WEXLER.Flex ONE: a flexible screen reader

The name of Wexler may not sound too much for us (or maybe yes, you never know), unless we are fans of Argentine soap operas or the music press; but maybe, just maybe, maybe now we dare to look a little at what this brand can offer us.

And why might we be interested browse the Wexler website? Maybe it will be nothing, maybe it is not the bomb, but this young Russian company, created in 2008, presented us last April the first electronic reader of the world that incorporates flexible screen.

Moment Wexler products are sold in Russia (where they claim to have a market share of around 35%), as well as in the Commonwealth of Independent States and some European countries, although they plan to expand to the rest of the world throughout 2013.

As I said, this reader came out in April, but we may be interested in taking a look at the gifts of kings that we have pending. Come on, just kidding, I actually check it out because it inspires me lot curiosity; If I stop to think, it is not easy to acquire and its price is not particularly interesting either (it ranges between 300 and 330 USD), so I will not put the Three Kings before the problem of having to locate it.

Características técnicas:

• Screen of 6 ″ electronic ink, made of plastic material, with a resolution of 1024 × 768 and 16 gray levels.
• Storage of 8GB.
• Supported formats: ePUB, PDF, FB2, TXT, DOC, among others.
• Connection microUSB.
• Battery with a duration of up to 2 weeks (we already know that this depends on the use that is given).
• Size 151х134х4mm.
• Weight : 110g.
• Available Various colors: black, gray, pink, blue and purple.
• La housing It is made of Grilamid TR90 (a type of resistant polyamide and especially suitable for the type of housing that this reader needs).

The box includes microUSB cable, power adapter, holster (missing on other models), and quick start guide.

If we rely only on these technical characteristics, surely we can think of a few very similar readers and even higher, but none of them have a flexible screen. It is not essential, but it is the most interesting (and novel) that this reader offers.

As the flexible screen is the newest thing that the reader provides, we will see what advantages can it bring (As always, from my point of view, yours can be very different):

• Does not scratch. Well, sure it can be scratched a little, but it will be much less delicate in that regard than a traditional reader with a glass screen.
• La Screen resolution It's 1024x768, which puts it on the same level as the HD displays carried by the latest readers from Kindle, Onyx Boox, Kobo, and other prominent brands.
• Es more comfortable to carry than a conventional reader, since it conforms to the holes in which we put it (bag, pocket, folder, even the suitcase).
• Su weight is lower than the PRS-T1 and PRS-T2 (readers that boast of their lightness), which makes it very suitable for trips, whether they are long commutes or simply reading on the subway on a daily basis.
• This is not from the screen, but the Storage capacity and the fact of being multiformat plates they are also very interesting aspects.

We have seen the potential benefits of the flexible display, now the general reader disadvantages:

• Unable to expand storage by means of cards (given the capacity of the reader, it is a lesser evil).
• El price it is a great disadvantage, especially since there are many readers on the market with more features at lower prices.
• La battery duration, of only two weeks compared to the four, six and even eight that other readers offer.
• No Wi-Fi connection (and much less 3G), so, as it does not have a card, the only possibility to pass books to it is through the microUSB cable.
• El screen step it's a little slow, and the soda has a black screen which, in the long run, can be annoying.

As I said at the beginning, the reader as it is is curious, but not very interesting except as a whim and for a similar price we even have 9,7 ″ readers like the Onyx Boox M92 (or its clone the Tagus Magno) that offer us many more possibilities.

However, we cannot rule out that the development of flexible display technology turn it into something interesting in the more or less near future.

Here you have a unboxing of Goodereader that I hope you find interesting.

More information - Onyx Boox M92 review

Source - Wexler.Flex One, Goodreader