The Likebook brand of ebook readers have been around for a few years now, with the Likebook Mars being the most popular model.
Boyue released four new Likebook models this year and all four of them are currently on sale at Amazon, some at their lowest prices ever.
All the Likebooks have octa-core processors and run Android 6.0, and all have E Ink screens with color-adjusting frontlights.
They also have Wacom touchscreens for notetaking and drawing on the screen, and they support typical formats like ePub and PDF, along with some ebook apps.
The Likebook Alita, Mimas, and Ares-Note all have memory card slots, and are among the last few models to have them.
The 10.3-inch Likebook Alita is now $499 at Amazon. It originally started out at $529 a couple months ago when it was first released.
The Likebook Mimas is an even better deal at $419 after applying a $40 off coupon. It sold for $489 when it was first released earlier this year.
The new 7.8-inch Likebook Ares-Note is available for $289 after applying a $20 off coupon. They were selling it for $319 just a few weeks ago.
The 7.8-inch Likebook Muses that was released earlier this year is down to $269 after applying a $20 off coupon. It used to sell for $319 and it was hard to recommend at that price but now that it’s $50 less than the Nova Pro there’s more of a reason to consider it.
Onyx still has the upper hand in terms of overall features and performance with their comparable Onyx Note2 and Nova Pro models, but at least the prices of Likebooks are finally starting to come down to better compete.
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Likebook Mimas is indeed very tempting at this price given its hardware and functionality. My only concern is software problems – I believe you reported them in your review earlier in the year. Many amazon reviews refer to the same. Do you know if there have been some software updates from the manufacturer addressing this? And even if this has not been resolved how critical/detrimental those problems are given that I am almost exclusively going to use it as a 10″ reader (no note taking or using of odd applications)? Also the weight factor was your concern as well in terms of prolonged use, right?
It just depends what features are important to you. Some things work well enough, some things don’t. They have issued some updates but they don’t post changelogs anywhere so it’s hard to tell what they’ve fixed and what they haven’t. The PDF app is decent but ePub handling is terrible. I don’t have any issues with weight. These 10″ ereaders are lighter than tablets.
Got it. ePUB handling is critical to me but it is good to know that PDF app is acceptable.
Thanks again.