[GrandNeko40]

i've recently been considering a Boox device to supplement my Kobo. the Kobo Libra 2 is excellent for portability and as a pure, simple book reader with great battery life and essentially no distractions... but sometimes i want a larger device for more general-purpose use, like catching up on my rss feeds, instapaper and so on -- or for navigating reference/instructional books (cookbooks, crochet patterns, etc.) that really just work better on a larger screen.

the Note Air 4C seems like the device that best ticks all my boxes... but it seems to me Onyx updates and replaces and refreshes their many and various (and sometimes seemingly redundant) model families at a breakneck pace. like most consumers, i hate buying a new (to me) gadget only to learn that it's being replaced/refreshed a month later.

i used a Palma for a few weeks, but other than that, i am not at all familiar with their devices... so i wanted to ask: does Onyx typically make significant enough upgrades to their devices that i should wait a couple months to see what this theoretical 4C successor looks like, or are they generally just doing minor spec bumps here and there and i needn't worry about whatever tiny tweak they make? if this imaginary, not-currently-announced "Air 5C" is released with (for instance) Android 16, will my Air 4C be stuck on Android 13 indefinitely, or do they have an okay track record for providing significant OS upgrades to older devices? thanks!