The Boox Palma 2 Pro finally got me to stop reading on my phone
Four hundred dollars is the first thing I'd push back on. A device that exists only to read, when the phone in your pocket already does that and everything else, has to earn the price with something real. For the Palma 2 Pro, the argument is straightforward: E Ink is gentler on your eyes across a long session, and a machine without app store lures means the book actually wins when you pick it up. Plenty of readers have made that case before, but doing it in a phone-sized body changes how often you reach for it.
What I'd want from the full review are details it doesn't spell out up front. Real battery life after a week of daily reading, how the screen holds up scrolling through a dense PDF or a long web article, and whether the 32GB of storage feels like enough. The real test is whether the form factor excuses the cost. I think it might, if the screen quality holds and the distraction-free promise actually sticks.