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Hands-on look at the Daylight DC1, the tablet with a potentially game-changing display (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 6 months ago by schizoidman@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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[–] flux@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

Boox Tab Ultra

Looks pretty nice device! Even the camera makes a bit sense in the demo they give (though apparently in practice the scanning rarely works). And cheaper to boot as well. I might consider getting this one.

But is the display really better quality? Atleast the DPI is slightly higher at 219 on the Boox Tab Ultra vs 190 on the Daylight. And Boox weighs 70 grams less, and that's the device some reviews call heavy (and some lightweight..).

These reviews mention the slow display speed:

https://www.xda-developers.com/boox-tab-ultra-review/
https://www.techradar.com/reviews/onyx-boox-tab-ultra-review-an-e-ink-peg-in-an-ipad-hole even goes to describe it "distracting" and "Performance can’t keep up with fast typing"
https://www.trustedreviews.com/reviews/onyx-boox-tab-ultra "Tab Ultra does let you choose between several refresh modes" and https://www.makeuseof.com/onyx-boox-tab-ultra-review/ "The HD preset works fine for casual reading, whereas the balanced mode works better when thumbing through documents or typing. Meanwhile, the fast mode is suggested for general website browsing, and ultrafast is more useful for video playback. "—surely if the display was always fast and working, this fidgeting would be pointless?

So perhaps there is some room for improvement? That being said, some other reviews don't mention it and one says it's faster than typical e-ink display, though that doesn't sound immediately purely praising.

In the end it probably comes to the software: how fast it is, it well it works, how nice it is to use. It seems both have customized the standard Android, so I suppose the difference is in which one has done it better and which one has better custom apps. Per the reviews Boox doesn't fare too well in this aspect. Maybe someone will make a comparative review of the devices.