AllDoCube Knote 8 Review

Alldocube’s Knote 8 is a Core M3-7Y30 2-in-1 tablet, it’s still the latest Core M3 from Intel as we have yet to see the Core M3-8Y30 or whatever the successor will be called. It’s a Windows 10 tablet, running Windows 10 Home in English and factory resetting the tablet the language remains so the Image isn’t thankfully a Chinese one with a language pack installed.

By far the best feature of the tablet is the 13.3″ 2560 x 1440 IPS panel. It’s 16:9 aspect ratio for perfect for watching movies and Amazon Prime and Netflix without ugly borders. This screen also has a maximum brightness of over 410 lux and is fully laminated so reflections aren’t as bad as the non-laminated displays. The lowest brightness is only around 3 lux so it dims down very low making it great for night time use without hurting your eyes.

See the full detailed video review for all the details:

Alldocube Knote 8 Review Index:

01:27 – Features, design & build 05:31 – Windows, benchmarks 08:01 – Performance 09:27 – Battery life & charge times 10:19 – Speakers 10:51 – Gaming: LoL, CSGO, Fortnite 11:53 – Thermals 12:37 – Final words 13:37 – Pros & Cons

The frame of the tablet is plastic, but the rear is metal along with the kickstand. For ports we get very little, only a Type-C USB 3.1 port with data, charging and video out support at least. A 3.5mm headphone jack with mic support and a MicroSD card slot. Not my MicroSD card reader doesn’t line up very well and I almost lost a MicroSD card stuck between the reader and the rear housing. Not a great design at all if it’s possible to do this. So what’s really missing from the tablet is a full sized USB 3.0 port at least one of them. So you’ll have to invest in a type-c hub of sorts for more than one USB 3.0 port.

Performance for a fanless tablet is also one of its strengths, it’s quick and snappy, thanks to the Core M3-7Y30 with a maximum turbo of 2.6Ghz and 8GB of DDR3 1866Mhz RAM. So when bushed the Core M3-7Y30 will reach 95 degrees C and the rear of the frame toasty hot at 55 degrees C in my charging and gaming test. This is unacceptable, Alldocube hasn’t learned to address the thermals on their tablets, this, after all, is the 3rd or 4th tablet to exhibit high temps from them.

The heat is only an issue when pushing the tablet hard, gaming, video encoding and charging at the same time. However, this still shouldn’t happen. So if you plan on doing demanding work, I recommend doing a copper heat sink mod on this one. Just like the Cube Mix Plus.

Battery life is another big con, Core M3’s have never shown high figures in my battery life tests, but this one is worse than the 5 hours average, coming in at over 4 hours this isn’t a great result. So for extended use look to use a 30W+ Type-C PD battery pack.

Overall the tablet as a whole is decent, it lacks a full sized USB 3 port and just be aware it will get really hot when pushed hard. At least the type-cover keyboard is great to type on only the trackpad it has is rather hopeless when it comes to finer accurate movements. So a mouse is recommended.