[rjzzleep]

I have a hisense eink pocket reader(5.84") and it has an eink refresh button. It's hisense's degoogled android(only support chinese and english and some menus have weird grammar).

But what's interesting is that if you hold the extra button it launches into a notes app which has dictation and unlike googles own dictation it does a pretty good job at capturing both chinese and english without needing to switch.

I didn't try it for longer than a couple of sentences, but in general it's an interesting idea. It does have a lot of very nice eink optimizations that other devices don't have.

Contrary to huawei however this device has a snapdragon and allows unlocking the bootloader. There is however no dev community around this device and I don't feel like fixing the headphone amp.

https://goodereader.com/blog/reviews/hisense-touch-music-pla...

[rchaud]

Does this actually fit in your pocket? Front or back?

I have a Kobo Mini with a 5" screen that's perfectly pocketable, but it's on its last legs, and the 2012-era e-ink lag is noticeable.

I have looked at modern options but they're all 6" minimum with a lot of bezel, which means they won't fit.

[goosedragons]

There's a few more obscure Chinese options. Xiaomi has the 5.2" Inkpalm 5 mini. Runs Android but you need to convert it to English yourself. Aliexpress also has random 4.3" eInk devices.

[rjzzleep]

It’s fits well in mine and I’m not a big guy. Also I really like how well and fast it renders normal android apps.