I don’t think anyone could have predicted the kind of viral hit the original Boox Palma would be for a certain subset of E Ink fans and smartphone haters. Boox has been releasing Android-based E Ink tablets for years at this point, but offering many of the same features in a smartphone-sized device captured the imagination in an entirely new way. It helped that it arrived in 2024 alongside a growing interest in less distracting alternatives to the smartphone, but the device was a hit all the same, which naturally led many to wonder how Boox would follow it up.
