Introducing the BOOX Go 7 Series: Portable E-Readers for Joy Beyond Reading

Six-inch readers are wonderfully pocketable. Ten-inch tablets are wonderfully roomy. The Go 7 series lives in the sweet spot between them: a 7-inch page that still fits in a coat pocket, with physical page-turn buttons and the freedom of Android. It has quickly become the size we recommend most often to dedicated readers.

What an extra inch actually buys you

On paper, 7 inches versus 6 does not sound like much. In hand, it changes how reading feels.

• More words per page turn. The Go 7's 1680 x 1264 screen at 300 ppi fits noticeably more text at the same font size, so you interrupt your reading flow less often.
• Comfortable larger fonts. Readers who bump the font size up for comfort keep a sensible amount of text on screen instead of turning pages every few seconds.
• Better PDFs and comics. Fixed-layout content that feels cramped on 6 inches becomes genuinely readable at 7.

The trade-off is minimal. At roughly 195 grams and under 7 mm thick, the Go 7 is still an easy one-handed reader. If you are curious how it compares with its smaller sibling, our Go series overview walks through the whole family.

The Go 7: monochrome, refined

The standard Go 7 uses a Carta1300 glass screen, the crispest monochrome E Ink generation in the lineup, with page-turn buttons flanking the display. Buttons matter more than people expect: gloved hands in a Canadian January, one-handed reading on the couch, and greasy-snack reading sessions all argue for them.

BOOX Go 7" ( Black )$342.99

Under the hood you get an 8-core processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage plus a microSD slot, and Android 13. That last part is the quiet superpower: Kindle, Kobo, Libby, and any other reading app install normally, so your existing library follows you.

The Go Color 7 (Gen II): comics and manga in colour

The Go Color 7 (Gen II) takes the same body and adds a Kaleido3 colour E Ink screen with 4096 colours. Black-and-white text still renders at a sharp 300 ppi, while colour content displays at 150 ppi with the soft, print-like quality that E Ink colour is known for.

BOOX Go Color 7" - Gen II (Black)$369.99

Who should choose colour? Comic and manga readers, first and foremost. Covers, colour panels, and highlighted notes all gain real character. Cookbook readers and magazine subscribers benefit too. If your library is 95 percent novels, the standard monochrome Go 7 gives you the very best text rendering; if graphic novels share the shelf, the Color 7 is worth it.

Reading beyond books

Because both models run Android, the Go 7 series stretches beyond ebooks. News apps, RSS readers, and read-it-later services all work, and the optional InkSense active stylus support means you can jot annotations when the mood strikes. It is the calm-screen alternative to reaching for your phone, a case we made at length in our e-paper digital detox post.

Try both screens side by side

Monochrome or colour is a decision best made with your own eyes. Visit our Oakville showroom to compare the Go 7 and Go Color 7 (Gen II) in person, or order online with free shipping across Canada and 30-day returns on new devices.