Happy New Year! A little late I know but, it’s still new years here. With 2016 has now passed, it saw the following changes in the cheaper tablet brands out of China: More OGS screens, Chuwi HiBook Pro for example with a very nice fully laminated 2560 x 1600 screen. More tablets with 8GB of RAM, the Tbook 16 Power, X3 Pro and X5 Pro from Teclast last. And also more Wireless AC modules used in tablets (finally).
So what will 2017 bring from them? I hope more of a push to use fully laminated screens and a move away from Atom tablets and mini pcs. I can see that already happening with the new Apollo Lake tech now starting to appear in the market.
2017 will be a good year for 2-in-1’s the release of the Microsoft Surface Pro 5 which should push the envelope further. Hopefully a new Xiaomi Mi Pad 3 and other tablets from known brands. Mobiles in 2017 will also make the move towards bezel-less designs. Rekindled in 2016 with the release of the Xiaomi Mi Mix.
And also some changes to the TechTablets YouTube channel, the move to a new studio I’m now recording all the reviews and unboxing videos in. And plenty of up and coming tablets, mini pcs, mobiles and other tech to review. So I hope you stick with the site and I’m looking forward to a great 2017.
And now and then on the Twitter account, I let you guys vote on what I should focus on next like the below:
What vid next?
— TechTablets (@TechTabletscom) January 1, 2017
Will 2017 finally see the release of a tablet a lot of us are after?
- 3:2 ratio fully laminated screen with stylus support
- 4GB or 8GB RAM option
- 128GB or 256GB option (Replaceable SSD drives)
- Dual OS Windows 10 with Android 6.0+ or Remix OS 3.0+
- Apollo Lake N4200 or Core M3 Kaby Lake
- Wireless AC
- Full-sized USB ports on the tablet itself
- USB 3.1 Type-C
- Transformer dock
- Larger battery capacity with minimum 7 hours battery life
- Premium thin unibody design.
- Competitively priced.
Manufacturer’s please take note!