1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:08,160 IT'S BACK. IT'S BACK. IT'S BS. 2 00:00:04,799 --> 00:00:10,480 In all seriousness, I'm very excited to 3 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:13,280 be unboxing another Boos product. How many How long has it been? A year, two 4 00:00:12,559 --> 00:00:18,480 years, >> three. >> It feels like forever. Uh I was so happy 5 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:25,119 just saying their name and now they're here with the Boos Palma 2 Pro. It's a 6 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:26,560 phone asterisk. Not really. Don't worry, 7 00:00:25,119 --> 00:00:31,039 I'll explain everything. Basically, it's an e- paper uh phone size device. And we 8 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:37,040 got a white and a black one. Which one should I do first? >> White 9 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:40,000 >> chess rules. Bobby Fisher. Okay. A nice 10 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:43,040 like orange. Ah, why' I do that? It's like I've never unboxed something 11 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:49,039 before. Okay, so we got the phone right there. What else is in the box? A little 12 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:51,920 paper. A little explainer. 13 00:00:49,039 --> 00:00:58,719 Got a SIM card. SIM card removal tool. Oh, because this is a phone, right? No. 14 00:00:54,879 --> 00:01:01,280 Stay with me. USB Ca cable. That's an 15 00:00:58,719 --> 00:01:06,479 interesting choice. That's 3 and 1/2 ft. And that's it. 16 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:10,320 That's it. That's in the actual phone box. No charger, no anything because 17 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:14,080 it's like maybe that's why they gave the USBA cable cuz you can plug that into 18 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:17,200 anything. All right, let's look at the phone and we will cover that stuff in a 19 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:23,119 second. >> The device. >> Yeah, they keep calling it a phone >> cuz look at it. It looks like a phone, 20 00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:26,479 but it's not a phone. And now the reason why I'll just tell you right now, uh, 21 00:01:25,119 --> 00:01:30,000 the reason why it's a phone but not a phone is because it has a SIM card slot. 22 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:36,479 You can put a SIM card in there, but you can only use data. You can't use it for 23 00:01:32,479 --> 00:01:38,799 phone calls or for texting via SMS or 24 00:01:36,479 --> 00:01:43,840 MMS or RCS or whatever the kids are using these days. But that leads me to 25 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:46,560 ask many questions about why we have a 26 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:50,720 phonesized device that can do it can do data. You can go out there and have data 27 00:01:48,799 --> 00:01:54,079 on the go like a phone. You just can't call people. And I have a theory. I have 28 00:01:52,799 --> 00:02:01,759 a theory for why that is. But first, let's look at the phone itself. So, we got the 6.13 in e-aper display. On the 29 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:05,840 back, we've got this oo like a nice texture. What is going on there? It's 30 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:10,239 got like a I think that's meant to kind of like evoke paper. 31 00:02:08,319 --> 00:02:14,319 It's more bumpy than paper obviously, but like at a glance it kind of looks 32 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:19,680 like paper. I like it. I don't know. It's like a I don't know what you It's 33 00:02:16,879 --> 00:02:24,959 some kind of polymer. That is a 16 megapixel camera. And it, yeah, it is 34 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:29,680 very, very tiny. And I think that's to uh signal to you that you probably 35 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:31,920 shouldn't be using it. On the top, we 36 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:35,280 just have a mic. On the right side, we have the power button, which is also a 37 00:02:33,599 --> 00:02:42,879 fingerprint reader. On the bottom, we have a USBC port and a speaker grill and 38 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:45,280 a mic, and the combo uh SIM card/micro 39 00:02:42,879 --> 00:02:49,760 SD card slot. And on the left side, we have the volume rocker. And another 40 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:53,920 button that I would know if I looked at the quick start guide, but I didn't. 41 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:58,800 Customizable function button. Okay, we got a a light sensor on the front here 42 00:02:55,680 --> 00:03:00,800 and a speaker. By all accounts, this 43 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:04,879 certainly appears to be a phone. Now, before we get too deep into actually 44 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:09,280 using this thing, as you can see, it appears to be running Android, and it is 45 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:15,599 Android 15. Real quick, there's some other things here. We've got the 46 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:17,360 Inksense Plus, which is BS's 47 00:03:15,599 --> 00:03:20,560 stylus. I guess it's not. I don't know if they want me to call it a stylus or 48 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:26,159 not. And frankly, I don't care. Oh, wow. Okay, this is an interesting design. 49 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:28,800 We've got USBC port along the body of 50 00:03:26,159 --> 00:03:34,400 the pen there with and and maybe an LED or a reset pin. I'm not sure. On the 51 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:36,400 other side, we've got a button and then 52 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:40,560 tips, which are replaceable, as evidenced by the box of replacement 53 00:03:38,799 --> 00:03:44,239 tips. Does it work just like out of the box? Can I do stuff with it or I mean 54 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:51,280 we'll find out. I'll use that in a second. That's the Inksense Plus. 55 00:03:48,239 --> 00:03:54,400 And then we got a cover. Ooh, this is 56 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:56,080 kind of a nice fancy cover. What? Oh, 57 00:03:54,400 --> 00:04:01,519 interesting. It comes with Okay, so it's got a It's got a case in it that has Oh, 58 00:04:00,239 --> 00:04:06,159 I like that. And it has This is magnetic. Something was sticking to it. 59 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:15,200 So, it's a plastic case with a magnet ring on it and then a cover for the 60 00:04:09,439 --> 00:04:16,479 screen that wraps around the back and 61 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:20,720 connects to the front again. >> So, you would take off the flap and then 62 00:04:18,959 --> 00:04:24,160 open up the main book without taking it all off. >> You do that. I don't know if I like 63 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:30,320 that. I'm trying to think if I'm like misunderstanding, but I don't think I 64 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:32,880 am. I think this is just kind of a wonky 65 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:37,440 Hey, it's original. I don't love how that looks when you 66 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:42,880 when you when you flip it around and you it's all like done up properly. I want 67 00:04:39,840 --> 00:04:45,280 it to be level. It doesn't matter at 68 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:48,320 all. But, you know, as long as we're talking about nice aesthetics and like 69 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:52,960 design and stuff. And then I'm I'm guessing that this also has a magnet here. So, you could attach that to 70 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:56,720 something probably. I mean, I'll give them I'll give them originality points 71 00:04:54,960 --> 00:05:00,240 for sure. And like, you know, it's like a kind of a leatherrett covering. I 72 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:06,479 don't know if it's leatherrett. It's leather something. It's meant to kind of feel like leather. 73 00:05:03,759 --> 00:05:10,400 It's just like dangling. I look. Hey, BS. You know I love you. Okay, real 74 00:05:09,199 --> 00:05:15,000 quick. What does the black one look like? It's probably like the same thing but black. 75 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:20,320 Oh, yep. But that Ooh, that is like nice 76 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:24,000 and sleek. I don't know. I like I like I kind of like the two-tone nature of this 77 00:05:21,919 --> 00:05:28,000 one where you kind of got the lighter back and then the the sides are like a 78 00:05:26,479 --> 00:05:34,240 slightly different color. That looks sleek. That is like this guy. Woo! This 79 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:37,520 guy reads a lot of books. He probably 80 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:38,720 has self-helped himself so many times. 81 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:43,440 Anyway, I'm going to stick with the white one, though. Ah, but Riley, what 82 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:46,720 about the sponsor SY? When you're out traveling, it is important to stay 83 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:51,600 connected with people back home. However, doing that can come with 84 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:56,479 expensive roaming fees. Thankfully, SLY offers an affordable eSIM that works in 85 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:59,600 over 200 different countries. They didn't put them there, did they? 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This is my first uh kind of go at checking out the their phone sized 95 00:06:38,319 --> 00:06:43,919 things, but I hear that people like them. They're they're often put forward 96 00:06:41,840 --> 00:06:47,680 as one of the pretty good options for a small e- paper, you know, e-reader type 97 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:52,479 device. I feel like this is a bit bright for you, Andrew, and I'm sensitive to 98 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:57,120 your needs. There's dual backlight control. So, this is like the strength 99 00:06:54,479 --> 00:07:02,160 of the backlight. This is brightness and then this is temperature. So you can 100 00:06:59,840 --> 00:07:06,720 have cool temperature or warm temperature. I like that. This is nice. 101 00:07:05,280 --> 00:07:10,479 I've had there's been other devices where the two sliders are one is like a 102 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:13,680 warm backlight and the other one is a blue backlight and you have to like 103 00:07:11,919 --> 00:07:16,479 choose you have to mix them and match them how you want. But I think I like 104 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:20,160 this better where I'm like, "Okay, I'm in a dark room so I know I want it a 105 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:24,000 bit." Wait, it's e- paper. It's not a regular display. Whatever. You get it. 106 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:27,759 And you'll notice that I just dragged down from the top and we got into quick 107 00:07:25,919 --> 00:07:31,840 settings just like a normal Android device because this is an Android 108 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:38,000 device. It's running Android 15. Um, obviously with BS's own kind of uh skin 109 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:40,000 on here, which overall does not offend 110 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:47,520 me. I like the minimalist design. and it works well with the e-paper uh display 111 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:50,160 which is a kido3 color e-aper display 112 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:55,199 which apparently has one of its big selling points that it reduces blue 113 00:07:52,319 --> 00:07:59,360 light it's less toxic for your eyes or something. Um we'll see how my eyes feel 114 00:07:57,599 --> 00:08:02,639 at the end. Uh Andrew pointed out that you can see a little bit of image 115 00:08:00,639 --> 00:08:07,199 retention still right there cuz the screen hasn't uh done a full refresh. Is 116 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:11,599 there a what? I forget what device it was recently that had like a dedicated 117 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:15,280 screen refresh button, which I thought was pretty handy, but at this with this 118 00:08:13,919 --> 00:08:18,879 thing, it seems like I'll just have to I'm sure that there's some setting to do 119 00:08:17,199 --> 00:08:23,280 that. Okay, that's some sort of quick settings floaty bubble thing. I'm sure 120 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:28,080 you can disable that, which I would very much like to do. I don't know why all of 121 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:31,840 these phone companies making software think that people want little bubbles 122 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:36,880 floating around. Surely you want quick access to our services over the other 123 00:08:33,919 --> 00:08:40,399 ones. No, I don't. This is kind of an interesting configuration of icons at 124 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:44,320 the bottom. Here we got Oh, is that the screen refresh? There it is. So, there 125 00:08:42,479 --> 00:08:50,160 is a screen refresh uh button. Always always accessible if I open an app. 126 00:08:47,279 --> 00:08:54,480 Yeah, nice. All right. You did it, Boos. I knew you could. And then we got the 127 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:59,120 typical Android uh home button, back button, multitasking. 128 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:03,760 Is this the settings? Oh, this is a quick settings. Interesting. I think I 129 00:09:01,839 --> 00:09:07,440 remember this. the the Boos tablet that I did back in the day also had this like 130 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:11,600 kind of quick settings things that could pop up. Switch refresh mode. One thing 131 00:09:09,839 --> 00:09:17,440 that we're seeing a lot with these smaller e-aper devices is well and 132 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:24,080 larger tablets as well is modes that you can trade off screen quality for speed. 133 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:25,440 So here we got HD quality. Ooh, that 134 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:29,279 does look a little sharper than whatever we I think I guess we were on speed 135 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:33,839 mode. Speed mode definitely looks worse. I mean, you're not going to get like 136 00:09:30,959 --> 00:09:41,040 astoundingly amazing visuals on the uh 824 by648 display. And on the 6.13 inch 137 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:47,120 screen here, that equates to about 300 PPI. In black and white mode, if you're 138 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:52,480 in color mode, as we are right now, it's only 150 PPI. Our Labs team pointed out 139 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:58,480 in their testing that it's 150 PPI in color mode. That's not the case for 140 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:59,760 devices that have the Gallery 3 display. 141 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:07,040 Now, apparently there are some other tradeoffs. Uh but you can have that uh 142 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:09,680 300 PPI PPI 143 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:13,360 pixel density while also having color. So, I don't know. I you know, I'm not 144 00:10:11,519 --> 00:10:15,920 going to judge the choices they make. I mean, actually, I will. That's the whole 145 00:10:14,560 --> 00:10:20,000 that's my whole job here. I guess I didn't notice here that you can kind of 146 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:23,839 switch between uh the recommended settings, the fast refresh settings, and 147 00:10:21,839 --> 00:10:28,240 it'll change these settings down here. Or you can have fully custom. Suffice to 148 00:10:26,079 --> 00:10:31,440 say, there's a lot of depth here. And you can play around until you find 149 00:10:29,839 --> 00:10:35,120 something that like looks pretty good to you. So, I'm not going to dive too much 150 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:39,600 into the custom settings, but just know there's some color here. But it's 151 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:43,839 interesting that color e-aper devices have become a thing because part of the 152 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:50,880 whole appeal of having a device like this is that you have a worse screen so 153 00:10:47,839 --> 00:10:52,399 that you are not tempted to use it for 154 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:57,360 things that you would use your normal phone for. Which is why I think that 155 00:10:55,120 --> 00:11:01,279 these guys listen to me. And maybe they were working on this device before I 156 00:10:59,279 --> 00:11:05,200 expressed in a video that like, you know, the solution to this whole 157 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:10,240 attention problem is not having a minimalist phone that forces you into 158 00:11:08,560 --> 00:11:14,000 like this little box. You can only do some things with your devices. It's It's 159 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:17,600 up to you really. It's a self-control thing. It's not so much like, oh, the 160 00:11:15,680 --> 00:11:21,040 hardware is to blame. So maybe they were working on this before I said that, but 161 00:11:19,279 --> 00:11:24,800 you know, time could be nonlinear. Have you seen Arrival? If you haven't, why 162 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:28,399 not go watch it right now? I'm just kidding. After this. So, basically, I 163 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:32,880 like that these guys are saying with this device, you cannot use it as your 164 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:37,040 normal phone if you care about your normal phone having the ability to call 165 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:40,560 people and text people via traditional methods, which I think most people, even 166 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:42,959 though we barely use that anymore, most people still want that as part of their 167 00:11:41,839 --> 00:11:49,680 phone. So, you're not going to use this as your phone. You're going to use it as an Android device. Like, for example, 168 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:54,399 you can use it uh for maps and it'll work. It's got GPS. In fact, it's got 169 00:11:52,320 --> 00:12:00,720 assisted GPS, which uses data to help with the GPS 170 00:11:57,519 --> 00:12:02,160 positioning. Funny enough, Maps is not 171 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:05,519 installed on this device. So, I'm going to install it. I'm I'm finding that some 172 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:10,720 of the taps aren't really like registering. Some of the kind of slower 173 00:12:08,399 --> 00:12:16,240 responsiveness here may also be due to the fact that the chip that we're 174 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:17,440 running on here is a Snapdragon 6350, 175 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:23,279 which if you know anything about Snapdragon, you're going to know that that's not the flagship. And speaking of 176 00:12:20,959 --> 00:12:28,399 performance, our Labs team ran some testing on the CPU here. And 177 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:33,040 interestingly, they could not run the standard mobile Geekbench setup that we 178 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:41,279 use, but they were able to run Ant2u, where the Boos Pomu Pro scored 212,863, 179 00:12:38,079 --> 00:12:44,880 which for context seems to be around the 180 00:12:41,279 --> 00:12:47,760 ballpark of a Samsung Galaxy A16 and 181 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:52,720 less than a quarter of the score of a of a Red Magic 10 Pro. That's according to 182 00:12:50,639 --> 00:12:57,360 uh numbers on Ant2D2's website. So, you're not dealing with a incredibly 183 00:12:54,639 --> 00:13:02,320 fast, incredibly powerful uh chip here. However, I'm in a some kind of mode 184 00:12:59,920 --> 00:13:07,200 that's making the refresh less than inspiring. Although, for an e- in 185 00:13:04,399 --> 00:13:10,959 display, I mean, I have used much much worse. I mean, like look at this. This 186 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:16,480 is this is like, you know, it's like using a slightly slower OLED display. 187 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:22,320 Not OLED, but you know, traditional display. I do want to just like go into 188 00:13:18,639 --> 00:13:24,560 like the fat. Okay, fast refresh. What? 189 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:28,880 So, fast refresh brought more color in and more contrast. 190 00:13:27,279 --> 00:13:33,279 That looks way better. And it's much more responsive. More color and more 191 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:39,600 responsive. All right, let's see what this stylus experience is like with the 192 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:41,120 Inksense Plus. Oh, stylus. 193 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:46,480 Do you want to display handwriting functions? Yeah. Oh, okay. So, now the 194 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:52,000 stylus is working like my finger. That's all I've ever wanted. Stylus fingers. 195 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:59,120 Kids mode. Free mark. What is this? So, this free mark appears to be something 196 00:13:55,680 --> 00:14:00,800 where you can either enable handwriting 197 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:04,800 mode and then you can like draw on your screen and make notes and then you can 198 00:14:02,959 --> 00:14:09,600 save the screenshot and then that'll be there for you to save or to send it to 199 00:14:06,560 --> 00:14:11,440 somebody or you can enable using mode 200 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:15,040 and then now now it's acting more now it's just acting like your finger. 201 00:14:13,199 --> 00:14:18,800 That's kind of cool. I actually like that. That might be very useful if 202 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:24,880 you're kind of going through documents or something and you want to you want to 203 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:28,000 use it. Turn pages and then oh I'm going to enter notes mode and circle 204 00:14:26,399 --> 00:14:33,920 something. Save it. Goes away. Go back to using mode. That's pretty cool. Nice 205 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:35,519 one BS. So the Inksense Plus has 4,096 206 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:40,079 levels of pressure sensitivity. That's kind of the standard thing you hear. 207 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:42,480 It's got a shortcut button on top that 208 00:14:40,079 --> 00:14:46,480 I'm guessing is customizable. I got to say there's something about using 209 00:14:44,079 --> 00:14:50,399 Android e-aper devices especially in some apps. It seems like some apps can 210 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:54,480 really take advantage of the advances in refresh rate that have been made with 211 00:14:52,079 --> 00:15:00,079 this technology and other apps like are not optimized for it. Using the settings 212 00:14:56,720 --> 00:15:02,800 app where you can't scroll and see like 213 00:15:00,079 --> 00:15:06,639 I can't peek at what I'm going to see under there. I scroll and then I have to 214 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:10,160 accept what's going to show up and it's like just like that. That is very 215 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:14,880 frustrating to use. So, I feel like priority number one, I don't know, maybe 216 00:15:12,399 --> 00:15:18,800 don't listen to me, but if it was me, priority number one would be making it 217 00:15:16,399 --> 00:15:22,959 so that I can scroll and like not have to scroll in and wait. Scroll. Wait, 218 00:15:20,639 --> 00:15:27,600 scroll. Wait. I just realized when you scroll 219 00:15:24,639 --> 00:15:33,600 full refresh, it it goes a whole page down. Even whether you like do a a lot 220 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:35,760 or do a or do a little, it goes one page 221 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:42,800 down. You can't like go in increments. OH. OH, change it. There's the notes 222 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:44,959 app. Okay, we're in color mode. And how 223 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:48,160 does this feel? The feel is kind of nice. It does not feel like a normal 224 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:56,639 display. There's a little bit of scratch to it. I wouldn't say it's nearly as 225 00:15:51,199 --> 00:16:00,399 paperlike as uh the remarkable screen or 226 00:15:56,639 --> 00:16:03,440 like something with a paper-like screen 227 00:16:00,399 --> 00:16:05,519 protector. No free clout. Take that out. 228 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:10,639 Editor, leave that in, though. Whoa. Whoa. Look at that. Look at that delay. 229 00:16:07,519 --> 00:16:15,279 It's processing. It's like, "Wait, where 230 00:16:10,639 --> 00:16:17,519 are you going? Take me with you." No. 231 00:16:15,279 --> 00:16:20,480 My question is, my question is, why can't they put like a little bit better 232 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:26,880 of a processor in there? I mean, it's probably like one of the most expensive parts, if not the most expensive, but 233 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:31,600 like that's a little frustrating. If I if I erase everything that I did, if I 234 00:16:29,519 --> 00:16:35,279 erase everything I've ever done, will it still Wow, that's taking a while. It was 235 00:16:33,279 --> 00:16:40,000 something about that tool. very responsive with like a more basic kind 236 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:45,839 of this is a ball point pen in green and it's gone every time I'm you expect an 237 00:16:43,199 --> 00:16:48,880 eraser just to erase the part of like a like part of what you're doing. This is 238 00:16:47,279 --> 00:16:52,880 a this is like seems to be a theme with these e- in devices. It's like you never 239 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:57,279 know when you go to erase. Oh, here we go. There's different modes here. Lasso 240 00:16:54,639 --> 00:16:59,839 eraser. Oh, is this going to be it? Yes, there we go. So, there's a different 241 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:05,600 eraser mode where you can erase part of it. Anyway, there's a decent amount of depth here in the amount of tools that 242 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:09,839 you can you can have. It's that time. Even though it is an e-aper display, it 243 00:17:07,839 --> 00:17:13,839 has a pretty good color display. Oh, look at that. Is that how a video is 244 00:17:11,199 --> 00:17:19,520 going to look? I think so. We have no choice but to crab rave. So far, I'm 245 00:17:16,319 --> 00:17:22,000 pretty happy with how much like a normal 246 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:28,160 Android device using this feels. Now, we are in fast refresh rate mode, so the 247 00:17:25,439 --> 00:17:34,000 colors could be a little bit better than this. I'm guessing it's capable of that. 248 00:17:31,120 --> 00:17:38,240 But I think if you go into that like more color high color fidelity mode, 249 00:17:36,799 --> 00:17:42,520 then it's going to start flickering. I don't know if I even want to do this, guys. 250 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:48,960 Sounds like a Tamagotchi. Yeah, those speakers are not good. Uh I think I 251 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:53,919 don't know what else to tell you. You're you're not going to get a device like this for the speakers. Uh the speakers 252 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:57,760 are there. If you really need to watch a video that somebody sent you and it's 253 00:17:55,520 --> 00:18:01,360 got sound, you can play the sound. You can play the 254 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:05,039 sound, but it's not going to sound good. Now, playing video is actually how our 255 00:18:03,120 --> 00:18:12,400 Labs team did the battery discharge test, and uh it lasted 6 hours, which is 256 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:16,320 not very long uh for a phone. These days, you're expecting it to have more 257 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:20,400 like all day battery life. However, this display, this kind of e-aper display, 258 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:24,000 the way that it displays things is by moving physical particles around on the 259 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:28,320 display. So, it's going to take more energy to play video continuously than 260 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:32,240 uh you know, one of these other traditional displays that are geared 261 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:35,840 towards playing video. Now, brace yourself because once they discharge the 262 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:40,799 battery completely, they did a full zero to 100 uh battery charge test using our 263 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:45,760 standard 45 watt charger. However, the Boos Pom 2 Pro did not care how much 264 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:53,600 wattage uh it was being fed because it only wanted to use 10 watts. And so it 265 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:57,120 took 3 hours and 17 minutes to charge 266 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:59,600 the 3,950 mAh battery. And that's just 267 00:18:57,120 --> 00:19:03,280 too long. I'm sorry. Now, that is playing video. As I said, it takes a lot 268 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:07,840 of battery. When you're doing normal e- in e- paper type stuff, uh people, you 269 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:12,000 know, who've been using this posting online about it are talking about, you 270 00:19:09,679 --> 00:19:17,919 know, a week of battery life, possibly more. So, you know, you won't have to 271 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:20,080 charge it for 3 hours uh that often or 272 00:19:17,919 --> 00:19:22,559 ever if you kind of like do some power sipping charging in the middle of the 273 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:27,200 day, but it is something that you will have to be aware of that like if you're like, "Oops, I forgot to charge." You 274 00:19:25,679 --> 00:19:31,919 can't just like do a quick charge. Like, it's going to take a while. You're going to be there for a while. Do some 275 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:37,520 reading. Now, against all recommendations, devices like these are 276 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:39,520 putting cameras on board. Uh 277 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:43,919 I I shouldn't be sassy like that. Like I said, it's nice to have a device like 278 00:19:41,039 --> 00:19:49,760 this that can do anything that a Android device could do just uh poorly. Just to 279 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:54,799 have it, you know, cuz then we have it. Say say cheese. 280 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:57,600 Got this 16 megapixel camera. And now I'm doing my my This is my standard 281 00:19:56,559 --> 00:20:01,760 photo test. I don't know if you've seen me do this before, Bill. Oh, yeah. And I 282 00:20:00,559 --> 00:20:06,080 won't be able to tell what those look like until uh the editor gets them. So, 283 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:09,919 uh you let me know in the comments how they look. Probably not great. It's not 284 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:13,760 It's not lagging horribly. Like, it's it's to the point where I can I can do 285 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:18,799 it and I don't feel like I'm getting sick. There's a selfie cam button, but 286 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:22,799 there's no selfie cam on this device. It's just taunting you. Like, remember 287 00:20:21,039 --> 00:20:27,200 remember this is not a phone. We talked about this. I I'm happy to see that 288 00:20:25,039 --> 00:20:30,960 Chrome supports kind of smooth scrolling instead of like jumping down by pages. 289 00:20:29,360 --> 00:20:37,440 You know, in some ways, despite me saying that the way forward, the way to 290 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:39,120 not have brain rot is it's not a 291 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:43,120 hardware solution. Despite me saying that, using this thing, I kind of want 292 00:20:40,799 --> 00:20:47,520 to use it as my phone. The minimal phone was like a very 293 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:53,679 distinct experience. It was like, listen, you have a problem. Okay, it was 294 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:58,720 Android. It ran Android, so it, you know, could do some of stuff like this, 295 00:20:56,240 --> 00:21:03,840 although it had its own skin on it. you could still install apps and try to use 296 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:08,720 it like another kind of Android phone, but it was like it was still just kind 297 00:21:05,919 --> 00:21:14,240 of clunky. This with the high refresh rate and the color and the familiar 298 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:20,320 settings menus and stuff instead of like minimal zone sort of like 299 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:22,320 custom skin. This feels this felt pretty 300 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:28,240 good. So, in some ways, I'm a little sad that this does not have the capability 301 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:31,120 to make phone calls or make or do text 302 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:36,400 messages, which I still sometimes do. I admit it. Now, that said, despite this 303 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:40,320 very much feeling like using a normal Android device, these companies are 304 00:21:38,559 --> 00:21:45,679 still putting very weak hardware in here. It does have 128 gigs of storage 305 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:51,760 to start. Uh, and you can actually expand that up to two terabytes with the 306 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:53,520 uh, SD card combo SIM tray thingy. It's 307 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:58,559 got that weak CPU we talked about. It's only got eight gigs of RAM, uh, which is 308 00:21:56,159 --> 00:22:02,559 now in 2025 not very much for a phone. And so for a daily driver, it probably 309 00:22:01,039 --> 00:22:06,159 would still be frustrating. And then we're back into this whole like do you 310 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:09,760 want your phone to be frustrating? Maybe you want your phone to be frustrating so 311 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:14,559 that you use it less. But again, I don't think it's a hardware issue. I think it 312 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:19,520 is a self-control thing and I think it's also a platform thing. We need to we 313 00:22:16,559 --> 00:22:26,000 need to make these platforms less brainy because I don't want to use a crappy 314 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:28,720 phone, especially for $400, which is 315 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:35,120 like you can get a pretty decent budget phone for around that ballpark these 316 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:40,080 days. So, it's $400 for the Boos Pom 2 317 00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:42,400 Pro. It's $46 for the BS Inksense Plus. 318 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:46,640 Um, which I will say I liked the experience of that. You know, taking 319 00:22:44,159 --> 00:22:50,640 this on the go, taking notes, annotating your screen, saving it, reading, and 320 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:54,640 I've said this on other videos, and I'm apologize to anyone who's about to hear 321 00:22:52,080 --> 00:23:01,360 this, but I already read ebooks on my phone, on my regular phone uh, in dark 322 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:04,080 mode. Okay, so reading on an e uh, paper 323 00:23:01,360 --> 00:23:08,720 screen this small, I'm fine with it. I'm also fine if you subscribe to Short 324 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:12,320 Circuit. Hey, uh if you are interested in watching another video, perhaps you 325 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:19,679 could consider watching a previous video hosted by me, which is the remarkable 326 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:23,919 paper uh pro move, which is $450. 327 00:23:19,679 --> 00:23:26,240 Books Pomu Pro Boos Pomoo Pro. Open up 328 00:23:23,919 --> 00:23:31,679 books and give it a go. When you're reading a books, everything is all fine. 329 00:23:28,799 --> 00:23:34,640 Just don't get it all the way to the end of the line.