Onyx has launched a brand new up to date model of one in all their hottest fashions, the Word Air. This new model is the Word Air4 C. It incorporates a 10.3″ Kaleido 3 coloration E Ink display (that’s what the “C” stands, however to this point there’s no signal of a Word Air4 with a black and white display—however there’s the Boox Go 10.3).
The Word Air4 C comes with a couple of upgrades over the earlier mannequin (the same old minor adjustments indicative of Onyx’s yearly improve cycle), and it’s operating a more recent model of Android—Android 13. The value stays the identical at $499, and it’s accessible to order now from Onyx’s Amazon Retailer.
Onyx claims it makes use of an “improved Kaleido 3 display”, with a better refresh price and a lighter background coloration. Right here’s an fascinating observe concerning the display from the product web page for the Word Air 4C on Onyx’s web site:
The Kaleido 3 display is E Ink’s most up-to-date ePaper coloration display. It provides a comparatively excessive refresh price, enjoyable hues, and is prepared for mass manufacturing with constant high quality. And with E Ink ComfortGaze™ on the Kaleido 3, a brand new entrance gentle expertise, the Word Air4 C with adjustable entrance lights can supply a cushty viewing expertise day and evening. The brand new display and its entrance gentle expertise might generate a tiny aspect shadow, which can be eradicated by adjusting the display brightness and coloration temperature. You probably have any queries concerning the new E Ink expertise, you may contact our buyer care at any time.
Additionally they bumped the RAM as much as 6GB on the brand new Word Air4 C from 4GB on the final mannequin, however the inside space for storing stays 64GB, and the microSD card slot continues to be there too. Onyx additionally claims the CPU is extra highly effective. There’s an image on their web site that claims “50% CPU Efficiency Improved”, which appears like complete nonsense (Onyx’s over-the-top advertising and marketing model is tough to take significantly generally).
A lot of the different options stay the identical as earlier than. It has “BSR” for quicker refreshing. It comes with a stylus for notetaking, after all, and it has the same old listing of {hardware} options: Bluetooth, WiFi, a rotation sensor, a fingerprint sensor, a frontlight with temperature management, a USB-C port, twin audio system, a microphone.
Onyx can also be rolling out some new software program options with their newest V4.0 firmware, which can trickle all the way down to some older fashions as effectively, they usually’re bringing a brand new tablet-like UI to the Air line.
In the event you don’t assume the upgrades are value $50, the Word Air3 C is now accessible to buy at a reduced value of $449.
Right here’s one other one in all Onyx’s bizarre “official” unboxing movies:
Word Air4 C Unboxing Video
Right here’s a good weirder video that’s Word Air4 C associated, kind of:
BOOX Word Collection: Your Ideas, Seamlessly Related
