Update 18th, Not just a new screen: The battery capacity has increased from 6800 mAH to 8000 mAH. Not doubt to counter that 2560 x 1600 display which has to drive more pixels which consumes more power.
Details have leaked out on Taobao / Tmall now about an updated Chuwi HiBook. It’s a HiBook with a better screen, and that’s it. Called the HiBook Pro, the 1920 x 1200 screen has been replaced with a 299 PPI 2560 x 1600 resolution OGS (One Glass Solution) panel which means it’s going to be fully laminated and will have around 350 cd/m2 of brightness.
Sadly the Z8300 remains. I hope the USB ports on the dock have been fixed and will power 2.5″ external HDD’s. My HiBook won’t power any drives. Only from the Type-C port at USB 2.0 Speeds…
Rahil pande
I bought one from aliexpress with docking keyboard for $251.
the build quality is premium.
the screen is just awesome.
it’s head turner for sure.
quite fast with no lag at all
Chris G
Yes the screen is good isn’t it, maybe the best I’ve seen, looks as sharp as my Surface Pro 4’s. Definitely the best on a Chinese tablet.
Дима Романов
Lemme say it.
Actually, more pixels doesnt mean more power consuption. Say, you had bigger pixels and now have number of smaller pixels per square inch, whatever. Your display size didnt change either. Display led has same space it needs to light as it had. CPU power consumption doesnt change alot too, even if it does, display eats 50+% of power from tablet, so cpu ppwer consuption changes are really insignificant to change battery life significantly. It is well known myth, though.
Chris G
Yes, but the GPU has to work harder and consume more power to drive all those pixels.
Akin Atwick
I meant BangGood.. 🙂
Akin Atwick
On Gearbest you can get it for free if you’re lucky! http://deals.banggood.com/deals/edm/topic/HiBookpro0818.html?utmid=963
Cam
I found this for $135 here:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/CHUWI-HiBook-PRO-10-1-Inch-Intel-Atom-X5-Z8300-Tablet-Windows10-Android5-1-4GB-RAM/32708772513.html?spm=2114.13010608.0.55.ka6c7Z
Hopefully its not fake, as I already bought.
Chris G
Must be the first faulty batch at that price.
Marek Risse
have you already checked the screen? can you compare to normal hibook?
Willie Anderson
Any more word on the HiBook Pro? I’ve been wanting a dual-boot tablet with a laminated screen and a Transformer-style keyboard.
Chris G
I’m still waiting for the apparently second batch. The first batch has some slowness due to drivers or something. No idea on when I will get it, it has been ordered at Bangood, they are waiting on new stock.
Annie
Will there be a Chuwi Hi12 Pro?
Chris G
Not sure, I hope so. Would love to see it with 5Y10 or 6Y30 Core M.
Daniel
Hi, Chris,
Vido will release an 12 inch, Z8700 tablet, named W12pro,
12.2 inch IPS, OGS fully laminated screen,
1920*1080;
4GB LPDDR3 RAM,128GB SSD,
5GHz WiFi,bluetooth 4.0,
5、12V-2A,8000mAh,
Type-C/USB 3.0,
2M/5M pixel camera,
Looks pretty good
Andreas Stennert
got a link?
Daniel
http://pad.it168.com/a2016/0519/2645/000002645464.shtml
Daniel
http://pad.it168.com/a2016/0519/2645/000002645457.shtml
Steevenoo .
not an atom but a core m chip according to the manufacturer 😉
vgiozo
I’ve read good things about Vido/Yuandao and my first ever tablet was to be one manufactured by it (parcel got lost though, never received it)
Somehow it has fallen behind at a crucial juncture, I believe, a couple of years ago, by being really late at releasing tablets with the new Intel chips and generally new chips models.
Now it barely gets any coverage.
BUT WHY ON EARTH A 16:9 SCREEN DAMN IT?
Michal
I cannot understand why so many manufacturers drain resolution instead of brightness or contrast or any other tablet spec, especially it is a budget product. 2560 x 1600 will kill Android as you cannot change native resolution. BTW if you want to play anything in Win10 with X5 8300 you have to reduce resolution to HD.
I like ASUS Transformer T100HA idea with HD (only) screen but 500+ nits of brightness.
Instead this 2K they should install 8500 or 8700 SoC, that would be significant difference.
winston smith
I have a teclast with nearly the same resolution and x8300, and no issue. I think it’s more about software implementation than hardware.
Andreas Stennert
How would windows scale on this resolution? I can only imagine trying to hit 1 out of 10 tabs in chrome.
VoYoYo
speed of wifi? if its slow its a no go : (
dlink377
Would you recommend this tablet over other similar priced options, such as Chuwi Hi 12?
Chris G
Well hard to say, if it has fixed USB dock ports and better wifi speeds maybe. The screen should be very decent.
winston smith
None of them if they are Chuwi. Go for Teclast. Better quality control, less worry about bad hardware. With the dual boot hi12, it is now a problem of battery. The tablet shut down by itself when there is 20%-40% battery left, with no apparent reason except the fact a lambda software is running. Before that, with the windows version, it was a [supposedly] bios problem. The tablet simply didn’t charge anymore or boot. The same with Hi8.
You can still have an issue with teclast, but it’s far more rare.
Chuwi sucks.
Michael Halldin
Hi Chris
Any word on the obook 12?
Chris G
Still waiting for it to ship 🙁 Been months since I ordered it. If it’s too long I’ll cancel it.
Steevenoo .
with stylus ?
Daniel
apparently not
Diego Marzorati
for a second I thought it had HI12 screen =(
Andy B
Any word on pricing?
Will you be getting one for review?
Chris G
No idea on the price for us. Looks to be 1299 yuan in China. Around 190 USD. I imagine it will then be about $220 for us from Aliexpress and other retailers. I’ll pick one up if I can, as I really do like OGS displays and hopefully this is a good one.
Daniel
Hi Chris, still Z8300
highwind
https://detail.ju.taobao.com/home.htm?spm=608.7236093.floor12.6.h5hOnj&id=10000022239285&item_id=531243453291&qq-pf-to=pcqq.group
It looks like 900 yuan for the tablet and 299 for they keyboard or 1199 for both together
Hope to see a <200$ pricetag on the resellers – which would be very good If that display is really OGS and USB3 is working as it should
Daniel
In Taobao, 1199 chinese Yuan with keyboard (first 300 orders)