i preordered the onyx boox max today and cancelled my good ereader backing a couple days ago. here are the main reasons (taken from my comment i posted on digital ereader's blog):
— promo videos seem staged: i like the 13.3 good ereader on paper but they don’t post any unedited videos — all their current videos are with the content preloaded, as if they are hiding performance issues.
some users have asked for unedit videos shot from the camera of a phone, which seems effortless, but they are avoiding it till the campaign closes it seems like
— moving campaign goals: originally the campaign said if they hit 60 units, they would ship it out by summer. now they will ship it out by summer once they reach 150k USD (almost +90 units).
http://i.imgur.com/7vYyTHX.png?1
— 512 MB ram seems iffy for android, but they could easily eliminate any doubts about the performance with UNEDITED videos. the fact that they purposely don’t post any videos to reassure their backers performance isn’t an issue makes me believe there really are problems. going with the onyx boox max 1gb is a bit more safe
the main pros going for the good ereader are the weight and touch screen — this was my main reason to buy it over the onyx boox max, but in the end it wasn’t worth risking my cash with these guys after seeing the way they are handling their campaign, it makes their backers question what is going on.