It seems for illustration everyone is enamored pinch nan Boox Palma, including our ain David Pierce, but astatine $280, it’s costly for an e-reader. For different action that mirrors larger e-readers but successful a mini and cheaper package, John Moltz has taken a look astatine nan $125 Xiaomi Moaan InkPalm Plus over connected Six Colors.
There are immoderate notable compromises, for illustration a reflective surface that will perchance person users struggling to dodge glare, ordering disconnected of AliExpress, and a dated Android 11 OS that isn’t afloat translated from Chinese to English.
The show is besides a fewer years down nan 300ppi e-paper panels you now get connected Kindles, Kobos, and moreover nan Boox Palma, featuring a 5.84-inch E Ink surface pinch conscionable 276ppi of resolution. The InkPalm Plus besides has conscionable 2GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, and a 2250mAh battery, compared to nan Palma’s 6GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, and 3,950mAh battery.
The Boox Palma’s retention tin beryllium further expanded utilizing a microSD card, and it boasts a microphone and 16MP camera, but arsenic Moltz points out, you’re astir apt not going to usage these for capturing aliases moreover watching videos.