Thanks Peter!
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For context, a Kindle Oasis (the highest-end Kindle on the market) costs €229. The Huawei MatePad Paper retails for €499 in Europe, which is significantly more expensive.
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Actually because it has apps and 10" only a few Android based eink are comparable. I know what the 7.8" Boyue Mars is like for Android apps, very hit or miss. Actually Amazon has nothing comparable.
So sort of Elipsa price territory. The Oasis is nothing like comparable as it's only an ereader and has only a 7" screen and can take NO apps. The Elipsa can have KO reader added easily without jailbreaking, but basically only takes programs customised for the Kobos.
The only odd things are the fingerprint sensor and speakers. I can't see any compelling reason for this over the other Chinese Android eink 10.3" models with a stylus. Having read about them and used the 7.8" Boyue Mars I decided the 10.3" Elipsa, which includes the expensive stylus and cover was a better idea to proof check PDFs for POD, read larger PDFs and take separate notes with the handwriting recognition.
Bigger than 7" to 8" is too big to relax reading novels (epub or Kindle converted to epub).
In the end I was so impressed with handwritten notes converted to text and the size of the Mars (7.8") I bought the Sage (8") to read recreationally and take notes generally or take notes while proofing our own texts on the original Libra.
Unless you need PDFs that don't work at 8" then there is no point to any 10.3" eink. Large and heavy. I'm glad I never bought the larger Sony Digital paper. It turns out that the Sage is as good as the Elipsa for recognised handwritten notes. I use the Elipsa pen.