"Like the Kodak Charmera, I was pleasantly surprised at how small the X4 is in person. Its 4.3-inch E Ink screen is only a bit tinier than the Kobo Mini's 5-inch panel, but the X4's bezels are much slimmer, making the e-reader feel significantly smaller. The joy of nerding out over the X4's size was quickly cut short when I tested one of its most compelling features."
"When the X4 was announced last December, Xteink shared photos of the e-reader stuck to the back of an iPhone using its MagSafe feature. It made the X4 seem like a better alternative to e-reader cases for those wanting a second screen on their phones, but the odd position of its magnets makes it impossible to stick the e-reader to the back of my iPhone 16 Pro in any usable way."
The Xteink X4 is a $69 4.3-inch E Ink e-reader that emphasizes pocketability with slimmer bezels and a smaller footprint than the 5-inch Kobo Mini and E Ink phones like Boox Palma. The device uses buttons instead of a touchscreen, which makes operation challenging and unintuitive for some users. Out of the box functionality is limited, creating practical drawbacks despite the compact form. A growing user community develops fixes and improvements that extend usability. The X4 includes magnets for MagSafe attachment, but magnet placement prevents reliable attachment to some phones such as the iPhone 16 Pro.
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