Update: The BMAX Y11 is selling for $289, with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of SSD storage. This is cheaper than the Tecalst F5 with double the storage so not a bad price. You need to use coupon: BGBYL31 to get it for this price on checkout at Banggood.
Thanks to Miguel for pointing this one out, for those that are after the Teclast F5 it looks like we have a replacement model with the 8GB of RAM in the form of the BMAX Y11. The Teclast F5 which is now discontinued has been replaced by the cheaper F5F. However, the Teclast F5F comes with the last-gen with an Apollo Lake N3450 instead of the N4100 and just 4GB of RAM so a lot of people aren’t interested in it over the old Teclast F5.
The 11.6″ BMAX Y11 has a fully laminated 1080p touch screen and if it’s the same one as the F5 it’s not a bad screen very bright and sharp due to the smaller size. The hinge is 360-degrees like the bigger 13.3″ version I only recently ordered to review. As Miguel has pointed out the keyboard isn’t backlit (The Y13 is) and the keycap letters also it’s a bit hard to read. Hopefully, the Y13 will not suffer from this issue.
This Windows 10 laptop has the Gemini Lake Celeron N4100, 8GB LPDDR4, M.2 SATA3 256GB SSD, Wireless AC, Type-C ports and MicroUSB 3, HDMI 2.0 but lacks a full-sized port. Due to the smaller sized chassis, the battery life like the Teclast F5 is reduced from the typical 7-8 hours on a Gemini Lake 13″ or 14″ laptop to about 5-6 hours tops. But the laptop is small, a thin 13mm metal build at just under 1 kilo. Banggood has it for sale for $329, just $10 more than the BMAX Y13 13-inch model with the same spec.
BMAX Y11 press images:
pierro78
not sure what I did (played with hdajackretask (adding some “funny” lfe speakers …), rebooted, shut the y11 off and switch it on …) and now the builtin speaker works on my linux 🙂 😉 – and the sound is quite loud 🙂 (as it can be pushed to 150%)
pierro78
one issue with archlinux (archman xfce) though : I can’t make the speakers work … the earphones work fine though …
any help would be greatly appreciated 🙂
PS :
performance seems to be good with linux : Octane V2 about 16.6K under chrome whereas it was about 15.4K with edgium …
pierro78
OK the key to boot into boot menu is F7
I am typing this from archlinux (archman xfce) … wifi & touchscreen work … need to fix the font size though as caracters are small
pierro78
received my n4120 Y11 yesterday 276E shipped from Spain (aliexpress)
bios v5.13 apparently, CPU power limit 9W
I am going to look into how to boot from usb key to try to install archlinux xfce (archman) on it …
murdic
y11 has stylus, maybe the same as Teclast’s, it looks like it, but the 13.3″ doesn’t have any reference to it and its advertising shots show a y13 user drawing with fingertip.
Ian
Got one for the missus – I still have my F5, and am very happy with it (given my usage). The case is subtly different, but clearly identical innards. Cant complain for ~$300 delivered to South Africa!