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Chuwi Hi13 Internals, Motherboard Photos And How To Open It
Just posted this video recently on YouTube, it’s a look at the internals of the Chuwi Hi13. Dual antenna set up with the Intel Wireless-AC 3165 chipset, two 5000mah batteries, internal metal support frame and those weak four little speakers on each corner. There are no slots for M.2 2242 SSD’s, but I can see that Chuwi have at least plans for this or the motherboard in the future will ...[Read More]
FNF iFive Mini 4S Firmware 1.06 Released & Root Method
FNF just released firmware update 1.06 for the iFive Mini 4S / RePad 8. No change log with it again. But it can only be bug fixes and improvements. I’ve yet to flash this one as my tablets in the office. But I’ll download and mirror it tomorrow, flash it too and see if I can tell if anything changed or not. Edit: Thanks to Sav the changelog: Mainly optimize video playback only when the...[Read More]
First Photos Of Chuwi Hi13 & Retail Packaging
Daniel in the forum has spotted some photos of the Chuwi Hi13 on Amazon.co.jp so some people have their hands on the Hi13 already. The photos show the retail packaging looks like any other Chuwi tablet, that standard brown box and the info side sticker with details. Windows 10 Home and even a Pro option is shown. Hinting at maybe a Windows 10 Pro version release? I hope that model has 6GB+ of RAM ...[Read More]
Cube iWork5X A 360-degree Apollo Lake Laptop With Type-C
One last piece of tech unveiled in the recent the Cube press event was the iwork5X, this one I don’t have info on apart from that blurry press event slide. shown on Weibo. But you can glean information from that slide. It’s a 14-inch laptop with a possible 360-degree hinge like a Yoga book. At least that’s what It looks like to me, anyone that understands Chinese can you help fil...[Read More]
Chuwi Hi13 Now Shipping From Aliexpress
After a long wait, the Chuwi Hi13 is finally shipping out from Aliexpress at least according to users in the Hi13 forum thread. Online retailers like Banggood, Gearbest and Geekbuying etc all seem to still be waiting for stock, no doubt Chuwi is first shipping from their very own store before supplying the other retailers. According to Gearbest’s support ticket they hope to have stock next w...[Read More]
BeeLink AP42 Windows 10 PC (Pentium N4200)
Back in December, I reviewed the first Pentium N4200 Windows 10 Mini PC, the Voyo V1 which has this same Apollo Lake N4200 in it, A 2.5Ghz max turbo quad-core with Intel 505 GPU. It performed well, now BeeLink has the AP42 an oddly named Windows 10 mini PC, but it has no fan in it, the Voyo V1 is actively cooled. This one is passively cooled so only a big heatsink in there so should be great for t...[Read More]
JDTab J01 Review Online – It Looked So Promising…
The review of the JD.com joint venture JDTab is now online, sadly this one despite the great build, screen and audio turned out Lto be a disappointment. Sadly let down by a weak GPU which means some demanding titles like Modern Combat 5 (As seen in the review below) weren’t at all playable unless you like playing slideshows? I hope the next model or revision has a decent more powerful SoC in...[Read More]
Onda Xiaoma 41 Apollo Lake Celeron N3450 Laptop First Impressions
An interesting notebook from Onda who I normally avoid for build quality issues, well at least in tablets. Called the Xiaoma 41, no not Xiaomi but Xiaoma as in Pony (Translated). Can’t help but feel they messed up on the name, what a stupid naming scheme from them! It’s very similar to the Chuwi Lapbook 14.1, the shame the exact same specs, Quad-core Intel, Celeron N3450, 4GB, 64GB e...[Read More]
iFive Mini 4S Firmware 1.05 Released
Update: I’ve flashed 1.05 on my own unit, lost everything so remember to backup data! So far nothing new, audio jack buzz is the same. If anything the ROM feels a little more fluid? The FNF iFive Mini 4S has another ROM update, version 1.05 is 502Mb in size doesn’t seem to have a changelog anywhere I can find. So I assume it’s a bug fix release, I haven’t flashed it yet as ...[Read More]
iFive Mini 4S Firmware 1.04 Update – Fixes Camera Crash & Improves Brightness
iFive have added a new firmware for their 7.9″ Android 6.0 tablet the Mini 4S, firmware 1.04 has no change log so I’ve flashed it after I completed my review (Coming soon). And as expected it wipes everything, but the maximum screen brightness has gone from around 210 lux to 298 lux which is great and the camera crash bug is fixed. Other changes are a file explorer in the ROM and that ...[Read More]
FNF iFive Mini 4S Unboxing & First Impressions
A commenter in the channel said why aren’t I reviewing tablets. Well, the answer is simple, most are now 2-in-1’s and then there has been a rather dry spell in stand alone tablet’s mainly 4:3 ratio ones. They just aren’t so popular anymore and manufacturers are moving away from them, expect a couple. But not to worry there are still a few coming here on the site in 2017. Th...[Read More]
Beelink GT1 Ultimate – Amilogic S912 3GB RAM Mini PC
The latest Beelink media player, the GT1 Ultimate media player powered by an octa-core Amlogic S912, 3GB of DDR4 RAM and 32GB of internal storage is on flash sale for $79.99 over at Gearbest. It can handle 4k H.265 10bit and 4k VP9 hardware decoding with HDMI 2.0 4k 60hz output. The max turbo is 2.0Ghz and it also has a gigabit ethernet port and wireless AC. Looks like a powerful little mini PC th...[Read More]
