Mike Cane pointed this review out of the Onda V919 Air 3G, it’s the first V919 Air CH review online and normally I wouldn’t read these reviews specially from a Chinese forum. But at least it’s not from the Onda forum. And since I never plan to review this tablet unless Onda sends it to me, it’s worth a look. Interesting to note the Atom X5 Z8300 is running 4GB. But only in ...[Read More]
An update on Teclast’s Weibo today confirmed the beefed up Atom X7 Z8700 + 8GB LPDDR3 Ram model (Same Atom X7 CPU as the Surface 3) will be officially called the Teclast X16 Power. And it suits as it’s basically just a spec’ed up X16 Pro sharing the same screen and housing, as well as a keyboard dock that looks to be the same high-quality keyboard the 11.6″ X2 Pro Core M us...[Read More]
From Chuwi’s Weibo, looks like the will have a release or press event on Weibo for the Hi8 Pro and Hi10 models on the 5th. No doubt it will just be a nuch of promo images and hype. But I hope they do release the full specs on the Hi8 Pro, if it has USB 3 type C or not. Confirmed USB 3 Type-C: http://techtablets.com/2015/11/chuwi-hi8-pro-to-ship-with-usb-3-type-c-port/
Chuwi now has the Hi10 listed for pre-order on Tmall.com, with shipping start from the 3rd of November. The price is listed as 1009 Yuan which works out to be around $174 USD. Remember this is the Chinese price, online retailers like Aliexpress, Banggood and GearBest will be selling it for more. GearBest already has it listed for $185.99 on preorder. The Chuwi Hi10 is the successor to Vi10, with t...[Read More]
Some of Teclast X98 Pro’s have been affected by a bios bug resulting in missing eMMC drivers and booting into the bios instead of loading an OS. Teclast has issued a new bios update that should fix the issue. *** WARNING: ONLY FLASH THIS IF YOU HAVE THE MISSING EMMC ISSUE! *** Thanks to Echo from OKQI for this latest bios update. Instructions are included in the file with images. To flash i...[Read More]
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]
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]
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]
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 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]
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]
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]