Have you ever observed how Onyx hasn’t been releasing as many new fashions as they did in earlier years?
Onyx used to launch upwards of a dozen new ereaders and eNotes per yr, to the purpose the place it changed into a working joke, however issues have actually slowed down over the previous yr or so.
Thus far, Onyx has solely launched 3 new fashions this yr for the worldwide market, though they did launch others in China.
They used to often launch “plus” or “professional” fashions with a number of minor upgrades each 6 months or so, however they haven’t been doing that in any respect recently.
Their 13.3″ Boox Tab X has been in the marketplace for practically two years now with out an improve—that’s unprecedented by Onyx’s requirements. They used to launch a brand new model yearly.
They haven’t launched any new “Tab” fashions in any respect this yr, and so they phased out the 7.8″ Nova line final yr. All three new fashions this yr have been “Go” fashions, with the Go 6, the Go 7 Colour and the Go 10.3 (and none actually have something in widespread apart from the title).
Going off the numbers at Amazon, the phone-sized Boox Palma seems to be considered one of Onyx’s hottest fashions, and it was launched over a yr in the past. I’m shocked Onyx hasn’t launched a brand new model of it, or one with a coloration display screen, particularly now that Bigme has launched a coloration E Ink telephone that’s the identical value because the black and white Palma. The outdated Onyx would’ve launched a plus model and a coloration model by now, on the very least.
Final yr they launched 8 completely different fashions (I feel; it’s arduous to maintain monitor at that tempo). There was the Poke5, the Boox Web page, the Tab Mini C, together with the Tab Extremely C and Tab Extremely C Professional, the Boox Palma, and the Notice Air 3 and Notice Air 3C.
For some cause issues have actually slowed down at Onyx this yr. Frankly, it’s type of good to see they’re sticking with present fashions for greater than the same old 6-12 months, however it makes you marvel what’s occurring precisely. There’s nonetheless 2 months left within the yr so that they nonetheless have time so as to add extra new fashions to the checklist, however it doesn’t appear like they’re going to come back near the variety of new gadgets they launched lately.
