Chinese innovative tech company Hisense has a long history with eBook readers and even smartphones with e-ink displays. The company has now launched a new gadget dubbed Hisense Hi Reader e-book reader. The product carries a decent price tag of 1799 yuan (US$ 282) but availability details are not known at the moment.
As
the name implies, the device is a dedicated e-Book reader but it features a
compact, smartphone-sized build. It comes with a thickness of 7.5mm, weighing
177g making it about 20% e-readers. Thus, users won’t get fatigued easily if
the gadget is held for long.
In terms of display, the Hisense Hi Reader
is equipped with a 6.7-inch e-ink screen with a pixel density of 300ppi, a
right-angle frame design, a screen ratio of up to 84%. The display also
supports 36-level DC dimming, and automatically adjusts without flicker. According to reports, the reader can adapt to
the surrounding environment in automatic mode, automatically adjust the reading
brightness in order to meet the reading needs of various ambient light.
The gadget is powered by a UNISOC T610
Octa-core chipset clocked at 1.8GHz. The processor is paired with 4GB of RAM.
There is 64GB of storage onboard the device. Under the hood, it crams a
built-in 3000mAh battery. It runs on the Android 10 operating system.
In terms of system experience, Hisense Hi
Reader adopts a minimalist, efficient, and easy-to-use style, and performs
scene-based UI processing on the desktop frame of the reader. The four tabs of
bookshelf, bookstore, application, and settings are arranged in sequence, and
slide to select, support User personal preferences, custom label attributes.
