Xiaomi launches "thousand yuan" electronic paper book: 7.8-inch ink screen, glass cover design

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electronic paper books are a kind of intelligent reading hardware that can "replace paper books". Because of the imaging principle of the ink screen, the burden on the eyes will not be particularly large even after long-term viewing, so Electronic paper books, which are easy to carry and convenient to download and store, have become the "new reading equipment" for many users who like to read but don't have time to borrow or read from the library.

Xiaomi is also a member of the current domestic e-paper book brand, and it has launched Xiaomi Du Kan e-paper before. After more than a year, Xiaomi finally updated the product line of electronic paper books, and launched the Xiaomi Duo Kan Electronic Paper Book Pro. The first pre-sale is 1099, which is a proper "thousand yuan level". So since it is called "Pro", there must be many upgrades compared to the previous generation. Today in this review, I will take you to get an in-depth understanding of Xiaomi's new electronic paper book.

7.8-inch high-definition ink screen, the glass cover design is the highlight

I think the screen design is the biggest upgrade of Xiaomi Duokan Electronic Paper Pro. It has been upgraded from the previous generation of 6 inches to 7.8 inches, and also applied The glass cover screen, so the touch screen feel has improved a lot, while the previous generation was a concave resin screen. But one thing is that the use of glass cover also increases the chance of "broken screen".

Xiaomi watched the details of the electronic paper book Pro screen.

There is a power button on the top of Mi Reading Electronic Paper Pro. Long press is to switch the machine on and off. If it is short pressed during operation, it will make the electronic paper enter standby or wake up.

There is a touch button on the lower front of the screen, which is marked with a "small circle" pattern. The

touch button can be set to achieve different operations with its touch time, for example: single point can be set to return to the previous level or return to the system homepage; long press can be set to full swipe (refresh the current page) or screenshot .

The bottom of the Xiaomi Mi Kan Electronic Paper Book Pro is equipped with a mic hole, a Type-C charging interface and a charging indicator light from left to right. Because of the design of the mic hole, Xiaomi Mi Kan E-Book Pro supports the voice search function, which is faster and more convenient than the input method.

The entire back of the Xiaomi Mi Kan Electronic Paper Book Pro adopts a matte texture, which feels good, and the weight of the whole machine is about 251 grams, and the thickness is about 7 mm. It will not be obvious to read it for a long time Carrying weight and putting it in a backpack will not increase the heaviness.

built-in multi-view reading, 24-level dual-color temperature reading lamp design

The content of the next article, let's talk about the actual use experience of Xiaomi Mi Reading Electronic Paper Book Pro.

The entire system interface of Xiaomi Mi Kan Electronic Paper Book Pro is very simple. It will directly display when it is turned on. It is not the kind of system interface that displays various functions as icons. In addition, although the official did not specify what system the Xiaomi Duokan Electronic Paper Pro is equipped with, but after my personal measurement, after multiple clicks on the version number of the machine in the system settings, I turned on the Android system. "Developer options", so the system on Xiaomi Mi Kan Dian Shu Pro should be Android.

The entire Xiaomi Dukan Electronic Paper Book Pro has five functions: bookstore, classification, bookshelf, application and personal. The

bookstore is similar to the two functions of classification. The former displays some recommended and list books, while the latter displays all the books in the reading category, which can be understood as "finding books, library"; The bookshelf shows the books read online by Xiaomi Duokan Electronic Paper Book Pro or the local books transferred by itself; as for the application, it is the application in the Xiaomi Duokan Electronic Paper Book Pro system, but there is no application store in this function. , That is, you can’t download some third-party applications, but you can download and install third-party applications through other methods. As for how to download and install, I’ll give you a close first and tell you later;As for individuals, personal information, system settings, etc. are displayed here.

Xiaomi Duo Kan Electronic Paper Book Pro also supports multiple wireless transmission methods, such as: WLAN transfer, Bluetooth transfer, etc. You can find the transfer operation in the upper right corner of the bookshelf function.

Xiaomi Duokan Electronic Paper Book Pro also supports wired transmission. After connecting to a computer, the books will be transferred to the electronic paper book by "dragging". At the same time, Xiaomi Mi Reading Paper Pro also supports multiple file formats, such as epub, pdf, ppt, etc., and also supports pdf rearrangement.

The real shots in the picture above are personal functions, in which you can perform system settings and other operations.

Xiaomi watched the real shots of the system setting interface of Electronic Paper Book Pro. You can see that there is a "youth mode" in the settings. After this mode is turned on, some functions in the system will not be open to use, and some educational, For knowledge books, if you send Mi Watching Electronic Paper Pro to teenagers, it is recommended to enable this mode before sending them.

During the experience, I also found that Xiaomi Mi Kan Electronic Paper Pro supports 5G WiFi. Like some electronic paper books I have experienced before, it may only support 2.4G WiFi due to cost issues.

Xiaomi Mi Kan E-Book Pro supports two refresh modes: normal and fast, but I think this refresh mode should be placed in the main interface of the system, so that the user can switch modes more quickly, unlike the need to enter the personal function first , Then enter the system settings, and finally enter the device settings to switch.

So back to the previous stage, how to make Mi Reading Electronic Paper Pro install third-party applications?

currently has two methods: the first is the USB debugging function of the developer option. After connecting to the computer, install third-party applications for Xiaomi Mi Kan E-Book Pro through computer applications such as Android mobile assistant; the second is to enter In the system settings, find the column about the WLAN MAC address of the machine, and then click multiple times to enter the application management, where you can download and install third-party applications through the browser function. In addition, through the real shot pictures above, I believe everyone has also seen that the storage of Xiaomi Dukan Electronic Paper Pro is 32GB and the memory is 2GB, but it does not support storage expansion.

The real interface in the picture above is application management, which requires multiple clicks on the WLAN MAC address to enter. The Bilibili comics above were downloaded and installed by me through my browser. In addition, the two functions of the browser and the file manager are invisible in the main interface of the system. They must be seen through the above-mentioned methods. As for why the Xiaomi Mi Reading Electronic Paper Pro "blocks" these two functions, I also I don't know the reason.

By the way, in any interface of the system, you can slide down the screen to pull out the quick settings. Here you can set the contrast, brightness, color temperature, WiFi, etc., and you can also refresh the screen.

Compared with the previous generation, it only supports monochromatic temperature reading light. Xiaomi Mi Kan Electronic Paper Pro supports 24-level cold and warm dual-color temperature reading light. The real shot in the picture above is the 24-level cold light reading light.

and this one is a 24-level warm light reading light effect. I think cold light is more suitable for daytime use, which will make readers more focused; while warm light is suitable for night, warm and sleep-friendly.

The screen resolution of Xiaomi Duo Kan Electronic Paper Book Pro is 1872*1404, ppi is 300, and the display effect is still very delicate and clear.

Real shots of reading effect with Xiaomi Mi Reading Electronic Paper Pro.

Xiaomi Mi Kan Electronic Paper Book Pro runs Bilibili comics to watch "Chinese Little Master! 》The effect is real shot.

evaluation summary

On the whole, if Xiaomi’s previous multi-reading e-paper book is positioned as an “entry level”, then Xiaomi’s multi-reading e-paper Pro is positioned as a “mid-to-high end”, such as glass cover, slim body, and voice Search books, dual-color temperature reading lights, etc., these are generally available for relatively high-end electronic paper books. Of course, there are some shortcomings of Mi Watching Electronic Paper Book Pro, that is, it does not support storage expansion. Although 32GB is enough for daily storage of books, what if it is not enough? After all, some users start electronic paper books not only for reading, but also for viewing ppt and other files.

If you want to experience a slightly better electronic paper book with a moderate price, then you might as well try Xiaomi and watch the electronic paper book Pro. I believe that it will meet your expectations. Well, the evaluation of Xiaomi's new electronic paper book talked about this. There may be some omissions that were not mentioned in the evaluation process. If you have any questions, please let me know.