There is a new lower and more tempting $299 price for the EZbook X4, an Intel Celeron N4100 powered Windows 14″-inch budget laptop. The Gemini Lake it runs is the Apollo Lake N3450 successor, 4 cores, 2.4Ghz max, 4Mb cache, DDR4 support and other minor tweaks. While the Jumper EZBook X4 has the new gen CPU and the RAM is 4GB DDR4 2400Mhz it has 2GB less RAM than the Teclast F7 the current budget notebook king. The SSD is the same size 128GB (M.2 SATA3) same overall spec. 1080p, Wireless AC, BT 4.1 USB 3.0. and 41Wh battery.
It also 1 up’s the Teclast F7 with a backlit keyboard, something a lot of people wanted on the EZbook 3 Pro and Teclast F7.
What’s the catch then? Well, the screen is a TN panel by all accounts and confirmed by Jumper Aliexpress to me a few weeks ago. So the viewing angles will be poor and best viewed straight on. If that isn’t a deal breaker for you they even include a little gift pack, a mouse and USB hub. The deal is here: Jumper EZbook X4 for $299 14″ Gemini Lake budget laptop.
Despite the TN panel (I prefer IPS) I have one on the way for review as it will be the first Gemini Lake notebook reviewed on the site and YouTube channel. I just hope Jumper left the bios advance settings unlocked, more importantly, the power limits! To run unlimited TDP if possible. So look for a review in 10 days time approximately.
Mohammad
Hello and regards;
would you please list all windows tablet with fully laminated screen and of course with 3:2 aspect ratio?
and i wonder if there is any 4:3 windows tablet out there?
Thanks a lot
Angel
Thanks Chris! We will be waiting for your review.
Currently I’ve got an EZBook Pro with an IPS panel (and not glossy) and I love it! 🙂
I am waiting for new cheap Celeron laptops with bigger IPS screens (and not glossy).
Brad
I never understood why ANY builders user glossy instead of matt finish screens. They are just horrible for readability esp even indoors with a window behind you and esp if your screen is low-ish in nits/lux of brightness. Now I’m always looking for monitors and TV’s with a minimum of 250 nits or 300+ even better.
I actually think matt finish with high nits/lux is much more important than if a screen panel is of type IPS versus TN.
filn
No IPS panel and RAM is not upgradable. The keyboard seems good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQI3T5_CHA0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CF9zzWgiso
Jonathan
I ordered one today by clicking on the link provided by Chris and I can not wait to receive mine. Price is much, much lower than the introductory price a few weeks ago of 499 USD! Thanks you very much TechTablets.
Steve
Coming with SSD RAM and having a spare RAM slot and being a reasonable price this seems very tempting. Be good to understand if the BIOS is locked and if there is an extra SSD slot. Looking forward to the review.
Steve
Too early in the morning for me. DDR4 RAM and SSD hard drive – not SSD RAM (whatever that is).
Steve
Apologies. The description of the product on Gearbest seemed to indicate spare ram slot but there have been reviews that indicate there is not. This has also been confirmed on Gearbest site. Pity
Brad
-1 that blows
amandapl
How do u get so fast the tech ? U use dhl ? Thank u . bc i must wait 2 moanths non dhl too expensive
Brad
I hope for the sake of all the Linux fans that had touchpad problems they are using a different TP or drivers that does not have that all-too common problem that the EZbook 3 Pro had (on Linux).
Brad
+1 for backlit KB
NUCLEAR
++1
Chris G
Hope not, I will test Linux on it when it arrives.
Suo Eno 1357
Yes. Because that’s the only viable reason for me to get this thing.
Brad
This is just a placeholder. For a device with 4GB RAM running Linux you can optimize the use of the swap partition and presumably speed up the system when memory gets full and it starts to swap to disk… using the ZSwap tool: https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/enable-zswap-to-increase-performance/11302