M6 e-Book Reader, 2023 New 6″ 300PPI HD E-Ink Screen Ereader, Cold/Warm Light, Android 11, Support Google Play Store,OTG/Type C,3GB+32GB

Broke for no reason after eight months
I have had this for less than eight months. The power button has stopped working for no apparent reason, so I can’t use it anymore.Before it broke for no reason, I wrote the following review:There are two major issues with this unit. The first is that if Android apps are open in the background, then the battery drains fairly quickly (several percent per hour). This can be mitigated by frequently clearing the memory cache, but I don’t really think that I should have to do that.[Edited review] The second is that Android File Transfer, the standard app for transferring files from a Mac to an Android computer, usually (but not always) works…if I first quit certain other apps (Dropbox, Preview, OneDrive, Google File Transfer). When I reached out to Meebook about this issue, they did not answer me. It took me a while to figure out the solution. It was extremely frustrating not to be able to transfer files by USB, and while I have a solution now, comparable products (my Onyx Boox Note Air, for example) do not have this issue, and I would have liked some—any—response from the manufacturer about this defect.The latest software update did *not* fix the issues with Android File Transfer or rapid battery drain, and has added a “Bookstore” icon to the home screen. Unlike most other apps, the Bookstore icon cannot be hidden or even moved; it sits there, uselessly wasting valuable screen real estate. I don’t need a bookstore app, and when I open the Bookstore app, I get what I think is an error screen. It has a 🙁 and some comments in Chinese, and there is no way to get this app to do anything except show a 🙁 and some comments in Chinese. So the latest update did nothing but waste some of the best homescreen real estate.Onyx Boox makes a similar unit, the Poke 5. The software on the Poke 5 is much better; it doesn’t have either of the problems listed above. The Poke 5 unfortunately has sharp corners, while this device has rounded corners, so I find this device to be more comfortable to hold; if you don’t think the corners on the Poke 5 will bother you, I strongly recommend buying that instead.

If you don’t need an SD card slot look elsewhere
I bought this mainly because it’s one of the few e-readers with a micro SD slot, and it runs android. That way I can load up lots of stuff to read on Kiwix like Project Gutenberg, Wikipedia, and use any reading apps of my choice. Not being locked or coerced into a specific vendor’s preferences was also a nice touch – for example seeing ads on the lock screen was a no-go for me. This e-reader does what I tell it to do and nothing else. Nobody’s poking their head out trying to sell me something or get me to sign up for a subscription.It does the job fine but if I had more options this wouldn’t have been my choice. The battery life is unbelievably bad if you require even the slightest amount of backlighting, barely cracking 6 hours of reading in the dark. Outside or in bright lighting when you don’t need the backlight it performs as expected and would probably last a long time. The screen looks great with ambient light and with the backlight.Build quality is laughable, with all kinds of creaking and crackling with normal handling. I have noticed a few times that the device will lock or unlock itself if you handle it a certain way, probably some kind of issue with the touchscreen or lock button registering during flexing.So there you go, this thing doesn’t have much going for it and if it weren’t for the SD slot and android OS it would be going back. If you don’t have strange requirements like I do, look elsewhere.

Minor Flaws, But Overall A Great Product
This is my first ereader so I can’t compare it to other products. I’ll keep it short and sweet.LIKES -Micro-SD slot.Easy to transfer books using WIFI or USB-CSimple layout and intuitive interface.Android, so it supports multiple third party apps! (Kindle!)DISLIKES -Some minor translation errors in some apps (for example, it says my book is 58% “readed”).The installed dictionary it comes with returns definitions in Chinese, and I don’t know how to change it other than looking for a different third-party app.It doesn’t seem as robust as my phone (Galaxy S8). I feel like it would take a lot less punishment.None of these dislikes are anything beyond minor for me, though I’ve only had it for a couple weeks now. I’d recommend it.