigue for watching a brighter light screen. And in the traditional way, you can’t live with a lot of documents, those are heavy, you can lose them, fragile, etc.
So, I’m part of the costumers of this device. I’m still thinking about it expensive price. I would buy it without hesitation if it costs less.
Almost went with the reg C for black and white only and would recommend anyone using this for only manga do so as the 399 model is hands down the best looking manga reader on the market at the price. So worth the extra cnote for the color though.
Fun stuff. I had one of these a few years ago, didnt end up using it as much as i thought, possibly it just did *too much*
Yeah, that's an interesting thing with devices like this. Doing less might be smart.
@@scaryifliteral yeah I think I might fare better with a normal kindle. Maybe once Panos makes a dual screen one for us 😂
Btw the comic book thing is because when we were kids, those were printed on newsprint, which doesn't give much saturation. If you use the same files on modern, glossy paper, you get really garish colors which is why some re-issues of classics look so odd. Frank Miller's Dark Knight Returns is often cited as an example.
Exactly. It really does look like I remember them looking. Really cool.
Kaleido 3 is quite good, solid review man. Just a heads up if a company sends you a product now you have to include paid promotion. Quite annoying but just don't want you to get demonetized!
I regret selling mine to buy the fold 5 😢 it's just such a great reading experience!
I just returned my Boox Noite Air 3 C. I felt the UI was too confusing and I realised I just needed a note taking device. I just realised that Supernote devices check the box on this.
Nice video. I have the poke5 and the tab mini C. I really love them!
I would recommend not adding any social media apps such as TH-cam, Reddit, twitter etc... you will get too distracted!
Probably a good idea lol
I have it since December. It's an amazing device. All my meeting notes are on it. I have about 200 comics and enough books till my 110 b'day.
Not for gaming or videos but this is fine.
So many things the author didn't get, this tablet is, imho, the proper replacement to paper.
I am scared to what extent you have the same interests and likes 🙂 I have a handful of Boox devices - the latest Tab Mini C, it is the small version of Air 3 C technically 🙂 But also reMarkable 2 for writing - at least there we differ as you stated several times you do not like to hand-write...
For youtube video's, you need to set refresh mode to 'ultrafast' (click on settings at bottom). Not sure if that was set to that when playing the youtube video, seems 1 step below that perhaps.
It was
I was wondering how smooth the note taking experience is with Microsoft OneNote for Android on the Note Air 3C. I briefly owned the original Boox Note (2019),and OneNote was basically unusable. Way too much lag. It is supposed to be better now, but I've not seen any reviews that show this on video. Is there anybody out there who can share the experience?
I had one for a few weeks. I think it is good for a regular people who wake up in day and read in day light, especially good for those turn the brightness of their monitors to the maximum and need to protect their eyes. However, I am a night owl, usually stay and read in a dimmer indoor light. Then I feel the white is not whiter than white paper in books. Sure you need to turn on the backlight to make the white whiter, but this also lit up the black, so the contract is not that great, comparing to a oled display in dark mode. Based on using situation, the price is also a consideration.
You should try the note air 3 and not the 3C, color e ink panela tend to be darker because of the technology used to create the colors
Avatar the Last Airbender in the thumbnail 👍
I don't read comics, would you recommend the black and white version?
Yeah, that would honestly make sense for a lot of people
Please don't let big reviewers get this try to change the price with asking for shit we don't need , every year they like to overhype the fucking specs
"its good, but would be great with 5G, Bluetooth, and an 100mp camera, etc..."
Surprised there was no mention of running the Amazon Kindle app. Can it run the Kindle app?
Yeah, I mention that you can install the Kindle app. I just don't use it, so I didn't show it.
What is that "dot-matrix" screen you have in the background? (It was showing your subcriber stats)
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@@scaryifliteral Many thanks!
Where did you get your comics for this?
Mostly Play Books.
Spyrograph
Nice review, but I would like to ask why other experts say that the Air3C lasts one day and you told us that 5 days heavily using the apps (it is not clear if you used 8 hours per day or not). thanks for clarifying
If you watch the portion of the video I say "I wouldn't say it's been in heavy use." If you sit down and use it for 8 hours straight, you could kill it faster. If you're using it here and there, reading a bit off and on like I was, it'll last much longer than 1 day. It would be hard for me to kill it in one day. You're certainly not doing that by reading alone.
@@scaryifliteral Thanks for fast answer! it would be good to say in the comments how many hours (estimated) did you used for the remaining % spent in 5 days. it is very useful for buyers like me searching real battery drain and we can decide how much is enough. again, thanks a lot!
It def seems dated in the chip area for $500. The color looks nice but I dont think that justifies that premium price when there are exceedingly cheaper options despite that amazing refresh rate it can achieve, which isn't the point of an e-reader device anyways.I'd say if this was in the $300 range it would be a good sell but not $500. Btw don't buy from Best Buy they charge the same $499 and dont give the cover and have no reason as to why they are keeping the cover out of their bundle.
Are you really judging the value just on how quickly TH-cam loads up? Shouldn't you consider the benefits for your eye health? Your eyesight is priceless.
eInk is notoriously expensive. The Kindle Scribe for instance, is a similar price for the 8"/10" form factor. You are also buying a Color eInk screen, so while it's not OLED, AMOLED or MiniLED, there's nothing similar in the size for this tech. While Bigme have a similar device using the same Kaleido 3 color screen tech, it's not significantly cheaper. YMMV on sales pricing, it could be competitive for the Bigme Inknote color lite.
When Kindle makes their Color version, it will probably be USD $500 to $600
Another of the reasons it's using an old snapdragon SoC is that it doesn't need to be fast. The battery life is contingent on not needing to be refreshing the screen every few seconds, nor do you need WiFi 6E or Bluetooth 5.2. It will run audiobooks or keep notes, but the battery will drain. Same with cranking the brightness for days. It's also likely why it's feature limited to Android 11, due to the screen technology not yet being updated.
The better works better in HD
I think their book store is public domain only
Seems that way
@@scaryifliteral If they're charging money for the books on the store then they're ripping you off.
I have an Onyx boox nova 3 color and I seem to remember their store stuff being free, but I havent turned it on a while, and I wouldn't be surprised if they've decided to try to make a buck charging people for free books.
@@scaryifliteral Oh, also speaking of battery life:
I just plugged in my Nova Color 3 to charge it and look, but it still have 97% charge. I havent turned in on in probably ALMOST A YEAR. That's pretty dang good battery stability.
I wouldn't be surprised if you continue to get great battery life on the Air 3.
Most Likely Project Gutenberg books as they're Public Domain. The "store" is likely a placeholder as most people would either use Kindle, Libby or Kobo, Google Play, etc, as ebooks have a notorious problem - since Kindle 'won' the eBook war a decade ago, it becomes difficult to get books outside of the US regions due to publishers and exclusivity, et al.
It generally means you can't get publishers to approve a new eBook store unless they're the ones running it. There's also Calibre to move or convert books for Kindle/Kobo, or just to rescale comics and images on books for different screen sizes,
and there's also places like zlibrary to 'find' ePub books and move them into onedrive/google drive to move between ereaders. sic.
Are there applications
Watch the video
Does it actually have a sim slot?
Micro SD
@@scaryifliteral thanks!
I need one 😢
You say pen like pin.
they are had no goals
Why is it so slow?
E ink screens do not have the same refresh rate as a typical screen. Everything's going to move slower. It's just how the technology works.
It's like a Kindle Paperwhite but better.
Do yourself and your wallet a favor and don't go down the e ink rabbit hole
Took too long to review. I fell asleep. Lol