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Originally Posted by kkckkc
I have just posted this on Techcrunch as well:
i think one has to be careful with some of the boox/onyx products. first off, there seems to be quite a lot of bias in some of the reviews online (I do trust TC being a long time visitor) and I along with other viewers have alluded to this on youtube reviews. also amazon has stopped user reviews of some onyx products as they believe that reviews are being falsely manipulated. you can check this by trying to leave a review (you will get a warning popup). why would onyx/boox have to resorted to such dishonesty and taint what should be an honest process?
secondly having bought a poke, i am quite disappointed. the UI is really good. i like the ability to read non-kindle books. the software is a not as smooth as i would like, but that's ok.
what i really did not appreciate was that in order to make the device as light as possible onyz have compromised on the bexel and in my device the screen just came off after a few weeks. once it does this, it just cracks. a look under the hood, shows little to no glue at all. the bexel is so thin, there is no protection.
by comparison the three kindles we have in the family have lasted years and been dropped multiple times without ANY ill effects...!
in my case onyx/boox refused to replace or repair under warranty, so that's that...my review is a resounding thumbs down! i am switching back to kindle or another manufacturer. i wonder if i can use the onyx as a frizzbie given its light weight..!
buyer beware! my recommendation is to use a strong cover if you buy one.
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I think, what I bought is not 8 cores device, but 1-2 cores. I bought my Poke 2 on Aliexpress (for faster delivery before new regulations in EU valid from 1.7.). I have another Ebook reader with 1 core 1GHz processor with 512MB RAM and I have 8 core mobile phone with also 2GB RAM and I think I can compare it.
Few years ago my friend bought fake phone from Aliexpress and he even reported fake display and processor data using various system information apps. Some applications tested reality and some just read out the pushed (fake) informations.
Also Your post can make some light into it. I think there are two Poke 2 devices. Original and fake. Please, if Your device is not tottaly broken, please make some tests.
In some apps I tested it I see all cores running on the same frequency: Simple System Monitor, Droid Info, Device Info, SystemGlow, CPU-Z ...
It's not normal in processors without no same tasks.
Simple System Monitor https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...hl=en_US&gl=US in card "CPU FREQUENCIES" shows frequencies and graphs, but graphs i see correct for cores 1,2,4,7 and partially visible for cores 5, 8.
Thats mean display of this "Poke 2" is not 1072 x 1440px? Whay services like
https://whatismyresolution.com/ show
662 x 491 Please try it.
Device Info https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...hl=en_US&gl=US
Droid Info (In store "Droid Hardware Info")
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...hl=en_US&gl=US can see in card Features also GPS (NO!) and USB accessory (OTG?).
Hardware Info https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...hl=en_US&gl=US see unknown processor.
In some apps i see
refresh rate of display 88Hz. Does a eink display have any refresh rate? Webpages with default browsers flashed every around 2 secs. With EinkBro is ok.
Interesting is in one app i saw test for count of
simultaneously pressed fingers and count is 5!
I tried
CPU Throttling Test https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...throttlingtest and performance was
67 - 80,6 GIPS.
PassMark PerformanceTest https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...mark.pt_mobile or from
APKpure https://apkpure.com/passmark-perform...mark.pt_mobile
Tests results:
21981
3482
5.0 mil. primes/s
6955
449
35.6
94.5
524
568
...
Summary
System 3401
CPU 1613
Memory 6333
Disk 22642
2D graphics 9140
2D graphics 7522
Submitted as BL# 8011889
In device list i cant see my submission, but there is Poke 3 (or "Poke 3")
https://www.androidbenchmark.net/pho...one=ONYX+Poke3 Maybe in few hours or days.