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Jumper EBook 3 Pro Wireless AC Version With M.2 SSD Slot (Now Shipping)

Jumper EBook 3 Pro Wireless AC Version With M.2 SSD Slot (Now Shipping)

Update: 28th June. Gearbest just informed me via email that my EZBook 3 Pro Dual Band version just shipped and I have the tracking number and everything. This was ordered on the 13th, my 17th order has yet to ship so it’s first in, first served.

Update:  Jumper’s official store is now selling this model called the EZBook 3 Pro (version 3) with Wireless AC and SSD slot. As we know version one is the first model with wireless N, no SSD slot, version 2 (One I reviewed) has the SSD slot and wireless N. And this new version 3 with the SSD and Wifi AC. Interesting to note that only the gold version is up for sale. No silver version, clearly GB bought all the stock.

 

Edit: I asked GB support when will my EZBook 3 Pro dual-band wireless AC ship and I was told that on the 25th they will have 600 units. So add a few days for shipping etc, looks like a two-week wait before it ships!

The Jumper EZBook 3 Pro is easily one of the best Apollo Lake laptop’s I’ve reviewed, just one issue. Single band RealTek wireless N. But it seems Jumper listened and have now got a Wireless AC model coming. Thanks to sportnok for pointing this out. At first, I thought it must be a listing error by Gearbest, which wouldn’t be the first time.

They say it does have an M.2 slot. Use this print screen if later we have issues.

But they confirmed in the Q&A section two things, it is indeed Wireless AC and it has the M.2 SSD slot. It’s priced at $219 and there are only 30 units left it you believe the stats. Not messing around, I ordered one as I really do need the wireless AC .I’ll sell my EZBook 3 Pro and replace it with this one.

Yes, I do buy my review units.  And got it for $194 using up some of my points saved up from other orders… So a great deal for the spec.

The listing is here. $219 if it does ship is quite the deal for what you get, full metal slim build, 6GB of RAM, SSD slot, two USB 3.0 ports, 13.3 1080p IPS, 64GB eMMC 5.0 and the Celeron N3450. My EZbook 3 Pro review is below, exactly the same laptop but with only Wireless N.

If Gearbest cancels, refunds or ships my order I’ll keep you posted. I hope it’s not a long wait and they have stock.

Video tech reviewer and tech blogger. I have a huge interest in the latest tech, tablets, laptops, mobiles, drones, and even e-scooters. Active in the tech community since 2008 days of the Omnia i900 Windows phone. Samsungi8910omnia.com, Samsunggalaxysforums.com founder from way back.

154 Comments

  1. Presale of the EZB 3 Plus (with m3-7Y30) begun on Gearbest, ships after Aug 12:
    http://www.gearbest.com/laptops/pp_654248.html

  2. Try code EZBOOKPIT at gearbest, it may let you buy it for $220. Doesn’t seem to work for UK but might do for other locations.

  3. Got mine today. Definitely has ac wifi(intel3165) not taken the back off yet to check M.2 Ssd. Everything else is the same except the F12 key says ‘scroll lock’ rather than a symbol. The touchpad is the same as my version 2, maybe a very marginal improvement, perhaps it’s just wishful thinking. For 2 finger scrolling, keeping one finger touching the pad and moving just one other still works fine. The screen position is good and the silver surrounding the camera is perfect.

    • Good to hear, Intel 3165 isn’t a bad chipset. So much better than the old Realtek Wireless N and single antenna! I hope to have mine soon, looks like next week.

      • Just tested with crystal mark, as reported by someone else, the drive is slower than the previous Toshiba eMMC.
        Seq Q32 69 read/27 write
        4K Q32 11 read/ 3 write
        seq 64 read/ 39 write
        4K 6 read / 2.6 write

        My version 2 Ezbook 3 Pro(M.2 slot but no ac wifi)
        Seq Q32 143 read/60 write
        4K Q32 19 read/ 17 write
        seq 262 read/ 71 write
        4K 6 read / 12 write

        • Your speeds are about the same as mine (NCard = BWIN eMMC 4.5’s in my experience). I’m not too worried since I just put my SSD in it. And that 64GB is now extra storage for me.

  4. Odd my DHL pack with the Jumper EZBook 3 Pro hasn’t been collected yet since Monday, wonder what’s up with that? So looking like I will get my hands on the EZBook 3 Pro dual band now Monday or Tuesday.

    • Changed the shipping method in my order (from Italy Express to DHL) and now the status is “packed”. How long does it take from packed status to shipped status?

      • For me it showed packed, then the next day I had the DHL number. But it has yet to be collected by DHL since Monday according to the tracking info! So I will not have it this week, maybe Monday or Tuesday if it finally leaves tomorrow.

    • My tracking status with DHL stayed at “shipping information received” up until it became “out for delivery” yesterday. Seemed strange to me, since there were obviously other steps between when GB sent them the shipping info and DHL delivered it.

  5. I’ve got the same message on the tracking page:
    “Advice Note Without Receipt Of Goods”

    Doesn’t sound too good, i’m a bit worried now.

    • Sounds like they have been advised to pick up but the goods aren’t ready? Like my DHL Jumper EZBook 3 Pro, got the tracking number on Monday but still hasn’t been collected by DHL.

      • It’s already been shipped to the UK which is how they ship Germany priority mail. But after it arrived in the UK (according to tracking) the next status is ‘advice Note Without Receipt Of Goods’ which is odd.

    • Yes. Me too. CS hasn’t been helpful either – after I queried a second time just told me to wait and that they are not sure what this means…

    • You can see whether it’s been picked up by hermes if you go to hermes tracking btw. Mine still says hasn’t been picked up yet.

    • Mine is on route now via Hermes. Hope to have to have it tomorrow.

      • Great, mine just finally left China the DHL order. I’ll have it on Monday for a quick wifi and eMMC test video. Also, see if the average touchpad improved or not.

  6. Mine was out for delivery today but I was out when they tried.. That was using their normal postage to UK using Yodel, so pretty quick.

    • Hope you get it today and report back how it is and M.2 slot? Mine is still in China, DHL stats is still not showing it was picked up. My first one with PostNL is on the way.

  7. My ezbook 3 pro was delivered earlier today by DHL. Haven’t done anything other than take it out of the box and turn it on so far. Will have more time to mess with it tonight hopefully. Was going to get it started doing updates while i’m at work, noticed that the update service was disabled, seems strange. Just enabled it and it’s currently downloading some updates. Was having some weird trackpad issues but uninstalled the touchpad blocker software and it seems to be performing slightly better. I see there is a driver update that may make things better or worse, we shall see. Overall, build quality, screen and keyboard seem great. Coworkers were amazed when i told them I got it for $219.99 US! Can confirm AC wifi adapter, haven’t been able to remove the back to look for the M.2 slot yet.

    • Should note that I cannot confirm AC speeds, as we don’t have an AC router and our internet caps out around 50 mbps currently.

    • I received mine yesterday too here in Australia. It’s really nice actually – except as everyone has noted – the trackpad. I can get used to it, but it’s not great tbh. Also for some reason my eMMC drive seems slow. 85 MB/s sequential read and 61 MB/s write on CristalDiskMark. I wonder if I have all the drivers and bios set up correctly. I had to reset windows (not reinstall) but thought that should preserve all the drivers.

      • Factory reset restores the factory image with drivers intact. Try uninstalling the touchpad blocker and see if it improves the touchpad a little. I use a mouse mostly so doesn’t bother me that much, but for $219 for that laptop it’s still a great deal. Adding an M.2 SSD is recommended if you want the best performance.

        • What’s the recommended method to move the Windows install (or re-install but keep the licence) from the eMMC to a SSD?

          • I would really like to know this too. If someone could make a tutorial (preferably for dummies) or point me in the direction of one, that would be great!

    • I had exactly the same, windows update service was off. Easy to turn back on but had to Google it!!

  8. Does anyone know what ‘Advice Note Without Receipt Of Goods’ means? GB CS just send a prescripted response after I queried it.

  9. Any idea when the silver dual band version will go back in stock? Dying to get one!!

  10. I just received mine this afternoon. I can confirm it has AC wifi. Thanks for the great review.

    • Great you got it, maybe the first Wifi AC owner? Can you confirm it has an M.2 slot for us all? I hope to have mine on Friday, if not Monday.

      • Hi Chris, mine arrived today (only took 36 hours from leaving Hong Kong to my door in Australia – really fast postage once GearBest actually ship it out)

        Can confirm it has the AC wireless card and an M.2 slot (will email you some pics). Can also confirm the touchpad is as bad as the first version, a bit disappointing. Other than that the build quality is still A+.

        • Yes, they are fast once it finally ships. Glad it definitely has the M.2. I was 99% sure of it anyway, as the official store on Aliexpress told me it was, all version 3 units (This one) have Wifi AC and M.2. Shame about the touchpad, oh well otherwise really great for the price. Also, try disabling that touchpad blocker application as it helps improve the touchpad a little. I’ll stick to a mouse on mine.

    • Oh and how is the touchpad? Is it still quite poor or at best average?

      • I haven’t had the chance to open up the back yet to check for M.2, I can say I am very impressed with this little computer. Fit and finish seem to be the same as in your review (as I expected).

        I don’t have the other version of the EZbook 3 to compare as this is my first ever device from China, but I will say the touchpad seems average at best. Certainly not as good as a Surface. It’s serviceable for light use, but the experience with a mouse is preferable. Other than the lack of a print screen button, no complaints with the keyboard.

        I should say I live in Canada, I’m not sure if that had any impact on delivery.

        • Yes for the price it’s the current champ, great build, decent yet not perfect screen. Good keyboard, battery life is also good. You get a lot for $219. Not to worry, I will check for the M.2 slot when mine arrives Friday or Monday.

        • As a fellow Canadian how much did it end up costing? What were the taxes/duty like, if there were any?

          • The total cost for me was $322 CDN, including customs fees which were just over $20.

            • That’s not too bad! Ordered one today at ~$350 CAD from Gearbest. If it ships I bet it will be around $410 all in. Wish I got in on the $219USD sale.

  11. 17th of June order just announced as shipped out – expect to arrive in 2 weeks via London/UK
    … Shipping from London to Germany is a nightmare or there must be a hole in the ocean cause this short distances takes 7 to 10 days for 600km.

    My other order from the same day was an entry drone in stock, NOT in presale, but 3rd announcement of delay until 12-19.th of July.
    Do not cancel cause price went up 30% like ezb 3 Pro … from 90€ to 120€ for wltoys q393a fpv copter.
    And I hope Chris will get his commission for all my orders there but I assume tracking is worse cause last week I used a referral of my brother and he didn’t get any rewards either. Ordered it from a complete new phone and new account.

    All the best for your jumper ezb 3 pro orders and shippings. Can’t wait to get it and to see the review of its upcoming
    successor ezb 3 Plus …

    • The affiliate links only seem to track every 1 in 3 sales. They rig it so they always win, all of these Chinese sites do so it’s a bit of a scam. I did a test with a friend and then also my brother and the sale wasn’t reported. But at least some are and it helps pay bills I have running this site.

      I’ll have my DHL order Friday or Monday and the first 13th ordered unit is somewhere between China and here. I decided the DHL order to get it quick as I sold my version 2 one. DHL shipping was also free, but I’ll have to pay taxes on arrival.

      There will be a short video of it once it arrives. Just to check wifi speeds and M.2 slot performance etc. And if they improved the touchpad in the latest version.

  12. Just received a message from Gearbest stating that they can’t supply the Notebook and have offered me a refund.

    • Same to me this morning PAPPACLART. How did you answer to them?

    • That’s rubbish! My second order also shipped this one DHL for the site. Tell them you know they have stock as people have confirmation theirs shipped. I don’t understand their CS at the best of times. if it wasn’t for the price you could just get the refund and go with Aliexpress Jumper Store, but it’s like 80 USD more.

      • It was the shipment method I choose that they cannot manage anymore. I changed shipment method to DHL and they will probably ship it now…

  13. Just received a message from DHL with a link to pay customs and taxes upfront. I hope the extra 23 EUR is worth it. Delivery is planned in 2 days.

    • 23 euros. I will have to pay much more than that. Spanish DHL fees are getting ridiculous. Just the other week I paid 83 euros on a $200 USD mobile! Let us know if it has the M.2 slot when you get it if possible, I won’t have mine until the end of the week I think.

      • OK, will do if I get the chance.
        The 23 is probably based on the value mentioned on the invoice: 100usd. But indeed, it looks like EU customs are checking more than before. I can remember only one occasion in my ordering history, compared to already 2 this year.

  14. Still waiting for mine. And still showing as ‘processing’.

    • Same for my 17th order. 13th one shipped. But not the one 4 days later. Seems it’s first in first served, just going to have to wait a bit more.

    • Same here

      • My order from 18th June just changed from processing to dispatched 🙂

  15. Can you fit 256gb m2sdd on this? Seems like gearbest/banggood are listing the m2ssd slot supports up to 128gb only?

    • Not sure why they say that 2242 there are up to 512GB SSD. I ran my 256GB Transcend in mine.

  16. Any word on incoming flash sales or coupons?

    • I keep checking but nothing yet it seems. If I find something or you do, please let us know.

      • I’m new to gearbest, probably wouldn’t know any new promo if there’s one. Hopefully there’s flash sale/coupon soon

        • I wouldn’t expect too much if any cause as Chris had mentioned before its out of production due to its upcoming successor ezb 3 plus with i3 + 8 GB +128GB + 14,1 instead of 13,3 display.

          • Not out of production at all, Gearbest was getting confused. Just ask Aliexpress Jumper Official Store. version 1, version 2 are no longer being made. because it’s all the new M.2 and Wifi AC model. The Jumper EZBook 3 Plus is a separate machine altogether, 14.1″ and Core M3. I hope to order that one as soon as it’s released on Aliexpress on the Jumper store.

    • I found this one: EZBOOKM It drops the price to $249

  17. I just got my tracking number earlier this morning 🙂

  18. As of this morning, my shipping status has changed to “Packed.”

    • Same here. My June 13th on is status “packed” and my 17th order is still “Processing”. Hopefully tomorrow it ships out.

    • but that would mean they had shipped out in time or as announced cause it had been a pressle and your order had been 4 days earlier than mine and my shipping is about 7days later.

      Not good, but not so bad as it felt due 3 mails announcing new delays.

  19. We’re on june 23rd and no shipments yet from GB….I really don’t believe they’ll gonna ship my ezbook 3 pro

  20. Hello Chris, Jumper will launch a new update of this model with better processor, more RAM and greater storage capacity, the new model is the Jumper Ezbook 3 Plus, is not yet for sale but the information is now available on Gearbest
    http://www.gearbest.com/laptops/pp_654248.html

    • Thank you for the update Ricardo!

      Oh my, that one looks really good if the price is right.

      Isn’t that exactly what we predicted like a week ago, Chris :D?

      8 GB of RAM, brand new core m 2017, wireless ac, 9600mah battery. Now if that is a metal build and also has a decent build Quality and appealing Screen, I’m sold on this.

      Still, a bit weird and confusing that Jumper recently released so many different Version: pro, S, the regular EZbook, and now the plus.

      Seems like they really gained some market share and long for more now. Really amazing step Forward considering that one year ago we “only” had the EzBook 2 with quite some different specs on it, and I already enjoyed that one 🙂

      Would be really lovely if you can get a unit in for Review, Chris.

      • Yes, I predicted soon that Chuwi or Jumper would release Core M3 laptops, was just a matter of time really and easy to see them move to Core M3 laptops. Next up will be Chuwi’s one! Looks good alright, if of course, the price is right. Doesn’t seem much different to the EZBook 3 Pro. But it now has a Core M3, 8GB and 128GB SSD, rest of it seems exactly the same style? Not bad, also 14.1 inches so it means a different screen.

  21. Gearbest just posted an answer yesterday to someone inquiring when delivery would be, that the Jumping EZBook 3 PRO has been discontinued, and no stock will be forthcoming. Go to the bottom of the Gearbest page for this computer, and read the latest Q&A

    • noticed that too. I hope that’s an error and the rep was referring to the gen 1 or 2 which is probably now showing as discontinued to make way for this dual band version. especially since GB just launched a new “email only” flash sale today dropping the price back down to 219. That would be a strange way to discontinue a product!

      • Yes, they must be talking about the Jumper EZbook 3 Pro version one being discontinued. makes since they would switch to just selling only the version 3 one with M.2 and Wireless AC.

      • Where/how can I get the computer at $219. Would love to get this laptop but am not familiar with GB at all!

        • Unfortunately, it was one of their flash sales. With GB you have to wait to find either a good coupon or a flash sale to get the best prices from them. If I see it on sale again or a decent coupon I might post it with a deals post later on. But for now, it’s just a matter of waiting. None of the $219 units have even shipped yet. Maybe next week they will.

          • Is there a way to subscribe to get notified for the flash sales? I’ve been checking each day and it has always been the same price.

          • My latest response from the customer service to the shipping question is:

            “Due to the items you ordered are a hot sale and there have been significant supply issues with the manufacturer.
            Unfortunately, there has been a slight delay in receiving stock from our supplier. We’re extremely sorry for the situation which is outside our control and our teams are working hard to resolve the issue. ”

            They’ve offered me the option of waiting 5-10 days or choosing another item instead. I can wait 10 days but later than that and I’ll be considering asking them to cancel it and refund my money.

        • Patrick, try this link: http://www.gearbest.com/laptops/pp_647765.html

          It has intermittently shown a $219 email only sale for me today. Which is weird because it’s just what shows up when I click the link from my order email that I received the other day. Hope it works for you!

          • Thanks! Doesn’t seem to want to work for me but I will keep trying!

          • hmmm strange. it must be pulling that price out of my computer’s cache or something. When I go to it in an incognito window it shows the full price but if I just click on it like normal it shows me an “email sale” at $219. Go to GB and create an account, they’ll start emailing you deals and the next time a flash sale pops up, you can jump on it. Or try my link again once you have an account and are logged in and see if the special changes.

  22. ATTENTION – BANGGOOD CHEAT DJI SPARK

    Just got a newsletter – DJI spark
    https://www.banggood.com/collection-3691.html?utm_design=78&utm_source=emarsys&utm_medium=Mail_mailad294_german&utm_campaign=newsletter-emarsys&utm_content=Winna&sc_src=email_2436013&sc_eh=74f0833eff807aa21&sc_llid=134148&sc_lid=97338874&sc_uid=DFl21BGXOH

    448€ for DJI Spark

    If you click on that link the product page will load and load and change prices three times to confuse you and end with 484€

    They try to fool you 448 to 484 is plus 36€

    I hate that kidding , fooling, cheating.
    If they would do that in germany they would loose their licence to sell by court decision and wozld have to pay up to 250.000€ fine for each item sold after court decision.

    So be carefull cause it’s easiky overseen this changing of digits like 339 to 393 … and 448 to 484 is hard to identify cause I decided to click after I had thought below 450€ …
    And that’s why I got behind it.
    The offer is a cheat cause you can reproduce the behaviour on different systems.

    Good luck!

  23. BE CAREFUL GUYS!!! I checked the item page and they’re startinga gain playing the game of shifting the dispatch date day after day. Same thing that happened to me with my first order and got a refund after almost 2 monts of postponing the dispatch date. They add to the dispatch date 1 or 2 days later day after day. Today we arrived to a dispatch date of July 8th. Yesterday we were at July 6th and so on….this is at the edge of legality from gearbest in my opinion.

    • The better not shift it out so far. I’m certainly not waiting that long. That’s rubbish, so what to do wait a few weeks if not, just pay $60 more for the model from the Aliexpress Jumper store and put up with it being in gold?

      • The gold is ugly. I’ll wait definitly for silver. If I have to sell it in 8-12 month I don’t wanna sell the gold version cause nearly no domestic wants gold versions and then you attract buyers or bidders with many stupid questions that finally don’t pay. I made my experience once – never again gold, even if it is cheaper. My MiMax 2 comes in gold but with black case and white front.

        I asked them today and they said that my MiMax 2 ordered on same day has crossed chinese borders and will arrive in 5 days by Hermes so they deliver in time and they announced shipping of Ezbook 3 pro silver in 3 – 10 days with a possible delay of a few days and asked me if I want to wait.

        I’ll ask them again friday in a week and I’ll let you know if shipped or not.

        • Gold isn’t great for resale I agree with you on that one! Keep us posted on when your EZBook 3 Pro ships and I’ll also post as soon as mine does. Looks like in 10 days or so.

    • I’m sure GB does do some less than ideal things with their shipping, likely due to selling items before they have them in stock. That being said, I don’t think it’s fair to go to their current item page and say they’re pushing out delivery date based on the ship date on there. That shipping estimate is based on the assumption that you are a new person potentially buying one today, so they’re saying yours would then ship in July 8th or whatever. It would not make sense for them to keep the ship date the same, especially given that they’ve likely already sold their entire stock to people like us during the flash sale and any new orders (at this higher price) will probably have to wait for a new allocation to come in. I’d bet that logistically they are trying to keep their warehouse space to a minimum and it’s probably easier for them to let Jumper sell them just what they need so they can turn around and sell it all without it sitting around. Too bad to hear they had you waiting 2 months last time though, that is really lame. Unfortunately I bet that’s commonplace with first run new products. hopefully by gen 3 they have this down!

      • Dear BAMxi I really would be happy if you were right but unfortunately it is not like you say. Just heared from GB chat that the dispatch date, also for orders placed in the past is the one diaplayed on the item page, so the date will shift forward day after day. This may cause a refund after some weeks (or months), just like happened to me with my first order of this item

        • That’s crap, if it’s too long the wait I will just cancel it, get the refund and then get the EZBook 3 Plus Core M3 14.1 version.

    • That sale last week had been a presale and they mentioned from the beginning a shipping date end June early July
      I asked them today and got a reply that said they will ship it now in 3 to 10 days so they’ll be in time.

      Let’s wait and see
      “don’t paint the devil on the wall2 a german saying.

      And: if you are familiar with buying items from china you might be aware that this is the total opposite of a domestic european shipping with all its imponderabilities like tax/duty declaration . Last week an item from November 2016 arrived.

      Life is like a chocolate box – you never know what you will get.

  24. FYI I asked gearbest when it will dispatch. I got this answer, “Ships between Jun 30 – Jul 5” If it doesn’t ship that week I will cancel and get a refund. Their prices might be really good, but they can take weeks and weeks to dispatch. My guess is they get the sales first, then order the stock from Jumper. They really DONT have it in stock at all. This is a shit way to do business for us customers.

    • I think that younare right

    • Mostly likely they do that, get the orders, then bulk place them with Jumper for a big discounted rate. So could be a long wait to get it. I hope it’s not going to take a month.

    • They announced that shipping date about a week ago 11.6.2017 with that 219$ price tag and that ended sunday evening 6 pm
      I had thought midnight so I had been too late at 9pm for a second order in silver.

      Price went up to 278€ …

  25. 195 euros, wireless AC, metal build, USB ports, 6GB of RAM and M.2! This is the best deal yet. I’m sold LOL! Just ordered one now 212 units stock left, did it increase? See for yourself http://www.gearbest.com/laptops/pp_647765.html?lkid=10839382 I was going to get the Lapbook 12.3, now I will have the EZBook 3 Pro dual band and Hi12 as my tablet. I hope it ships next week I hate waiting.

  26. I have just ordered from the same batch. Looks like a steal but will wait and see. I plan to use it for web design as I have been working on a 11 inch Vaio Pro which has served me well despite the very small screen. I will eventually probably get a XPS 13/15 but it’s hard to justify paying the premium when these Chinese laptops are so cheap while being very good. Same with the phones too out of China. Soon we will see more flagship killers at half the price.

    • Wait and see if it really has the M.2 SSD bay, I hope so. But yes for the price it’s quite a steal.

  27. Hi Chris

    Thanks for your review. Can you help with which model has the M2 slot? Checking the Gearbest site they say that the dual band version doesn’t have it, and it doesn’t look like it’s on the other either. Was this limited to a few units only perhaps?

    • Gearbest did say the dual band wifi version has a M.2 slot.

      • They told me the same. I bought the exact same version as you did.
        But their FAQ answers are confusing as hell. They are basically confirming NO SSD slot.

        • Crap, I hope it has it or I won’t be happy.

          • I have good news!
            Kind of went ahead and sent them a not-so-polite FAQ question:

            Question:
            Are you guys fcking idiots? Product description says “supports SSD expand”, and your answers on the FAQ says otherwise. Choose one!

            Reply:
            Hello Wahed,
            The item supports SSD expand.

        • Lol nice one Wahed!! So that confirms it it is with M.2 SSD, I think the stupid CS reps are getting confused with the non M.2 SSD version. But saying that *IF* I don’t get my M.2 I’m demanding a refund or they send me the PCB and cabel to add it!! Only reason I got his instead of the Lapbook 14.1 is it’s cheaper, but the same spec and 2GB more RAM + metal build. Gonna be pissed off if it’s only 64GB, not enough space for me.

          • Looks like someone went through and deleted all of the “does not support SSD” comments today, as there are way fewer questions now. One rep apologized for the confusion and several have confirmed SSD Slot. I think someone with limited product knowledge manned the keyboard for a while there and probably put off a few people from buying (not that GB really cared since they probably oversold what they are getting from Jumper anyway). I’d say based on this and Chris’ discovery on the official store, we’re looking at the version 3 builds with both AC and M.2 SSD, which sounds like a great deal @ $219 US

        • Slot can be misunderstood as I did cause you mean simply the availability of a slot to connect to or an additional connectivity but they could have understood “backdoor slot” without opening the case by unscrewing 10 screws.

          I got the same answer “No SSD slot” but then I asked them via Mail showing the open back and m.2 slot and then they suddenly understood what went wrong.

  28. Wow, for the price of currently below 200€ (195€ right now on flash sale), I’d prefer this over the Lapbook 12.3.

    Full metal build, 6 GB RAM, Dual Band Wifi and decent battery life? Not bad at all.

    If I wouldn’t be so happy still with my Lapbook 14.1, I’d get this one instead for sure.

    • Lapbook 14.1 is still a nice laptop, just the metal build of the EZBook 3 Pro is nicer, but the lapbook 14.1’s screen is much better I find.

      • True, I just watched your review again where you also mentioned that the screen was more towards the cold bluish side. Yeah, I will definitely stick to my Lapbook for now, no big reason to change it.

        I think we might be seeing Chinese Laptops with 8GB of RAM and core m3s in the near future.
        That could be the next step of evolution, or we will just see more of the Apollo Lakes.

        Anyways, what you can get out of China for less than 200 USD is still sheer incredible to me, considering similar prices for machines in Europe with literally half the specs or even still Cherry Trails.

  29. another funny laptop from China, shame that one could not find it at GB, BG and AE
    https://product.suning.com/0000000000/617956067.html

    • Nice spec for the price, that brand name! “Ifunk”

      • really cheap for the specs, and the name is quite strange

    • wow. all that for cny 1999. i am very interested to buy it, but there are not much review on the product, the only review probably the one got free unit to review.

      cny 1999 for m3 and 8gb ram is still so tempting though.

      • But I see no way of getting one. Not listed on any online stores. But great price for the spec!

  30. Hallo
    Can we be sure, that we can use a ssd?
    They give different answers (Wath dos it mean??):
    No2:
    By airwhite Jun-14/2017 08:06:04

    Question:
    Hello. Does this model’s dual band model have m.2 ssd slot?

    Reply:

    Hello airwhite,

    It does not have m.2 ssd slot.

    No2:
    By Alejandro Jun-13/2017 04:06:06

    Question:
    Hello, a buyer says that it does not carry m.2 and you say that it carries m.2.Could you confirm if you have port m.2?

    Reply:

    Hello Alejandro,
    Thanks for your inquiry.

    There is Hard Disk Interface Type: M.2

    Thanke you if you coud understand it.

    MFG Jochen

    • yea i saw their Q and A too. Completely different answers. Sometimes they say it has an m2 slot, other times they insist it doesnt.

      • Well, I’m going to add a print screen of the comments to the post where they confirm it so if mine arrives without it I will show them is and get them to fix it!

    • They misunderstand slot.

      If they answer no they had understood slot as no backdoor for an ssd

      But you mean 2nd ssd connectivity

      I had asked and showed them a photo of an empty slot

      • So it has it correct? They said yes. I will know 100% when I get my hands on mine and open it up.

  31. I asked GB support when will my EZBook 3 Pro dual-band wireless AC ship and I was told that on the 25th they will have 600 units. So add a few days for shipping etc, looks like a two-week wait before it ships!

    • So that probably means 3 weeks!! I guessed that might be the case. Just have to wait..

      • Thank you Chris for asking gearbest support. Now the question is: Did they sell only 600 units or more???

        • I hope they haven’t sold more than 600 then some people will be out of luck.

    • Hey that’s great news! I figured I’d get impatient and ask them after a couple weeks, thanks for saving me the trouble! I’m sure your ship date could differ from mine, since I’m in the US and all, but still it’s great to see that they have stock!

    • 25th of June had been announced in the item description as shipping date

  32. Jumper official store on AliExpress currently says: “Important Notice:
    Only Gold Color available!!! Please do not place order for silver color between 1st – 30th June. Because silver is sold out, now only gold color is available.”

    So there’s that. Doesn’t necessarily mean gearbest doesn’t have stock, but seems suspicious they would have added an extra 110 to their flash sale yesterday. Will be interesting to see how this plays out.

    • Interesting they say that the official store. Gearbest most have bulk ordered from them all the silvers. Can they really produce 300-400 units or have that stock ready to go? I highly doubt it. I’ll keep you all posted once mine ships. My guess is not for a few weeks yet.

  33. Chris,
    I buy ezbook 3 pro on aliexpress – i know its mistake -100$.
    But my question i seen in bios option nvme – could you tested or anyone else this drive in ezbook?
    On aliexpress they wrote me text that only m2 sata works.

  34. My 2 cents of experience with this purchase on gearbest:

    -first order of this item was 2 months ago. It was the first batch, no ssd expansion no dual band wifi. I waited for about one month and half the shipment without success. supply issues, item not in stock. After 2 months gearbest refunded completely the order.

    -Today I ordered it again, but now the new version (dual band wifi and ssd expansion) at the same price of the first order, 185 euros.

    I REALLY hope that this time they will have stocks available, otherwise it would be such a shame for gearbest.

    • Me too, I hope they have stock. I can wait a while. But if it’s a silly wait time like 1 month, I’m cancelling!

    • I ordered saturday mi max 2 and eznook 3 pro from gearbest
      MiMax has shipped, ezbook 3 pro had from the beginning last sunday announced to ship #1 week of july– I have made a screenshot

  35. Hi Chris,

    I recently bought a Chuwi Lapbook 14.1 for my son and It’s really a fine laptop with only one real drawback. It’s touchpad has some serious lag and the accuracy is also not brilliant. Especially the lagging is preventing my son to use the lapbook without mouse.
    How is the touchpad from the Jumper EBook 3 Pro compared with the Chuwi Lapbook 14.1? Less lag?

    Thanks and please continue with the nice reviews!

    • It’s really about the same, but my touchpad on the Lapbook 14.1 doesn’t lag. Maybe it varies from batch to batch.

  36. Is it just me, it shows as £175 but when i log in and add it to my cart it goes to £237, anyone else?

    • No, it’s working for me or they have fixed it. I see they added more stock too. Hope they aren’t overselling it and Jumper don’t have the stock.

      • That’s strange, just tried again but the price still goes up. If I am NOT signed in it goes in to my basket at the lower price, If i then sign in the price goes to $298..

  37. Hi Chrs, I am looking for this kind of machine. I don’t mind the AC. So If your’s in good shape, perhaps I’ll buy it from you. Contact me if you will. Congrats!

  38. Noticed this as well, just canceled my geekbuying order to buy from gearbest (saved $10 and got free shipping PLUS the dual band wifi!). They just added 110 more units to their flash sale, so I’m hoping they have stock. Chris, your site and reviews are top notch. Your hard work is much appreciated!

    • I hope they have stock to, I’ll update when my ships. I just hope they don’t oversell it and we have to basically wait for the factory to make the units.

      • Yikes. Yeah I’m not in a huge hurry but I don’t really want to wait forever to get it either. My old Acer finally died and I have been wanting to get one of these chinese laptops you’ve been reviewing. Almost sprung for the cube thinker i35 but couldn’t justify it based on my basic needs. Does it seem weird to you that they’re doing a flash sale on the updated model but the non-dual band model is still listed at almost $300? I’d think they’d be slashing that price to get rid of that stock first.

        • Yes some of their sales don’t make too much sense. But I think they must bulk order from the MFG and get a huge discount per unit. Gearbest is massive nowadays and much have some huge buying power behind them, especially in China.

          • The keypoint for them is an as high as possible volume in just one single order to get highest discount and an option for an 2nd order due high demand. And now it’s the right point for that strategy cause the first reviews in may were good or great and they could expect that demand would go up after adding AC and M.2 connectivity and silver.

            They try to order 1200 and try to sell 600 in batches of 200 so stock looks never too high cause buyers could anticipate that high stocks are a result of low demand and them customer will wait for lower prices. GB may had a target of 600 on flash sale to get the revenues and order 1200 greatly (re)financed by early buyers. If they feel to succeed they take the option to get 300 more for same price. After flash / pre sale they still have 600 for normal price as now the 270€ and make a big profit with the last 300 from the option.

            The 600 flash sale buyer will create a second wave of buyers of probably another 300 who will have to pay the higher 270€ price and the last 300 + 300 will be sold in autumn.

            Without the initial flash sale they wouldn’t get the right numbers and revenues for a great discount.

    • Same here. Cancelled my order last night from geekbuying (Whats weird is that the site said I had to wait 7 days for it to ship and when i spoke to the customer rep live and told him i was cancelling the order he offered to ship the pc this week.. hmmmm) and bought it for 15 bucks cheaper with no shipping from gearbest. Had a 5 dollar credit GB gave me since they cancelled my original order a week ago. I really dont care if i have to wait a month to get it as long as I get it.

  39. Thanks for this post. I just ordered one!

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