Waited weeks for this and was so excited it finally arrived today. Unboxed it, put it on charge, and…nothing. Won’t boot up, no signs of life. He’s dead, Jim.
Now I have to send it back and wait who knows how long if I want a replacement. Probably just going to ask for a refund; I can’t wait another 4-6 weeks or wait for one to ship from the September batch. Ugh!
Mildly infuriating, highly disappointing.
The e-ink display and expandable storage set it apart, but “minimal” can be achieved with some small effort by the end user of any smartphone. The idea that this phone will work magic for you and free up time in your day is just marketing. If you want your current phone to do less, then just uninstall the apps that are sucking up your time.
It does have a physical keyboard, too. Sadly can’t give it much of a review given the circumstances, but it does have a good feel and seems like it would be pleasant to type on.
That’s true, and I overlooked that. I miss having a physical keyboard. I don’t want to shit on your purchase, if it does what you want, then great, it just doesn’t bring anything to the table for me.
Yeah, that was my thought, too, and why I missed the phones point. But OP pointed out that they wanted to use it as an ereader (like their current Kobo), and that use case seems absolutely perfect for this phone. As a magical device that gives you back time, this device looks to be nothing but marketing. But as a combination true eink ereader and smart-enough phone, this device seems perfect.
Yeah, I have a Boox color tablet that I use for reading books and comics, but I also take A LOT of notes on it since I can use handwriting. This phone doesn’t bring anything to the table for me, but if there is a use for OP I’m not going to say it’s a bad purchase. I just don’t like the marketing behind it.
That Boox color looks amazing!
The marketing behind the minimalist phone is shady at best.
Yeah, I got the note air 4c and I can confirm it is amazing. However, it’s expensive. I don’t really have money to throw around like that, but I did some extra work and grabbed it. It’s phenomenal and I have no regrets. Great for reading, great for note taking, horrible for watching videos :) If its something that you’ll use, its worth every penny.
You missed the physical keyboard. I’d sell my left kidney for a physical keyboard. I’ve just had to correct three words in the previous sentence because my keyboard “corrected” them even though autocorrect is switched off.