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

Great product with flexibility. Took me a day to get used to the setting. Variety of setting to prevent ghosting and fully customizable for each app. Not the typical tablet, but if you need a small and portable device with beautiful colour eink for reading (not writing) this might be for you.

I purchased the BOOX Tablet Go Color 7 to enhance my e-book experience and use it as a general tablet, appreciating the e-ink technology. However, I'm uncertain if the color feature is truly necessary. Test Conditions: UK, overcast day, natural daylight at 10am. Brightness and Light Settings: In the second picture, I adjusted the BOOX tablet to emulate the Oasis display, setting brightness at approximately 75% and a cooler color temperature. Without the built-in light, the BOOX appears dim—an inherent aspect of its technology, but worth noting for prospective buyers. Comparison with Other Devices: The third picture includes my Kindle Paperwhite, which offers superior readability compared to the BOOX in daylight conditions. The BOOX Tablet Go Color 7 is about the same size as the Kindle Oasis but is thinner. While the battery life may not be as good, the device is more flexible in terms of app usage. If you're comfortable using the screen's light, it can offer a similar experience to the Oasis. Android Experience: The Play Store functions well, allowing me to download apps like the Guardian for newspaper reading. However, the colors appear dull and washed out. While I can distinguish the blue sky, the overall experience feels lackluster. Conclusion: I’m on the fence about keeping it. I appreciate the size and the Android OS, but I’m not sure if I'm satisfied with the screen quality. Considering a second, 10.3-inch black and white Android device for a better newspaper reading experience. I hope these insights and photos help you understand the differences in technologies between these devices.

Having android is great, but color ink screens have still got a ways to go. The screen is quite dark and the brightness doesn't go high enough. I find the rainbow effect from the color pixels rather distracting. The form factor and build quality is perfect and I really want to love the device, but it's going to get returned unfortunately.

Black smudge/faulty pixels, straight out of the box. Really disappointed. Returning ASAP for a refund. It seems there is no colour e-ink device that actually works flawlessly.

This is a nice device to use - solidly built, page turn buttons, light, good size. Sadly, after trying a few devices with kaleido screens now, I've come to the conclusion that they are just not very good. The screens are dark, contrast is poor, ghosting is worse. Stick with B&W unless you really need color.

I ordered the BOOX Tablet Go Color 7 ePaper E Ink Tablet (Black) brand new, but unfortunately, it arrived with a pinhole light on the screen (dead pixel). For a device costing £250, I find this completely unacceptable. After some research, I discovered that Kaleido e-readers are notorious for this issue, and it seems Onyx’s quality control is subpar. While the device itself is great in terms of functionality, the poor build quality really lets it down. I understand that industry standards permit up to 5 dead pixels as “acceptable,” but try explaining that to someone who’s just spent hundreds of pounds. This isn’t a cheap product, and this level of quality wouldn’t be tolerated for an LCD TV or iPad. I returned the black version and opted for the white one instead. Fingers crossed that it doesn’t have the same issue, but it’s disappointing that I have to worry about this in the first place. For the price, Onyx needs to step up their quality control.

however I don’t think the technology is there yet….. The device is a great size and feels good in one hand, just the right weight too. It has some neat features and I like the fact that it runs android . The biggest issues I found was the ghosting and the brightness of the screen. When browsing content with mixed text and images, whenever I turned a page previous imagery or text could often be seen in a ghost effect. I found this very distracting. This then meant that I was constantly manually refreshing the page to get a crisp clear image or text. I tried changing all the setting's but it didn't seem to help much. I could only read the text comfortably when the screen light was on. Without the light I found the screen way too dark to read compared to my kindle.

I bought this device because of its promising color screen and considered purchasing the Air 3C eventually as well. However, I frequently had to adjust the brightness and refresh settings to avoid ghosting effects. The color screen was disappointing due to its extremely low resolution, making it difficult to read on the small display. The user interface was challenging, requiring different settings adjustments for each application. Additionally, the bookstore offered limited content, featuring only very old classics and free books. You can’t remove the store from the bottom menu, which was frustrating. Ultimately, I returned the device and ordered a basic Kindle, which offers a much better reading experience at a fraction of the cost.

The sceeen is extremely fragile. Mine broken within 45 days. No guarantee too in India. Never buy it

Only one thing is bad. No protection case in the box.

I own many Boox, many kindles, some Nook, and a pocketbook. I would have to say, Amazon kindle has always been my number one choice due to its whitest whites and darkest blacks, it is nice on the eyes. On top of that, it runs my preferred reading system. I’ve wanted a color ereader for the purpose of seeing my library in color. Boox being an open source and android at that, means you can use whichever reading app you prefer. There are limitations with google play, one being Amazon shopping and NewsBreak, which is strange being that it is a “tablet”. Not a deal breaker personally, I just don’t understand why some apps won’t work. Fortunately all apps I wanted with this, does work. Being that it is android means it requires updates to the system and eventually will become obsolete within some years. I love that with my kindle, it lasts forever. While kindle device will require updates it doesn’t become obsolete all together. I’ve had my kindle keyboard for 10+ years now and it works lovely. With an outdate android tablet, it will start to have obvious slow downs. My favorite kindle which was made in 2017 is still my fastest kindle I have. I don't even think the kindle keyboard has, just become outdate within its home layout but still fully capable and usable when reading my amazon books! Overall go color 7, is a great ereader and I love the speaker to listen to audiobooks, the page turn buttons are perfect, and the oasis like form factor is everything I needed… for now. I have had a onyx leaf 1 which had become outdated and slow to use, a poke5s which is only 2 years old and completely died on me. I still have the tab c and poke 4 which work without defect. I'm sure it is a matter of good batch and bad batch because not all of my onyx boox devices are faulted. Since amazon seems to be getting rid of the Oasis model, this is the next best thing. I will forever be a kindle girly but this checks off all my needs!

Pros: Android - Almost anything can be done Ergonomic Design Cons: Bit glare on screen Battery not as good as kindle (Android is the reason) Lack of stylus In India price is too high than That of foreign countries.

I got a Go Color 7 at the same time as a Kobo Libre Color 2. I wanted to see which one made the most sense to expand my reading ecosystem but MOST importantly to add physical buttons to my reading device. I had become convinced that my Kindle Paperwhite was terrific EXCEPT that it lacked physical page turning buttons. I probably would have bought an Oasis but Amazon has puzzingly abandoned that line. But I couldn't be more happy with the Go Color 7, which I found far superior in use to the Kobo. It's not perfect - the color is faded and ghosting can be an issue, but depending on how you like to read your books that may or may not be a big issue. For me, the ability to add magazines, newspapers, Omnivore, etc. to my device was really a game-changer. I haven't missed a beat with my use of Kindle or Libby, since both are available on the Boox device, since it runs Android, and I really enjoyed the expansion of my choices in reading apps. If you primarily stick to Kindle and Libby-through-Kindle it may not sound that interesting but I've been surprised by how much more I can pull my favorite reading material in now and off my phone - which is critical. I'd also say that the other really important factor is how amazingly light it is, which, when coupled with the physical buttons, has greatly increased the ease of reading. I always got tired of flicking my finger back and forth to tap the screen and I realize now part of that was just how heavy my Kindle was, with or without the cover. In addition, the Boox has a really pleasant back - it feels like paper - and a magnetic cover which is easy to slip on and off. I keep it in the cover and slip it off and hold it in one hand, with a thumb on the page turning button - it's very easy to hold it in one hand for a long time. The color I could take or leave, but it's pleasant, especially when reading a magazine or newspaper. I don't read much in the way of comics but I imagine that would be nice, as well. The ghosting is a little bit more noticeable than with a Kindle, but you can tinker with the settings app by app, and eventually it's not much of an issue. You still have access to the Kindle app, and the physical form of the device makes it very, very pleasant to read for long periods of time. I guess I could sum it up by saying I'm a LONG time Kindle owner and I have been shocked by this purchase - I bought it mostly just out of curiosity and it has completely replaced my Paperwhite. I did mention the Kobo at the beginning, but I returned it - it just felt like a really nice little device but the fact that I'd be locked into another ecosystem (Kobo's) just paled in comparison to the Boox GC7. I know both devices can utilize Calibre, so there's no real advantage to the Kobo (except maybe the ability to use a pen with it, but in my case I had no need for note taking or doodling capabilities on a device I mainly plan to use as an e-reader). So the Boox Go Color 7 is now my everyday reader (and I've skipped over it, but I have Audible, PocketCast and Spotify on it too!). I could see Amazon coming out with a color Kindle with physical buttons that might lure me back, but even there I would hate to leave my other apps. I've thoroughly enjoyed it and would highly recommend it!