Onyx has officially released two new Boox devices, the 10.3-inch Note3 and 7.8-inch Nova3, to go along with the two new models they released last month, the 10.3-inch Note Air and 13.3-inch Max Lumi.
Both the Note3 and Nova3 are available to order now from Onyx’s website, but they still haven’t added them to their Amazon store yet (update: now both models are available from their Amazon store as well).
The Onyx Note3 is selling for $549, the same price that the Note2 sold for, and the Onyx Nova3 is selling for the same $339 price as the Nova2 did.
Onyx only changed a few minor details with the new models, but that’s what Onyx does. They release new models at an unmatched pace. The Nova2 was just released 6 months ago and now it’s already getting replaced, and they’ve released 8 different Note models in the past 2.5 years.
The most prominent upgrade is a faster processor that Onyx claims is 30% faster (under what circumstances they do not specify).
Here’s the list of upgrades that separates the new models from the previous generation:
Added speaker to Nova3
Upgraded faster octa-core processor
Bluetooth 5.0 instead of 4.1
LPDDR4X RAM instead of LPDDR3 RAM
Android 10 instead of Android 9
The overall size and weight remain exactly the same as before for both new devices, and all the main features remain the same too. They both have frontlights with adjustable color temperature, Wacom touchscreens for note-taking, USB-C ports with OTG support, dual-band Wi-Fi, etc.
The Nova3 has 32GB of storage space and 3GB of RAM and the Note3 has 64GB of storage space and 4GB of RAM.
Onyx is still selling the older models at a discount until they’re sold out so you can save some money if you don’t care about the newer features. Here’s my Nova2 review from earlier this year if you want to see one of Onyx’s devices in action. I won’t be reviewing the newer model because the review would be exactly the same—a slight speed boost won’t change anything.
Note 2 price is tempting, but Boyue Alita is still cheaper. Although Onyx Boox is better if you want take notes on pdf’s, I don’t care.
But people are saying Boyue is probably closing because their ereaders are almost sold out everywhere. So, If you buy a Boyue, you’ll be stuck in Android 6.
What are you thoughts about it?
Thanks.
My thoughts are I’d stay far away from Boyue. Half the software features as Onyx with no advantages other than a memory card slot, and not being able to optimize 3rd-party apps is a big negative.
Which features do you miss? I only want it to read textbooks and, obviously, their only advantage is the price.
If you read textbooks like school textbooks, Onyx Boox’s PDF engine is a big advantage. It can reflow the text so even A4 sized page look like a kindle book does. App optimization means Android apps will function much better on Boox, so you can read your kindle or Kobo books too and also use Pocket for storing articles to.read later. App optimization. Means you can connect a Bluetooth keyboard and have an eink typewriter too. The additional screen mean that in a pinch you can even watch videos on a Boox reader, which can come in handy when you run across a topic you don’t understand.
If you’re a student, Boox is easily a much better choice.
Thanks, but I’m only a curious guy, not a student XD
Aside: Nathan made a video about Likebook Mimas and its performance is enough for my needs; so, Alita could indeed fullfill them better
Today has been released update to Android 8.1. for Alita
We’ll see ..
Goodbye support and updates for my Nova 2 purchased two months ago. 🙁
🙁 I second to that…
You’ll still get updates for a while. My Nova Pro and Max 2 both received updates in July.
Note 2 with VAT is still too expensive. Note Pro’s price was cheaper past year when they wanted clear its stock.
May be black Friday?
I reply myself: now Note 2 isn’t available at Boox webshop 🙁
It’s still available on Amazon for $479, but probably not for long. I don’t know why Onyx bothered to put up comparison tables when they’re clearly going to stop selling the 2nd gen models anyway now that the newer models are available. Also both the Nova3 and Note3 are available to purchase on Amazon now.
Thanks.
But , after Note 2 was released, they still were long selling Note Pro
I have a Nova Pro and I’m very tempted to get the Nova 3 because it would be more current. I understand that they don’t improve the OS but rather come out with another device. Do you think it is better to buy from the Onyx store US Warehouse with all the free accessories or from Amazon? Will one take forever?
Also, so you have a recommendation for a replacement stylus. I have broken four of them (the clip snaps off)
I don’t know what the shipping time is when ordering from Onyx directly. Sometimes they include the free accessories when ordering from Amazon, sometimes not. If you have a cover for the Nova Pro it’ll probably fit the Nova3 because I don’t think the dimensions have changed at all. I would recommend the new Remarkable stylus, as that’s what I’ve been using lately, except they don’t seem to sell them separately. Onyx also sells a thicker white stylus without a clip, but they don’t appear to have any available at the moment.