The Boox Palma e-reader is unquestionably my favorite gadget from the last few years, but I also get why so many people find it to be a little confounding. It's a phone-shaped e-ink device that has all the capabilities of a modern Android smartphone—in addition to serving up your e-books, it can run apps from the Google Play store; it even has a camera. But doesn't have cellular functionality, which means it can't take calls. That might be changing, and soon.
The Verge got a look at the device during IFA 2025, a European trade show akin to CES. Though the new device wasn't on display on the show floor, a reporter said they were shown a device that looked a lot like the Palma, which had both a color display (almost certainly the same Kaleido 3 screen found on the Boox Go Color 7) and icons indicating a 4G + LTE cellular connection. (You can read more details, and see a picture of the device, over at The Verge).
There are a lot of questions that need to be answered before I can get too excited, however. For one thing, the device hasn't been officially announced, and there's no guarantee it will be released in the near term, or if it will be sold in the U.S. (not all Boox products are available in the U.S. market). Then there's the matter of carrier support—you're certainly not going to be able to buy a Palma phone direct from Verizon or T-Mobile, and it's not a sure thing that a Chinese-made niche device it will play nice with every domestic carrier.
All that said, another device already on the market gives me a pretty good idea of what using a Palma phone will be like.
Not the first e-ink phone
A device like this holds a lot of appeal—I'm at a point where I am starting to resent my iPhone's primacy in my life. I'd love carry only one device, and one that doesn't as readily plug me in to the horrors of the internet and social media, but which can still handle the most essential functions (keeping me connected to my family, handling NFC payments, guiding me via Google Maps).
At this point, that's still a big if. Despite their lovability, Boox's e-readers definitely aren't as user-friendly as a Kindle. And though the Palma has attracted a cult following (not to mention mainstream attention from outlets like The New York Times), an e-ink phone is always going to have niche appeal, which means we're very unlikely to see one from an established tech company like Apple or Samsung. A Palma phone might satisfy some e-ink diehards, but I don't expect to see too many of them while riding the subway.
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