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Amazon is offering the XTEINK X4 Pro, a 4.3-inch pocket e-reader, for $84.15, a 15% cut from its $99 list price that matches its lowest recorded price. The deal is a time-limited Lightning Deal. The device features a touchscreen, adjustable warm/cool front light, 219ppi E Ink display, physical page-turn buttons, Wi-Fi, and a 1100mAh battery, with content loaded via sideloading or the Xteink app.
The Xteink X4 Pro, a pocket-sized e-reader with a 4.26-inch, 800x480 E Ink touchscreen, is now available on Amazon for $84.15, a $25 discount and its lowest price yet. The device includes physical page-turn buttons, a touch-sensitive home button, an adjustable front light, and magnets for attaching to compatible phones, running Xteink's CrossPoint Reader software.
Boox has begun taking pre-orders for the Picco, a 3.97-inch monochrome e-ink reader with a front light and physical page buttons that magnetically attaches to the back of a smartphone. The $100 device weighs 58g, ships with a 16GB microSD card expandable to 2TB, and runs a stripped-down OS rather than Android. Boox says US shipping starts in October, positioning the Picco as the first entry in a new 'Tiles' product tier below its existing 6- to 7-inch lineup.
Boox has announced the Picco, a monochrome e-reader with a 3.97-inch, 235-ppi display, making it smaller than the Xteink X4 Pro and the company's own upcoming Palma 3. It costs $100, opens for preorder today, and is expected to ship in November, featuring a microSD slot supporting up to 2TB storage, adjustable front lighting, physical page buttons, and a magnetic case for attaching to a smartphone.
BOOX has begun taking pre-orders for the Picco, a compact e-reader with a 3.97-inch, 480x800 ePaper touch display and a footprint about the size of a credit card. Unlike larger BOOX devices, it skips Android in favor of a simplified interface with built-in to-do, countdown, and Pomodoro apps, and supports book transfers via Wi-Fi, USB-C, or microSD (16GB included, expandable to 2TB).
Chinese startup Xteink is following up its compact X4 e-reader with the Xteink S4, a 4.3-inch E-Ink device that ditches the previous proprietary Linux OS for Android 11. This change lets users sideload apps like Kindle, Kobo, and KOReader instead of being limited to DRM-free EPUB files. The S4 also bumps up specs with 2GB RAM, 32GB storage, and a 1,400mAh battery, more than double the X4's 650mAh cell.
Boox showed additional details of its Picco e-reader at IFA, a compact rival to the Xteink X4 with a 3.97-inch touchscreen e-paper display and physical page-turn buttons that support customizable short and long presses. The device skips onboard storage in favor of microSD cards, but adds USB-C and WiFi transfer options absent from Xteink's hardware, and runs a stripped-down Linux OS rather than Android, bundling apps like a timer, todo list, and reading tracker.