first Chuwi Hi13 topic

[Mele]

Aliexpress usually have quite long shipping times at least to here (Finland) it takes 2-3 weeks.

Mine is at airline, but there usually updates stop and next time its updated when Finnish postal service receives it.

 

In hoping that Finnish postal service would get it at the end of this week, but shall see.

[Atere Jr]

Chris G wrote:

I hope I don’t have issues with Chuwi Store on Aliexpress. Also why I prefer using BG and GB for PayPal if I do have issues, but the retailers get it weeks after Chuwi’s official store. If I do I will certainly make it know and nice and public for Chuwi in the form of a video or two if mine units faulty. Paid over $450 so far for keyboard, tablet, pen and DHL shipping so it better arrive in once piece and okay. Mines on the DHL van, I hope to have it soon.

Great! Hope you’d be able to do a very quick unboxing once it arrives. Can’t wait 🙂

[Austin]

Still no info on my tracking but im not to worried yet because there on holiday! I am looking forward to some movement tomorrow or Thursday. I paid for dhl shipping it would be amazing if i received this weekend but probs not. Looking forward to the video Chris G! Very excited to get a better look at what I ordered! I hope I am not dissapointed!

[Atere Jr]

Well it seems like the USB ports on the keyboard are of 2.0 configuration. That’s a bit of a bummer 🙁

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[Daniel]

Atere Jr wrote:

Well it seems like the USB ports on the keyboard are of 2.0 configuration. That’s a bit of a bummer

same price as Hi12 in Chinese Taobao

[Austin]

Great video Chris G I really enjoyed it! Quick question I noticed the tablet came with that big huge charging brick! I was wondering if I could just use my normal USB typ c to USB cord and plug that into the little phone power brick! Could you charge this way or would it ruin? Reason I’m curious is i can’t charge in my car if I have to use that brick

[Chris G]

Atere Jr wrote:

Well it seems like the USB ports on the keyboard are of 2.0 configuration. That’s a bit of a bummer

Confirmed that and many other things: https://techtablets.com/2017/04/chuwi-hi13-detailed-first-look-keyboard-stylus/

Austin wrote:

Great video Chris G I really enjoyed it! Quick question I noticed the tablet came with that big huge charging brick! I was wondering if I could just use my normal USB typ c to USB cord and plug that into the little phone power brick! Could you charge this way or would it ruin? Reason I’m curious is i can’t charge in my car if I have to use that brick

I tried my small Quick charge 3.0 charger and while it looks like it’s charging it, it’s not sadly. Needs at least 2A and my quick charger is 12v 1.25A only.

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[Brad]

Chris G wrote:

Brad wrote:

Type-C USB3 is nice if it’s real and fully functional. Interesting that they actually advertise it can run Linux … “Ubuntu OS support”…

I’ll find out tomorrow, will do a quick Linux test if I have time. If not in other video. Which is the best you think for touch support Brad?

Also, that type-c port Chuwi said full support, video and data and charging. I find video support hard to believe, why is there a micro HDMI out then?

My Hi13 just left Hong Kong, on the way to Leipzig hub in Germany, then down to Alicante, Spain early tomorrow for delivery I hope.

Chris, what I heard was that the Gnome desktop is the best for touchscreen use albeit not as nicely/specifically designed as Android or Win10 is for touch.
I think Gnome has an app launcher by default on the desktop with big icon/buttons and perhaps other bigger touch friendly buttons?
Give it a try with this Manjaro Gnome ISO installed onto your USB 3.0 pen drive (as you did before) –> https://downloads.sourceforge.net/manjarolinux/manjaro-gnome-17.0.1-stable-x86_64.iso

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[Anonymous]

I have received the following  from GB 3am UK time:

Thank you for your recent order at Gearbest.com

This is an update about the following item:
<p id=”no-track-prod”>remaining items
sku*quantity:125780401 * 1 , Fold-up Stand Holder for 4 – 14 inch Tablet PC
156264408 * 1 , ENKAY ENK-7041 Protective Case for 10 inch Tablet PC
170428601 * 1 , Leather Cover Case with Stand Function for CHUWI Hi8 Pro / Hi8 / Vi8
201927401 * 1 , CHUWI Hi13 2 in1 Tablet PC
PB0110201 * 1 , WN – 07 Wall Charge Socket Adapter</p>
Unfortunately, we regret to inform you that due to an issue with the suppliers, we can no longer ship this order to you as it is now unavailable. We are taking measures to ensure that this issue does not happen again.

We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience and would like to offer you the following options to resolve this issue:

Option 1- Full refund to your Gearbest Wallet as store credit

We will full refund the order and exceptionally reward you with extra points (You will receive 2 points for every 1 USD refunded. E.g. If your item is 1 USD = 2 points, 3 USD = 6 points etc.).

You can use both your Wallet and points to purchase your future products.

Option 2- Full refund to your original payment account

We will full refund to your original payment account.

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Please kindly reply to us within 2 days. After this time frame, we will full refund to your Gearbest Wallet.

If you need to withdraw the money from your Wallet, please feel free to contact us.

Once again we apologize for this inconvenience.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Best regards,

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[Anonymous]

Do you think that they pre-sold them too cheaply and now want to back out of the deals?

[Chris G]

Anonymous wrote:

Do you think that they pre-sold them too cheaply and now want to back out of the deals?

Certainly sounds like it, but I have yet to receive this message on my two Hi13’s.

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[Eric]

@Les, how much did they pre-sell it for? I’m just curious.

And I have a question to Chris:

How did you feel when you are browsing (with Edge) on Hi13?  Is that laggy? I saw one of the comment in your video of someone asking that question and I think it’s pretty important to know since almost all of us are gonna use it to internet surf with.

Does it really spike up to 100 % on CPU in Edge like it did with hi12?

[Brad]

my question then is why the F use Edge when there are so many other better browsers? The two i use are Vivaldi and Slimjet.

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[Eric]

Brad wrote:

my question then is why the F use Edge when there are so many other better browsers? The two i use are Vivaldi and Slimjet.

Despite your language, because Vivaldi does NOT support touch so well like edge does.

Edge is smoother in touch mode – whenever you are using it as a tablet.

Vivaldi doesn’t have pinch to zoom and trust me, I have tried all the versions of Vivaldi. I even tried out Maxthon nitro  – which is even faster than Slimjet and doesn’t matter which web browser you are using, the one which supports touch the best is still hands down Edge.

And Edge is better to wathc 4k vidoes and netflix with.

Edge is def not perfect but at least, it gives you full supports of all the touch you need. Remember, this is still a tablet, and therefore needs compatible web browser to it.

If we don’t care about touch, then Maxthon Nitro is the fastest web browser I have ever seen on tablets like this. Also used the least amount of RAM and CPU percentage.

[Chris G]

Eric wrote:

@Les, how much did they pre-sell it for? I’m just curious. And I have a question to Chris: How did you feel when you are browsing (with Edge) on Hi13? Is that laggy? I saw one of the comment in your video of someone asking that question and I think it’s pretty important to know since almost all of us are gonna use it to internet surf with. Does it really spike up to 100 % on CPU in Edge like it did with hi12?

 

It still spikes up and down. But for example in Edge now its smooth playing a 4k YouTube clip and the CPU is around 73% to 80%. Chrome handles 4k YouTube very poor, stutters and lag still. But browsing in Chrome is okay, just not as smooth as Edge with touch.

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