Within the Kindle Colorsoft evaluate I talked about how the Colorsoft’s display screen appears markedly higher than display screen on the Boox Go Shade 7, and it’s not simply colours that look higher, it’s textual content as nicely, so I needed to place collectively a comparability evaluate displaying the variations.
Each gadgets use the identical 7″ E Ink Kaleido 3 display screen, however Amazon appears to have performed one thing slightly additional to make the display screen look higher. It’s shocking how a lot of a distinction there’s when evaluating the identical content material on each gadgets.
The Kindle Colorsoft downloads larger decision variations of comics than the Kindle app on the Boox Go Shade 7, in order that accounts for a few of the variations. However even when evaluating the identical ebooks utilizing Onyx’s in-built NeoReader app, the Kindle’s textual content appears clearer and darker.
Moreover, ghosting is extra of a difficulty on the Boox. You possibly can keep away from it typically by getting the refresh settings good, and ensuring the web page doesn’t scroll whereas turning pages, however even nonetheless there’s quite a lot of ghosting points with Onyx’s gadgets normally. I haven’t observed any ghosting points in any respect on the Colorsoft; Onyx actually must discover a solution to repair their refresh issues.
I uploaded a YouTube video displaying each gadgets side-by-side. I meant to cowl extra matters within the video, however after eleven minutes I largely simply talked in regards to the display screen variations and a few of the {hardware} and interface variations.
I like Onyx’s gesture-based navigation much more than the Kindle’s countless faucet dancing navigation, the place each motion takes a number of faucets whereas attempting to find tiny icons.
The Go Shade 7 additionally has a giant edge by way of versatility with the Android 12 OS that may set up apps. There are some {hardware} benefits as nicely. It has a microSD card slot, double the space for storing (64GB), and it has a rotation sensor, an exterior speaker, and web page buttons. The Boox can be thinner and lighter than the Kindle.
The Colorsoft has just a few {hardware} benefits over the Boox. Battery life is best, it’s waterproof, and it provides a lightweight sensor and wi-fi charging. However the display screen and frontlight are the most important differentiators.
At $249, the Go Shade 7 is $30 inexpensive than the Kindle Colorsoft that Amazon sells for $279. However Kindles usually go on sale and Onyx’s gadgets virtually by no means go on sale except they’re getting changed by a more recent mannequin.
Video: Kindle Colorsoft vs Boox Go Shade 7
