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Though I’ve spent years evangelizing for the Boox Palma 2, a phone-sized Chinese e-reader with an open Android operating system, my allegiances have shifted in recent months. I’m now obsessed with the tiny, slightly janky, minimalist devices put out by Xteink, another Chinese tech company. And I’m far from the only one—the Xteink subreddit is a busy place.
The $69 Xteink X4 has a 4.3-inch screen and native software that’s so bad, it wasn’t really worth recommending until fans of the device cobbled together their own crowdsourced alternative. The $79 X3 (which is currently only available in the U.S. direct from Xteink) is largely the same device, but even smaller—about the size of a credit card. Either one is a great choice for portability, but they come with a lot of trade-offs, including only being able to load books without digital rights
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