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Originally Posted by Question Mark
Thanks for the info. Out of warranty so I'll eventually have to look for a battery and attempt the replacement myself. Hopefully, I'll get a bit more use of my current battery before that becomes necessary. Wish they made replacing batteries a little easier because, other than that, it is working fine. A lovely device.
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I believe you can send it to Boox's service center to get it replaced even if it is not under warranty. It could be a bit costlier and I believe you need to pay about $20 and shipping. The battery from Alixpress will also cost around $20. If you are in the US, this might be a better way to get it done than to do it yourself, if you are not savvy with soldering. I am not sure what options exist for other places. I have seen videos in youtube that describe what batteries to get and how to do it for Note pro. If you want to check the options available for your location, you should contact boox support via their help.boox.com site and go from there.
I agree that Onyx devices are very good for what they are. They are excellent for pdf reading and annotating on them, which is my primary use case. I do not use them for anything tablet related, since my impression is that they are poor at that. That said, I do wish they made it easier to remove and replace the battery for normies. I miss the days where you can just pop the back off of a cell phone and replace the battery yourself. This has been a key reason why I did not get a Note Air. While the build quality is very good and attractive, I can see that there is no way to replace the battery if it ever decays. Note Air is a clear example of where the industry is heading: great build quality at the expense of user-friendly reparability. It is a shame.