BOOX Note Air5 C

Overview

The BOOX Note Air5 C is a 10.3 inch color E Ink tablet that runs Android, which makes it the most flexible device in this category. Because Google Play is available, the same machine can hold the Kindle app, Kobo, Libby, OneNote, Obsidian, a PDF reader of your choice and a drawing app, and each one inherits the pen and the refresh controls. The wide side grip and the 5.8 mm chassis make it comfortable to hold for long markup sessions. It is aimed at readers and note takers who refuse to pick an ecosystem: students juggling library loans and course PDFs, knowledge workers who live in OneNote, and anyone who wants color for charts, highlights and comics on a large page. The Pen3 is included and needs no charging, and BOOX Super Refresh keeps scrolling and page turns tolerable for a color E Ink screen. The trade-offs are real. Kaleido 3 color sits under a filter layer, so the background is gray rather than white and color text is soft at 150 ppi, which matters for fine print in scanned documents. Android on E Ink also means tuning refresh modes per app, and the battery is measured in days of heavy use rather than weeks.

✨ Key Highlights

• 10.3 inch Kaleido 3 panel: 2480 x 1860 at 300 ppi in black and white, 1240 x 930 at 150 ppi in color
• 6 GB RAM and 64 GB of storage, plus a microSD slot for extra space
• Octa-core Qualcomm processor running Android 15 with Google Play access
• 3,700 mAh battery, 440 g, 5.8 mm thick with a wide grip along one edge
• BOOX Pen3 stylus included with 4,096 pressure levels and a magnetic keyboard cover option