Practical difference between Chuwi Hi10 and Chuwi Hi12

[Anonymous]

Yes it can but you need tyto connect a keyboard and press F7.

Personally I would not touch CHUWI stuff again.  It has either design or manufacturing problems (or both) and is completely flakey.

I returned my Hi10 and bought a Connect 10 for nearly a quarter of the price of the Hi10.  It does not do Android, it is only Windows 10 but apart from that it blows the CHUWI out of the water.  It is robust, reliable and has a battery life about 3-4 times better than the CHUWI.

CHUWI… there’s a name to remember.  I’ll remember not to buy another CHUWI product.

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[Lewis]

Besides the obvious differences pertaining to mobility because of screen size and actual screen resolution, the only other differences I would say is the hardware is under more stress so to speak on the Chuwi Hi12 because your asking the same hardware to push more pixels on a larger screen, although I sincerely doubt there will be lots of negative impacts into everyday tasks.

 

As for booting from USB on the Hi10 I have no experience but I imaging its possible with a simple converter for the existing type C port.

 

My personal experience so far is I would have wanted the screen of the Hi12 and its size but find myself liking the Hi10 more for the fact that its smaller and slightly lighter on my commutes than carrying anything else. Also I would rather in the tragic event of something happening to lose my Hi10 than my laptop which I use for more hard hitting tasks from CAD, coding, gaming, etc.

 

Ubuntu… I wouldn’t see why not but these devices are unique and any changes to their software can have a potentially critical impact and with very minimal support otherwise from user forums, I really wouldn’t recommend it unless your willing to carefully learn about coding and backups and have the pockets to shoulder a bricked device in the case where something goes horribly  wrong with the tablet and you end up with a moderately expensive paper weight.

Basically what I’m saying is, it’s up to you and do it at your own risk. Just don’t expect for things to go smoothly if at all.

[athanato]

I have both the HiBook Pro and the Hi12, the HiBook Pro and its keyboard work perfectly, however the Hi12 has a minor screen defect (you can only see it on a 45 degree angle and if the screen is dark in the effected area, it seems like a large smear of dust or sand between the led lighting and the screen or screen and digitizer)… this issue is mostly tolerable however the metal keyboard is horrid in my opinion as the key have very poor response. I have to press firmly and long for a key to respond so normal quick effortless typing is out of the question. It seems like it was a rush job to replace the even worse plastic keyboard the Hi12 originally had and seeing how the HiBook Pro keyboard (also compatible with the Hi10) works perfectly with soft key-press and quick response for fast typing it only reinforces my though about this issue. I am thinking of replacing my Hi12 with the Hi13 but I wont get the keyboard due to how the Hi12 keyboard turned out.

[athanato]

and additional note I should have mentioned with the Hi12 is that the digitizer driver for it is unstable, I had to re-install Win10 twice to get it to work reliably. A tablet with no touch screen functionality isn’t a tablet. The HiBook Pro uses a different manufacture digitizer and that driver is stable thus far and I’ve had both tablets since later Nov 2016. I hope the Hi13 does not use the same brand digitizer as the Hi12 because if it does I would recommend that you stay away from it.

[Ironmann]

Hi athanato,

Seeing you have the Hibook Pro keyboard and the Hi12, does the Hi12 dock to the Hibook Pro keyboard and work well? Given the better build of the Hibook keyboard I’m inclined to skip the Hi12 keyboard altogether while retaining the lapability of a docking keyboard.

Thanks in advance.

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