BOOXTablet Go Color 7 ePaper E Ink Tablet 4G 64G Front Light (Black)

I'm reviewing this from a straight up ebook standpoint, since I really don't read comics or anything requiring color, but the Page wasn't on the Amazon store but this Go Color 7 version was.I came from a Kindle Voyage, which I loved for years, and this is a nice upgrade. I really like that it's Android based so it lets me use my Kindle Library as well as being open for other storefronts and sideloading books. Great size and feel with the tactile buttons that can be set as page turners. I really like holding it sideways so the buttons are at the bottom, it makes it super comfy to hold it from the bottom with either one or both hands, and being able to turn the page with my thumb on either button. The charge lasts a good while, and you can set it to auto-power-off so it doesn't burn battery all the time. Startup from a full off state only takes a minute.The only personal gripe I have is that the backlighting is just slightly less uniform than my Voyage was, but not that bad and it really doesn't bother me overall. There are some ghosting issues that you can easily solve in settings for text reading, but if you are looking for a really dedicated color graphic novel reader I'd look into one of Boox's higher end models or from another company. But for ebooks I give this one a 4.5/5, it's a solid eReader with a whole lot of flexibility built in.

I've had my Boox for 4 months and still use it daily. I was big into paperbacks until I realized how much more convenient and comfortable my boox is. No issues with lighting in a room, can lay on my side while reading, and have all my books in a portable device.The battery lasts at most 20 hours depending on what you're doing. Compared to other ereaders that aren't even android, YouTube reviews ranks that as one of the longer lasting batteries. If you use text to speech or apps (basically anything other than basic reading), the battery is shorter. I usually have the brightness at 80%+ and get 20 hours. However, the screen is a little too dark and grey to go much lower in a lit room.The screen itself is fine as long as you're not nitpicking graininess. It does not bother me but it is dimmer and less sharp than a Kindle paperwhite and that is only because it is a color device.The native reading app is a little weird in that it has no legit store. You will have to download your ebooks. Not a problem for me personally but does not make it easy to get into for anyone not tech savvy. You can use the Kindle or libby app or any other app like those instead but then you don't get the home screen book view.The text to speech is a little funky in pronunciation sometimes but it works well enough as a way to listen when busy. The speaker is not super loud so you will have to keep it close by.The refresh rate is slower than the new kindles but perfectly fine for reading. I don't use apps other than goodreads and Z-Library.The buttons feel very nice. No clicky sound which I prefer. The device is about as light/heavy as any other eReader of similar size but I wish it was a little lighter.The color is great for eink and there is minimal ghosting that can be fixed with a simple refresh. No ghosting for words in books which is ideal, just graphics.No pen or writing capabilities but I find the in book annotations for the native app more than adequate.Overall, would recommend for someone who downloads books independently and wants to do that without needing another device but not for the average reader.

I upgraded to this from my Paperwhite 11 because I wanted page turn buttons and more customizability.I half-expected the page turn buttons to feel mushy, but im pleased to report they actually feel great and tactile. The screen is yes, grainier than non color e ink, but it only bothered me on smaller font sizes, and the font size I read on (pictured above) is still smaller than the paperwhite's smallest size. The screen id the exact same size, maybe slightly bigger than my paperwhite was, but the thick bezel is on the side instead of the bottom, which, of course facilitates the buttons, but also, in my opinion is better for handleability.Part of the reason I had swapped is that my paperwhite had been experiencing slowdowns, in contrast, my Go Color 7 is snappy to commands, although sometimes the touchscreen has some issues recognizing an input.The color of the screen, although still washed out like all Kaleido 3 screens looks great, and works for comics and the illustrated Tolkien editions I've been reading. With the frontlight fully maxed out both in warmth and brightness, the screen is also legible in all environments.The ghosting is a problem, but has a relatively simple solution. In the native neoreader (where you should ideally sideload your books) set it to do a full/ depth refresh every page turn. This essentially eliminated ghosting in all but a few occasions for me. Those are as follows:- Zooming in on a picture- Coming back to a page from anything that brings up a UI (table of contents, font selection, etc.)Luckily this can be solved by setting up a full refresh shortcut bound to holding one of the page turn buttons for a half second. This is relatively hassle free, but really shouldve been handled automatically in software.I love the customizability on the Go Color 7, since i can download whatever apps i want and sideload whatever books and fonts i want, this does require some technical knowhow, however.My only other real complaint is that the UI, and software needs tweaking in a few places, apps are sorted alphabetically, which is great! But i should be able to sort them into shelves like any other android tablet or phone, or order them how I wish, which you cant do without installing a launcher, which would likely mess with much of the optimization if an e ink device, so ive avoided it. Like i mentioned earlier, ghosting is mostly avoidable in the native reader app, but depth refreshes should be more frequent and customizable in other apps and should automically happen after interacting with UI/ image elements. Luckily this doesnt impact the main application of the device much (reading) which is why I've docked only one star for it. The battery life is bad, for an E ink device, but still lasts many days, so I have no complaints. I also think when you search in the base reader, it should list the chapter its from so if youre looking for indexed terms you dont have to memorize the oage number of the index.