Onyx Boox Prometheus 2 Android eReader – $422
Onyx has a number of cutting-edge gadgets like the Onyx Typewriter, Onyx Boox Monitor, and the Boox e-Note in the pipeline, but that doesn’t mean they’ve stopped releasing regular ereaders.
The Chinese ereader maker has just launched the Prometheus 2, a 9.7″ ereader, in Russia.
The Boox Prometheus 2 runs Android 4.0 on a 1 GHz Freescale i.MX6 CPU with 1GB RAM, Wifi, and Bluetooth (but no audio).
Its 9.7″ Carta E-ink screen integrates a capacitive touchscreen and frontlight, and has a screen resolution of 1200 x 825. In terms of storage, it has 16GB internal memory and a microSD card slot.
It measures 9.5mm thin, weighs 450 grams, and packs in a 3Ah battery.
Retail price is 23,990 rubles, or about $422 USD.
All in all that is an unimpressive ereader with a steep price tag. The OS is old, the screen resolution is low, and aside from the Carta E-ink screen there’s little to distinguish it from previous Onyx ereaders.
You’re better off waiting for the Boox e-Note, which is due out in September. The e-Note has the new 10.3″ E-ink screen with a screen resolution of 1404 x 1872, or 227 ppi. That is considerably sharper than the screen on the Prometheus 2, which is 150 ppi.
Comments
Juan Chulilla June 9, 2017 um 10:55 am
Why they still use Android FOUR in TWO THOUSAND AND SEVENTEEN?!?!?
It’s really astounding. They don’t use the advantages of the next three major versions of Android 🙁
And why CPU is so anemic in 2017??!?!
just compare it with yotaphone screen…
Jose Manuel June 9, 2017 um 4:07 pm
Outdated hardware and very expensive, obviously the sales are very low.
ef June 10, 2017 um 10:17 am
The world really doesn’t need new 150 dpi ereaders in 2017.
Nate Hoffelder June 10, 2017 um 7:07 pm
agreed.