I like the build quality and its sleek design, that's definitely one of their strengths now but for that price here in Germany I can get a Lenovo with the latest ryzen 4500U for just 500 euros or a matebook D for 550. That 4k screen doesn't make any sense with that CPU, they should've put a FHD one in order to lower the price, it just can't really compete in that price range unless it gets a much better CPU. Also really disappointed with that Linux support, that's usually why I buy these kind of laptop as a second machine.
@@ragilmalik gaming laptop and portable laptop are different segment. Gaming is for playing while ultrabook is for easy to carry. Don't compare sedan and truck.
@@agoesox2353 why not compare sedan to truck? people can compare whatever the hell they want... see a truck is very heavy and can carry loads of stuff at the cost of beeing slow and hard to manouver, sedan light therefore is faster and nimble in traffic... there you go they are comparable... really hate these "cant compare comments" . It's all about tradeoff, and compare all you want...
@@din3832 haha you are stupid as hell.. Every product has different market and positioning2.. Ultrabook means ultra portable.. The target is to make it so slim and light.. The manufacturer usually put less power comsumption and less heat SoC.. So they can put so small heat sphreader and super thin battery to keep the body slim and light.. But the gaming oriented notebook is designed to make super fast as hell altough it can consumes more power and more heat.. It can be accomodate by the thickness of the body because manufacturer put larger battery inside and large heat sphread and fan.. So the overal weight is increased much.. Same as smartphone now. Gaming oriented phone has thicker body to accomodate larger battery and heat sphread. If u use thin smartphone for heavy mobile gaming, the temperature of the phone will increase fast and the battery indicator will drain fast too because of less heat sphread and less battery. If as u think every product is comparable then why manufacturer create product segmentation?
I was really hyped by this 4k display, the performance is just not there and for 2020 this internals seem that will not age well. Anyways I'm still tempted, not many non-premium laptops have this build quality and display.
Like any of your reviews or all your reviews, it's just perfect. The answer to the question "should you buy?" it's actually very simple, for me at least. NO ONE should buy Chuwi devices!!! Despite the good build quality, design, performance, and value or the money, Chuwi is very bad in customer service, warranty and after sale support. Two years ago I purchased a CoreBook by backing it on Indigogo and last year one more Lapbook SE, so I'm not an enemy of the brand. Everything changed when the cover keyboard o the CoreBook started malfunctioning, several keys don't work anymore. After contacting Chuwi I've been told the following: 24 months warranty is for the tablet-pc alone; keyboard is only 3 months covered. Repair is out o the question as well as buying a new one since don't have it anymore. No whatsoever proposal or support in solving the issue, except "you can connect an external keyboard via BT". Basically f!?k myself and throw 500 USD it in the trash after not even 2 years of using the device.
I usually purchase Dell laptops here in Canada. I like the quality and it is quite easy to get replacement parts and to download new drivers, BIOS updates, etc. from their website. This is a nice looking laptop. Thanks for the video.
I love it your review. And suggestion for chuwi new gen chip.. yeah if 50$ more they built 8th gen or 10th gen core i3 is better.. thank you so much the review. I'm always love to watch your videos. You review everything nothing lose
What a shame, bad timing from the Chuwi guys. It seemed like a great idea but it´s an old cpu and the market is changing. With the new Ryzen mobile 4th gen coming strong, and the Intel 8º and Ryzen 3-2º gens getting cheaper cause they are older, I don´t see the market for this anymore. Ideapad 5, Swift 3 and 5, Hp Envy and some others getting cheaper and nicer... Also, they (Chuwi) had some troubles with refunds and some issues with battery and some other stuff breaking. Also, great review! Nice job mate.
The choice of a 6th gen processor is very, very curious. It doesn't even support h.265 10-bit hardware decoding (only 8-bit). And 4K videos are usually encoded in 10-bit. What was Chuwi thinking? I agree that an 8th gen i5 (at minimum) would have been acceptable.
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This laptop is really a mix bag for me. Around 500€ in EU you have a lot of very good options. With more modern CPU, local keyboards (some language cannot use standard QWERTY, like French for instance, we need specific symbols and it is painful without French layout )... But around 500€ there are not a lot of option with a 4K panel. So this laptop has some cards to play. Need a cheap 4k laptop, and not too much horse power? This could be an option. Unfortunately, the Linux community can not have it yet... Pity, I think for coding, development etc... This would have been a suitable option, and Linux is amazing for developing into Python (and many other languages!)
hey im from bolivia , I need some help with this , i wanna buy a good laptop over this price even until 1000 dollars , i dont really need a 4k but yes a good performance. Please help me
I watched your chuwi aerobook and teclast f7 plus reviews last year, and finally I settled for F7 plus due to its price is far cheaper; however I felt perhaps Chuwi might be a better choice for user experience.
Great Stuff as usual. Keep up the great work. I was considering an inexpensive laptop but have decided to get a new Zotac bare bones Mini PC.with a core i5 7300 Quad core Kaby Lake CPU. for $349..
Thanks for the review! What kind of sound card/adapter is inside? What's the quality? Does it support native asio and if not, does it support asio4all emulation for use with Cubase? Thanks!
what do you think about the chuwi corebook (for the same price )? the cpu is older but there are 13''IPS, 2160*1440 (3:2),2K HD,IPS Display, and in the corebook there are a second slot to add a ssd.
Would it perform noticably better if the resolution was lowered from 4k to 1080p? I'm considering picking this up when it's available. Name brand electronics(Dell, Acer, Lenovo, etc) are a lot more expensive here in the Philippines.
No. Not at all. As you can see - it struggles with 4k output and, obviously, even at 1080p, you are only looking at CSGO sub60fps. In other words - it's "already" performing at 1080p(because god knows 4k wasn't a goal in 2016, except for some 2-3k Apple cRetinas, but they have their ways), the only "4k" part of it is good for viewing still images, maybe streamable content and rationally encoded 4k content.
@@AmitKumar-gl3zy no that's on the igp. AVX2 will not change as it's an instruction set. The implementation might be different but the software has no way to tell the difference. If comet lake can use AVX2 in one way, Haswell can do the same.
Hi! Do you recommend this brand? I heard a lot of people saying that chuwi stopped working... I'm from Brazil and here other devices are very expensive... Tks
The title is Plus but the comment is Pro. What's the different between Plus and Pro, Chris? I can't see the actual different between them too on Indigogo..
1. It's good to know that it's a BOE panel, we need competition to the existing market dominators, but... Is it IPS? It kind of looks like IPS, since it doesn't have any distortion when shot from the side. 2. Glossy isn't bad. It's actually better and superior. Part of the reason why extremely expensive laptops and monitors and pretty much all Macbooks are glossy - is because glossy doesn't mess up yours colors. Anything that wants to market itself as ANYWHERE near color-accurate - needs a glossy panel by defintion. Matte screens are a modern, cheap solution for viewing things in the conditions that aren't meant to be viewed in. They are sometimes compensated by extremely good panels, up to Oled, but... generally Matte stuff doesn't advertise itself as professional or color-accurate. It can advertise the shit out of HDR, not that anyone gives a damn, but if anything wants to be "10-bit" or "color-accurate" - it's glossy-only. It's clear that Chuwi wants to turn this thing into a poor man's MacBook PrOld or a cheaper Surface, maybe a more stable choice than a refurbished\second-hand version of these two ultrabooks, which is why it went Glossy. 3. Chris... I know it's nitpicking, but... Do not. ever. look. period at the turbo clocks of any CPU, particularly Intel. Their 2019... or 2018 8-core in a Macbook with "4.5ghz+" boost resulted in... quite a bonfire... in all senses, including a media coverage one. Let's say that it struggled to sustain anything past 3ghz. And, yes, I know that there is a difference between 2C and 8C, but... if this "elegant chip from a less civilized age" can sustain 3.5ghz... Then that's it. That's pretty much the efficiency roof of Intel 14nm, no matter the generation. And... no. It's not "plus-plus" improved. The page you are viewing as you say this - clearly shows Q32015. That's... that's their first 14nm generation. Well, maybe a second one, first being a rather obscure Broadwell, but for most consumer-related things - this is where 14nm began. This isn't 14nm+ Kaby Lake. This isn't 14nm++ Coffee Lake. This isn't 14nm++++++++++ Coffee Lake 2019. And, thank goodness, it's not 14nm++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Vomit Lake 2020. And it clearly isn't their current 10nm laptop disaster. But it still sucks. 4. "Shot on Galaxy Note 4". And that's still a better quality than what Chuwi used to shoot the advertisement for this "4k 100% sRGB" laptop. Lol. 5. And yet Chuwi advertises it for editors. When it can't even view 4k content reliably. I guess QuickSync does miracles? And good lord, that fan noise... Overall... it looks like Chuwi sourced a batch of unsold Skylake processors at pennies on a dollar(probably the same place they source their incessant Gemini Lakes shits), and they have decided to use local cheaper BOE panel to put together this... 4k marketing joke. I'm not sure any professional editor would go cheap on their hardware(unless they are from financially terrorized countries, but... I think even there professionals have better options), so, without this "4k" screen - there isn't really much going for this laptop. At all. No mic, no webcam, maybe just better-than-worst audio. Maybe if all you want is viewing stuff with the highest quality... this 4k panel is indeed the cheapest you can get(IF it's IPS), but... I'd be more interested in a ~300$ transformer improvements with 1080p IPS. And if anyone wants any kind of performance - just buy Zen laptops. Seriously. It's 2020, there's even Renoir inbound(though for 500$ you may only get lowest-binned 6C). Intel did kind of catch up in GPU performance... and got a slight headstart in CPU performance with their 10nm parts, but they start at 700$ for i5. And while it is competitive until Renoir rolls out, below 700$ it's Zen-only zone, and once Renoir is out - even 10nm Ice Lake will be EoL. Not as EoL as this Skylake chip though...
Good points. Matte is a bit more practical but yes for the accuracy. Well in my defense I said it's not 14nm+ or 14nm++++++ I was actually having a wee go at Intel there. I would love to see some new Ryzen laptops from brands like Chuwi
I'd get a zenbook....... (if that's what your talking about) If I had a few hundred dollars! (close to 1k) I mean these are meant to be something that people can AFFORD!!! my old asus x2oom laptop died on me a few weeks ago and I'm looking to replace it and I'm glad these exist cuz I can't afford a PROPER laptop!
What is about shipping from Indiegogo? Do they send with priority direct Mail over Netherland with DHL to Germany? And what is the actual price for i7 with 512GB and 16GB Ram?
thank you! How would you rate this chuwi aerobook against teclast f15? Major differences I see are screen and cpu. But the chuwi is 15O euro more expensive (490 vs 340 euro). Would you say its worth 50% more then the f15?
Where do you find such old cpu in such amount ? Usually everyone tries to sell components and to avoid any stock ... good review but not something to go for - at least not for me.
Good review as always. However, they should have gone with a 7th Gen Kaby Lake dual core cpu which has an upgraded GPU with hardware HVEC decoding and supports Netflix streaming at 4K. Although it has powerful IrisPro graphics, 6th gen lacks the full hardware decoding and not supported by Netflix for 4K decoding.
dual core in 2020..... interesting why anyone would buy that. quad core albeit weaker celeron would be a better pick to handle background processes while doing some tasks. Well, we now have ryzen so even intel in the first place is not a good investment
@@ragilmalik No, Celeron will not be better. They are quad core for sure but they don't use the same architecture which Skylake uses. They borrow some features but that's it. This will be far faster than laptops with Celeron N5000. I do have a ZenBook with i7-5500u and a laptop with N4100.. BOTH with 8gb ram and the performance in ZenBook is way Way better.
Better use AMD Ryzen for cutting the price and 4K panel on 15.6 inch is overkill. Just use panel a little bit higher resolution than Full HD. 4K resolution but using super old gen CPU is bad decision because it will have some lag.
Too expensive for the specs I think compared with for example some Lenovo Ideapad models which run all linux distro's perfectly - at least my 330S does.
I have been looking for a full review for this laptop for a few weeks now, great review though I'd have liked to see you trying another linux distro or two after mint failed, just for good measure. The 4K display is of course a waste as they could have used a 3K or even a 2K, and use the savings for a 4 core CPU, even if it's still 6gen intel. I was considering this laptop as a possible purchase but it just doesn't make sense anymore, especially when you can get a secondhand thinkpad for about the same price, with a much better built quality. let alone a much better performing CPU with about the same built quality.
Hi ! Do you consider this a good idea to buy? If you buy a second hand thinkpad? I think you have more bang for the buck + you have a real quality laptop :-)
hi recently I bought chuwi Aerobook Plus with intension to install Linux on it ,but.. I tried three diferent distros but in the middle of boot Linux it completely poweroff. Do you have any possible solution for the problem, best regards pipi
Hello I'm thinking about getting this Laptop you said it an older generation cpu I think for me would be good since I will be putting Chrome OS or Ubuntu Linux on it.
Doesn't Dell 3593 only have a plastic body and quite large display bezel? I think ultrabook will always be more expensive than regular notebook. It is more expensive to assembly because hot to make ultra slim but strong build. If the ultrabook version of that Dell spec, the price is not that cheap. Dell has bigger class brand than Chuwi. So, they will sell more expensive than not well known brand.
Avoid Chuwi at all costs. Bad quality control. I ordered mine and it had hardware defects. Random Blue screens of death at random memory locations all the time, disrupting me from anything i want to do. I am buying electronics since 1987, and i had never bought such a bad product before. Lesson learned. My CPC6128 still works after 33 years and i can do more things than the chuwi as it is now...
Exactly, totally agree. I just bought the worse product ever. Came to me a few weeks ago, started using it a few days ago and I'm having many problems, like wifi connection problems, fan malfunction and keys that don't work. And plus the keypad is failing constantly. I can't believe I lost 475€...
As always a good review ... but to buy a 4K 15.6 with 4Gen i5 U version CPU - 28W TDP 14mm and integrated 550 graphs. Whats the F point ? Its a garbage ! A better CPU + a good IPS its all we need. Tell them to use Ryzen 4xxx with better graphics better cpu performance and better TDP and ... and ... etc !
Hope nobody buys this. I had the normal Aerobook. The battery break after 6 months of usage. The hinge will broken after few months. If you still want to buy this, I suggest wait for 6-7 months, and chdck the Chuwi forum for problem. But I strongly suggest you go with the honor magicbook or anything ryzen at the same price.
@@neotwenty-nineBzH Well, yes. I tried Ubuntu several times. What a headache to install anything in there! And don't get me started on drivers support, missing programs....
4K is such a waste on a laptop though... They could have made it cheaper with a good 1080p panel, smaller chassis (13 or 14 inch) and maybe even a sata ssd...
talking about the touchpad, even if doesn't exist, i couldn't care less. As fas as i know, the only people who use touchpad are apple users. Mouse is always the way to go. but that 28W tdp is just stupid. We need to talk more about that.
Hahaha so let me get this straight, not only is it an INTEL processor, but, hang on to yer butts, 4 gens old AND they managed to round up some idiots to pay for the R&D on indiegogo? Oh ffs.
Yes very fake. Chuwi renamed it. This is a prototype review loan unit they sent me. Look at their website it's the Aerobook Plus 15.6. I just reviewed the Aerobook Pro 13.3" here th-cam.com/video/gvVqPc6pg24/w-d-xo.html
02:08 - Internals
03:11 - Build & Design
06:00 - Bios
06:29 - Config
07:23 - Screen
08:54 - Webcam sample
09:15 - Performance
14:13 - Light gaming
14:53 - Thermals
16:07 - Linux Test
16:36 - Speaker test
17:07 - Fan noise
17:31 - Recap
17:53 - Pros & Cons
You said nothing much about battery life
I like the build quality and its sleek design, that's definitely one of their strengths now but for that price here in Germany I can get a Lenovo with the latest ryzen 4500U for just 500 euros or a matebook D for 550.
That 4k screen doesn't make any sense with that CPU, they should've put a FHD one in order to lower the price, it just can't really compete in that price range unless it gets a much better CPU.
Also really disappointed with that Linux support, that's usually why I buy these kind of laptop as a second machine.
or used, you can get any gaming laptop with 1050 ti or 1060 mobile for around 500 euro.
@@ragilmalik gaming laptop and portable laptop are different segment. Gaming is for playing while ultrabook is for easy to carry. Don't compare sedan and truck.
@@agoesox2353 why not compare sedan to truck? people can compare whatever the hell they want... see a truck is very heavy and can carry loads of stuff at the cost of beeing slow and hard to manouver, sedan light therefore is faster and nimble in traffic... there you go they are comparable... really hate these "cant compare comments" . It's all about tradeoff, and compare all you want...
@@din3832 haha you are stupid as hell.. Every product has different market and positioning2.. Ultrabook means ultra portable.. The target is to make it so slim and light.. The manufacturer usually put less power comsumption and less heat SoC.. So they can put so small heat sphreader and super thin battery to keep the body slim and light..
But the gaming oriented notebook is designed to make super fast as hell altough it can consumes more power and more heat.. It can be accomodate by the thickness of the body because manufacturer put larger battery inside and large heat sphread and fan.. So the overal weight is increased much..
Same as smartphone now. Gaming oriented phone has thicker body to accomodate larger battery and heat sphread. If u use thin smartphone for heavy mobile gaming, the temperature of the phone will increase fast and the battery indicator will drain fast too because of less heat sphread and less battery.
If as u think every product is comparable then why manufacturer create product segmentation?
@@agoesox2353 oh and by the way u dumb shit, you just compared the two products ROFL
I was really hyped by this 4k display, the performance is just not there and for 2020 this internals seem that will not age well. Anyways I'm still tempted, not many non-premium laptops have this build quality and display.
Chris, I'm so pleased the Chuwi is listening to you. At last! Fingers crossed for future goodies.
Seems so we finally got better speakers, I hope they take my advice with a much better CPU like the 8250U
@@Techtablets We only had to wait 4 years for the speakers to improve, so we might get a better CPU by the time your kids are adults. LOL We can hope!
Haha yes could be a long wait. Finally get an 8th gen 8250 in 2023... 🤣
Like any of your reviews or all your reviews, it's just perfect. The answer to the question "should you buy?" it's actually very simple, for me at least. NO ONE should buy Chuwi devices!!! Despite the good build quality, design, performance, and value or the money, Chuwi is very bad in customer service, warranty and after sale support.
Two years ago I purchased a CoreBook by backing it on Indigogo and last year one more Lapbook SE, so I'm not an enemy of the brand.
Everything changed when the cover keyboard o the CoreBook started malfunctioning, several keys don't work anymore. After contacting Chuwi I've been told the following: 24 months warranty is for the tablet-pc alone; keyboard is only 3 months covered. Repair is out o the question as well as buying a new one since don't have it anymore. No whatsoever proposal or support in solving the issue, except "you can connect an external keyboard via BT". Basically f!?k myself and throw 500 USD it in the trash after not even 2 years of using the device.
I usually purchase Dell laptops here in Canada. I like the quality and it is quite easy to get replacement parts and to download new drivers, BIOS updates, etc. from their website. This is a nice looking laptop. Thanks for the video.
Dell are actually old cheap quality laptops, you know.
I love it your review. And suggestion for chuwi new gen chip.. yeah if 50$ more they built 8th gen or 10th gen core i3 is better.. thank you so much the review. I'm always love to watch your videos. You review everything nothing lose
how can i upgrade this if i buy it , help please
@@Diegogomez-rz9qe currently not available upgrading options.. we hope in future. Aliexpress going to Release may 18
Thank u bro
And whate other laptop at that prices you could advice me pl,
@@Diegogomez-rz9qe Huawei Matebook D14 / Huawei Honor Magicbook
What a shame, bad timing from the Chuwi guys. It seemed like a great idea but it´s an old cpu and the market is changing. With the new Ryzen mobile 4th gen coming strong, and the Intel 8º and Ryzen 3-2º gens getting cheaper cause they are older, I don´t see the market for this anymore. Ideapad 5, Swift 3 and 5, Hp Envy and some others getting cheaper and nicer... Also, they (Chuwi) had some troubles with refunds and some issues with battery and some other stuff breaking. Also, great review! Nice job mate.
Will the battery break after 6 months as it happened with many units of the first Aerobook? We'll see.
Thank you for your review 😉
Ugh mine automatically shuts off even if the battery indicator says it's still around 40 percent.
replacement batteries at aliexpress around 50€ or so is affordable and a lot cheaper than lenove spare batteries .
My 2 Chuwi devices broke around 6m-1y time. No more Chuwi for me.
chuwi battery sucks since tablet days
The choice of a 6th gen processor is very, very curious. It doesn't even support h.265 10-bit hardware decoding (only 8-bit). And 4K videos are usually encoded in 10-bit. What was Chuwi thinking? I agree that an 8th gen i5 (at minimum) would have been acceptable.
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This laptop is really a mix bag for me. Around 500€ in EU you have a lot of very good options. With more modern CPU, local keyboards (some language cannot use standard QWERTY, like French for instance, we need specific symbols and it is painful without French layout )... But around 500€ there are not a lot of option with a 4K panel. So this laptop has some cards to play. Need a cheap 4k laptop, and not too much horse power? This could be an option. Unfortunately, the Linux community can not have it yet... Pity, I think for coding, development etc... This would have been a suitable option, and Linux is amazing for developing into Python (and many other languages!)
hey im from bolivia , I need some help with this , i wanna buy a good laptop over this price even until 1000 dollars , i dont really need a 4k but yes a good performance. Please help me
I watched your chuwi aerobook and teclast f7 plus reviews last year, and finally I settled for F7 plus due to its price is far cheaper; however I felt perhaps Chuwi might be a better choice for user experience.
Great Stuff as usual. Keep up the great work. I was considering an inexpensive laptop but have decided to get a new Zotac bare bones Mini PC.with a core i5 7300 Quad core Kaby Lake CPU. for $349..
I'll be reviewing a few new mini PC's soon some kaby lake r and whiskey lake which could be okay
Nicely done video
Thanks for the review! What kind of sound card/adapter is inside? What's the quality? Does it support native asio and if not, does it support asio4all emulation for use with Cubase? Thanks!
what do you think about the chuwi corebook (for the same price )?
the cpu is older but there are 13''IPS, 2160*1440 (3:2),2K HD,IPS Display, and in the corebook there are a second slot to add a ssd.
can you do a review on the new chuwi hi10 x, that will be great
Would it perform noticably better if the resolution was lowered from 4k to 1080p?
I'm considering picking this up when it's available. Name brand electronics(Dell, Acer, Lenovo, etc) are a lot more expensive here in the Philippines.
No. Not at all. As you can see - it struggles with 4k output and, obviously, even at 1080p, you are only looking at CSGO sub60fps.
In other words - it's "already" performing at 1080p(because god knows 4k wasn't a goal in 2016, except for some 2-3k Apple cRetinas, but they have their ways), the only "4k" part of it is good for viewing still images, maybe streamable content and rationally encoded 4k content.
@@WirxawTanev What I meant was day to day operation, *not gaming.*
4 gen old CPU in 2020
Does it have new AES AVX TXT Instructions.?
AVX2 has been with intel since Haswell. I guess it pretty much explains how lazy Intel was these years.
@@LucienneGainsborough but the 10th gen comet lake has newer AVX2 instructions for VP9 encode and decode on 10bit
@@AmitKumar-gl3zy no that's on the igp. AVX2 will not change as it's an instruction set. The implementation might be different but the software has no way to tell the difference. If comet lake can use AVX2 in one way, Haswell can do the same.
@@LucienneGainsborough yes you are right.
I was about to write about the igpu but written for the instruction sets.
Thanx for the correction bro. 👍
Hi!
Do you recommend this brand? I heard a lot of people saying that chuwi stopped working...
I'm from Brazil and here other devices are very expensive...
Tks
Ola. I am just shocked at BT 4.x. Thanks Chris.
The title is Plus but the comment is Pro. What's the different between Plus and Pro, Chris? I can't see the actual different between them too on Indigogo..
It's the same for some reason Chuwi renamed it to Aerobook Plus from Pro
@@Techtablets hope Chuwi changes the name on the back cover too on the final product coz it's still written Aerobook Pro..
1. It's good to know that it's a BOE panel, we need competition to the existing market dominators, but... Is it IPS? It kind of looks like IPS, since it doesn't have any distortion when shot from the side.
2. Glossy isn't bad. It's actually better and superior. Part of the reason why extremely expensive laptops and monitors and pretty much all Macbooks are glossy - is because glossy doesn't mess up yours colors. Anything that wants to market itself as ANYWHERE near color-accurate - needs a glossy panel by defintion.
Matte screens are a modern, cheap solution for viewing things in the conditions that aren't meant to be viewed in. They are sometimes compensated by extremely good panels, up to Oled, but... generally Matte stuff doesn't advertise itself as professional or color-accurate. It can advertise the shit out of HDR, not that anyone gives a damn, but if anything wants to be "10-bit" or "color-accurate" - it's glossy-only.
It's clear that Chuwi wants to turn this thing into a poor man's MacBook PrOld or a cheaper Surface, maybe a more stable choice than a refurbished\second-hand version of these two ultrabooks, which is why it went Glossy.
3. Chris... I know it's nitpicking, but... Do not. ever. look. period at the turbo clocks of any CPU, particularly Intel. Their 2019... or 2018 8-core in a Macbook with "4.5ghz+" boost resulted in... quite a bonfire... in all senses, including a media coverage one. Let's say that it struggled to sustain anything past 3ghz.
And, yes, I know that there is a difference between 2C and 8C, but... if this "elegant chip from a less civilized age" can sustain 3.5ghz... Then that's it. That's pretty much the efficiency roof of Intel 14nm, no matter the generation.
And... no. It's not "plus-plus" improved. The page you are viewing as you say this - clearly shows Q32015. That's... that's their first 14nm generation. Well, maybe a second one, first being a rather obscure Broadwell, but for most consumer-related things - this is where 14nm began.
This isn't 14nm+ Kaby Lake. This isn't 14nm++ Coffee Lake. This isn't 14nm++++++++++ Coffee Lake 2019. And, thank goodness, it's not 14nm++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Vomit Lake 2020.
And it clearly isn't their current 10nm laptop disaster.
But it still sucks.
4. "Shot on Galaxy Note 4". And that's still a better quality than what Chuwi used to shoot the advertisement for this "4k 100% sRGB" laptop. Lol.
5. And yet Chuwi advertises it for editors. When it can't even view 4k content reliably. I guess QuickSync does miracles?
And good lord, that fan noise...
Overall... it looks like Chuwi sourced a batch of unsold Skylake processors at pennies on a dollar(probably the same place they source their incessant Gemini Lakes shits), and they have decided to use local cheaper BOE panel to put together this... 4k marketing joke.
I'm not sure any professional editor would go cheap on their hardware(unless they are from financially terrorized countries, but... I think even there professionals have better options), so, without this "4k" screen - there isn't really much going for this laptop. At all.
No mic, no webcam, maybe just better-than-worst audio. Maybe if all you want is viewing stuff with the highest quality... this 4k panel is indeed the cheapest you can get(IF it's IPS), but... I'd be more interested in a ~300$ transformer improvements with 1080p IPS.
And if anyone wants any kind of performance - just buy Zen laptops. Seriously. It's 2020, there's even Renoir inbound(though for 500$ you may only get lowest-binned 6C).
Intel did kind of catch up in GPU performance... and got a slight headstart in CPU performance with their 10nm parts, but they start at 700$ for i5. And while it is competitive until Renoir rolls out, below 700$ it's Zen-only zone, and once Renoir is out - even 10nm Ice Lake will be EoL.
Not as EoL as this Skylake chip though...
Good points. Matte is a bit more practical but yes for the accuracy. Well in my defense I said it's not 14nm+ or 14nm++++++ I was actually having a wee go at Intel there. I would love to see some new Ryzen laptops from brands like Chuwi
@@Techtablets Maybe in year 2025 with Zen+\Zen2 IF there will be any unsold stock, like with Skylake. Which I doubt there would be, obviously.
I'd get a zenbook....... (if that's what your talking about)
If I had a few hundred dollars! (close to 1k)
I mean these are meant to be something that people can AFFORD!!!
my old asus x2oom laptop died on me a few weeks ago and I'm looking to replace it and I'm glad these exist cuz I can't afford a PROPER laptop!
What is about shipping from Indiegogo? Do they send with priority direct Mail over Netherland with DHL to Germany? And what is the actual price for i7 with 512GB and 16GB Ram?
thank you! How would you rate this chuwi aerobook against teclast f15? Major differences I see are screen and cpu. But the chuwi is 15O euro more expensive (490 vs 340 euro). Would you say its worth 50% more then the f15?
It's much faster the CPU
Good one Chris ☝️👍
Where do you find such old cpu in such amount ?
Usually everyone tries to sell components and to avoid any stock ...
good review but not something to go for - at least not for me.
They most have bought them cheap from Intel, struck a deal for using old stock.
throwed away from macbook pro
Which is the best budget choice available
Can you review the Heropro +, its only $269 with 3800x1800 screen?
Good review as always. However, they should have gone with a 7th Gen Kaby Lake dual core cpu which has an upgraded GPU with hardware HVEC decoding and supports Netflix streaming at 4K. Although it has powerful IrisPro graphics, 6th gen lacks the full hardware decoding and not supported by Netflix for 4K decoding.
dual core in 2020..... interesting why anyone would buy that. quad core albeit weaker celeron would be a better pick to handle background processes while doing some tasks. Well, we now have ryzen so even intel in the first place is not a good investment
@@ragilmalik No, Celeron will not be better. They are quad core for sure but they don't use the same architecture which Skylake uses. They borrow some features but that's it. This will be far faster than laptops with Celeron N5000. I do have a ZenBook with i7-5500u and a laptop with N4100..
BOTH with 8gb ram and the performance in ZenBook is way Way better.
Better use AMD Ryzen for cutting the price and 4K panel on 15.6 inch is overkill. Just use panel a little bit higher resolution than Full HD.
4K resolution but using super old gen CPU is bad decision because it will have some lag.
what can you advice me? , im searching for a laptop good as this but not in a highest price, Hi from Bolivia
Can you please review the Acer Swift 3 and the Lenovo ideapad 5? There's some other channels say a lot of great things about these laptops
Too expensive for the specs I think compared with for example some Lenovo Ideapad models which run all linux distro's perfectly - at least my 330S does.
I have been looking for a full review for this laptop for a few weeks now, great review though I'd have liked to see you trying another linux distro or two after mint failed, just for good measure.
The 4K display is of course a waste as they could have used a 3K or even a 2K, and use the savings for a 4 core CPU, even if it's still 6gen intel.
I was considering this laptop as a possible purchase but it just doesn't make sense anymore, especially when you can get a secondhand thinkpad for about the same price, with a much better built quality. let alone a much better performing CPU with about the same built quality.
What can you advice me
I've been searching for a good laptop price-quality and i was considering this
Chuwi said it can run Hackintosh, could make a single video reviewing it
Hi ! Do you consider this a good idea to buy? If you buy a second hand thinkpad? I think you have more bang for the buck + you have a real quality laptop :-)
I would definately get a second hand Thinkpad
when will you unbox the iQOO Neo 3??
hoping for it
soon
No plans to buy it sorry. I can't cover everything
for battery bar you need to run longer it will adjust capacity
I did try this and even after 4-5 cycles it was showing anything near 55wh
No linux no point of buying chuwi. Tried reaching out to chuwi to add Linux support but doesn't look like they're currently interested.
I’m getting one tô start editing simple vídeos for TH-cam, is it possible to do it with this model ?
Did the first upload had issues?
Yes
hi
recently I bought chuwi Aerobook Plus with intension to install Linux on it ,but..
I tried three diferent distros but in the middle of boot Linux it completely poweroff.
Do you have any possible solution for the problem,
best regards
pipi
Is there a way to buy it? The indiegigo has ended and I can’t seem to find it anywhere else
Hello I'm thinking about getting this Laptop you said it an older generation cpu I think for me would be good since I will be putting Chrome OS or Ubuntu Linux on it.
I want a laptop for studyng, offimatic work, Internet and Multimedia, is this a good option for that?
the specs are the exactly same as my laptop i bought in 2014 ..
But cheaper. This is like new low end snapdragon chips being better than the old flagship chips
@@ThePr0Br0 no even the other parts specs are the same? my laptop cost me 900usd..
@@jinwoooooooooo well this is not 900usd, this is 600.
Dude this is the cheapest 4k laptop. That's the selling point of it. Others cost probably 2000$
@@sambhrantlamba u have not bought anything from china lol even branded laptops like asus or MSI are $600-700 cheaper in china
You can play those video smoothly with VLC player.
This would probably make an inexpensive hackintosh 2016 macbook pro considering it has a similar cpu and big touch pad and a full metal build.
If this cost as much as I see ($550) in this price tag in my country I can get a Dell 3593 with i5 1035G1, so this Chuwi is such disappointing.
Doesn't Dell 3593 only have a plastic body and quite large display bezel?
I think ultrabook will always be more expensive than regular notebook. It is more expensive to assembly because hot to make ultra slim but strong build.
If the ultrabook version of that Dell spec, the price is not that cheap. Dell has bigger class brand than Chuwi. So, they will sell more expensive than not well known brand.
which budget laptop has the best cpu? so far?
Thanks to Chuwi for allowing this full review!
Specs may be fanciful for its price and you may be tempted, until they screw up your shipping like my own tragic case.
Avoid Chuwi at all costs. Bad quality control. I ordered mine and it had hardware defects. Random Blue screens of death at random memory locations all the time, disrupting me from anything i want to do. I am buying electronics since 1987, and i had never bought such a bad product before. Lesson learned. My CPC6128 still works after 33 years and i can do more things than the chuwi as it is now...
Exactly, totally agree. I just bought the worse product ever. Came to me a few weeks ago, started using it a few days ago and I'm having many problems, like wifi connection problems, fan malfunction and keys that don't work. And plus the keypad is failing constantly. I can't believe I lost 475€...
Can u recommend me a good 4k monitor not like this chuwi?
Huawei matebook d 15 is better than chuwi?
Can it cope with Autocad well?
You should do unboxing like before.
Not much to show just the charger
sir, is plus and pro version the same?
no
As always a good review ... but to buy a 4K 15.6 with 4Gen i5 U version CPU - 28W TDP 14mm and integrated 550 graphs. Whats the F point ? Its a garbage !
A better CPU + a good IPS its all we need. Tell them to use Ryzen 4xxx with better graphics better cpu performance and better TDP and ... and ... etc !
Hope nobody buys this. I had the normal Aerobook. The battery break after 6 months of usage. The hinge will broken after few months. If you still want to buy this, I suggest wait for 6-7 months, and chdck the Chuwi forum for problem.
But I strongly suggest you go with the honor magicbook or anything ryzen at the same price.
Chuwi's quality is extremely poor, I wouldn't buy anything from them.
You can get the 4500u redmibook 16 at around this price, so this is a bit of a hard sell tbh
Do review honor magicbook Ryzen 5 3500u ..
please test youtubr 4k vp9
So you can be a beta tester via indigogo to pay for a 5 year old technology. Great for the manufacturer: NO financial risk to launching this thing.
When will these China brands start using the new Ryzen 4000 cpus?
Nothing is upgradable and no dual channel RAM is a no buy from me. I hope we get some cheap AMD Ryzen 4000 laptops from China.
is it still working?
It was a loan unit I don't have it. But the keyboard space key was bad as I pointed out
what is the logic in put a 4k display if you cant use? buy a cheap ryzen notebook, they are cheaper, better and have support
No Linux no chuwi... That's as simple as that for me 😊
Lol, you're quite alone on that regard. Pitty you.
@@alejandroperez5368 windows in that style of computer is...🤮... Linux opens its mind 😉
@@neotwenty-nineBzH Why would it be useful on Linux? Most programs are made for Windows not Linux...
@@alejandroperez5368 little padawan have you ever tried linux? No... Apparently... 😉. Have a try one day 😁
@@neotwenty-nineBzH Well, yes. I tried Ubuntu several times. What a headache to install anything in there! And don't get me started on drivers support, missing programs....
is display glossy or matt?
matt
Chu-wi
Not fully laminated😔
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Never buy from chuwi, warranty cannot be used impossible to get servic
Please make a how to open chuwi ubook pro video)
4K is such a waste on a laptop though... They could have made it cheaper with a good 1080p panel, smaller chassis (13 or 14 inch) and maybe even a sata ssd...
Expensive and old CPU. I'll pass.
No Linux = no purchase
Damn 6th gen chip
talking about the touchpad, even if doesn't exist, i couldn't care less. As fas as i know, the only people who use touchpad are apple users. Mouse is always the way to go.
but that 28W tdp is just stupid. We need to talk more about that.
256GB 👎🏽 1T god 500 GB 🙂
Hahaha so let me get this straight, not only is it an INTEL processor, but, hang on to yer butts, 4 gens old AND they managed to round up some idiots to pay for the R&D on indiegogo? Oh ffs.
first
Nope 😜
Hey bro you are very fake reviewer .on the bottom of laptop has been written chuwi aerobook pro and it's not aerobook plus
Yes very fake. Chuwi renamed it. This is a prototype review loan unit they sent me. Look at their website it's the Aerobook Plus 15.6. I just reviewed the Aerobook Pro 13.3" here th-cam.com/video/gvVqPc6pg24/w-d-xo.html
@@Techtablets i understood that sorry for what I said
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