Onyx launched the Boox Go Shade 7 earlier this month, and the Kobo Libra Color was launched two months in the past, so naturally some persons are questioning how they evaluate.
Each gadgets use the identical 7″ colour E Ink display screen, and each share the same design with web page buttons on one aspect of the display screen. The Boox Go Shade 7 is a bit more costly at $249, whereas the Kobo Libra Color sells for $219, however the Boox provides loads of additional options for $30.
The primary distinction is the very fact the Go Shade 7 runs Android 12 and comes with Google Play for putting in apps, so you’ll be able to have the Kindle app, Kobo app, KOReader app, and dozens of different studying apps put in, amongst different issues.
The Android OS can also be much more customizable, and Onyx affords a gazillion settings to navigate and set the gadget up a mess of various methods.
On the draw back, that may all be quite complicated if you happen to’re coming from a extra fundamental gadget like a Kobo or a Kindle, and Android apps are all the time glitchier and fewer optimized than devoted ereaders like Kindles and Kobos.
Shade Display screen Variations
One of many first issues that jumps out when evaluating the Boox Go Shade with the Libra Color is the truth that the display screen seems to be extra colourful on the Boox. Evaluating the identical comics, colours are extra subdued and fewer vibrant on the Kobo.
I’ve come to the conclusion the Boox exaggerates colours rather a lot, and typically it even exhibits colour when there is no such thing as a colour, so general the accuracy is just not good, nevertheless it really seems to be higher that approach most of time given the uninteresting nature of colour E Ink. Kobo ought to supply a technique to improve colours too (FYI, altering the CFA mode is an possibility on Kobos nevertheless it nonetheless doesn’t get near the Boox).
Boox Go Shade 7 Benefits
- The display screen is extra colourful than the Libra Color, however colours are much less correct due to it.
- Android 12 OS provides a lot of additional options and help for putting in apps.
- Provides microSD card slot.
- Extra space for storing (64GB) and RAM (4GB).
- Provides speaker and microphone.
- Provides help for text-to-speech.
- USB helps OTG.
- Smaller and thinner general dimension.
- Buttons are user-configurable for brief press and lengthy press.
- Gesture-based navigation is quicker and smoother.
Kobo Libra Color Benefits
- Higher native e book app in terms of studying ebooks with DRM.
- Provides stylus help and notetaking options.
- Waterproof.
- Easy UI that’s simpler to study and perceive.
- Higher onboard e book retailer, with help for OverDrive built-in.
- Much less vulnerable to ghosting.
- Battery life appears higher.
- Extra studying targeted.
- Can set up a couple of apps like KOReader, and there are a selection of hacks at MobileRead.
For extra particulars test the complete Kobo Libra Shade Evaluation and the Boox Go Shade 7 Evaluation (pending).
Video: Boox Go Shade vs Libra Color
It’s exhausting to look previous all of the cool additional options the Boox Go Shade 7 has over the Kobo Libra Color, plus the very fact the display screen seems to be extra colourful, however the Libra Color provides stylus help and I nonetheless really feel like Kobos are higher pure ereaders than Onyx’s gadgets.
The native Boox app has a ton of options, and is approach higher at some issues, nevertheless it doesn’t help ebooks with DRM, and the onboard Boox e book retailer is a joke. With the ability to set up apps is a pleasant workaround for that, however Android apps don’t run as easily as a result of they merely aren’t designed for E Ink screens. Nonetheless, having Android opens up much more prospects for the colour display screen, and Kobo’s colour content material is quite restricted.
