WEBVTT 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:08.160 IT'S BACK. IT'S BACK. IT'S BS. 00:00:04.799 --> 00:00:10.480 In all seriousness, I'm very excited to 00:00:08.160 --> 00:00:13.280 be unboxing another Boos product. How many How long has it been? A year, two 00:00:12.559 --> 00:00:18.480 years, >> three. >> It feels like forever. Uh I was so happy 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 00:00:21.680 --> 00:00:26.560 phone asterisk. Not really. Don't worry, 00:00:25.119 --> 00:00:31.039 I'll explain everything. Basically, it's an e- paper uh phone size device. And we 00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:37.040 got a white and a black one. Which one should I do first? >> White 00:00:33.120 --> 00:00:40.000 >> chess rules. Bobby Fisher. Okay. A nice 00:00:37.040 --> 00:00:43.040 like orange. Ah, why' I do that? It's like I've never unboxed something 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 00:00:45.920 --> 00:00:51.920 paper. A little explainer. 00:00:49.039 --> 00:00:58.719 Got a SIM card. SIM card removal tool. Oh, because this is a phone, right? No. 00:00:54.879 --> 00:01:01.280 Stay with me. USB Ca cable. That's an 00:00:58.719 --> 00:01:06.479 interesting choice. That's 3 and 1/2 ft. And that's it. 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:10.320 That's it. That's in the actual phone box. No charger, no anything because 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 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 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, 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, 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. 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 00:01:32.479 --> 00:01:38.799 phone calls or for texting via SMS or 00:01:36.479 --> 00:01:43.840 MMS or RCS or whatever the kids are using these days. But that leads me to 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:46.560 ask many questions about why we have a 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 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 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 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 00:02:03.600 --> 00:02:10.239 got like a I think that's meant to kind of like evoke paper. 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:14.319 It's more bumpy than paper obviously, but like at a glance it kind of looks 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 00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:24.959 some kind of polymer. That is a 16 megapixel camera. And it, yeah, it is 00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:29.680 very, very tiny. And I think that's to uh signal to you that you probably 00:02:26.480 --> 00:02:31.920 shouldn't be using it. On the top, we 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 00:02:33.599 --> 00:02:42.879 fingerprint reader. On the bottom, we have a USBC port and a speaker grill and 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:45.280 a mic, and the combo uh SIM card/micro 00:02:42.879 --> 00:02:49.760 SD card slot. And on the left side, we have the volume rocker. And another 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. 00:02:51.760 --> 00:02:58.800 Customizable function button. Okay, we got a a light sensor on the front here 00:02:55.680 --> 00:03:00.800 and a speaker. By all accounts, this 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:04.879 certainly appears to be a phone. Now, before we get too deep into actually 00:03:02.720 --> 00:03:09.280 using this thing, as you can see, it appears to be running Android, and it is 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:15.599 Android 15. Real quick, there's some other things here. We've got the 00:03:11.040 --> 00:03:17.360 Inksense Plus, which is BS's 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 00:03:18.800 --> 00:03:26.159 not. And frankly, I don't care. Oh, wow. Okay, this is an interesting design. 00:03:22.720 --> 00:03:28.800 We've got USBC port along the body of 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 00:03:31.200 --> 00:03:36.400 other side, we've got a button and then 00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:40.560 tips, which are replaceable, as evidenced by the box of replacement 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 00:03:42.720 --> 00:03:51.280 we'll find out. I'll use that in a second. That's the Inksense Plus. 00:03:48.239 --> 00:03:54.400 And then we got a cover. Ooh, this is 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:56.080 kind of a nice fancy cover. What? Oh, 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, 00:04:00.239 --> 00:04:06.159 I like that. And it has This is magnetic. Something was sticking to it. 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 00:04:09.439 --> 00:04:16.479 screen that wraps around the back and 00:04:15.200 --> 00:04:20.720 connects to the front again. >> So, you would take off the flap and then 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 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 00:04:26.000 --> 00:04:32.880 am. I think this is just kind of a wonky 00:04:30.320 --> 00:04:37.440 Hey, it's original. I don't love how that looks when you 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 00:04:39.840 --> 00:04:45.280 it to be level. It doesn't matter at 00:04:42.880 --> 00:04:48.320 all. But, you know, as long as we're talking about nice aesthetics and like 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 00:04:50.880 --> 00:04:56.720 something probably. I mean, I'll give them I'll give them originality points 00:04:54.960 --> 00:05:00.240 for sure. And like, you know, it's like a kind of a leatherrett covering. I 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. 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:10.400 It's just like dangling. I look. Hey, BS. You know I love you. Okay, real 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. 00:05:15.520 --> 00:05:20.320 Oh, yep. But that Ooh, that is like nice 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 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 00:05:26.479 --> 00:05:34.240 slightly different color. That looks sleek. That is like this guy. Woo! This 00:05:30.960 --> 00:05:37.520 guy reads a lot of books. He probably 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:38.720 has self-helped himself so many times. 00:05:37.520 --> 00:05:43.440 Anyway, I'm going to stick with the white one, though. Ah, but Riley, what 00:05:40.960 --> 00:05:46.720 about the sponsor SY? When you're out traveling, it is important to stay 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:51.600 connected with people back home. However, doing that can come with 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:56.479 expensive roaming fees. Thankfully, SLY offers an affordable eSIM that works in 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:59.600 over 200 different countries. They didn't put them there, did they? 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They're they're often put forward 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 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 00:06:49.520 --> 00:06:57.120 your needs. There's dual backlight control. So, this is like the strength 00:06:54.479 --> 00:07:02.160 of the backlight. This is brightness and then this is temperature. So you can 00:06:59.840 --> 00:07:06.720 have cool temperature or warm temperature. I like that. This is nice. 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 00:07:08.880 --> 00:07:13.680 warm backlight and the other one is a blue backlight and you have to like 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 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 00:07:18.400 --> 00:07:24.000 bit." Wait, it's e- paper. It's not a regular display. Whatever. You get it. 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 00:07:25.919 --> 00:07:31.840 settings just like a normal Android device because this is an Android 00:07:29.520 --> 00:07:38.000 device. It's running Android 15. Um, obviously with BS's own kind of uh skin 00:07:34.880 --> 00:07:40.000 on here, which overall does not offend 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:47.520 me. I like the minimalist design. and it works well with the e-paper uh display 00:07:42.960 --> 00:07:50.160 which is a kido3 color e-aper display 00:07:47.520 --> 00:07:55.199 which apparently has one of its big selling points that it reduces blue 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 00:07:57.599 --> 00:08:02.639 at the end. Uh Andrew pointed out that you can see a little bit of image 00:08:00.639 --> 00:08:07.199 retention still right there cuz the screen hasn't uh done a full refresh. Is 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:11.599 there a what? I forget what device it was recently that had like a dedicated 00:08:09.280 --> 00:08:15.280 screen refresh button, which I thought was pretty handy, but at this with this 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 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:23.280 that. Okay, that's some sort of quick settings floaty bubble thing. I'm sure 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 00:08:25.360 --> 00:08:31.840 these phone companies making software think that people want little bubbles 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:36.880 floating around. Surely you want quick access to our services over the other 00:08:33.919 --> 00:08:40.399 ones. No, I don't. This is kind of an interesting configuration of icons at 00:08:38.880 --> 00:08:44.320 the bottom. Here we got Oh, is that the screen refresh? There it is. So, there 00:08:42.479 --> 00:08:50.160 is a screen refresh uh button. Always always accessible if I open an app. 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 00:08:51.920 --> 00:08:59.120 typical Android uh home button, back button, multitasking. 00:08:57.040 --> 00:09:03.760 Is this the settings? Oh, this is a quick settings. Interesting. I think I 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 00:09:06.160 --> 00:09:11.600 kind of quick settings things that could pop up. Switch refresh mode. One thing 00:09:09.839 --> 00:09:17.440 that we're seeing a lot with these smaller e-aper devices is well and 00:09:14.560 --> 00:09:24.080 larger tablets as well is modes that you can trade off screen quality for speed. 00:09:20.640 --> 00:09:25.440 So here we got HD quality. Ooh, that 00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:29.279 does look a little sharper than whatever we I think I guess we were on speed 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:33.839 mode. Speed mode definitely looks worse. I mean, you're not going to get like 00:09:30.959 --> 00:09:41.040 astoundingly amazing visuals on the uh 824 by648 display. And on the 6.13 inch 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:47.120 screen here, that equates to about 300 PPI. In black and white mode, if you're 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 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 00:09:54.880 --> 00:09:59.760 devices that have the Gallery 3 display. 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:07.040 Now, apparently there are some other tradeoffs. Uh but you can have that uh 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:09.680 300 PPI PPI 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 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:15.920 going to judge the choices they make. I mean, actually, I will. That's the whole 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 00:10:17.600 --> 00:10:23.839 switch between uh the recommended settings, the fast refresh settings, and 00:10:21.839 --> 00:10:28.240 it'll change these settings down here. Or you can have fully custom. Suffice to 00:10:26.079 --> 00:10:31.440 say, there's a lot of depth here. And you can play around until you find 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 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:39.600 into the custom settings, but just know there's some color here. But it's 00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:43.839 interesting that color e-aper devices have become a thing because part of the 00:10:42.160 --> 00:10:50.880 whole appeal of having a device like this is that you have a worse screen so 00:10:47.839 --> 00:10:52.399 that you are not tempted to use it for 00:10:50.880 --> 00:10:57.360 things that you would use your normal phone for. Which is why I think that 00:10:55.120 --> 00:11:01.279 these guys listen to me. And maybe they were working on this device before I 00:10:59.279 --> 00:11:05.200 expressed in a video that like, you know, the solution to this whole 00:11:02.880 --> 00:11:10.240 attention problem is not having a minimalist phone that forces you into 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 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 00:11:15.680 --> 00:11:21.040 hardware is to blame. So maybe they were working on this before I said that, but 00:11:19.279 --> 00:11:24.800 you know, time could be nonlinear. Have you seen Arrival? If you haven't, why 00:11:23.040 --> 00:11:28.399 not go watch it right now? I'm just kidding. After this. So, basically, I 00:11:26.800 --> 00:11:32.880 like that these guys are saying with this device, you cannot use it as your 00:11:30.880 --> 00:11:37.040 normal phone if you care about your normal phone having the ability to call 00:11:34.880 --> 00:11:40.560 people and text people via traditional methods, which I think most people, even 00:11:38.720 --> 00:11:42.959 though we barely use that anymore, most people still want that as part of their 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, 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 00:11:52.320 --> 00:12:00.720 assisted GPS, which uses data to help with the GPS 00:11:57.519 --> 00:12:02.160 positioning. Funny enough, Maps is not 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 00:12:03.920 --> 00:12:10.720 of the taps aren't really like registering. Some of the kind of slower 00:12:08.399 --> 00:12:16.240 responsiveness here may also be due to the fact that the chip that we're 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:17.440 running on here is a Snapdragon 6350, 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 00:12:20.959 --> 00:12:28.399 performance, our Labs team ran some testing on the CPU here. And 00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:33.040 interestingly, they could not run the standard mobile Geekbench setup that we 00:12:30.880 --> 00:12:41.279 use, but they were able to run Ant2u, where the Boos Pomu Pro scored 212,863, 00:12:38.079 --> 00:12:44.880 which for context seems to be around the 00:12:41.279 --> 00:12:47.760 ballpark of a Samsung Galaxy A16 and 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 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:57.360 uh numbers on Ant2D2's website. So, you're not dealing with a incredibly 00:12:54.639 --> 00:13:02.320 fast, incredibly powerful uh chip here. However, I'm in a some kind of mode 00:12:59.920 --> 00:13:07.200 that's making the refresh less than inspiring. Although, for an e- in 00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:10.959 display, I mean, I have used much much worse. I mean, like look at this. This 00:13:09.120 --> 00:13:16.480 is this is like, you know, it's like using a slightly slower OLED display. 00:13:14.720 --> 00:13:22.320 Not OLED, but you know, traditional display. I do want to just like go into 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:24.560 like the fat. Okay, fast refresh. What? 00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:28.880 So, fast refresh brought more color in and more contrast. 00:13:27.279 --> 00:13:33.279 That looks way better. And it's much more responsive. More color and more 00:13:30.800 --> 00:13:39.600 responsive. All right, let's see what this stylus experience is like with the 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:41.120 Inksense Plus. Oh, stylus. 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:46.480 Do you want to display handwriting functions? Yeah. Oh, okay. So, now the 00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:52.000 stylus is working like my finger. That's all I've ever wanted. Stylus fingers. 00:13:49.120 --> 00:13:59.120 Kids mode. Free mark. What is this? So, this free mark appears to be something 00:13:55.680 --> 00:14:00.800 where you can either enable handwriting 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 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 00:14:06.560 --> 00:14:11.440 somebody or you can enable using mode 00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:15.040 and then now now it's acting more now it's just acting like your finger. 00:14:13.199 --> 00:14:18.800 That's kind of cool. I actually like that. That might be very useful if 00:14:16.800 --> 00:14:24.880 you're kind of going through documents or something and you want to you want to 00:14:21.920 --> 00:14:28.000 use it. Turn pages and then oh I'm going to enter notes mode and circle 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:33.920 something. Save it. Goes away. Go back to using mode. That's pretty cool. Nice 00:14:29.760 --> 00:14:35.519 one BS. So the Inksense Plus has 4,096 00:14:33.920 --> 00:14:40.079 levels of pressure sensitivity. That's kind of the standard thing you hear. 00:14:37.040 --> 00:14:42.480 It's got a shortcut button on top that 00:14:40.079 --> 00:14:46.480 I'm guessing is customizable. I got to say there's something about using 00:14:44.079 --> 00:14:50.399 Android e-aper devices especially in some apps. It seems like some apps can 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:54.480 really take advantage of the advances in refresh rate that have been made with 00:14:52.079 --> 00:15:00.079 this technology and other apps like are not optimized for it. Using the settings 00:14:56.720 --> 00:15:02.800 app where you can't scroll and see like 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 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 00:15:08.160 --> 00:15:14.880 frustrating to use. So, I feel like priority number one, I don't know, maybe 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 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:22.959 so that I can scroll and like not have to scroll in and wait. Scroll. Wait, 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:27.600 scroll. Wait. I just realized when you scroll 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 00:15:29.760 --> 00:15:35.760 or do a or do a little, it goes one page 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:42.800 down. You can't like go in increments. OH. OH, change it. There's the notes 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:44.959 app. Okay, we're in color mode. And how 00:15:42.800 --> 00:15:48.160 does this feel? The feel is kind of nice. It does not feel like a normal 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 00:15:51.199 --> 00:16:00.399 paperlike as uh the remarkable screen or 00:15:56.639 --> 00:16:03.440 like something with a paper-like screen 00:16:00.399 --> 00:16:05.519 protector. No free clout. Take that out. 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:10.639 Editor, leave that in, though. Whoa. Whoa. Look at that. Look at that delay. 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:15.279 It's processing. It's like, "Wait, where 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:17.519 are you going? Take me with you." No. 00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:20.480 My question is, my question is, why can't they put like a little bit better 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 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 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 00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:40.000 something about that tool. very responsive with like a more basic kind 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 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 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 00:16:51.040 --> 00:16:57.279 know when you go to erase. Oh, here we go. There's different modes here. Lasso 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 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 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 00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:13.839 has a pretty good color display. Oh, look at that. Is that how a video is 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 00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:22.000 pretty happy with how much like a normal 00:17:19.520 --> 00:17:28.160 Android device using this feels. Now, we are in fast refresh rate mode, so the 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. 00:17:31.120 --> 00:17:38.240 But I think if you go into that like more color high color fidelity mode, 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. 00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:48.960 Sounds like a Tamagotchi. Yeah, those speakers are not good. Uh I think I 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 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 00:17:55.520 --> 00:18:01.360 got sound, you can play the sound. You can play the 00:18:00.080 --> 00:18:05.039 sound, but it's not going to sound good. Now, playing video is actually how our 00:18:03.120 --> 00:18:12.400 Labs team did the battery discharge test, and uh it lasted 6 hours, which is 00:18:09.760 --> 00:18:16.320 not very long uh for a phone. These days, you're expecting it to have more 00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:20.400 like all day battery life. However, this display, this kind of e-aper display, 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:24.000 the way that it displays things is by moving physical particles around on the 00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:28.320 display. So, it's going to take more energy to play video continuously than 00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:32.240 uh you know, one of these other traditional displays that are geared 00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:35.840 towards playing video. Now, brace yourself because once they discharge the 00:18:33.840 --> 00:18:40.799 battery completely, they did a full zero to 100 uh battery charge test using our 00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:45.760 standard 45 watt charger. However, the Boos Pom 2 Pro did not care how much 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 00:18:49.280 --> 00:18:57.120 took 3 hours and 17 minutes to charge 00:18:53.600 --> 00:18:59.600 the 3,950 mAh battery. And that's just 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 00:19:01.280 --> 00:19:07.840 of battery. When you're doing normal e- in e- paper type stuff, uh people, you 00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:12.000 know, who've been using this posting online about it are talking about, you 00:19:09.679 --> 00:19:17.919 know, a week of battery life, possibly more. So, you know, you won't have to 00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:20.080 charge it for 3 hours uh that often or 00:19:17.919 --> 00:19:22.559 ever if you kind of like do some power sipping charging in the middle of the 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 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 00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:37.520 reading. Now, against all recommendations, devices like these are 00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:39.520 putting cameras on board. Uh 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 00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:49.760 this that can do anything that a Android device could do just uh poorly. Just to 00:19:47.600 --> 00:19:54.799 have it, you know, cuz then we have it. Say say cheese. 00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:57.600 Got this 16 megapixel camera. And now I'm doing my my This is my standard 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 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, 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 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 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 00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:22.799 there's no selfie cam on this device. It's just taunting you. Like, remember 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 00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:30.960 Chrome supports kind of smooth scrolling instead of like jumping down by pages. 00:20:29.360 --> 00:20:37.440 You know, in some ways, despite me saying that the way forward, the way to 00:20:34.320 --> 00:20:39.120 not have brain rot is it's not a 00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:43.120 hardware solution. Despite me saying that, using this thing, I kind of want 00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:47.520 to use it as my phone. The minimal phone was like a very 00:20:45.840 --> 00:20:53.679 distinct experience. It was like, listen, you have a problem. Okay, it was 00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:58.720 Android. It ran Android, so it, you know, could do some of stuff like this, 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 00:21:01.200 --> 00:21:08.720 it like another kind of Android phone, but it was like it was still just kind 00:21:05.919 --> 00:21:14.240 of clunky. This with the high refresh rate and the color and the familiar 00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:20.320 settings menus and stuff instead of like minimal zone sort of like 00:21:16.880 --> 00:21:22.320 custom skin. This feels this felt pretty 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 00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:31.120 to make phone calls or make or do text 00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:36.400 messages, which I still sometimes do. I admit it. Now, that said, despite this 00:21:33.520 --> 00:21:40.320 very much feeling like using a normal Android device, these companies are 00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:45.679 still putting very weak hardware in here. It does have 128 gigs of storage 00:21:43.840 --> 00:21:51.760 to start. Uh, and you can actually expand that up to two terabytes with the 00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:53.520 uh, SD card combo SIM tray thingy. It's 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 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 00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:06.159 would still be frustrating. And then we're back into this whole like do you 00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:09.760 want your phone to be frustrating? Maybe you want your phone to be frustrating so 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 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 00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:26.000 need to make these platforms less brainy because I don't want to use a crappy 00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:28.720 phone, especially for $400, which is 00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:35.120 like you can get a pretty decent budget phone for around that ballpark these 00:22:30.880 --> 00:22:40.080 days. So, it's $400 for the Boos Pom 2 00:22:35.120 --> 00:22:42.400 Pro. It's $46 for the BS Inksense Plus. 00:22:40.080 --> 00:22:46.640 Um, which I will say I liked the experience of that. You know, taking 00:22:44.159 --> 00:22:50.640 this on the go, taking notes, annotating your screen, saving it, reading, and 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 00:22:52.080 --> 00:23:01.360 this, but I already read ebooks on my phone, on my regular phone uh, in dark 00:22:57.760 --> 00:23:04.080 mode. Okay, so reading on an e uh, paper 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 00:23:06.320 --> 00:23:12.320 Circuit. Hey, uh if you are interested in watching another video, perhaps you 00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:19.679 could consider watching a previous video hosted by me, which is the remarkable 00:23:14.080 --> 00:23:23.919 paper uh pro move, which is $450. 00:23:19.679 --> 00:23:26.240 Books Pomu Pro Boos Pomoo Pro. Open up 00:23:23.919 --> 00:23:31.679 books and give it a go. When you're reading a books, everything is all fine. 00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:34.640 Just don't get it all the way to the end of the line.