After reviewing the Onyx Boox Notice Air 3 C with a colour show, we now check out the Onyx Boox Notice Air 3 with out the “C” however with a black and white e-ink show. The casing is similar to the colour model, so that you once more get a slightly skinny 5.8 mm chassis in vintage anthracite with orange highlights.
At 430 g, the pill weighs simply up to the colour display model and is subsequently relatively heavy for an e-ink pill with a ten.3-inch display.
The producer protects the show with Onyx Glass, which permits a flat entrance. General, the construct high quality and steadiness are of a top same old. Then again, there’s a hole across the display, which feels rather unsightly when shifting over it.
The Onyx Boox Notice Air 3 comes with 64 GB of UFS 2.1 reminiscence and four GB of RAM, providing a identical quantity of area for information as similar e-ink pills.
There may be a microSD reader, which we examined with our Angelbird V60 reference card. Within the reproduction check and likewise within the CPDT benchmark, the reader plays relatively higher than the Notice Air 3 C and provides respectable total pace for document switch. Then again, the reader can’t make the most of the entire pace possible of our microSD card.
The USB-C port is used for information switch and charging in addition to for connecting peripheral units. Then again, it is just attached in line with the USB 2.0 same old and subsequently no longer one of the most quickest.
The Onyx Boox Notice Air 3 makes use of best the WiFi 5 same old and thus achieves reasonable speeds between 300 and 350 Mbps, which is what you may be expecting. The Huawei MatePad Paper displays, then again, that Wi-Fi 6 with even upper speeds is conceivable on this value vary. The Onyx Boox Air 3 can, subsequently, no longer totally make the most of a Gigabit Web connection however nonetheless gives respectable throughput for on a regular basis use.
The tool of the e-ink pill is in keeping with Android 12 and is derived with a pre-installed Google Play Retailer in order that apps can also be downloaded. Within the overwhelming majority of circumstances, this works with none issues and apps that aren’t too challenging run easily at the software. Then again, you will have to take into account that the slow-response black and white display with best 16 sun shades of grey makes the e-reader slightly wrong for fast paced video games and movies.
The structure of the principle menu may be very other from that of standard Android pills: the e book library, the shop and a observe serve as are obviously aimed on the particular options and the important use of an e-reader. Talking of the shop: you don’t have too top expectancies right here. No less than in Europe, you’ll’t purchase books however best obtain open-source books.
The touchscreen responds reliably, however a lot slower than OLED or IPS shows. You must get used to this and be affected person when typing temporarily at the keyboard. A pin code or password can also be set to give protection to the knowledge. Additionally, the Onyx Boox Notice Air 3 may also be unlocked biometrically the usage of a fingerprint scanner built-in into the standby button. This works securely and temporarily after the finger has been registered for the primary time.
The e-ink pill comes with a stylus that can be utilized to jot down handwritten notes or make drawings. Apps from the Google Play Retailer may also be used for this with none compatibility problems. The stylus may be an exact software for operation, particularly with regards to small buttons at the display.
The Onyx Boox Notice Air 3 helps a large number of report codecs comparable to AZW3 for books from Amazon, TXT, HTML, CBR, CBZ, RTF, FB2, DOC, DOCX, PRC, MOBI, CHM and EPUB. And, due to Android app give a boost to, different reader apps may also be simply put in and used at the pill.
The Neo Reader is the pre-installed e-reading app: it permits you to scroll via books temporarily, preview the following pages, soar to fully other puts within the guide or report by the use of a development bar and likewise gives an automated page-turning serve as, which lets you set the time to the following web page personally. If desired, a text-to-speech serve as too can learn the guide aloud.
The tool additionally comprises complete give a boost to for the stylus, which can be utilized to make markings or notes. The display may also be break up with the intention to save your annotations in a separate report whilst the guide textual content is visual.
The show used is an e-ink Carta with a solution of one,872 x 1,404 pixels. We additionally in finding this show within the Lenovo Sensible Paper and Huawei MatePad Paper. An e-ink pill works very otherwise to a traditional OLED or IPS show: it has a matte floor and precise black and white colour debris, that have other digital fees. Those can now be activated and deactivated to compose the picture. A picture too can stay static with out requiring any further calories.
The show within the Onyx Boox Notice Air 3 can show 16 sun shades of grey and has LED lighting fixtures, which can also be as vivid as 121 cd/m². Because of the top distinction and the picture being in truth made up of bodily debris, the integrated lighting fixtures can also be totally distributed with in ambient gentle.
The few sun shades of grey don’t permit for a very correct illustration of brightness nuances, however there may be no flickering of the picture as soon as it’s arrange. Most effective the foreground lighting fixtures may flicker, as it’s an LED resolution. Then again, the producer guarantees to treatment this via supplying the sunshine supply with direct present.
The picture build-up takes a while and speedy actions glance extra like a slide display.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 is a relatively older SoC from 2020. It’s manufactured the usage of the quite energy-saving 6 nm procedure and provides 8 processor cores that clock at as much as 2.4 GHz. For studying books and paperwork, it gives considerably extra energy than can also be present in inexpensive e-readers providing you with a easy revel in.
The Snapdragon 680 is most often enough for apps from the Google Play Retailer. Then again, you don’t have too top expectancies right here and keep away from very complicated apps another way the revel in can also be gradual. That being stated, if you happen to simply wish to write a message or surf the Web, you’ll accomplish that with enough pace.
The Onyx Boox Notice Air 3 comes with UFS 2.1 flash for information garage. This permits speedy information transfers and shortens the loading instances of apps.
Onyx installs two loudspeakers each in opposition to one facet of the pill, so that you get a slight stereo impact when the usage of it in panorama mode. Audio books or radios can also be performed obviously, however the sound could be very muffled and treble-heavy, in order that tune and even film sound is slightly vulnerable.
You’ll be able to attach exterior audio system or headphones by the use of USB-C or Bluetooth. This works with none issues and provides much better sound.
The pill’s battery has a capability of 700 mAh. With the display gentle set to low, you’ll flick through a guide for as much as 17:32 hours ahead of the e-reader must be plugged in. So even lengthy hours of studying throughout wintry weather aren’t hindered via battery lifestyles issues.
Similar to the colourful Onyx Boox Notice Air 3 C the Onyx Boox Notice Air 3 with black and white display may be an overly trendy, flexible e-ink pill with various garage. It additionally gives the choice of increasing this by the use of microSD, is available in a strong steel casing, and provides moderately excellent efficiency values for an e-reader together with solid WLAN connections.
The stylus additionally makes the pill simple to make use of as a digital notepad. Above all, then again, it’s the skill to put in and use Android apps temporarily and simply that provides the pill a flexibility that readers with proprietary tool don’t be offering.
The e-ink display is excellent for paperwork and may also be utilized in darkish spaces with none issues due to the lighting fixtures. Then again, it’s hardly ever usable for movies and different content material with fast paced actions. That being stated, the show does no longer flicker and provides nice distinction.
With the Onyx Boox Notice Air 3, the producer gives a high quality e-reader that impresses with its Android app give a boost to and lengthy runtimes.”
Well known producers comparable to Lenovo and Huawei are actually additionally concerned within the costlier e-ink pill section. The Lenovo Sensible Paper then again, is supplied with an overly sluggish processor, whilst you’ll have to be a bit ingenious with Huawei’s MatePad Paper to put in apps because of the loss of Google services and products.
The Onyx Boox Notice Air 3 is to be had from our condo broker Kex within the on-line store the place it prices €450. It is usually to be had on Ebay for €20 extra.
The Onyx Boox Notice Air 3 may be to be had on Amazon.de for €450.
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