A competitor to the Jumper EZBook 2 has just recently released, the YEPO 737S. It has a very similar spec sheet to the EZBook 2, a 1080p screen (Glossy) An Atom X5 Z8300, 4GB of RAM , wireless N and Windows 10. But a few minor differences, it’s 13.3″ vs the EZbooks 14 inches and has a larger Samsung 128GB eMMC. The battery is smaller at 8,000 mAh. Here’s my first look at the 737S:
Edit: This laptop was returned for a refund. Windows 10 is hacked, no recovery partition so can’t be reset, trouble booting to USB ports from the bios to do a clean Windows install. This shouldn’t be happening. Time to move onto other tech worthy of my time. I cannot recommend this laptop due to the above major issues it has. Better to look at the Jumper EZBook 2 and Chuwi LapBook.
First impressions:
- Windows 10 doesn’t want to activate on my unit…
- The rear is indeed completely made of alloy (This should help thermals)
- 4GB fo RAM is clocked to 1066Mhz only, the Atom X5 Z8300 supports up to 1600Mhz (I’ll see if this can be changed to 1600Mhz without bricking it!)
- Typing experience seems good, about 1.6mm of key travel, some keyboard flex
- The touchpad is large and usable however, not the greatest and loud sounding left and right mouse buttons.
- The screen is a 1080p glossy one, I would have preferred matte like the EZBook 2
- The screen doesn’t seem to display all colors on my desktop wallpaper as if it’s only a cheaper 16-bit panel? Or driver issue.
- The 128GB eMMC is partitioned into a 30GB and 80GB drives. It’s a Samsung eMMC
- The build is plastic, silver paint job to make it look like metal. But the hinge feels solid and the build in general.
- It feels light for the size.
- The speakers distort a bit at full volume and don’t seem to have any visible grill or it’s located around the hinge area
- DC in charging 3A 5 volts.
- The charge time looks to be around 4-5 hours. (using battery bar as an estimate)
At this point if I cannot solve the Windows 10 license issue, I’m not sure I’ll commit any time to fully review this as at this point I don’t see any reason too. (Unless you guys really want a full review of it) It’s currently going for $199 over at Gearbest.
So far after my initial hands-on time with it, its looking like thermals might be better on this 737S, but the larger battery, faster RAM times and activated Windows 10 of the Jumper EZBook 1 makes it look like the better deal still and the best Atom 4GB 1080p laptop/notebook around.