Chinese {hardware} producers CHUWI have surprisungly upgraded their Chuwi UBook 2-in-1 to create a less expensive Surface Go different.
Originally unveiled by means of the corporate’s Kickstarter for the 2-in-1 system, which raised a formidable $450,000, the UBook has at all times been pitched as a competitor to Microsoft’s Surface Go.
With a wise change in elements, Chuwi is aiming to make their choices extra environment friendly and cheaper than Microsoft.
Firstly, this comes with a change of CPU. While the unique UBook launched earlier this 12 months with an Intel 6Y30, Chuwi is upgrading to the Intel N4100. The new processor incorporates a quad-core die with 4 threads; the very best frequency reaches as much as 2.four GHz.
Alongside a bost in efficiency, upgrading to the Intel N4100 has a distinct profit: decrease energy consumption. Chuwi has used this hole in energy draw to swap out the GPU from the Intel UHD 515 to Intel UHD 600, which might decode 4K video simply.
Storage has additionally been improved. While the unique mannequin sported eMMC reminiscence, Chuwi has as an alternative determined to incorporate the storage mixture of 8GB LPDDR4+256GB SSD to make UBook extra environment friendly in coping with a number of duties.
Chuwi is banking on this enchancment to storage in its competitors to beat the Surface Go.
“At a similar price, compared with UBook 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage space, Surface Go has only 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage space, which is poorer not only in the speed of reading and writing but also in the storage,” reads the press launch.
In what’s one other sturdy transfer for the Chuwi UBook, the producer has improved the variety of IO on their system. For interfacing, customers can use the interface of versatile USB Type-C, USB 3.0, headphone jack, DC charging, Micro HDMI and Micro SD.
As Chuwi is eager to inform us, “Surface Go only has USB-C, headphone jack and Micro SD to interface with. With only one USB-C interface, it is unable to charge while doing other operations. Instead, the user has to buy Surface Dock which is specially designed for Surface Connect interface.”
