So, I’ve got a 9th generation Kindle Oasis and its battery is really starting to show its age. This is also one of the models where it is damn near impossible to replace the battery. Any attempts that I have read about online resulted in broken screens and sadness.

I’m not too wedded to the Amazon ecosystem, but I do like being able to borrow library books, which my local library allows in the form of sending them to your amazon account. I have a few books from the kindle store, but not a ton.

I’ve been looking around online for a replacement e-ink reading device, and the Boox Page has caught my eye. I’m curious how those have been performing for anyone who’s got one here, since they’ve been out for a while now. I like the idea of it not being tied to any particular vendor’s store, and the fact that I could install the Kindle and Libby apps on it, along with, apparently, pretty much anything else available in the Play store.

Important things for me are battery life and having physical page turn buttons, as well as a built in light so that I can read in bed without bothering my wife with a table lamp or something.

I would love to see some feedback from people who own these devices.

Also, does anyone know how often the Boox store restocks them? It’s been showing as unavailable every time I check over the past few days.

  • conciselyverbose@kbin.social
    4·
    9 months ago

    I don’t have the page specifically. I have a boox Max 3. But Android is a game changer, and Boox does a better job on the custom version than others I’ve tried (though apparently they’re bad at fulfilling their obligations from licensing Android? Presumably that means source code. I see it mentioned sometimes but haven’t looked hard at it). But a variety of different reader apps and stuff like Libby and Scribd Everand to get libraries from different places is nice. I also use EInkBro as a web browser, and it has an easy short cut to save an article as an epub for later.

    It obviously isn’t a direct comparison because it’s a different size and presumably a bigger physical battery, but I’ve left it for weeks and come back to 30% battery. WiFi and backlight are your biggest draws, though, and that varies on how you use it.

    If you’re in the US you might have luck at Best Buy. I’ve been considering the Poke or Page as more portable options for when bringing a 13" reader is less convenient. I definitely miss the page buttons from my Oasis, too.

    • st3ph3n@midwest.socialOPEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      Thanks for your reply, this is useful information! I saw that Bestbuy does carry them for online ordering, you just get the cover thrown in for free when ordering direct from Boox.

      • conciselyverbose@kbin.social
        2·
        9 months ago

        Fair enough. I wasn’t sure if you were aware since retail options are so limited.

        I probably would have pulled the trigger at some point if the lead time weren’t just as long as buying from Boox, though. I can’t convince myself to pay and wait two weeks though.