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    Not exactly a Sony, nor a laptop, but...

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Skyshade, Oct 8, 2014.

  1. Skyshade

    Skyshade Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Skyshade, Oct 8, 2014
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    Finally, someone had the balls to place a full mobile quad core chip onto a tablet! Battery life's probably gonna suck but I like it when companies push the envelope. Pretty extreme and I'm all for it.
    This is looking to be a good replacement to my aging Z. Hope there's an option for 16gb ram.
     
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    I am surprised that there are not more comments about this. I read about it the other day, and I must say that it sounds very interesting.

    I know this may sound a little nuts, but I really wish it could make telephone calls too, and do everything a phablet or tablet can do, in addition to being the top of the range power horse it is meant to be. Obviously I do not want to hold it next to my ear, but to be able to accept calls via a Bluetooth headset means I can use my main laptop at the office and use this as the move around without needing to buy a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 or a Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4".

    Is it a gloss or matt screen? I personally prefer the latter, as it makes it so much easier to work on.
     
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    Seems to be glossy screen, unfortunately.
     
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    Its a terrible idea but will appeal to some I suppose. The whole point of a tablet is to be light and portable that thing is thick and chunky.

    This new company would of done better just to release the 2012-13 Z with 16GB RAM, which change something if its not broken.

    The battery life as mentioned will be next to useless and in one video you can clearly see vibration/shaking issues with the stand positioned like that. The stand really need to be reversed. I think the fan was at full pelt and the whole thing was shaking. Ill try find the vdieo.

    They need to go and rehire the sony design team.
     
    X505cp, Oct 14, 2014
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