One Netbook, a Chinese company best known for making mini-laptops and handheld gaming computers is preparing to launch its first 2-in-1 tablet.
The One Netbook T1 is a 13 inch Windows tablet with a detachable keyboard, a built-in kickstand, and support for a pressure-sensitive pen. It’s also one of the first tablets with support for up to a 28-watt Intel Alder Lake-P processor. The tablet is up for pre-order through an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign with prices starting at low as $599 for a model with a Pentium processor, although Core i5 and Core i7 models are also available at higher prices.
If the One Netbook T1 looks familiar, that’s because it’s basically a new name for a tablet we’ve already seen: the VOYO VBook 2023 that was unveiled in April. One Netbook is a subsidiary of VOYO.
But now One Netbook has revealed pricing and crowdfunding details for the upcoming tablet.
So while the new tablet looks like a Microsoft Surface Pro clone, it has a lower starting price (Microsoft’s Surface Pro 8 sells for $950 and up) and has newer hardware (the Surface Pro 8 is powered by an 11th-gen Intel Core “Tiger Lake” processor).
That said, Microsoft’s tablets come with a 1-year limited warranty while One Netbook, like many smaller Chinese companies, offers limited support for its products shipped to global customers.
One Netbook says the T1 has a kickstand with a hinge that can be adjusted to any angle between 0 and 160 degrees, an aluminum-magnesium alloy chassis that’s tough enough to survive drops from heights of up to 5 feet, support for touch and pen input, thanks to an active stylus that supports 4096 levels of pressure sensitivity.
One Netbook T1 specs | |
Display | 13 inches 2160 x 1440 pixels IPS LCD 350 nits 25 ms response time 72% NTSC color gamut Pen support |
Processor | Intel Pentium Gold 8505 (5 cores, 6 threads, up to 4.4 GHz, 15-55 watts) Intel Core i5-1240P (12 cores, 16 threads, up to 4.4 GHz, 28-64 watts) Intel Core i7-1260P (12 cores, 16 threads, up to 4.7 GHz, 28-64 watts) |
Graphics | 1.1 GHz Intel UHD with 48 eu (Pentium 8505) 1.3 GHz Intel Iris Xe with 80 eu (Core i5-1240P) 1.4 GHz Intel Iris Xe with 96 eu (Core i7-1260P) |
RAM | 8GB or 16GB LPDDR5-5200 |
Storage | 256GB / 512GB / 1TB / 2TB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe 3.0 x4 |
Ports | 1 x USB 3.2 Type-C 2 x USB 3.2 Type-A 1 x mini HDMI 1 x microSD card reader 1 x 3.5mm audio jack Pogo pins (for keyboard) |
Wireless | Intel AX201 WiFi 6 Bluetooth 5.2 |
Webcam | 2MP / 720p |
Battery | 46.2 Wh (12,000 mAh / 3.85V) |
Charging | 65W USB-C GaN charger |
Materials | Aluminum |
Dimensions | 326 x 198 x 10.7mm 12.83″ x 7.8″ x 0.42″ |
Weight | 980 grams 2.16 pounds |
Price | $599 – $1,299 (crowdfunding) $719 – $1,499 (retail) |
Update 6/09/2022: One Netbook loaned me a demo unit to review, and you can check out my hands-on impressions, benchmark results, and other performance notes in Liliputing’s One Netbook T1 preview. You can also get an idea of what to expect from tablet in our first look video.
via @OnenetbookO
Did they ever fix the problem with dead batteries bricking the system? I was ready to buy a Mini? Micro? PC because it would have been perfect for me, and then I started reading reviews …
I wonder if One Netbook will ever iterate on the OneGx1 Pro LTE. It certainly needs a lot of improvements but I think the underlying form factor and size is great.
Too bad GPD just threw whatever at the wall for the Max 2 and it ended up being larger and heavier in exchange for a longer spec list for the specheads.