A pair weeks in the past a brand new ereader turned up on the FCC web site known as the Boox Go 6, and now Onyx has formally launched it.
The Boox Go 6 is principally a more moderen model of the Poke5 from 2023 with just a few upgrades and a brand new cheaper price. Onyx is promoting it for $149.99 from their web site. It’s now transport from their Hong Kong warehouse; their US warehouse is predicted to start out transport them round September thirteenth. It’s additionally accessible to pre-order from B&H.
It stays to be seen in the event that they’re going to promote it from their Amazon retailer too. Onyx has by no means offered their smaller Poke fashions on Amazon, however they’re promoting the Boox Go Coloration 7 on Amazon now so perhaps the Go 6 will flip up in mid-September.
Because the title suggests, the Boox Go 6 has a 6-inch 300ppi E Ink show, and it’s utilizing E Ink’s newest Carta 1300 display. I’m unsure if that’s factor or not, contemplating the Carta 1300 display on the Kobo Clara BW has worse distinction than the Carta 1200 display on the older Kobo Clara 2E, however in principle it’s imagined to be an improve. It additionally has a flush entrance cover-lens, and a frontlight with adjustable colour temperature.
The Boox Go 6 runs Android 12 and has Google Play onboard to put in apps just like the Go 7 Coloration and the Boox Go 10.3, however that’s just about the place the similarities finish (Onyx’s three new Go Sequence fashions have surprisingly little in frequent).
Specs-wise, the Go 6 has a 2.0Ghz octa-core CPU, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of inside storage, and there’s a microSD card slot for enlargement. It helps dual-band WiFi and Bluetooth 5.0. It has a USB-C port (with assist for OTG), a built-in microphone and a 1,500 mAh battery. The system measures 148 x 108 x 6.8mm, and it weighs roughly 146 grams, so it’s very mild and moveable.
Except for the newer model of Android, there doesn’t look like a lot of a distinction between the brand new Go 6 and the Poke5 from final 12 months. It has a special CPU, with 8-cores as an alternative of 4, however that doesn’t at all times translate to sooner efficiency. The Carta 1300 display is meant to be sooner (and it’s on the Kobo Clara BW), however the 2GB of RAM is form of disappointing for an Android ereader in 2024 (the Go Coloration 7 has 4GB). However a minimum of Onyx managed to decrease the worth from $169 to $149, and between the Android OS and the reminiscence card slot it provides options that almost all different 6″ ereaders lack.
Boox Go 6 Unboxing Video
