By Desire Athow
Chuwi is one Chinese PC manufacturer that hasn’t been short on product releases over the past 12 months despite being a relative newcomer outside of mainland China.
The Hi13, Hi10, LapBook, HiBox Mini and the Hi12 have all been well received, with the Hi series aimed squarely at Microsoft’s established and award-winning Surface range. Not to mention the fact that Chuwi has already signalled its ambition with an outlandishly popular crowdsourcing project, the Surbook, that has raised almost 20 times more than its target goal with nearly two weeks to go.
The LapBook 12.3 is the latest addition to this range and positions itself as a ‘souped-down’ laptop equivalent of the Microsoft Surface Pro 4. In other words, if the Surface Pro 4 had a laptop equivalent, the LapBook 12.3 would have been its direct competitor (and no, we’re not counting the Surface Laptop as such a device).
Online Chinese retailer, Gearbest, sent us the sample and sells the LapBook 12.3 for around £245 ($320). Note that while this price includes delivery, it is exclusive of any taxes that may be levied by HMRC or the courier companies on behalf of the …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac