Chuwi Surbook-Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Alternative Design, Hardware, Features, Review
2-in-1 tablet pcs are the tendency on the current market, more and more users want to enjoy a 2-in-1 tablet pc,especially after Microsoft releases a Surface Pro 4 2-in-1 tablet pc. But due to high price, some of users can’t enjoy its convenient design and powerful hardware, therefore, we need a competitive one to replace Surface Pro 4, one of the best Chinese Tablet PC brands, Chuwi has released a high replacement, Chuwi Surbook, which has similar design to Surface Pro 4 and in hardware, it can also compete with Surface Pro 4. So why is Chuwi Surbook so popular? We believe you have known Chuwi Surbook has been preordered on Indiegogo for crowdfunding, right now they have raised about $711,638. We can see it has enjoyed the big success. Let’s know it more details.
Design
About Chuwi Surbook appearance, it consists of a tablet pc, a stylus pen, and a keyboard, making this 2-in-1 Tablet, like Surface Pro 4, the surbook uses all metal body with finish material, it has a USB Type C port, two USB Type A 3.0 ports, and a 3.5mm earphone jack, and power button and volume button on top of the tablet pc.
It comes with a high quality adjustable kickstand at the back which can be slides to 125 degrees, you can see it has very solid quality, which can be used over 20,000 flips according to Chuwi official. And its keyboard is very important to let it become a 2-in-1 laptop, it is better than other common keyboards on the current market, because the keys are backlit, you can enjoy backlight mode to use FN+DEL,therefore, users can even operate it at night. The keyboard uses a velvet materiel, which is said to adopt the same supplier that Surface series do. Therefore, we can trust its quality. As for dimension, it has 297.8mm *203.3mm*9.4mm, and 967g weight.
Besides, Chuwi Surbook adopts 12.3 inch 2K screen with decent touch feeling, and you can use stylus pen to touch responsively. The pen supports 1024 levels of pressure response, therefore, you can use it to enjoy graphic apps like PS, Freshpaint , etc. It has 3:2 aspect ratio to bring good viewing vision, when you watch tvs, play games, viewing images, you can see perfect brightness and contrasts.
Hardware
For a good tablet pc, hardware is the key to decide its performance, Chuwi Surbook uses Intel Apollo Lake N3450 quad-core chip clocked at a maximum frequency of 2.2GHz processor, along with RAM 6GB ROM 128GB EMMC internal storage, it will be perfect match, and it runs latest WIndows 10 OS, you will enjoy playing large games without any hiccups, and run many apps without closing, it can still run rapidly due to RAM 6GB, as you know, RAM 6GB tablet pc is quite less on the current market, but it will become a tendency. We will get its CPU test and update soon. The test result will not let you down.
Battery and Camera
Chuwi Surbook adopts dual camera, 5MP back and 2MP front, although it doesn’t have advantage in camera, it is quite good enough to enjoy face-chatting with others, and we can still take photos to record our life and work by its back camera, after all, some tablet pcs just have one front camera. As for its battery, it is built in 10,000mAh li-polymer battery, which can support 8 hours around using in general, the real using time is up to your working environment.
Conclusion
Chuwi Surbook can win over Surface Pro 4 in some aspects, such as design, battery life and competitive price. After all Surface Pro 4 is twice more expensive than Chuwi Surbook, for a common student and office worker, Chuwi Surbook is quite good for us to use. Right now Chuwi Surbook has been in crowdfunding on Indiegogo, Chuwi Surbook 6GB 64GB version sells at $309, Surbook 6GB 64GB with a keyboard and a stylus at $369 and Surbook 6GB 128GB with a stylus and keyboard at $429.99. The big deal will end in 17 days from now on. When you meet your favorite one, never miss it out. Of course, if you have any question about Chuwi Surbook or other tablet pcs, you can contact here for official support.
