Although for e-books, the main reading function can actually be replaced by mobile phones and tablets, but perhaps for a closer to the reading experience of real books, or perhaps for feelings, so the sales of e-books in recent years have always been good. And it has to be said that although more manufacturers have launched e-book products, Amazon's Kindle is still dominant, and even in the gift market there are quite a few users, after all, the price is not expensive and practical.
However, in recent days, Kindle broke rumors of withdrawing from the Chinese market, in addition to the cheapest youth version of the Kindle, other products have also been out of stock, and even the official response to the withdrawal from the Chinese market is also ambiguous, which makes people have to worry about whether the Kindle can still appear in the domestic market in the future. For more users who want to buy instant noodle artifacts, if Kindle really withdraws from the Chinese market, is there a suitable product alternative?
In fact, for Kindle, not only is it a masterpiece of e-book products, but more importantly, Amazon has done a good job in software services, and few other manufacturers can match it. So to find an alternative to the Kindle, we need not only an e-book hardware, but also a better e-book subscription service. Of course, whether the Kindle really withdraws from the domestic market, or because of other reasons can not buy, we still have to consider buying other e-book products to be used as bubble noodle artifacts. If you have this need, then consider the following products.
Xiaomi reads more electric paper books: the perfect successor to the Kindle
Considering the kindle's two best-selling categories youth edition and PaperWhite, then the market can almost perfectly succeed the Kindle's e-book products, we first recommend Xiaomi's own "Xiaomi read more electric paper books". There are two versions of this product, one 7.8 inches and one 6 inches, which are suitable for the needs of different users. Of course, the resolution of 6 inches is lower, but there are also 212 PPi, and the resolution of 7.8 inches reaches 1872×1404, which is actually enough for reading.
Personally feel that Xiaomi more to see the advantages of electric paper books have so many, light not to mention, 7.8 inches is only 251 grams, the weight of a mobile phone only, 6 inches is only about 170 grams, the key one is that the performance is enough, the response speed is fast enough, this is better than the Kindle, the other is 24 levels of reading lights are very practical, plus the Android system used, it feels good to use, and the supported formats are more, 6 inches have 16GB storage space, 7.8 inches has 32GB of storage space, and local reading basically does not have to worry about insufficient capacity.
Xiaomi's electric paper book is and read more cooperation, from the name can also be seen, the resources are acceptable, but also support WeChat reading, for ordinary users is enough, in addition to support Baidu network disk and more cloud, users use the network disk and cloud space to read books is also more convenient. Of course, I personally think it is very important because the price is suitable enough, the 6-inch version is priced at 599 yuan, while the 7.8-inch version is priced at 1299 yuan, which is basically the same as the Kindle. If you must choose one in the Xiaomi electric paper book, I personally think that 7.8 inches may be more suitable, after all, the screen is larger, and the bubble noodles are much more convenient.
Ink Case MIX7: The design function is quite powerful
There are many domestic e-book products on the market, but few people can say that the impressive estimate is that after all, everyone has the same appearance and function, so this is why we recommend the ink case MIX7 product. As a member of Xiaomi's ecological chain enterprises, Mo Case has launched many e-book products, but MIX7 is obviously a product that makes everyone remember more deeply.
Ink case MIX7 is first of all eye-catching in design, it adopts an asymmetrical appearance, and two physical buttons are designed with more space on the side of the front panel, which is a drop, which is very similar to Kindle's high-end product Oasis. In addition, it is different from other electric paper books on the back, not a completely flat design, but made a different thickness like OLED TV, the bottom is thicker, the upper part is thinner, and there is a very eye-catching arc design, the thinnest place is only 3.2mm thick, plus the metal body, this design is indeed very attractive.
The screen size of this product is 7 inches, the resolution reaches 1680×1264, and the screen is etched with 10% haze, so that reading under strong light will not be disturbed by reflected light. In addition, in terms of configuration, the INK CASE MIX7 uses Rockchip's RK3566 processor, quad-core 1.8GHz, running memory of 2GB, fuselage storage 64GB, for the electronic paper book products indeed appear excessive performance. This e-book uses the Android 11 system, built-in multi-reading, WeChat reading, kindle reading, Jingdong reading and other resources, of course, users themselves to install software is not a problem. Personally, I think that this product is no problem to replace the Kindle's Oasis, and the price of 1599 yuan compares with the same type of products, and I can actually feel some cost performance.
IReader Light2 pro: Just enough
If you want to buy a good enough, the price of less than a thousand yuan of electric paper book products, there are indeed many on the market, but we think that the palm reading iReader Light2 pro may be a more suitable for users of a product. Although the size is only 6 inches, the price is less than 1,000 yuan, and its advantages are relatively prominent compared with other lower-priced 6-inch electric paper books. If you don't just consider the price, then this electric paper book product is worth buying.
Although it is only 6 inches, the PPI pixel density of this product reaches 300, and the resolution is as high as 1440×1072, which is clearer than most 6-inch electric paper books, after all, the average 6 inches can exceed 200 PPI. In addition, compared with most electric paper books with only 24 reading lights, palm reading this product has 28 levels of reading lights, suitable for various scenes and brightness. The storage capacity of 16GB is mediocre, but fortunately, the performance of the dual-core processor is good enough, basically there will be no obvious delay problem, and the fluency of the book can be guaranteed, of course, the memory is only 1GB, so don't think about how many other functions this product can have.
Personal appreciation is that this product is light enough on the one hand, only 160 grams, and the flat full-fit glass ink screen looks good; on the other hand, palm reading itself is also doing reading ecology, palm reading city resources with palm reading of electric paper books are also complementary, but other resources palm reading is more general, after all, there is no such ecology to support the adaptation of other electronic book resources. In addition, this product supports functions such as recording and note-taking, plus AI reading function, which is also a good choice for lazy people. The current price of 998 yuan can be said to be just right, neither breaking through the user's psychological bottom line, and indeed stronger than other 6-inch products in terms of overall function, which is also worth the money.
JDRead2: Instant noodles are also more secure
Another electric paper book product that we think is worth considering should be Jingdong's own electric paper book, don't look at the price of Jingdong e-book there are many differences, but in the product side is actually the same, the price difference is actually from the Jingdong reading VIP years, the higher the number of years The more expensive the price, so under normal circumstances to buy a one-year version is enough, the price is about a thousand yuan, the overall performance and design are still doing well.
The reason for recommending this product, in fact, mainly still feel that this is Jingdong's own products, but also have a certain guarantee, whether it is after-sales or reading resources, are still good, especially the Jingdong reading VIP, free to see more than 100,000 books, it feels still very cost-effective. In addition, in the configuration of this product is actually quite high, although it is 6 inches, but the resolution and PPI and palm reading are the same, the clarity is enough, more critical this product is 8-core processor, 2GB + 32GB storage collocation, in the 6-inch product has been regarded as the top level, and the four refresh modes are actually in place, suitable for reading and other non-reading applications.
The lowest price of about 1200 yuan is actually not expensive, considering that at least one year of Jingdong Reading VIP, plus there is a reading function, it is still enough for most people. Whether to buy this product only depends on whether the user is satisfied with JD.com's own library. Of course, others such as local reading are also no problem, plus Android 10 system to install other reading software is no obstacle. In addition, the back plate of this product is hard enough, and it seems to be more secure to take the noodles.
iFLYTEK C1: The best choice for color e-books
E-books with higher prices on the market are often color e-books, but for users, e-books are too big to invest in, in fact, it is not appropriate, so if you really want to experience color e-books, then iFLYTEK's C1 is a good choice, although it is not very fine, but in addition to ordinary reading, looking at color comics is also no problem, of course, the price of less than 1500 yuan is also a key, after all, other high-end color e-books are three or four thousand yuan.
In fact, this product format support is not much, such as WORD and some picture formats are not supported, fortunately HTML, PDF and other common e-book formats are no problem, want to see local color comics to pay attention to the imported format. The 6-inch screen, 6.9mm thickness and 145 grams of weight make this product very easy to hold in the hand, and the color tuning of iFLYTEK is not bad, and it is indeed a bit of a feeling of reading the color comic book of the year. The other quad-core processor is also enough, but the 16GB storage space seems to be a little smaller.
In fact, the functions and performance of this product in the color e-book products are not the most outstanding, but the victory is enough, and the resources of color comics are provided by Quick Look Comics, which can also support the collection of news content such as WeChat public accounts, NetEase and Toutiao, and support Microsoft and Baidu's network disk functions, while iFLYTEK's own voice reading is also quite good. We think that if you just experience the color e-book, then this can be, there are higher requirements and budget, you can consider buying high-end color e-book products.
Write at the end
In fact, we personally don't want the Kindle to withdraw from the Chinese market, but if Amazon really does not sell Kindle in China, then we still need to find a substitute for the bubble noodle artifact. In our opinion, e-books are really not necessary to buy too expensive, because its application scenarios can actually be replaced by mobile phones and tablets. And to put it a joke, if a lot of times e-books are just used to press instant noodles, why should we spend thousands of dollars?
For ordinary users, if you really want to buy an electric paper book, then we feel that the highest thousand yuan or so is almost the same, now the domestic products are basically stronger than the Kindle in terms of performance and function, perhaps emotionally we are difficult to accept the Kindle's withdrawal from China, but in terms of function, at least the current e-book has long exceeded the Kindle.