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Originally Posted by whopper
looks like the competition from boyue is forcing onyx to release sooner products that I'm sure they wanted to release much later.
one can dream of seeing a 13.3" flushed screen with light, hopefully more competition can go also to that market.
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I just found out about the Boyue Mimas yesterday and was anxious for them to be in stock so I can place an order. Then I saw videos and articles for the Note Pro. Back when the Boox Note was released, I was lamenting the fact that I couldn't buy it because it didn't have a frontlight, and now it looks like I will have two to choose from!
My current eReader is a Boyue T62+ that has worked great for almost four years and has a perfect screen and extremely even frontlight - much better than the two Paperwhites I bought and returned - and the videos of the Mimas look great to me.
Does anyone have any opinions about which might be the better choice?
I know the Note Pro is supposed to have twice the RAM and a lot more
integrated storage than the Mimas, but probably a significantly higher price tag too. Any other pros or cons on the Note Pro?
Oh, and how much of a difference do you knowledgeable folks think the processors will make in these units? It's weird... I always thought more cores = more power... but the Mimas has 8 cores (I think) and the Note Pro will have 4 cores... and yet I have read that the Note Pro Quad Core processor is supposed to be superior. Is that accurate? Does anybody expect the difference to be significant?
I do like that the Mimas has physical page turn and back buttons and includes a cover.
It looks like the Note Pro is supposed to have the same flexible mobius screen, covered with glass, like the Mimas. Is that correct?
What about the firmware? Is Boox further along with perfecting their note-taking features? The note-taking Mimas videos looked like that feature is straight-forward and easy to use on the Boyue.
The Mimas only allows the user to turn the lighting from the standard cool light to the standard warm light, while the Note Pro allows the user to adjust the mix of the warm and cool lighting separately or synced together. I wonder if that's that a feature that Boyue might be able to add in a firmware update?
I know this is still early and there is not that much information about these two devices. I'm mostly just wondering about any significant differences between these two devices, and if there's a good reason to wait for the Boox Note Pro.