The Onyx Boox Go 7 Gen 2 is the latest e-reader to hit the market. It was released a couple of weeks ago and is now available with widespread distribution on the BOOX website and Amazon. The big selling points are the physical page-turn buttons, which make it easy to turn pages of a book at the click of a button. It has a vibrant color e-paper display and has full access to the Google Play Store.
The Go 7 Color Gen 2 features a 7-inch E Ink Kaleido 3-color e-paper display. The black and white resolution is 1680 x 1264 with 300 PPI, while the color resolution is 150. The device’s body is white, and the screen is flush with the bezel and protected by a layer of glass. It has white and amber LED lights that read in the dark. The front-lit display and color temperature system can be combined to provide an exceptional reading experience. A G-sensor will automatically switch the orientation from portrait to landscape mode.
Underneath the hood is an Octa-core processor, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of internal storage. If this is not enough space to house your audiobooks, e-books, comics, or PDF files, an SD card can provide an additional 1 TB of storage. There is a single speaker, so if you want to listen to music or audiobooks, you’ll want to take advantage of wireless earbuds or headphones, thanks to the Bluetooth 5.1 support. Surf the web or download apps via WIFI. A USB-C port is available to transfer content to the Go 7 Color Gen 2, and it’s also used to charge the device. It is powered by a 2,300 mAh battery.
The Go 7 Color Gen 2 runs the Google Android 13 operating system and has full access to Google Play Services and the Google Play Store. This is an international release, supporting all major languages. If you prefer to sideload your content, it supports a wide range of file formats, including PDF, CAJ, DJVU, CBR, CBZ, EPUB, EPUB3, AZW3, MOBI, TXT, DOC, DOCX, FB2, CHM, RTF, HTML, ZIP, PRC, PPT, and PPTX.
- Support Active Stylus InkSense, but the sytlus is not included in the box.
- Screen: 7" Kaleido 3 (4096 colors) Carta1200 glass screen with flat cover-lens. Resolution: 1680 x 1264 (B/W 300 ppi, Color 150 ppi)
- CPU: Octa-core RAM: 4GB ROM: 64GB Connectivity: Wi-Fi + BT 5.1
Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the past fifteen years. Newspapers and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.