Chuwi Hi12 Unboxing and First Impressions
Didn’t expect this on to arrive until after Chinese Spring festival and New Years. My Chuwi Hi12 arrived today, it’s Chuwi’s new large 12: tablet and the first tablet outside of Microsoft to use the 12″ 2160 x 1440 screen the Surface Pro 3 uses. What’s special about the panel? Well its a 3:2 ratio panel, has a 2160 x 1440 res and 216 PPI. So looks sharp. I got this un...[Read More]
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro Review
Yes, not a tablet but now and then I do review interesting mobiles from China. I’ll admit I’ve taken a liking to Xiaomi’s recent products, this company is really setting the standard for price-performance ratio with it comes to mobile phones. And their Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro is the latest mobile to do so yet again. It features the new 2016 Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 Hexacore, which...[Read More]
Chuwi Hi12 2160 x 1440p Atom X5 Tablet Now in Stock At BG
The first non-Microsoft tablet to ship with the Surface Pro 3’s panel, the Chuwi Hi12 is now in stock at Banggood.com according to an email I just received. Normally BG is very good with stock levels and shipping times. So they claim it ships in 4-7 working days. Must be due to Chinese Spring Festival delays. It’s only the gold version for now and the price is a little more than I expe...[Read More]
Voyo vBook V3 Unboxing and First Impressions
This arrived yesterday, one of only two items that made the Chinese Spring Festival close down 2th to 14th most sellers have. It’s like the Onda oBook 11 I reviewed, but a larger 13.3 inches. It’s a shameless Lenovo Yogo 2 clone that doesn’t hide the fact. Looks very similar and copies that 360-degree hinge. It must be made by the same ODM as the oBook 11. Only recently Voyo anno...[Read More]
Four 8″ Cherry Trail Atom X5 Z8300 Tablets Compared
In this video comparison, I compared the Chuwi Vi8 Plus, Cube iwork8 Ultimate, Teclast X80 Plus and Onda v820W CH. These tablets are very similar spec wise they all have the same resolution screen, 1280 x 800. They have the same eMMC size (32GB), 2GB of Ram and Atom X5 Z8300 CPU. But which one is the best? Some key differences & findings: All four tablets more or less perform the same in bench...[Read More]
Cube iwork8 Ultimate Dual Boot Preview (Video)
So we have the first Cherry Trail 8 inch dual boot, about time. I only hope Chuwi follow and do the same with the Vi8 Plus and Hi8 Pro. Here’s a quick look at the Android Rom, some benchmarks and a little gaming on the iwork8 Ultimate. Overall the rom is great, only 3 Chinese apps which are removable. The DPI set in the build.prop for the Rom is perfect for the screen, resulting in a sharp i...[Read More]
Updated: Voyo vBook Skylake Core M3-6Y30 Yogo 2 Pro Clone for $415
Update: 1st of April. Banggood now has this in stock and it’s selling for $415. BG’s listing: http://www.banggood.com/VOYO-VBook-V3-Ultimate-Stylus-64G-Intel-Core-M3-6Y30-13_3-Inch-Windows-10-Tablet-p-1033679.html Update: 2nd Feb. The official Voyo page is live: http://www.myvoyo.com/chanpin/pingban/559.shtml Interesting to note that 4G is mentioned and there is a sim read slot on all ...[Read More]
New Pipo X6S Atom X5 Z8300 4GB Mini PC Pics
PiPo has posted some new pics online of their newest Mini PC, this one’s different as while it has a common Atom X5 Z8300 and 4GB of Ram. It has a massive heat sink and fan for cooling. PiPo claims it improves performance by 15% to 60%. And it has a SATA connector so you can add your own 1 or 2TB drive for storage. It’s got a 64GB eMMC for Windows 10 and main use which will still be fa...[Read More]
Deals: GearBest Intel Sale. Various Items discounted
GearBest has a flash sale on tablets, mini pcs with Intel CPUs on at the moment. Some of the better deals include the Teclast X2 pro Core M tablet for $349, the Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 (Gold only) for $186.89 down from $204. They have various other items like the Teclast X98 Air III Retina tablet for $132 and the Rikomagic Atom X5 Z8300 Mini PC I recently reviewed for $119. Source: GearBest’s Intel ...[Read More]
Deals: Cube i7 Stylus Core M for $325
Cube’s i7 Stylus Windows 10 tablet currently has $30 off the price with Banggood’s new updated coupon 0fcd6f, this brings it to $325.99. While its not as good as the limited $299 sale of late 2015 this is the lowest the i7 Stylus has been since. Maybe Cube is making way and clearing out stocks as they gear up for the release of the larger and more expensive Cube i9 Core M3? The Cube i7...[Read More]
Teclast X98 Plus Dual Boot Bios and Firmware Released
Teclast has today released the dual boot bios for existing X98 Plus Windows users. With this bios and the Android Rom and Windows 10 image, you can now convert your own Windows only machine to a dual boot unit. It’s for the X98 Plus (A5C8). Teclast hesitated releasing this as you’ll lose your embedded Windows 10 Home license flashing the bios, so proceed with caution and back up your W...[Read More]
