BOOX Note Max 13.3" 4.6mm Carta 1300 A4 E-Ink AI Tablet
615-gram, 4.6mm A4-sized E-Ink productivity tablet pairing a 13.3-inch 300 PPI Carta 1300 display (3200×2400) and BOOX Super Refresh (BSR) FPGA with a 2.8GHz octa-core CPU (6GB+128GB), dual mics, and Smart Scribe AI research tools.
Editorial Rating Methodology (★ 4.8 / 5.0): This score is an internal editorial evaluation compiled by the RECIWO Labs editorial team—not a user poll or crowd-voted rating. It assesses published silicon compute efficiency (25%), optical/sensor/actuator engineering (25%), battery & thermal envelope (20%), SDK/software openness (15%), and price-to-specification value (15%) based on official manufacturer datasheets and public technical documentation. Learn more about our evaluation rubric →
Key Engineering Highlights
- Full 13.3-inch A4-scale E-Ink Carta 1300 display renders 3200×2400 resolution at a crisp 300 PPI without a frontlight diffusion layer, placing ink directly beneath the micro-etched cover glass
- Dedicated BOOX Super Refresh (BSR) FPGA co-processor paired with 6GB LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB UFS storage enables low-latency side-by-side PDF comparison and Android 13 app scrolling
- Built-in Smart Scribe AI and dual microphones transcribe executive meetings while allowing users to strike-through erase, lasso-convert handwritten notes, and query multi-hundred-page academic papers
Full Hardware Specifications
| Processor / Edge SoC | 2.8GHz Qualcomm Octa-Core SoC + Dedicated BOOX Super Refresh (BSR) FPGA Co-Processor |
|---|---|
| AI Model Stack | BOOX Smart Scribe AI + Integrated LLM Assistant (Voice ASR, Lasso Ink-to-Text & PDF Q&A) |
| Display & Optics | 13.3-Inch E-Ink Carta 1300 Flat Glass Screen (3200×2400, 300 PPI, Zero Frontlight Gap) |
| Camera & Vision | None (Enterprise Academic & Legal Document Security Compliance) |
| Measured Weight | 615.0g (287.5 × 243.0 × 4.6mm Ultra-Slim Anodized Aluminum Unibody + Magnetic Pen) |
| Battery & Runtime | 3,700mAh Li-Po Battery (Multi-Week E-Ink Reading & Split-Screen Research Endurance) |
| Connectivity & I/O | Dual-Band Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 5.0 + USB-C OTG + Pogo-Pin Magnetic Keyboard Cover |
| Sensors & Acoustics | Dual Microphones + Dual Stereo Speakers + 4,096-Level Wacom EMR Digitizer |
⚖️ Side-by-Side Comparison: BOOX Note Max 13.3" 4.6mm Carta 1300 A4 E-Ink AI Tablet vs. AI Wearables & Audio Peers
Direct specification comparison against leading competing devices in the AI Wearables & Audio category.
| Specification | BOOX Note Max 13.3" 4.6mm Carta 1300 A4 E-Ink AI Tablet (Current) | PLAUD NotePin Pro Magnetic AI Memory Capsule → | Limitless Pendant 2 All-Day AI Clasp → | Omi DevKit 2 (Open-Source nRF5340 AI Necklace) → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Onyx BOOX | PLAUD.AI | Limitless | Based Hardware |
| Retail Price | $649 | $179 | $129 | $89 |
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| Edge SoC | 2.8GHz Qualcomm Octa-Core SoC + Dedicated BOOX Super Refresh (BSR) FPGA Co-Processor | Custom Dual-Core Noise-Canceling DSP + BLE 6.0 SoC | ARM Cortex-M55 + Ethos-U55 microNPU | Nordic nRF5340 Dual Arm Cortex-M33 |
| AI Model Stack | BOOX Smart Scribe AI + Integrated LLM Assistant (Voice ASR, Lasso Ink-to-Text & PDF Q&A) | Whisper-Large-v3 + Claude 4 / GPT-4o | Limitless Cloud Memory Engine | Custom Webhook / Local Whisper + Llama |
| Display / Optics | 13.3-Inch E-Ink Carta 1300 Flat Glass Screen (3200×2400, 300 PPI, Zero Frontlight Gap) | Micro-perforated status LED + Linear haptic motor | Privacy Recording Status LED | Screenless + Programmable RGB Ring |
| Camera | None (Enterprise Academic & Legal Document Security Compliance) | None | None | Optional OpenMV Camera Hat |
| Weight | 615.0g (287.5 × 243.0 × 4.6mm Ultra-Slim Anodized Aluminum Unibody + Magnetic Pen) | 22.0g | 17.5g | 14.5g |
| Battery | 3,700mAh Li-Po Battery (Multi-Week E-Ink Reading & Split-Screen Research Endurance) | 24h continuous recording / 45-day standby | 100 hours active recording | 32h Continuous Opus Streaming |
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