Onda’s Lenovo Yogo 11 clone with its 360-degree hinge piqued my interest enough to get it. Must be made by the same ODM as this design is also sold by Vido as the Vido W11Pro3 and Voyo as the A1 Plus & A1 Plus Ultimate. Those versions even have 4G/LTE, 32-64GB eMMC’s and up to 4GB of RAM.
The spec is low on this Onda oBook, an Atom X5 Z8300, 2GB of Ram, 32GB eMMC, 1080p screen and Wireless N. All in a Yoga clone shell. Unboxing video below:
First impressions:
- Build quality is much better than I expect, Onda can’t have made the shell of it, but some unknown ODM
- Plastic build throughout, but the hinges are metal
- 1080p screen is quite decent, good brightness and viewing angles.
- 32GB eMMC has only 14+GB free on first boot. Unknown brand eMMC, looks to be FORSEE or BIWN (The slow ones)
- Keyboard feels okay, smaller keys, okay travel and layout is okay. Some flex.
- Light & thin for what it is at 1.2 kilos
- High pitch noise emitted from the IPS panel or the motherboard in the keyboard. Not cool!
I’ve only just got hold of the laptop, but its plastics, fit and finish is good, better than expected being an Onda. The hinge works well, it flips around 360 degrees to become a bulky tablet just like the Yoga series of notebooks from Lenovo.
Bit annoyed at the high pitch noise coming from the screen or somewhere around there, I heard about it from OKQI and was told they were like this the first batch and all sent back to Onda. But the second batch wasn’t meant to have it. According to my Aliexpress seller, this was the second batch! V4 of the tablet apparently (Ninth and tenth letter of the serial will tell you the version)
I would really like to see this design with a Core M or even just the more powerful X5 Z8500. An X5 Z8300 feels like a bit of a waste in this housing.More to follow soon…
Stuart
Just incase anyone wants them all the V1-V4 images and drivers can be found here:
http://www.onda.cn/Support/Search.aspx?keyword=obook%2011
they are a bit of pain to download tho as everything is in Chinese
Chris G
Yes you need a Baidu account which is a bit of a pain and their downlaod software.
Stuart
Did you obook 11 arrive with Windows 64bit or 32bit?
mine arrived with 64bit hardware and a 32bit version of windows. It didn’t come with the MS November update installed either.
After about a week the wifi stopped working on my oBook so I reinstalled windows which didn’t fix the issue, I reinstalled the drivers (backed up using double driver before the reinstall) but now I have warnings next to my wifi device in device manager it says… “This device cannot start (code 10)”, i’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers several times. Doe anyone know how I can easily fix this?
after about 2 weeks my power adapter died , i’m using my friends Cube i7 adapter at the moment. Does anyone know where I can buy a replacement power adapter hopefully with a UK plug.
I bought the laptop from GeekBuying, they asked me to take it to a repair shop and they would give me $25 to cover the costs. (this is when I discovered the power adapter issue) the guy checked the power adapter for free. GeekBuying are now saying they will give me $5 towards a new power adapter as it would cost too much for them to send me a new one! and that I should look for one on ebay.
The power adapter specs are:
12v, 3A, 3.5mm x 1.35mm
positive on the inside, negative outside.
Onda do provide some updated images (64bit):
http://www.ondaforum.com/files/file/614-obook11_64bit_20151204part1rar/
http://www.ondaforum.com/files/file/615-obook11_64bit_20151204part2rar/
but i’m not sure if these can be used, it says – only applicable to V4 version
Any ideas on how I can solve all these problems? 🙂
Stu
Chris G
64bit, better off being 32bit as it would have given us more space on the eMMC. My ones the V4 model so it’s got the 64bit image. But does your one have this high pitch noise? Not sure about your driver issue, try my wifi driver in the dump here: http://techtablets.com/onda-obook-11/downloads/
Stuart
How can I tell which version model mine is? my serial number is: POB11BFCV1A00005 not sure how else to tell, do you think the V4 64bit image work on my obook? i’ve tried cycling through the screen brightness’s but I can’t hear any high pitched noises, there is a very slight one at 50% brightness but I have to put my ear very close to the screen to hear it – maybe i’m just getting old and I can’t hear the higher ranges anymore buy my friend couldn’t hear it either. I’ll try your drivers and see if they can fix it otherwise i’m stuck using a wifi dongle.
Stuart
Tried your drivers – but it didn’t like them as they are 64bit drivers and I only have a 32bit OS. I guess I could try downloading windows 10 64bit from MS and then trying your drivers.
Chris G
Look at the 9th and 10th digit on the serial number, yours is a V1. Mines V4 with 64bit, I was told by my seller it was the latest batch which is true, but I was also told it did not suffer from the first batches high pitch noise (It does suffer from this issue!)
Stuart
thanks! so I have a V1, I’ll try downloading the V1 image from the Onda support link and installing the image. If I can find a USB stick that the laptop will read 🙂
Echo
Hi Chris, welcomed by all the Onda oBOOK11 has made 4GB 64GB version. Will be available in a few days. Unfortnately it’s still 8300 chip. Here’s the link if anyone want to check. Price will be 269.99 on 25th Jan. ALiexpress will have an Intel Session. http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Onda-oBook-11-Windows-10-Tablet-PC-11-6-inch-2-in-1-Ultrabook-360-Degree/609719_32597543797.html?aff_platform=link-c-tool&sk=nunaEqbM3%3A&cpt=1453828517276&aff_trace_key=8ae31d0431c04795948386f6e90525dc-1453828517276-01026-nunaEqbM3
Price will be 269.99 on 25th Jan. ALiexpress will have an Intel Session.
Chris G
Thanks Echo, does the laptop still have the high pitch noise issue?
Martin Andersson
Nice that you review more than tablets
Looking at the china sites make me intrested in:
VOYO V3 Intel Cherry Trail X7-Z8700 4K Mini PC Windows10 64Bit 4G/128G 2.4G/5G Dual Band WiFi Gigabit LAN Type-C Bluetooth 4.0
http://www.geekbuying.com/item/VOYO-V3-Intel-Cherry-Trail-X7-Z8700-4K-Mini-PC-Windows10-64Bit-4G-128G-2-4G-5G-Dual-Band-WiFi-Gigabit-LAN-Type-C-Bluetooth-4-0-362092.html
VOYO A1 PLUS Ultimate 4G Version Ultrabook 11.6″ Win10 4GB/64GB Intel Cherry Trail Z8300 Quad Core 1.84GHz IPS 1920*1080 HDMI – Orange
http://www.geekbuying.com/item/VOYO-A1-PLUS-Ultimate-4G-Version-Ultrabook-11-6–Win10-4GB-64GB-Intel-Cherry-Trail-Z8300-Quad-Core-1-84GHz-IPS-1920-1080-HDMI—Orange-360872.html
I also found: Pipo W9S 14.1″ Windows10 2GB/64GB Ultrabook
But VOYO V3 look more intresting machine to me!
Chris G
I’ve ordered a Voyo V3, so I’ll be taking a look at that when it comes.
Martin Andersson
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Rsg
Super! Hope you ordered gray one, can’t wait for the unboxing and review.. it must have pinched to pay that much shipping!!
Chris G
I mean the Voyo V3 mini PC http://techtablets.com/2016/01/voyo-v3-atom-x5-x8700-4gb-ram-and-128gb-emmc-windows-10-pc/ looks like it will be my next download and media pc for my TV.
Rsg
okay. am still stuck between voyo vbook v3 and now grey chuwi hi12 + Keyboard (i really want to see the keyboard) coz both of them will cost me around $400
Eggbert
*piqued*