An update on this.
I got sick of waiting and ended up ordering the Hi12. Doesn’t have the kickstand or type cover keyboard but otherwise it seems to get the best reviews for dual OS cheap tablet.
It is working well so far except for the stylus, which isn’t as good as expected and doesn’t seem to match the accuracy in Chris’s tech tablet videos. I found some references to a touch driver update that might improve this issue. It also appears that I have a new touch panel in the 2017 HI12 model – need to investigate some more.