CHUWI UBook X 12 inch Touchscreen Tablet PC Bundled with Keyboard and Stylus Pen, 8GB RAM 256GB SSD, 2160×1440 Pixels Display, Intel N4120 Quad…

I’m an IT Pro with 20 years experience. I had purchased a surface pro 7 and for me this was actually better device. This was really just going to be used for me when I needed to be extremely mobile and I wanted something lightweight and not too big. the surface pro 7 for me was a little bit too big and obviously the price is much much higher. For the light use of Internet browsing in using a few office applications this is perfect and I’ve not noticed any significant performance issues for those needs. battery life has been pretty good about 5 hours seems easily attainable more if you really keep your screen brightness low. It’ll be interesting to see how it holds up in a long term but feels like a premium product without the sticker shock. I was very excited to be able to get such a large hard drive and so much ram in such a reasonably priced device. lots of the online reviews what kind of negative of the chili brand and maybe it won’t hold up great however so far I’ve been very very happy. the only negative I have noticed is that at times when the keyboard is folded back so it should be disabled I will start getting characters typed. also windows hello doesn’t work on this device since it says the camera is incompatible which is a little bit disappointing but for the price of the device you cannot beat it.

I purchased a Ubook 11.6 a few years ago. As you can see from my original review (see below) I had mixed feelings about it (except for the keyboard, which I flat-out hated). Nonetheless, I went on to use the Ubook 11.6 for several years as my treadmill device for work. I found that it adequately handled my day-to-day activities of web browsing, video meetings, and working in the Microsoft Office 365 suite.

Recently I had the opportunity to put the newest version of the Ubook – the Ubook X 12 – through its paces. (See pictures for unboxing experience.) As the name implies, the Ubook X 12 has a slightly larger screen, but perhaps most important of all, it had a fully functional keyboard! I was so happy to see that CHUWI was able to resolve the earlier issues with the Ubook 11.6 keybaord. As in the case of the Ubook 11.6, the Ubook X 12 keyboard attaches magnetically to the base of the tablet. No Bluetooth involved. The keyboard also serves as a protective cover when you fold it up.

How does the Ubook X 12 compare to high-end Windows tablets? Aesthetically, it looks very nice. When I was testing it, I had it sitting next to an HP Elite X2 G4 – a tablet costing many times more than the CHUWI. Glancing back and forth they looked very similar – you certainly can’t tell the Ubook X 12 is a lower-cost model by looking at it.

Having said that, there are differences on the inside. Whereas high-end tablets use Intel Core I5 or I7 processors, the Ubook X 12 employs a 4-core Celeron-series processor. There’s no shame in that. The Celeron is an able workhorse – it is certainly able to run the usual array of work and student applications. I even fired up a resource-intensive graphics program (Krita), and it ran fine (although it did take more time to load than on a Core I5 or I7).

I didn’t have much luck with the battery-driven (battery included) two-button stylus. Yes, it worked. But I personally don’t like the feel of a rubber tip on slick glass, and I had some issues with consistency of strokes. However, you should probably consider that to be my personal problem; I see other reviews where the reviewers are happy with the Ubook X 12 as a drawing tablet or for note taking. So, it might just be me.

What’s the bottom line? If you are looking for a tablet to handle web browsing, video meetings, and mainstream productivity applications, the Ubook X 12 is a bargain.

ORIGINAL REVIEW OF UBOOK 11.6 FOLLOWS

I bought the U Book to replace an aging Microsoft Surface Pro 3 that could no longer handle the job of being the secondary work computer I use when on my treadmill. For work, I need to run Outlook, Teams, Chrome, Evernote, and typically one or more office apps (e.g. Word, Excel, or PowerPoint). My Surface Pro 3 only has 4MB of memory which just isn’t enough room to fit all the apps. So I had a memory problem – not a CPU or disk space problem.

I wanted a low-cost solution, so the U Book was attractive to me. It had the memory allocation I was looking for (8MB) and sufficient CPU power and storage. So I went for it and bought the package that included a keyboard and a pen.

Now let’s get to the love/hate part of the review.

The tablet itself is very nice – it falls into the love category. The kickstand is sturdy and adjustable. The screen is nice. It has a good range of ports (2 USB-As, 1 limited-use USB-C, one micro-HDMI, and a headphone port). The ports are somewhat awkwardly arranged, but then again, it’s hard to find a great place for ports on a tablet form factor. In terms of meeting the needs to run my applications – it’s worked just fine. The CPU consumption runs higher than it was with my Surface Pro 3, but then again the Intel Celeron is not exactly Intel’s top-of-the-line processor. I was fully aware of that at the time of purchase.

The keyboard (with integrated touchpad) falls into the hate category. I don’t mean casual hate either – I mean full-on, pick-it-up-and-throw-it-out-the-window hate. I found the touchpad to be completely unusable. The keyboard would lose connection as I was typing and would therefore drop characters right and left. DON’T GET (OR USE) THE KEYBOARD. I ended up using a bluetooth keyboard and extra mouse I had lying around the office – and I’m quite happy with the result.

I received a pen in the package, but have no opinion on it (other than it uses hard-to-find quadruple A (AAAA) batteries). I haven’t tried to use it for drawing. I did use it as a stylus and it worked.

So what’s the bottom line? I do see this as an incredible value. This was an under $400 solution when everything else I looked at was over $800. Just don’t expect to get more than what you pay for – and you need to know what you are going to use this device for before you buy it. This is not a gaming system or a high-end media manipulation platform. However, it’s an excellent solution for middle-of-the-road business applications or casual web browsing.

Es tal cual lo que se anuncia, llegó relativamente rápido y tuvo un buen precio, por ahora funciona correctamente y no presenta problema alguno. Veré con el tiempo como se comporta.

Me esposo estuve revisando muchísimos modelos y marcas. Esta tablet es bastante rápida y su base la estabiliza perfectamente en un buen ángulo. El teclado no presenta ningún problema para desacoplarse