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[Chris G]

Hi, if you can I would consider the more powerful Apollo Lake tablets coming, like the Hi13 (released), Cube iWork3X but they aren’t dual OS. If you must have dual OS. Check out the Chuwi Hibook Pro or Hi10 Pro

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[Rook]

Hello Chris,

Thanks for the reply, okay, I’m in the path of considering Chuwi dual boot tablets, does z8300 vs z8500 in terms of performance or gaming have some noticeable difference?

[dlink377]

I personally think that those Intel Atom tablets are not worth to buy anymore.

It is already a quite an old chip, relatively slow (but still usable for basic task), and the price is still same as it first launch few years ago.

If you aim for mobile PC, I personally think you better off CUBE Mix Plus with new Kaby Lake processor. It has 10.6″ screen and pen input. Cube clearly have a relatively good quality compared to other chinese tablet OEM. I don’t know it is OGS or not, you can check Chris review for that.

However, any processor than Atom will not have Android system in the future, as Intel already dropped their support for Android in their x86 platform. Most Intel android tablet will stuck at 5.1 or 6.0 if it came with it.

If you really need a dual boot tablet, how about Telcast Tbook 16 Power. A bit bigger screen (11.6″), but with 8GB memory, and faster Atom Z8750 processor. For cheaper choice, I think Cube iWork10 is also very good. I don’t really like Chuwi, after my HiBook Pro just fails after three month of usage.

I personally will wait N3450 tablets with 6GB RAM in the future. 4GB RAM seems a bit low for today tasks for me, and I definitely don’t want to buy another Atom processor. Kaby Lake m3 tablets is too expensive for me, and most only have 4GB of RAM to begin with.

This is just my opinion. Feel free to correct me.

[Rook]

After much research regarding Chuwi HiBook Pro, I found myself not liking the tablet at all.

There are too many issues regarding the tablet and too little support.

I saw a potential alternative, I read your posts about the old Cube iWork 10, and it got refreshed with new X5 Z8350,

I think I might buy it.

 

Highlights to the Cube iWork10 Flagship Z8350:

• Refreshed to Intel Cherry Tail X5-Z8350 and Intel HD Graphics 400
• Improved performance over the Z8300 version
• Same design and keyboard attachment (Magnetic Pogo)
• Supports Active Stylus
• 4 GB RAM and 64 GB Storage (Supports Expansion)
• Dual OS Support
• USB Type C Support, MicroHDMI Support (4K Video Playback)
• MicroUSB 2.0 (OTG Support)
• 7000mAh battery and typical usage time up to 5 hours

Limitations:

• No Dual Band WiFi Support

I want to know your opinion dlink377, I read your post you seem to be an intelligent consumer. 😀
Kudos~

[dlink377]

My HiBook Pro got problems from the start (useless USB 3, flaky touchscreen, poor performance) and dead at the end (the power management chip short circuited internally). It has a very good screen (High Resolution, good brightness, and OGS) though.

Cube iWork 10 is a great budget choice, it is still alive and still working just as new until now. I will give short opinion about the feature you stated on my previous experience, new revision might fixes the issue I experienced.

• I doubt the refreshed CPU will give any noticeable speed improvement. The tablet was fine for basic task, especially considering the price.
• The keyboard dock will randomly disconnect if you move the tablet, so just be careful, especially when you have storage device connected.
• The keyboard is very comfortable for day to day use, no complain there. You need to disable the Windows 10 gestures on the touch pad using AutoHotKey to disable annoying gestures when using the touchpad.
• I would not recommend the active stylus for frequent use, seemingly not as good as my Samsung tab, and noticeably slower. It also uses battery so much, even you don’t use it frequently.
• Dual OS is major feature for me, as Windows 10 doesn’t really friendly for tablet media consumption. BUT, I mostly use it as Windows 10 mode before I gave away the tablet.
• Cannot give any comment about USB type-c, just hope it doesnt have USB 3.0 speed bug just like my old HiBook Pro.
• 64GB is fine for my usage (a bit low on Android), and the micro SD card reader on my tablet is faulty. It will not read SDHC / SDXC properly. I only put 8GB card in it, as it is the only card reliable and survive multiple reboot.
• Never used the MicroHDMI feature, I have my PC for desktop use.
• The battery is fine, but it charges relatively slow now (informed by the current owner), probably the power IC also busted ?. Never check it again, not mine now.
• Single band wifi is fine for that tablet, the CPU power doesn’t even allow 4K youtube. I personally always bring USB 3.0 to gigabit ethernet as I use that tablet frequently to setup router/cctv/server/pabx, etc on client area.

My opinion? If you really need budget choice and dual OS support, this is probably what will I get, you can’t go wrong with it. It is cheap, very good quality compared to another chinese tablet. Another tablet choice is also stated on my previous post.

I never tried another tablet until now, still waiting for tablet as I stated on my previous post.

Thank you, I am just a consumer that want to share my experience about the Chinese tablet I bought.

 

[Rook]

Hey dlink,

Thank you for the info, its very much appreciated. Your reply should be posted as a latter review of cube iwork 10 in its sub-forum since its really informative and came from a latter perspective of a full-pledged owner. Thank you so much. Know that all the info you gave will be considered.
Again, thank you. 🙂

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