A Turning Point for BOYUE | Meebook M7 Review
Summary
TLDRThe Mebook M7 e-reader is a significant departure from previous Mebook devices, featuring high-quality materials, customizable keymap buttons, and a 7-inch ePaper screen. Despite being on the heavier side, the M7 boasts impressive build quality, support for external storage via SD card, and audio capabilities. The device offers a refreshed UI, adjustable contrast, and various reading settings for an enhanced user experience. However, the key mappable buttons lack inherent features for page turns, and the company's ecosystem and market stability remain concerns. Overall, the Mebook M7 represents a turning point for the brand, offering a premium product with a competitive edge.
Takeaways
- 📉 Mebook faced challenges in the e-reader market with declining sales and minimal market share after taking a year off in 2020.
- 🆕 The Mebook M7 is a significant departure from previous Mebook devices, featuring high-quality materials and an attractive design.
- 🔘 This model introduces customizable keymap buttons, a 7-inch ePaper screen, and standard audio support, enhancing the user experience.
- 📊 The Mebook M7 is heavier than the Kindle Paperwhite, weighing in at approximately 247-248 grams.
- 💽 The device supports external storage via an SD card, a feature increasingly common in e-readers.
- 🎨 The M7 offers impressive grayscale levels with IMG 256, and a system-wide contrast dial for reading customization.
- 🔧 Users can customize button functions for page turns, lighting, and other features, though this limits some inherent page-turn features.
- 🌐 Google framework is enabled by default, and the device offers options to hide the store and tailor the user interface.
- 📚 The reading experience is highly customizable, allowing adjustments to spacing, font size, and other text settings.
- 🎮 Google Play integration provides access to a wide range of apps, games, and books, with a focus on books and manga.
- 🔄 Despite the M7's improvements, Mebook's ecosystem and company stability remain concerns compared to competitors.
Q & A
What is the main issue that mebook has been facing since their year off with Boyu in 2020?
-Mebook has been facing a decline in sales and struggles to retain their market share in the e-reader industry.
How does the mebook M7 differ from previous mebook devices?
-The mebook M7 is uncharacteristic as it is built with high-quality materials, has a good weight, and features a 7-inch epaper screen, tactile customizable keymap buttons, SD card support, and standard audio.
What is the approximate weight of the mebook M7 compared to the Kindle Paperwhite?
-The mebook M7 weighs around 247-248 grams, which is on the heavier side compared to the Kindle Paperwhite's benchmark weight of approximately 200 grams.
What new features does the mebook M7 offer in terms of user interface and settings?
-The mebook M7 offers a refreshed UI, customizable keymap buttons, IMG 256 grayscale, a contrast dial that works system-wide, and various device settings including button customization and Google framework support.
How does the mebook M7 handle the display of text and reading experience?
-The mebook M7 provides a highly customizable reading experience, allowing users to adjust nearly every aspect of text display, including spacing, font size, and indentation.
What is the main limitation of the mebook M7's key mappable page turn buttons?
-While the page turn buttons are key mappable, they do not allow for inherent features such as jumping chapters or volumes that are available on other e-readers like those from Barnes & Noble and Amazon.
How does the mebook M7 support external storage?
-The mebook M7 has a small door for an SD card, indicating support for external storage which is a feature increasingly seen in e-readers.
What is the mebook store's main limitation and how does the mebook M7 address it?
-The mebook store mainly offers Chinese content which may not appeal to all users. The mebook M7 addresses this by allowing users to hide the store from the main screen.
How does the mebook M7 perform in terms of frame rate and movement refresh?
-The mebook M7 can handle movement refresh and overall frame rate without major drops, making it one of the better-performing units from mebook-boyu.
What are the advantages of the mebook M7's implementation of Google Play Books?
-With Google Play Books, the mebook M7 offers a wide range of books, manga, and audiobooks. It also allows for features like pinch-to-zoom and the use of page turn buttons across different apps.
What is the main drawback of the mebook M7's web browsing capability?
-Web browsing on the mebook M7 can be slow and sluggish, especially when in full HD Regal mode, although forcing a refresh can mitigate this to some extent.
Outlines
📘 Mebook M7 Review: An Impressive Comeback in the E-reader Market
This section discusses Mebook's recent struggles in the e-reader industry, following a significant break in 2020. The focus shifts to their latest product, the Mebook M7, which marks a notable improvement in quality and design. The M7 is characterized by its high-quality build, appealing aesthetics, and convenient features like tactile customizable buttons, a 7-inch e-paper screen, SD card support, and audio functionality. The video compares the weight of the M7 to a Kindle Paperwhite, noting the M7’s slightly heavier, robust build. The review highlights the M7's distinct design elements, including its rail bezel and key-mappable buttons, power button placement, speaker, and the inclusion of an SD card slot. The device's back panel is praised for its sturdy, attractive gunmetal black finish. The segment also explores the M7's improved UI, notably its grayscale options, contrast dial, and refreshed look and feel, signaling a potential turnaround for Mebook in the e-reader market.
📲 Advanced Features and Customization of Mebook M7
This paragraph explores the advanced features and customization options of the Mebook M7. The reviewer notes how Mebook has missed out on some advanced features found in competitors like Barnes & Noble and Amazon, due to the M7’s high level of button customization. The video illustrates the customizable reading experience, with extensive settings for text appearance. Attention is given to the Google Play integration for accessing a wide range of apps, including Google Play Books for reading eBooks and manga. The M7’s versatility is further demonstrated by its ability to adjust refresh modes, allowing for smoother animations and better performance. This is especially notable when reading manga or using animation-heavy apps. The video concludes by showcasing the web browsing experience on the M7, highlighting its performance in different modes and the utility of the device's customizable glow light settings. This segment reinforces the M7’s potential as a versatile e-reader with customizable options, despite some limitations in advanced features.
🌟 Mebook M7: A Potential Turning Point Despite Some Drawbacks
The final section provides an overall evaluation of the Mebook M7. While acknowledging its strengths, such as customizable page turn buttons, onboard audio, and Google Play access, the reviewer also points out some shortcomings. The M7 is not as fast as its competitors, lacks a diverse ecosystem for purchasing books beyond Chinese content, and raises questions about the company’s stability. However, the reviewer expresses optimism about Mebook’s future, considering the M7 as their most attractive product since the Boyu Mimus in 2018. The video concludes with an encouragement to check out the M7, suggesting it represents a significant turning point for Mebook, despite the mentioned drawbacks.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Mebook M7
💡Sales Decline
💡E-Reader Industry
💡Customizable Keymap Buttons
💡ePaper Screen
💡Build Quality
💡Google Play Integration
💡Reading Experience
💡Market Share
💡Audio Support
💡User Interface
Highlights
Mebook has faced challenges in the e-reader market since 2020 with dropping sales and minimal market share.
The Mebook M7 is a departure from traditional Mebook devices, featuring high-quality materials and an attractive design.
The M7 includes tactile customizable keymap buttons, a 7-inch ePaper screen, SD card support, and standard audio.
Weighing in at 247-248 grams, the Mebook M7 is on the heavier side compared to the benchmark Kindle Paperwhite at 200 grams.
The device features a nice quality back with a sparkle gunmetal black color, resembling an onyx gem.
Mebook M7 offers improved UI, build quality, and overall design, providing a refreshed experience.
The M7 includes a contrast dial that works system-wide and offers 256 grayscale levels for an enhanced reading experience.
Mebook has introduced button customization, allowing users to allocate functions to the device's buttons, such as page turns and adjusting the light.
The M7 comes with Google framework enabled by default, offering a more seamless user experience.
The device settings allow users to hide the store, addressing previous user dissatisfaction with the Mebook store's content.
Mebook M7 supports external storage through an SD card, a feature increasingly common in e-readers.
The reading experience on the M7 is highly customizable, with extensive options to adjust text, spacing, and indentation.
Google Play is fully integrated, providing access to a wide range of apps, games, and especially books and manga.
Despite being customizable, the page turn buttons lose some inherent features, such as double tap or long press actions for advanced navigation.
The Mebook M7 shows Mebook's potential to regain market share with its premium design and competitive features.
The device's performance is commendable, handling movement refresh and frame rate well in top speed mode.
Web browsing on the M7 is functional but can be slow and sluggish in full HD Regal mode, with forced refresh improving fluidity.
The adjustable glow light is preferred over preset options, offering more customization for the user's reading comfort.
Transcripts
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mebook has found themselves in a little
bit of trouble ever since they took that
year off with boyu back in
2020 sales have dropped and they hold
nearly no market share of the current
e-reader industry but things may be
turning around a little bit with this
this is the mebook
M7 this unit is uncharacteristic of
mebook devices thus far and that's a
good thing it's built out of high
quality materials feels good in the and
has a good weight and simply looks
gorgeous it has tactile customizable
keymap buttons on it and a 7-in epaper
screen SD card and audio is standard so
with that let's take a
look before we get rocking and or
rolling as per the usual Trend as of
late we are going to weigh this and
remember Benchmark is a Kindle paper
white at 200 g approximately this is
247 248 this is on the the heavier side
of things this is a chunky dunker this
one has quite a good build quality I
must say and let's get into the build
right now you see a standard 7in unit in
front of you with a very nice
accompanying rail bezel it looks like
it's separate from the actual bezel of
the unit itself it has these really cool
buttons that are key mappable you can do
long press or single press on both of
them we'll show you that in the UI
elements page you have a power button up
top and you have a speaker with an SD
card and look a little tiny door for the
SD card that is awesome finally we have
some steady stream of e-readers coming
out that have a support for external
storage we have a very nice quality back
it does not snap it doesn't push in it
is a very very nice kind of Sparkle
gunmetal black look at that it's almost
like an onyx not an onyx device I mean
an onyx color like like Onyx like the
the precious gem let's look at the unit
itself starting with this which we set
up because it is very very beautiful the
way they do this I love how they got rid
of just A2 mode and they've gone into
industry standard which is normal HD
Regal normal mode fast mode and top
speed mode which is the A2 moniker they
have there and look at this they have
IMG 256 or 256 grayscale and they have a
contrast dial that works
systemwide I love that new layout I must
say
everything from the UI to the build
quality to everything else the way it
feels the way it looks everything is
just so refreshed on this unit it is
just a weight off our shoulders because
mebook has been struggling it is an
objective fact they've been struggling
to retain their market share and get
back on track they do have a top drop
down with various things it's all icon
base until you expand it then it has
some text these are all just kind of
standard things Wi-Fi Bluetooth sound
auto rotate Etc what we want to look at
is settings because there's a couple
things here under device settings we
want to go over look what they have here
they have button
customization I really like this I like
how you can allocate it to Page turns
just by pressing it then you can
allocate the long press to be something
else turn on the light turn off the
light and refresh they also leave it to
you as to how long you want to set the
long press too no other manufacturer has
has done that this thus far and it is a
small thing but it is interesting to see
companies always trying to advance eaper
and usability for their consumers they
also have enabled Google framework you
don't need to do it because it comes
default as switched on they have a
couple other things as well if you go to
user settings they have hide store now
they have found that a lot of people
didn't like the store on the main screen
because if you go to the home screen
you'll see here that it says read
bookstore and app and why they know this
is because it only has Chinese content
on it so what they leave it to you to do
now is to actually hide the store once
you do and you go home it's just read an
app and you no longer have to be
bombarded by the less than amazing store
that is the mebook store because it's
just littered with free public domain
stuff and 98% of it is Chinese now you
do have a reading experience that is
very nice now there's a small problem
with the page turn buttons yes they are
key mappable but because they're key
mappable they don't allow you to do any
inherent features with page turns
outside of single page for example if I
do double tap it's not going to jump
chapters or jump volumes or anything
like that it's just going to go forward
a couple Pages if I long press it's not
going to whip through the book because I
have mapped long press to be refresh and
I've mapped page back to be the glow so
that's a little bit of a downside to
having that level of customization is
that they actually take away from you
unknowingly these Advanced features that
Barnes & Noble and things like Amazon
take advantage of so now that we're done
talking and through into an actual book
let's check it out we do have the stock
reading experience which is pretty
customizable honestly you get a lot of
features upon long press and if you go
down to text this mebook has just their
Infamous with giving you a ton of
customization you can change everything
to make it look crazy whatever you want
up and down spacing left and right
spacing font spacing indentation just
about everything they allow you to
change now that's not only it when you
comes to reading and we're going to
tangent a little bit because we are
going to go to apps and look at Google
Play why because Google Play is the be
all and all of apps games and everything
else and why we want to touch on this is
not because of the apps and everything
although you can do it it has full gole
Google Play and we've shown it a million
times on devices but this tab that goes
overlooked a little bit this is books
and yes they have manga and ebooks and
audio books and everything else so if we
want to click on something you can click
on something you can buy it for a penny
for this particular one one yen or you
can read a free sample once you do open
free sample it opens up Google playbooks
automatically and then you're into
reading an actual book in which case you
do get Patron animations things start
getting in the way and you might say
okay you know what I'm not good on Regal
anymore that's just not going to fly so
what you have to do is you got to go
here and you have to change the refresh
and this is a good opportunity for us to
show top speed mode now you see the
problem with A2 mode is that there's a
lot of staining traditionally because it
tries not to refresh as much although
you can mitigate this by long pressing
your quick key key mapped button to
force a refresh in which case it gets
very fast and you will see now you can
take advantage of animations and I must
say this is one of the units from mebook
boyu that can handle movement refresh
and overall frame rate without major
drops in overall frame rate rating
properly I do appreciate the fact that
they've really have redone their lineup
to get away from that boring
basic entrylevel P line they have and
move over to more of a premium unit
because this is more in tune with
something like a page with something
like a xiaomi it's just faster and
fresher and it is more of a fighter than
something that just gets pushed to the
Wayside now talking about this we do
also have manga as we touched on a
second ago we can go back here we can go
to manga and we can click on something I
don't know what it is we're just going
to read a free sample because there's
some cool features that Google Play
Books allows you to do now when this
opens up we are going to kind of
struggle and say you know what what mode
do I want I am going to go go back to
Regal mode because that looks better on
manga and we do have IMG 256 implemented
there is a little bit of an animation
when you turn pages but that can be kind
of pushed to the Wayside because it is a
great looking unit traditionally you
don't want to Read Manga on six 6.8 but
seven starts to get into the point where
you get those small mangas cuz if I'm
holding it like this it does look like
the mangas in Japan now unfortunately
because it's Google and it's not
comixology they don't have guided view
but they do have the ability to pinch
and zoom have double tap to zoom in and
you can take advantage of the page turn
buttons because they work regardless of
what app you're on if you're on the
Kindle app if you're on the Cobo app if
you're on anything manga is completely
usable on this no problem whatsoever one
more thing we have to look at before we
get into the audio video portion is web
browsing how does it work let's go over
to the browser and show you a little bit
of an uncut unbridled look at what it is
like to browse now that we're on the
browser let us go over here and type in
our URL for good e-reader so we can go
ahead and navigate over to there so
we're going to go like that go to goody
reader and then click on the blog this
is really what it's going to be looking
like when you're navigating through
things now remember this is the full HD
Regal mode so it is going to be a little
bit slower and again Force refresh if
you want to get rid of that staining in
the background you see that the images
pop up everything is very slow and
sluggish and choppy does go into a
little bit of a forced A2 mode
regardless while you're moving around
you see that you get that fluidity back
but then once you let go it takes a
second and refreshes and corresponds to
the refresh mode that you are on quick
note I have never liked glow lights that
give you presets uncustomized locked in
presets I think they're silly I think
there's no reason to have them they have
off day night and bed they're terrible
presets customize is the only one you
want because customize is the one that's
going to allow you to change everything
you can change the intensity and the
color of it don't worry about those
presets at
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all customizable page turn buttons
onboard audio and Google Play allowed
this unit to flourish amongst a less
than inspired lineup however it's not as
fast as the competition there's still no
ecosystem to buy books other than
Chinese books and the stability of the
company is still to be questioned
regardless of the cons we do have to
point out we personally believe that
mebook is on a turning point this is
literally the nicest looking product
that they've had since the boy you mimus
back in
2018 if you want to grab one of these
details are down below thanks for
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watching
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