[Jan]

I spoke to Chuwi official – they’re saying that they’re low on Hi12 stock. As Chuwi actively sell their products to end customers, they’ve decided not to send out Hi12 units to the retail sellers (Like Banggood, Gearbest, Geekbuying etc) at this point, until Hi12 is in greater stock. This so they know they, as the manufacturer and official retailer, at least can deliver to their own end customers.

So I canceled my order with Banggood. They never admitted their price error, nor would they honor their own Price Protection.Yet they keep posting longer and longer restock dates (Nov.1 as of writing this). And when I said I wanted to cancel the order, they claimet it was ready to ship in 24 hours. Which cannot be true, as Chuwi has not sent them Hi12’s in quite a while, and they won’t do so until they can restock themselves.

So at this point in time – I’d advice against ordering Hi12 from Banggood as there is no knowing at what time it will be back in stock. If you must order with Banggood, at least wait until they actually have it back in stock.

[Jan]

I strongly believe that it would be in Chuwis best interest to release the source for Android and kernel, if they are not under any DNR contract. We have to remember with these dual-OS unit, this could possible involve both Microsoft, Intel and auxilliary component manufacturers, making the whole deal quite a legal mess. IF Chuwi realeases source and kernel, it opens up a whole world of community coding, optimization – and through that, MASSIVE boost in sales. And, Chuwi would be able to sell models for longer, not updating their lineup every few months. Saving millions on development and manufacturing. It would be a goldmine for Chuwi, really.

[Jan]

Anyone else getting the $224.99 price tag on the Chuwi Hi12 sale on the linked webpage? Banggood charged me more, and is now refusing to make up for it and basically rejecting the existance of that price on their site…

[Jan]

I’d suggest you check if any other background process is hugging your resources. And, check your temperatures. The Z83xx doesn’t run as hot as the Z85xx or Z87xx, but we all know quality control and uniformity of work can be a bit sloppy. If you’re running very hot and throttling, it might be a poorly applied thermal pad, heat shield etc.

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