Used BOOX Go Series

Used BOOX Go Series

The usual problem with the Go Series is the step up. You want the 7-inch for the page-turn buttons, but the 6-inch is cheaper. You want the 10.3-inch for PDFs, but it’s a different budget entirely.

Buying pre-owned closes that gap. A used Go 10.3 often costs less than a new Go 7 so instead of compromising on size, you get the device that suits how you actually read.

Every unit is tested and graded before listing

Nothing goes up for sale until it’s been through the same process. On every device we check:

• Screen — scratches, marks, dead pixels, ghosting behaviour
• Touch and stylus response across the full display
• Front light — brightness and colour temperature across the range
• Battery health, tested against original capacity
• Buttons, ports and charging — including physical page-turn buttons on models that have them
• Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and audio
• Full factory reset and current firmware

Your rights buying used in New Zealand

Second-hand goods bought from a retailer are covered by the Consumer Guarantees Act, which requires them to be of acceptable quality given their age, price and stated condition. That’s the practical difference between buying here and buying from a private seller.

Which Go model suits you

All four share the same foundations: E Ink displays, Android with full Google Play access, and battery life measured in days rather than hours. What differs is size and size is what should decide your choice.

Go 6 — the pocket one

A 6-inch reader that disappears into a bag or a large pocket. Text reflows to fit, so you lose nothing but page turns. If you read novels and nothing else, this is all the device you need and used, it’s the cheapest way into E Ink properly.

Go 7 — the balanced one

The extra inch matters more than it sounds, and the physical page-turn buttons are the feature people don’t know they want until they’ve used them. One-handed reading without touching the screen, which matters in bed and on a bus. Adds stylus support, microSD and Bluetooth audio for audiobooks.

Go Color 7 — the one for pictures

Kaleido 3 colour, 4,096 colours, 300 PPI in mono and 150 PPI in colour. Genuinely useful for manga, comics, magazines and illustrated textbooks.

Honest note: colour E Ink is dimmer than monochrome and uses more front light. If you read prose, the mono Go 7 is the better screen. Buy colour because you read pictures, not because colour sounds better.

Go 10.3 — the working one

10.3 inches shows an A4 page at close to native size, which changes PDF reading from an exercise in zooming into something you’d do voluntarily. Split-screen, proper handwriting, and enough room to annotate in the margin.

This is the model where buying used makes the biggest difference to your budget.

What all of them do

• Android with Google Play — Kindle, Kobo, Libby, Everand, OneNote, Office, Google Drive and Dropbox all install normally. You’re not locked to one bookstore.
• Format support — PDF, EPUB, MOBI, DOCX, TXT, CBR, CBZ and more.
• Days of battery, because E Ink only draws power when the image changes.
• Sunlight readable, and easier to read the brighter it gets.
• Cloud sync for notes and documents.

Who it suits

• Readers who’ve decided a phone isn’t working for them
• Students annotating course PDFs — the Go 10.3 in particular
• Commuters reading in short windows
• Manga and comic readers — Go Color 7
• Writers and researchers who want handwriting alongside reading
• Anyone testing whether E Ink suits them before spending new-device money

Honest positioning: if you mainly read A4 PDFs, don’t buy a 7-inch to save money you’ll be zooming through every page and you won’t use it. Buy a used 10.3 instead. That’s usually the better version of the same budget.

Why used, and why from us

• Tested and graded, not sold as seen
• Consumer Guarantees Act cover, unlike a private sale
• Factory reset and firmware updated before dispatch
• NZ-based support if something isn’t right
• A used 10.3 often costs less than a new 7 — the real argument for buying pre-owned
• Keeps a working device in use instead of manufacturing another