BOOX Naked： What About Design Quality？

Hello everybody, welcome back to the channel. Another quick hit video. In this one, we are going to look at the book's devices from a build quality standpoint. We're going pure aesthetics here. So we're taking off the cases and we're going with books naked. Let's go ahead and walk through the devices I have and have a little bit of a conversation. See you here in a second. So we're going to do this in kind of order of expense. So we're going to look at these different devices from a build quality perspective. I wrote a recent blog article where I went through. The things I really liked about the Books platform and where I thought it shined, and one of the things was just an overall build quality. These devices are some of the best built devices from a hardware perspective, from a construction perspective. We won't get into the whole, you know, debate over whether or not it should be plastic or not. The issue is with the materials these are made of, just how good are they? And I would argue that Books is probably the most premium construction of most of the E-Ink players out there in the fact that it's well machined, it's well made, it's durable, it's light, especially when you're considering these are metal and glass. And I think that's just a real testament to the way they're built. Now, there is one caveat into it being metal and glass, and that's going to be when we get to the Palma. It's not going to be a long video and you won't see me on camera, except for there at the beginning, you saw me and you'll see me at the end. But I want to just talk about the quality and kind of show that. So this is the Tab XC. This is the largest device they make. It is 13.3 inches. It's very big. It's very meaty. And it's heavier than most of their other lineup. You can feel that when you have it in the hand. It's very heavy, but it's also just a beautiful device. I mean, if you look at this, you've got speakers, you've got pogo pins. You've got this really beautiful metal unibody on it. You've got the book's logo, not overly prominent. I mean, it's on the front here in the orange. And then here it says, make a difference, really light. It's just a beautiful, beautiful implementation. And then when you look at the rest of the device, if you go from the top here. You've got your power button right here. You've got a microphone array here. And then on this side, you don't have anything. Now, part of that's for the capacitive pen. That is a difference with this device and some of the other devices. You have a capacitive pen. Now, I don't have all of their devices, so I'm not going to go through and talk as if I do, but I just want to talk about just the beauty of this. So if you are looking for something with color And this Kaleido 3 panel is glass with a RFA filter on top to really give it that color saturation. Now, it's going to be muted compared to LCD, and we've talked about that in other videos. But just from a design quality perspective, absolutely beautiful implementation of the device. So let's move on to the next in this series. Here we enter with the BookNote Max. Now, the Note Max, one thing, and I know you can't feel this, and I'll put some detailed specs down in the description, but one thing you can't feel through the camera is just how much lighter this device is. Now, it's not as light as some of the devices, but it's huge. It's the same form factor of 13.3 inches. What you're going to notice, this is still 13.3 inches, and arguably, it's close in size and weight to the Go 10.3, which we'll get to here in a little bit. This is really an amazing device. It does so many things well, and it's a joy to be able to have something this big and as light as it is. It's really shocking as you're using the device to have it not feel as heavy as the Tab XC. Now, what do you lose here in the build quality? And it's not a build quality loss, but it does explain why this is lighter. So your pogo pins and speaker grills are still there. Get your power button and one microphone instead of two. Right here. And then on the back, you still get this beautiful, make a difference is right here. It tells you the name of the device, all aluminum body, all well constructed, very thin light, but no front light on this device. So this device is pure black and white, 300 pixels per inch and same on the Tab XC. It's 300 pixels per inch until you get into the colors and colors are only 150. That makes this, without the front light, without the color layer, the Kaleido layer on top, makes this device lighter. You don't have as much going on in the actual build of the device. Still though, premium, beautiful build, matching this color gray as close as you can to the actual screen. Excellent. Absolutely love the form factor of this device. And if you're an academic or somebody who reads a lot of full-size PDFs, Can't recommend the first two sets of devices enough. Okay, so now we're going to jump into the sub. 11-inch devices, and we're going, again, from most expensive to least overall. The Note Air 5C is a phenomenal device, and so was its predecessor, the 4C. There's some differences, but quite frankly, both of these devices are excellent. Again, that same build quality. This is a heavy device, not just because it's got color, but also because it's got a pretty good processor in it. It's also got the front light, just like the Tab XC did, and it has a writing film. And you'll just notice it's still got your dual speakers. It's got your power port, which is here on the side, which is a very welcome change. You have pogo pins back here for a keyboard case that works with this. And it's just a smooth build. You have your power button here. And then on this side, you actually have Buttons. So you have up and down buttons that can be used for either volume or page turning. It's a phenomenal device. It works really well. Went ahead and powered itself off. So we'll turn it back on. It also has a fingerprint reader. Just an excellent device. Now, again, the big thing about this device is you have the color layer and the front light, which adds to that heft. But again, solid. It's black, which fits in line with Their color Note series, actually their Note series in general, with the Note Max being the the clear exception to that. But very much the Note Air series is this black design with this black bezel. It really shows off the screen and in some ways makes it feel a little darker even though it's not. Now this is a 10.3 inch device and just very very nice to have in the hand. Next, we jump into the Go 10.3, one of my favorite devices, very much meant to be a competitor with the original SuperNote A5X, 10.3-inch screen, 300 ppi, so it actually excels in that. A little bit older of a card to screen, but still at 300 ppi. Excellent build quality. This one actually has a unique, almost faux leather on the back. That also provides a little bit of an anti-skid to help you with writing. This feels like a Note device. Why they didn't call this a Note device? It looks just like the Note Max, only smaller. And it even runs a different interface. But build quality-wise, again, beautiful sleek lines. You can see here the aluminum. You've got the aluminum antenna down the back with the Books Go series here. just slightly there for you. Now this one differs. You do have your speaker grill here on the bottom. So you have your two speakers and your microphones here and your power port. You do not have anything else. There's nothing on any other side of this device. And just your power button here on top. Excellent device. No front light. It has an exceptional lightness to it. It is interesting just how close it is in weight to the Note Max. Considering the size difference between these two devices, but an amazing experience, very well thought out, machined extremely well, absolutely love this device. For our final device, and this may be one of my favorites in some ways, not because I use it as a note taker, you can write on this device. It has a capacitive stylus just like you have with the Tab XC. But as a pure reader, this is a phenomenal little device. Now, I will say that these buttons are ultra sensitive. So if you're trying to use them as page turn buttons, it will sometimes misregister and flip you ahead when you don't want to. But for the most part, excellent device. This is the Palma 2 Pro. There is the original Palma, which does not have pen input. This does have pen input and is really good for... If you need to jot something very quick down, would I use it on a daily basis as a note taker? No, I wouldn't. But if you like to read, if you really enjoy to read, this is an exceptional device for that. So if I go into my Kindle library, which I can do, and I can also have Kobo and all of the others that I have, and I go ahead and open up my current book that I'm reading, which is the Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, I see this. As an absolute beautiful reader. Now, what's different about this device than the other ones we've seen? All of the other devices that we've seen were glass and metal. So they were aluminum builds with a glass layer. This one is plastic with a glass layer. So you get your Kaleido 3. Part of 1300, 300 PPI black and white, 150 in color. But what you get in addition to that is kind of this texturized, almost paper feeling back, which again helps with stability. Unfortunately, the camera bump sticks out a little bit. So the build quality overall on this is still phenomenal. And then you get plastic all the way around. So it doesn't feel quite. height of quality like the other books devices, but it works for this form factor. I would argue that I like this better than if this was metal. And the reason being that I wouldn't feel bad about not having this in its silicone case, like that it was going to be super fragile. And I think that's an important thing and an important distinction between this device. It's well designed for what it's expected to do, which is to provide a reader first, First G Connected. experience that allows you to have all of your books on the go and full Android all of these devices have full Android so you can download pretty much anything you want whether or not it's optimized or going to work the way you want it to that's a different story for another time but the build quality on this really is amazing it feels really good they make it in a black version which I might prefer myself but I've enjoyed this a lot And you get customizable buttons. You get a fingerprint scanner. All of that works really, really well. And it's not intrusive. If you look down here, you have your microphones and you have your SD card slot and your SIM port and your speaker. You have two buttons here that are touch. You have what you can configure this button to be an AI assistant. And then you have your power button and your fingerprint scanner and microphone and speaker here. So again, and you have both front-facing and rear-facing cameras. Now, are the pictures going to be great? No, but they're passable. It's more for document scanning, I think. But it's not a bad little device. Now, again, it's not cheap. None of these devices are cheap. This has been a sliding scale. But I just wanted to hop on and kind of show you the build quality and give you a sense of why I think these are really good devices. Hey, everybody. Thanks for hanging in there. This was a fun video to do. And why did I do it? Well, I did it because I think that sometimes we get lost in the fact that Books has so many products out there. And they do. And there'll be another video when I get to talking about some more things from the blog which deal with the idea that you can almost have overload. Now, in some ways, though, if you want a device and you're unsure. Odds are Books has one for you. They have a device that will fit your needs. As long as you're willing to accept the learning curve and as long as you're willing to really understand what Android on e-ink is. Now, the big caveat is to really understand that the reason I would say Books is going to have the device for you is because no matter which device you get, it's going to be well made. Now, there are a lot of other companies out there. Some of them are very high quality. Some of them are known for having some real quality issues. Now, does that mean books is bug free? Absolutely not. But as far as the hardware they put into it, as far as the design, as far as the machining, as far as the materials they use, they're top notch and exceptional. And I think that if you are willing and you know you want to go with. Color E Ink, for example, or a 13.3 inch size device, or you know that you want a phone size device. This is going to have something for you and you don't have to worry about it not being well made. There's a lot more competition in that 10 to 11 inch space or maybe even up to 12 if you go with something like the Remarkable Paper Pro. But again, you've really got a good solid quality product here once you know how that product is going to work. So watch some of my other videos. Take a look. Let me know what you think and drop down in the comments. Let me know. Do you want more videos like this where I'm talking about the actual build quality of the devices? I don't get into the hardcore tech specs, never have, but I do think it's important to understand kind of that tactile piece that you aren't going to be able to get because you can't walk into a Best Buy. You can't walk into a store and handle these devices. Yes, you can buy books from Walmart and other places, but you can't go into their stores and do it. It's online only. Anyway, thank you all so much for your support. As always, if you have comments, drop them down below. Please like, subscribe. Let me know what you think. And until next time, keep on moving forward. I will talk to you soon and I will see you in the next one.