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Old 09-07-2026, 10:10 PM   #1
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7" ereader with physical page turn buttons and an eink Carta 1300 screen
I've been doing some research on this and it seems I can't really get what I want without significant compromises.
  1. The obvious choice would be to buy a Kobo Libra 3. But Kobo never released one and they're "all-in" on the Libra Color. As much as I want one, a this point i think their e-reader line with page-turn buttons and a black-and-white screen is dead.
  2. I next looked at the PocketBook Era Lite. Meets all the requirements, but my research tells me the OS on is very slow compared to other e-readers.
  3. The Boox Go 7 looks nice, but between Android and the page refresh technology, the battery life isn't where it should be for an e-reader.
  4. The Boox Page is Eink Carta 1200, and I think it's been discontinued
  5. Bigme 7" e-reader with page turn buttons still uses an Eink Carta 1100 display.

Is there another reader out there I should be looking at?
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Old 09-08-2026, 06:00 AM   #2
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Is there another reader out there I should be looking at?
A used KL2
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A used KL2
Can't find one.

They disappear as soon as they pop up.

Plus it uses an older Carta panel and not the 1300.

But I have an eBay search queued up.
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Is there another reader out there I should be looking at?
The Musnap Ocean (Android) claims to have a Carta 1300 screen as well.
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No Carta 1300 screen.
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The Musnap Ocean (Android) claims to have a Carta 1300 screen as well.
This looks interesting. But Musnap is an unknown in the field. How well will they support Android? Will it get timely security patches? Are these guys going to be around in a year?

Definitely something to keep an eye on.
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This looks interesting. But Musnap is an unknown in the field. How well will they support Android? Will it get timely security patches? Are these guys going to be around in a year?

Definitely something to keep an eye on.
As I’ve understood, Musnap is essentially the Chinese iReader for the Western market - with the UI (mostly) in English instead of Chinese and having access to Google Play Store. So the way people have described it is “excellent hardware, not the best firmware” (and probably even less customer support than what Boox or Bigme offer).
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Bigme 7" e-reader with page turn buttons still uses an Eink Carta 1100 display.
According to https://comparisontabl.es/e-readers/ the Bigme B7 Pro BW has a Carta 1300 display, but is the most expensive of the 7 E-ink devices listed with 7" and Carta 1300 (only 5 with page turn buttons though). On the other hand you get a stylus, a folio and you can use it as a phone with 4G and it has 8 GB of RAM plus a microSD card slot.
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This looks interesting. But Musnap is an unknown in the field. How well will they support Android? Will it get timely security patches? Are these guys going to be around in a year?

Definitely something to keep an eye on.
I went to their site and no Readers are in stock and they do not have any decent descriptions. Plus, they are expensive.
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Plus, they are expensive.
They are cheaper on Amazon.
The price for the Musnap X on https://www.musnap.com/collections/frontpage is astronomic. Was $6,121.00 now "only" $842.00. They sell it on amazon.de for 559 Euro, although I got it a few months ago for 391.30 Euro with a coupon.
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My biggest concern with Android e-readers is timely software updates. Google releases monthly security updates for Android, and a lot of these manufacturers never push those updates out.

I own a TCL NxtPaper 14 tablet. It got an update to Android 15 in January and hasn't gotten a single Android security update since then.
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I have the NXTPAPER 11 plus..there recently was an update to Android 16.

You only need security updates if you do something that is in need of the latest patches like online banking for example. Reading and maybe browsing the internet can really be done with older Android versions. Just update the browser app regularly (here a more recent Android is useful), only allow JavaScript on websites you trust (beware many websites will not work without JavaScript, it may be better to use an extension in the browser to finetune JS and only allow it from the website's domain and not from ad networks) and use an ad blocker, a firewall like Netguard may also be helpful. Downloading Netguard via F-Droid (or github) also lets you download a host file for adblocking in the app.

What do you want to do with your e-ink device?
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I have the NXTPAPER 11 plus..there recently was an update to Android 16.

You only need security updates if you do something that is in need of the latest patches, like online banking for example.
That is totally not true. If it has Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, it needs security updates.

There are botnets on the Inernet now made of smartbulbs, DVRs, and even e-readers. If you're willing to disable your Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and sideload all your books, then security updates become less important.

I know the NxtPaper 14 got Android 16 in the UK. I'm hoping the US gets it soon. And I hope they start releasing security updates for Android 16 when that happens.
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