There is a nice deal now available on the Boox Go Color 7 e-reader device, which is now shipping for $219.99, including shipping costs. That makes it considerably cheaper than the around $270 that it usually sells on Amazon. That makes it $50 cheaper, which is quite something considering that it isn’t often that Boox offers a discount on any of its products. As 9To5Toys stated, the present deal makes the current price the lowest it has ever been.
However, the thing to keep in mind is that this happens to be the first-generation Go Color 7 device. Boox has followed it up with a new model. That said, Go Color 7 comes with some pretty solid specs that make it quite relevant even in the presence of its successor. The 7-inch Kaleido 3 display with a Carta 1200 glass screen is as vibrant and bright as on any other e-reader device launched in recent times. The display offers 150 PPI and 300 PPI color and B/W resolution, respectively.
Making up the core of the Go Color 7 is a 2.4Ghz Octa-core processor along with 4 GB RAM and 64 GB ROM. There is also the option to add more storage via microSD cards. The display gets front light with warm and cold temperature controls. The e-reader supports Wi-Fi (2.4GHz + 5GHz) and Bluetooth 5.0 wireless connectivity. There is also a G-sensor onboard, which allows for automatic screen rotation depending on the manner the device is held.
Things, however, are a bit on the downside on the software front as the first-gen Go Color 7 runs Android 12. However, there is Play Store support, which means you can install the apps you want from the Google app store. Document formats the e-reader supports include PDF, CAJ, DJVU, CBR, CBZ, EPUB, AZW3, MOBI, TXT, DOC, DOCX, FB2, CHM, RTF, HTML, ZIP, PRC, PPT, PPTX, and EPUB3. Image formats supported include PNG, JPG, BMP, and TIFF.
The Go Color 7 can also be used to listen to audiobooks. For this, the device supports audiobook formats WAV and MP3. There is the built-in speakers to listen to audiobooks, though you can also pair the device with a suitable You can install any e-book reading software, which can be Kindle, Kobo, B&N, and so on. It comes with a 2,300 mAh battery, which should sustain operations for several weeks easily.
