Chris G

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.

Daily Deals: Cube i7 Stylus Core M Windows 10 for $324.89

Gearbest has a sale on the Cube i7 Stylus today, the price has been lowered to $324.89 (down from $351) This is the latest model that ships with Windows 10 as the default OS and not Windows 8.1 which it originally shipped with. The Cube i7 Stylus is the cheapest Core M I have reviewed so far and one of the best ones. And as the Stylus name suggests it also supports a Wacom Stylus. Other specs incl...[Read More]

Onda v820w CH Unboxing & First Impressions

My first Atom X5 Z8300 Cherry Trail tablet arrived, if you didn’t catch the Youtube unboxing and Windows first look video in the TechTablets channel here it is below. It’s the first 8-inch tablet to ship out of China with the X5 Z8300 so I was keen to test the performance of the lower end Atom X5 Z8300 against the X5 Z8500. So far my frist impressions aren’t good: No charger incl...[Read More]

Teclast Release Five Images of New 11.6″ Atom X7 Z8700 Tablet (Updated)

Update 29th: The tablet is officially called the Teclast X16 Power. Update: 28th Oct. Teclast posted on their Weibo it will be dual boot Android 5.1 and Windows 10.  This tablet is clearly just a more powerful X16 Pro. Today Teclast posted five new pictures of their new Atom X7 Z8700 tablet with 8GB of Ram. Yes 8GB, that’s more than the Surface 3 Atom model that has 4GB. The tablet is still ...[Read More]

Pipo X7 Pro – Windows 10 Atom X5 Z8300 Cherry Trail Mini PC

Pipo has a new ultra-thin mini PC coming out soon, the X7 Pro. It’s running the latest gen Atom X5 X8300, with a max boost speed of 1.84 Ghz. The OS installed is Windows 10 Home, it has 2GB of RAM and a 32GB eMMC drive. Unlike other Mini PC’s this one has dual band Wireless A/G/B and N and a USB 3.0 port. It’s three USB ports in total, the other two being a full sized USB 2.0 spe...[Read More]

Teclast Tease Details Of New 11.6″ Atom X7 Z8700 8GB Tablet

From Teclast’s Weibo today. They are working on a new 11.6″ 1920 x 1080 Atom X7 Z8700 tablet, with 8GB of dual channel Ram and active stylus support. No further details. But I can see it looks similar to the Teclast X16 Pro in terms of styling and it does have a keyboard dock, maybe the same keyboard as the X2 Pro I reviewed? They will be the first Chinese tablet manufacturer to releas...[Read More]

Cherry Trail Tablets And What Will Be Reviewed (Updated)

I see a lot of comments in YouTube, emails and messages. Will I review X tablet, will I get the X Cherry Trail. Well here is my list, I will review what I can, but it all depends on my review funds on what I can buy and I will try and prioritize them of course. Most popular first, if available. I can see I’m going to be very busy. I will review what I can, but not all tablets will get a full...[Read More]

Cube iwork11 Stylus Atom X5 Z8300 Tablet With Wacom Stylus Support

Edit: Hands on with the iwork11 Stylus: http://techtablets.com/2015/11/cube-iwork11-stylus-x5-z8300-unboxing-and-hands-on/ Cube are back with a new Cherry Trail release, and I think a lot of you stylus users are going to like this one. The Cube iwork11 is basically the i7 Stylus and keyboard with a new Atom X5 Z8300 SoC and it retains all the good things about the i7 Stylus, same housing, build, k...[Read More]

Teclast X16 Pro – Business focused 11.6″ X5 Z8500, USB 3.0 and Keyboard Dock (Updated)

Teclast has announced, their 4th new Atom Cherry Trail tablet this month. The X16 Pro and it’s aimed directly at the Chuwi Hi10 I think. Remember the X16HD I reviewed? Maybe not, well this is the updated version with the new X5 Z8500 and a standard (full sized?) USB 3.0 port. It’s doing to be a dual boot system with Windows 10/Android 5, with 4GB of ram, 64GB eMMC and active stylus sup...[Read More]

Deals: Gearbest Flash Sale Chuwi Vi10 Pro $149 & Teclast X98 Air III 64GB $167

Gearbest currently has a flash sale on tablets this week, some of the better prices have limited stock, for example, the Chuwi Vi10 Pro dual OS 64GB model is now $149. Only $7 more than the 32GB model but, there are only 80 at this special price. Chuwi clearing out BayTrail stocks? Other deals include the new Teclast X98 Air III 64GB dual boot for $167, the Core M powered Teclast X2 Pro for $402 I...[Read More]

Cube iwork8 Ultimate Cherry Trail Atom X5 Z8300 out now

Cube’s 8 inch iwork8 Ultimate with new updated SoC powered by an Atom X5 Z8300 is out. It’s listed on Gearbest.com for $88.39. It’s possibly the cheapest 8 inch Cherry Trail tablet so far, with an 1280 x 800 IPS panel, 2GB of ram, 32GB eMMC, and Windows 10 Home. But No dual boot on this one yet, none of the new Cherry Trail 8″ ones have dual boot. The design looks to be unc...[Read More]

Teclast X98 Plus Official Specs and Price

The latest 9.7″ tablet from Teclast the X98 Plus, is now listed on Taoboa/Tmall.com with 4GB of Ram, 64GB eMMC and an Atom X5 Z8300 with a boost of 1.84Ghz. Other specs are the same as the X98 Air series, MicroSD card slot, Wireless A/G/N and BT 4.0, the battery is the same too, 8000mAH. Good for 4, maybe 5 hours on the Z8300? The price, 999 yuan (special starting price) Which is around $160...[Read More]

Intel Atom X5 Z8300 Can Run 4GB of Ram it seems

Many of the new Cherry Trail Tablets due to be released soon like the Chuwi Hi10 have Atom X5 Z8300’s in them, but with 4GB of Ram. I originally thought this must have been a typo, or it was the Z8500, as it supports up to 8GB of Ram. Well it seems the X5 Z8300 can indeed support 4GB of Ram, although Intel’s Ark claims it’s limited to 2GB & single channel. But it seems Onda a...[Read More]

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