Chuwi Freebook Review 13.5-inch Convertible Laptop With Active Stylus Support
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- Опубліковано 2 сер 2024
- Chuwi Freebook review. A 13.5" Windows 11 Celeron N5100 quad-core laptop with dual-channel LPDDR4 2400Mhz RAM, 256GB Kingston PCIe 3.0 SSD with spare M.2 2280 SATA3 slot, 39Wh battery, and 3:2 touchscreen with stylus support. Coupon code: FB50EN for $50 off here: bit.ly/30HxGfc
00:00 - Intro and spec
00:45 - Build, keyboard, touchpad and ports
04:05 - Internals
06:03 - Bios and the Display
08:40 - Geekbench 5, SSD and devices.
10:35 - Webcam sample
10:57 - Wacom powered HiPen H7 active stylus
13:00 - Chrome tab and 4k UA-cam streaming test
15:22 - Gaming (CSGO) and thermals
17:00 - Battery life, final thoughts with Pros and Cons
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00:00 - Intro and spec
00:45 - Build, keyboard, touchpad and ports
04:05 - Internals
06:03 - Bios and the Display
08:40 - Geekbench 5, SSD and devices.
10:35 - Webcam sample
10:57 - Wacom powered HiPen H7 active stylus
13:00 - Chrome tab and 4k UA-cam streaming test
15:22 - Gaming (CSGO) and thermals
17:00 - Battery life, final thoughts with Pros and Cons
I see in Amazon India, They now have a updated version with intel i3-1215u whose performance would be better than this.
These laptops have come a long way. I'm glad Chris still reviews them. When I was a student and couldn't afford a better laptop, he was the only reviewer on UA-cam I found who gave them a comprehensive review and saved me from making poor choices. I still enjoy watching these reviews even if I have a G15 now. Thanks for your honest reviews, Chris.
Thank you for still watching!!!!!
@@Techtablets Hi, what's up with the website? It's not being updated with marks at all now?..
Mille mercis pour toutes ces précisions ❤
thanks for the video
wish you a great new year ahead.
As you said, it needs an i5. Than it would be a choice for me. Oh and btw thank you so much for your in-depth reviews!
Just curious do you have a video about best laptops for 2021? Great videos btw :D
I had the chance of using this fantastic laptop today, IT IS WORTH THE MONEY!!!
I mean I am kinda a sucker for chuwi and like chinese phones because they are really underrated lol
Great review thanks
yeah, this is pretty much what I thought it would be, if not a little better in terms of 4k60 youtube playback, where I thought it would fair a bit worse than it actually does. the price tag also struck me a bit hard when I saw this laptop was coming... it would have to be seriously good to justify it.
I also believe AMD's about to announce some new mobile chips, and I'm curious to see what those will bring and if these brands start to adopt them too... I really want to get one of these but the expectation that something that'll just hit that sweet spot of price to performance is around the corner will keep me from buying it once again... for now 😅
Chuwi, if you're watching this, give it a fully laminated screen (same specs otherwise), maybe a little smaller (13' instead of 13.5') to help with the weight/size for tablet use, and throw an N5105 at least into it (10W variant from the same generation that I haven't seen being used yet)... call it the "Freebook X" or something... and don't charge that much for it, it's not much of a FREEbook at this price 😆😅 I know I'm asking quite a bit, but tbh for this price that's what it should've been, to destroy the competition, which as of right now isn't much to be fair...
I don't think a more powerful version needs an i5, as most laptops these companies make are low end budget devices, and with this one we can already see the price creeping up as the quality of the materials goes up too, the better hinges, etc... a recent i3 variant (maybe 11th gen) at this point would be more than enough for a nifty and "cheap" work centered 2-in-1 like these. keep the price under those crappy plastic asus, lenovo, acer ones that are overpriced up the wazoo and you'll have a winner for sure. 😉
Before you buy, Try to return it. I bought a chuwi mini computer, it bricked within 4 months of use. Chuwi did not offer any help. Chuwi wrote "Hello, then you can directly see Amazon's customer service to see if it can be replaced, you can also do it without contacting me" Chuwi washed their hands and did not want to be bothered. Know this before you buy....
Very good job, even at Christmas. You are great! Did you try Linux Mint on this laptop?
Best looking laptop yet of them! Wish the body were completely of steel.
340nits holy moly. These values are not heard of in chuwi laptops.
I would suggest to check on the issues of their previous models like Lapbook Pro before committing on this brand. I just noticed that the mounting is on plastic frame again, which cracked like biscuit after a year of usage.
Interesting, picked a new one of these up today. So far very happy. Took ilthe back off to insert another drive and it doesn't have the extra m2 space that yours shows in the video! Gutted with that.
Oh theyade some changes what a shame
Nice bird on that T-shirt, bro!
Tech-wise a good laptop for light tasks : )
Damn, Chuwi is on fire these days. They're becoming a high quality brand, that's for sure.
Can't wait to see what they'll do next.
Lol...
Can you make a long term review on every product you have? I know that a lot of these products are decent but just want to know whether it able to last long term or not.
Спасибо за обзор, с субтитрами отлично смотреть
Hi! This one resembles the (now 2 year old) original BMAX Y13 very much but probably better quality built. It would be great if you do a side-by-side comparison with it, if I recall correctly you also had one? I still own it and this CHUWI would be a good upgrade if only the price was right. Too expensive for what it is, I think.
Hope they’ll send you the minibook x
Looks very good
Thank you for this excellent review Chris. This seems like a good device, I'm going to replace my Chuwi Hi13 with it, and use the Hi13 in the kitchen or something. You didn't say much about the audio quality, with the Hi13 I have to use a BT speaker because it's not loud enough, is this good enough even in tent mode?
Or Linux support.
Do you recommend this or do you have a close competitor option with similar features?
This and the Larkbook X are pretty tempting to pick up.
Yes Chuwi has stepped things by a up lately
these are some of the best looking laptops , even if they start using latest i3 these laptops would be worth it.
I just wish myself this one has the i5-8259u from the Chuwi Corebook X.
can you do a review of the surface pro 8?
I'm pretty careful with my devices but a screen that isn't even scratch resistant is just a deal breaker. Especially for a convertible that will have the screen exposed quite a lot.
Pity, as it's decent value otherwise.
What about the screen refresh rate?
I saw a little bit laggy on the animation when closing the application
Zbrush and Photoshop works well in this device? I want to buy one, but I'm scared about that.
hi there. will you make a review about the new minibook x?
Weighing this up as option - available here in china on taobao for 287 uS dollars (2000 rmb)
Thanks pall I can highly recommend it to anyone ! They included 2 silicone keypads who are great, jus have to figure out what kind qwerty pad it is as they are 2 different ones and the original one that makes 3 ! ?
Do you think this n5100 can support heavy Excel or PowerPoint programs with PowerBI or PowerQuery without crashing or hanging?
Thank you for excellent review Chris. Is possible to upgrade Ram to 16?
It's not upgradeable, only the SSD can be upgraded.
For around 400€ what 2in1 or convertible would you buy atm? This one is at the same price as teclast X6 pro with pen+keyboard
They really need to up the battery game. Lithium battery can be shaped randomly, an L form factor can be used that can add at least 30% capacity. 38Wh is so 2019, many Chuwi's competitors have gone up 20% to 45.6Wh (7.6V/6A).
Definitely they have room to make this a 45wh 50 or even maybe 60Wh machine just adding a few more cells to it. But nope they wanted to keep the costs down.
So when the jumper book pro came out in 2017 these netbooks were great, even revolutionary at the price (under £200) and with decent capabilities for the time. Now fast forward 4+ years and what have we got... essentially the same tech CPUs and spe with slight design improvements...that's it... and at twice the cost. What these netbooks need to be relevant again is a refresh with AMD 4000 or 5000 CPU and good value. I mean for 550$ of this machine you've reviewed you could get a Lenovo 5 with 5500u...what am I missing
Yes you got it, these are over priced the good only Jumper Book Pro days are sadly gone for good.
How thick should I use a thermal pad to enhance heat dissipation
I'm coping with the disappearance of Usb type A, but damn it's still annoying not being able to plug a pen drive without an OTG adapter.
It is that's why I think we will need at least one Type-A USB.
It's good laptop still they have given good battery life support then it would be nice but to increase battery can make laptop heavy. So it's really hard. Hope with new technology it would be possible
*3:2 Aspect Ratio + QHD* display is the absolute killer feature here.
In my experience 16:9 and 16:10 are too narrow to use tablet mode comfortably in portrait orientation, and FHD is unacceptable in 2022 when laptops have had QHD since 2012.
Sadly Chris is right, $500 is "4-Core" R3-5400U / i3-1125G4 territory. Lenovo Yoga 6 (2-in-1) even has a premium Ryzen 5 CPU for $600.
where i'm from, i3 and ryzen 3 5xxxu laptops sell for 600 usd, and the Chuwi in this vid sells for 400 usd. Must be shipping and import tax costs...
On paper it's true. However to get Yoga 6 for that price outside of US is virtually impossible. Especially in NZ where I'm living.
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Hi, Chris. Are you familiar with the "Hongo" brand? It has a laptop with the intel celeron n5095 cpu.
No but not sure I would review it unless they sent me one to review.
Very informative video for me, I'm currently looking for a low-end laptop for mobile study. I'm not an expert but N5100 with 39Wh battery give roughly 6 hours, so N6000 with 42Wh and lower resolution can roughly 9 hours then? I'm talking about the Asus BR1100FKA, I don't know if you interesting but if you do then I wait for your review, love your way of reviewing laptops. Wish you have a great 2022.
impressive Chuwi but the chipset, as usual. Can this chipset run Roblox?
@TechTablets What Wattage charging speed does this support? I know you mentioned PD 2.0 but what does this translate into wattage. Hoping it's 45watt charging like other chuwi laptops.
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@Techtablets would you know the motherboard model and if its the same but now with the i5-1215u in?
true about the price though , amazon was running some great deals on this , now all of a sudden the price spiked up again.
It seems when they are low on stock they up the price.
I need a cheap device to work when I'm at may aunt's, but I don't know if it worthy because of our import taxes.
Seems like Xiaomi stopped making their Air notebooks? Or just replaced it with Redmi laptops...
And when I look online the pro seems to have a lot of issues.
I'm still on my 2017 i5-7Y54 Air with 8GB RAM, 4+ years and still going strong :)
How do you compare the newer Redmi notebooks to these Chuwi laptops?
I had two of the Xiaomis loved them but their batteries were crap only lasted around 9 months. Got an original replacement and it started smoking 2 months later. I'll buy another at I think they were still learning the ropes. Maybe have a look at slimbook in Spain
What is the refresh rate ? And how would be the note taking and palm rejection on the tablet? please tell
Seems like the Gemibook Pro updated with the N5100 for $379 on Amazon is a better deal. I'm not sure that tablet functionality is really worth $170 to most people.
Yes or the Larkbook X is also good if you still need a touch screen.
Have you tried the CHUWI FreeBook 13.5'', Notebook and tablet RAM 12GB 512GB SSD, Ultra Slim Touch, WiFi, BT4.2, Windows 11?
I'm trying to find someone who can explain more about theses model... Here in Brazil it coasts 3 thosands BRL...
can be increased the ram mem ?
Ya, they dropped the ball not having a USB A port and a SD slot. Surprised they didn't have a pad to sink the heat to the bottom like they did on their HiPad X tablet.
Like to see pens with AAAA batteries, much better than replacing the whole pen when the battery goes bad and they do make rechargeable AAAA and can fit in some battery compartments that take AAA if they use coil springs.
Should've went with at least a N6000.
Also don't know why they display it with the keyboard down when you could just turn the LT around.
I see they're still photoshopping their displays to make the bezels thin to what is actual so I won't be buying their brand til they stop doing so, nothing but deception.
The Chinese manufactures always seem to lag a step behind when it comes to these ultra-budget chips. In past years they were giving us N3XXX and N4XXX while HP and Acer were equipping their equivalents with the N5000. Now the Chinese are delivering the N5100 when the latter two manufacturers are giving us the N6000 in machines that cost less. This Chuwi has a pretty nice screen, though.
Salve. All'accensione è comparsa sotto la scritta CHUWI questo messaggio:
Preparazione del ripristino automatico. Gira la pallina, ma ormai sono 24 ore che non succede nulla... Ho spento e riavviato ma resta sempre in "fase di ripristino"...
Lo butto dal balcone?
Grazie
Hello, can you play Minecraft in this Laptop? and can you use Photoshop in this Laptop?
is the stylus aes 2.0 or 1.0?
Hello! I can get this tablet on Amazon, the version with 12GB RAM + 512GB SSD, for 369€.
Is it worth it?
Thanks!
Wow!! 50 sec ❤️❤️ Happy New Year
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It needs i5 version. Chuwi is getting better tho.
It’s possible to change the wifi adapter?
Sadly it isn’t possible
Can other stylus work with this?
battery life is disappointing... will installing linux or android x86 or chromeos increase it? is it possible to somehow "underclock" the cpu to use less power?
I think at least with windows you can lock down the CPU speed also use battery saving mode which helps. As for Linus I see about 20-30% more battery life using Linux Mint Xfe
@@Techtablets thx for your reply. so I can expect 7-8 hours using chrome, some youtube and spotify using linux with xfce desktop?
Does the battery have life saving mode, when it charges to maximum 85%?
No it will fully charge on this model.
The battery should be easily replaceable though, so in 4-5 years time just pop in a new one.
Just bought the freebook with pen (and some accessories, mouse, stand, bag ecc…) for 310 dollars.
Waiting for it to arrive, hope I didn’t make a mistake, it seems good for light Office use and a bit of Entertainment with movies. Also I hope Linux works Well on it as I’d like to try PopOS in that case.
Do you think it Was a good decision to buy it or for that price I could have found better things?
How is it now
@@therim1714 PopOS it's better than windows because of the drivers, so touch and rotation works out of the box, but I'm selling the chuwi as I have some software issues and I don't want to lose time solving them
with 6W, it gets stutters when two or more applications are running simultaneously.
Well it will depend on the apps if they are very demanding yes.
@@Techtablets Yes, like for instance I was streaming FHD video on chrome while copying files to USB Drive and downloading torrent files. The video stream on chrome lags a lot.
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Drop the windows license (save some money) and give a larger / better battery or CPU and I'd pick it up. Need to get one for my wife. We have 5 pcs and 3 laptops in the house. None run Windows but the laptops are getting old and cumbersome.
Lol…. It has a good keyboard with NO flex….
Me: Jesus that flex bends even when he's not touching it….
Does chuwi ship to India?
Click his link to the Chuwi website in the description and you’ll find the answer.
Definitely overpriced. I feel like Vivobook Slate 13 should dominate entry level x86 2in1 market - similar pricepoint, but an OLED screen with slightly newer CPU (still a low-powered one). Although I understand that some might prefer a 360 device instead of a tablet+keyboard combo.
I kind of feel OLED and Windows are a bad mix. I've only owned two devices with OLED, but they both ended up having burn-in (or rather burn-out). My LG TV was the worst, first signs of burn-in afyer 6 months, and now after 3 years it's ruined, yellow is now green and there's burnt-in elements cluttered all over the top and bottom from the static elements. Don't expect OLED screens to last as long as the rest of the system.
@@hasyoucheeseburger1510 Ruined after only 3 years? Maybe it had some factory issues? I had an OLED tablet once, no problems with color quality, but after 5~6 years bright areas took forever to fade. In general I am against tech with short life span, but OLED sounds like an okay choice for a streaming media consumption device (so, no logos to burn in like with TV). I don't want to defend the technology or anything, it just is difficult for me to believe that the quality of your TV was so low, that it took such short amount of time for it to deteriorate. Shame on LG, I guess.
@@sp0el Yeah I guess there's a reason they don't cover burn-in under the warranty. You can definitely extend the lifespan of an OLED screen by making sure there are no static elements on it, like if you use it exclusively for streaming in full screen mode. But using it with Windows is problematic in my opinion, since there are lots of static elements in browsers etc.
Slate is a vaporware right now, supposed to cost a whopping $850+ USD for a SSD option, lacks 3:2 ratio and QHD resolution, and the keyboard and touchpad inputs on it are terrible according to reviewers.
@@blue4059 wasn't it supposed to be a $600 device? $850+ is way too close to Surface 7 territory.
It's not a Wacom tech if stylus requires a battery.
Where I can buy it in India??
AliExpress?
Wish it had AMD APU.
amd is about to announce new processors in like 2 or 3 days... it's expected that they also announce new mobile chips that would be used in laptops like this. expect those to hit marked in the middle of the year, not now for sure.
You should look up "HP Pavilion 14", it has Ryzen 3 5300U 8-thread CPU and a 400 Nit screen for $500, double the performance of the Chuwi for same price.
And if I'm not mistaken, I believe this year AMD won't be releasing any low-end APUs to compete with Intel's Celeron/Pentium, due to their supply issues.
@@blue4059 I'm looking for a 2-in-1, I want the mobility aspect of those for work. the cheaper 2-in-1's with ryzen 3 or i3 are all close to 600€ on sale... and with shitty screens.
That 4k random read is terrible
This has put nvme drives to shame lol
Oh, Chris, it's almost sad to hear you pronounce Celeron correctly. Personally - I meant no offense. I'll always remember it as your meme.
😂 yeah now and then I remember to pronounce that e in there.
Your contents is lit ...
waiting for the ryzen version
chinese laptop looks so beautiful......just need more power imo..i mean 2022 and celeron cmon......
Yea this with a Core i5 or Core i3 even would be great.
Can I translate your videos in hindi language
No. I will copyright strike you if you do.
@@Techtabletshe meant could I add a Hindi voice language to your video.. not on his channel
Do gaming laptops
I have but they are so expensive to buy, I just can't anymore.
@@Techtablets ok
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My phone is faster than this laptop