I’ve had my X3 for a little over a month now and just finished my 4th book on it. The simplicity of the design is the true game changer.
I’ve been wanting to read more often for quite some time now. I tried changing my habit from having the actual book with me at all times to getting a Kobo ereader to switching to reading epubs on my phone, but nothing seemed to get me going. Or at least, nothing *kept* me going.
Reading on my phone ended up being the most successful, because picking up the book or a separate device seemed a step too much. Which sounds very dramatic. But since I have my phone with me almost all the time, I did manage to finish a few books on it, but at the same time, I kept getting distracted by notifications or felt an urge to open a social media app. I was discussing this with my husband, because I felt the “compactness” (and the convenience) of my phone helped me with reading more, but it did distract me at the same time. This is where he suggested to look into XTEINK devices. Having a smaller ereader attached to my phone seemed such a simple but genius solution.
So after measuring which version would work best, I got the X3 and it’s - without sounding dramatic again - my best purchase this year. I have it with me almost all the time and read whenever I can. It feels so easy to just turn on the device, read a couple of minutes and then continue with my day. I’ve read more in one month than I have in a whole year. I’m a sucker for the typical classics, so I get a lot of epubs from standardebooks.org and am going through them now. Currently, I’m running CPR-vCodex on it after having seen it here in this community and am very happy with how it runs.
I know so many of you are hyped for the newer versions, but the simplicity of this device is what I love the most. No touch screen, just a handful of buttons and a basic operating system is what makes this device perfect.