The Xteink X4 Pro could be the tiny e-reader of your dreams

Xteink’s tiny e-readers person gone viral among publication lovers connected societal media, and for bully reason: what could beryllium much delightful than an e-reader that tin acceptable successful your wallet? Xteink has the answer. The Chinese hardware shaper has present improved upon its existing e-readers with the Xteink X4 Pro, a swift effect to wide feedback from users who truly wanted a touchscreen and a beforehand light.

If you haven’t seen Xteink’s existing X3 and somewhat larger X4, let’s drawback you up to speed: they’re apt the smallest e-readers you tin buy, tiny capable to magnetize to the backmost of your telephone oregon flip successful your pouch connected your mode retired the door. Ideally, having this instrumentality connected manus volition assistance you work a fewer pages of a publication alternatively of scrolling Instagram portion you’re waiting successful enactment astatine the store. Though the X3 and X4 were promising capable to cultivate a cult following, I wouldn’t telephone them idiosyncratic affable — their button-based navigation is clunky. Still, the thought of a magnetic, pocketable e-reader was truthful promising that I couldn’t hold to spot what Xteink would bash next.

Fortunately, the hold for a hole wasn’t long. The summation of the touchscreen and beforehand airy makes the Xteink X4 Pro much viable arsenic a instrumentality that you tin usage arsenic your main e-reader, alternatively than conscionable an on-the-go companion to your Kindle. At 72g and 5.95mm thin, the X4 Pro is astir the aforesaid size arsenic the X4.

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Every nighttime earlier I spell to bed, I crook disconnected the lights and work connected my Kindle until I’m sleepy capable to adjacent my eyes. But with the added beforehand light, the X4 Pro has firmly wedged itself into my nightly regular — during the reappraisal period, I astir exclusively work connected the X4 Pro earlier bed, utilizing the beforehand airy connected the dimmest mounting (which is inactive a spot brighter than I’d similar for furniture clip reading), with the colour somesthesia tinted somewhat warm. I’ve since reverted backmost to my Kindle solely due to the fact that I’m re-reading the Odyssey, and let’s look it, it would beryllium beauteous annoying to work poesy with enactment breaks connected a 4.26 inch screen.

When I work with the X4 Pro earlier I autumn asleep, I consciousness similar I’m mimicking my aged atrocious wont of scrolling successful bed. You tin construe this arsenic either a bully oregon a atrocious thing. On 1 hand, this goes to amusement conscionable however comfy and casual it feels to work connected the X4 Pro — you tin crook the pages either by tapping connected the broadside of the surface oregon by utilizing the broadside buttons, which gives you much flexibility with however you privation to clasp your X4 Pro. But also, similar a phone, the e-reader is truthful tiny that you person to clasp it person to your look to work than you would a Kindle. I interest this mightiness interaction my sleep, though it’s inactive acold easier to autumn dormant aft looking astatine a dimly lit e-ink surface than an iPhone.

Like different e-ink devices, the X4 Pro has beauteous large artillery beingness — I’ve been utilizing my instrumentality astir days for astir 3 weeks, and I’m lone down to 60% battery. Naturally, the airy means that the artillery volition dwindle a spot much rapidly than its predecessors, but I hardly announcement the difference. What radical volition notice, however, is that the X4 Pro charges utilizing a magnetic pogo charger, portion the X4 had a USB-C. This isn’t a large woody to me, since the instrumentality has to complaint truthful infrequently, but if you’re truly passionate astir the universality of USB-C, this could beryllium a dealbreaker.

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The X4 Pro besides comes with updated software, which is simply a large upgrade from the erstwhile models, but the instrumentality besides volition proceed to let users to load unfastened root code. The process of uploading contented via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth is doable, though it remains a spot clunky — I find it easier to conscionable region the micro SD paper and usage the provided micro SD to USB adapter to adhd files from my computer.

If you’re utilized to much mainstream e-readers, it’s besides worthy mentioning that you’re astir apt not going to beryllium capable to work room e-books connected the X4 Pro. Xteink can’t integrate straight with apps similar Libby, and adjacent if you get an e-book from the library, you won’t beryllium capable to adhd it to your X4 Pro (libraries usage protected versions of .epub files that you can’t copy). But if you bargain an .epub record from a publisher, you’ll beryllium capable to adhd it to your Xteink instrumentality without a problem. (Just don’t effort buying books connected Amazon. It’s a walled garden, truthful you tin lone work Amazon ebooks connected Amazon devices, adjacent though you virtually purchased the book! Booooo!)

The Xteink X4 Pro costs $99, and astatine launch, it’s lone disposable connected Xteink’s website.