- The Eve V has won the first crowd source
and crowd funded Surface Pro killers.
Is is worth your time or is it all hype?
I'll tell you today in my review.
Stay tuned.
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Alright before we get started, if you haven't
seen my unboxing video for the Eve V
make sure you go check that out.
I give a lot of details about this device there.
Let's get into this device and it's hardware.
So first of all, you guys designed this
and that's what makes it very interesting.
It was a direct response to the Surface Pro
which is not available in all countries
and let's face it, very expensive.
Not only do a lot of people not
want to pay all that money for it,
but it lacks features that a lot of people need.
So, the Eve V is sorta that answer to that
and it mostly gets the job done.
Now it's not perfect, if you gave me a Surface Pro
and the Eve V and they both cost the same
which would I choose, I'd probably choose the Surface Pro.
There's a lot of good stuff for the Eve V
and let's face it between 300 and 800 dollars,
cheaper is not insignificant.
Now let's get to that hardware, so you would be
running a core M3/i5 or i7 processor.
However, these are Y series processors not
the typical U series that are found
in most ultrabooks and the Surface Pro.
Would this means in reality is two things:
One is where you get better battery life
with the Eve V compared to Surface Pro,
at least if the batteries were even in size.
They're not quite, but still.
This gets around eight to nine hours of battery life
which is pretty solid in my opinion.
The other thing is going to come down to performance.
Basically, the Y series and the U series
perform 'bout the same when it comes to short bursts.
So you wouldn't get very good performance
if you're opening a web browser or loading a web page,
running short apps and those kind of things.
The difference comes down to long term-tasks.
If you're going to be doing video editing
for instance the Surface Pro is going to
outperform this device by a significant margin.
And for my review I'm using the Core i7 model
and I'm pretty impressed with it.
For like I said, for a light-computering task
it feels just fine to me.
But, if you're going to be using this for playing games,
that's gonna be a different story.
But there's an upside here too for those who like to game
which is the port selection so the Eve V is going to have
two USB type A and two USB type C ports
and one of those is Thunderbolt 3.
And yes, that means you can connect up an EGPU
like the Razer Cord to it and I have done just that.
And guess whhat, it plays video games just awesome.
And the reason for that a lot of video games
are GPU intensive and don't rely heavily on the CPU.
That means you can play some pretty significant
Triple A titles if you have a powerful enough GPU.
Now I'm using a 1080Ti, arguably one of the
best GPU's on the market and it is super expensive.
You're talking about another thousand bucks
on top of the Eve V, but I have to admit
it is a very cool experience just to plug in that one plug,
charge the Eve V, power it, get the display,
and be able to play high-end video games.
So, if that is something that interests you
well this is your device and have no problems there.
Let's hear about storage options.
So you get about 128, 256, 512, or one terabyte SSD
That's specifically PCIE and an intel 600 P series.
That's overall pretty good SSD.
I'm pretty happy with the read and write speeds there
and I think most people would be okay with it as well.
It's not the most pre-mooned version out there
but it gets the job done.
Now let's turn to this display.
It's really really good actually.
It's a 12.3 inch IGZO LCD.
That's the same you find in the Dell XBS 13.
I love it though; it's very sharp
and has very good contrast.
In fact you talk about a 2880x1920 resolution
which is going to a little bit better than Surface Pro
because the screen is slightly smaller.
The PPI, the pixels per inch,
it's going to be slightly higher here too.
Now the company behind the Eve V
is promising very high color accuracy;
and guess what, they deliver.
I actually got 99.9% SRGB coverage
with this device when I used a colorimeter.
That's really really good.
That's even slightly higher than Surface Pro.
We're talking about 98-99 percent but still.
This is a very good display for color accuracy.
I really like this display.
It's sharp, it's bright.
It's around 400 nytes;
not the brightest in the world but it's
definitely enough to see it outside.
The reflection is okay on it, not too glossy.
It does pick up fingerprints
a little bit more than I would prefer and compared to
some other high-end displays, it's not quite as good,
but other than than that the color accuracy and vibrancy
I though it was excellent.
Now when it comes to Windows Hello, you don't get
facial recognition with the front-facing camera.
Now to be honest, the cameras on this, there are both front
and rear facing, are okay.
They're kinda potatoes.
They're not my favorite cameras in the world.
Now instead though there is a fingerprint sensor.
It's built into the power button, which in one way
is kinda better than Windows Hello facial recognition
because as you power on the device it's going to
read your fingerprint allowing you in automatically,
so it kinda saves you the time.
Surface Pro often you have to hit the power button and
wait for it to turn on and then use the facial recognition,
so there's a slight time difference there.
Okay so let's talk about the keyboard.
It's definitely a highlight of this device just like
the display, so obviously this is a type-cover clone.
It did a very good job with it.
I am very picky with keyboards
and this is one of the best one's I've used.
It's very stiff and it feels great in key responsiveness.
I think they did a great job here.
The track pad is also excellent, 'cause why?
It uses precision drivers.
It's all I ask anyone to do these days
and these guys did it, so kudos to them.
It also has gorilla glass, so it feels really nice.
A little bit stiff on the clicking port but it worked well.
Now there's other cool features with this keyboard.
For instance there's Bluetooth built in.
I understand that a lot of people like to
detach their keyboard and would like to use it wirelessly.
Well you can do that here.
It's a little tricky to turn on
but once it's paired up it worked pretty well.
Now don't get me wrong, a Bluetooth keyboard
never functions as well as a connected one
but I still like having that feature
and I'm sure a lot of you will too.
The other cool thing her is the RGB lighting.
So the keys are back-lit and you can control that.
And there's also seven different colors.
Now the back-light keys are not the best out there.
It's going to be a little difficult to see
in some lighting conditions but it's better than nothing
and it works well and I like those color choices.
Finally the keyboard is covered in alcantara
so it's very cloth-like.
It's not quite as good as the Surface Pro one which is
a little bit smoother and this does pick up dust and lint.
If you have cats in your household
you'll probably gonna have to clean this on occasion.
But other than than it feels really nice to type on.
I should also mention because of that Bluetooth aspect there
There's gonna be battery in the keyboard of course
and that makes it a little bit heavier.
Overall it's not a huge problem
but if you lift the screen up very quickly
I found the keyboard detaches quite readily
because those magnets just aren't strong enough.
Not a deal killer and part of this is balanced off
at the fact that they put magnets in the top section
so when you close it it stays closed.
Now it's a band Microsoft would do
so those guys did it here and I think it works very well.
Now what's also cool about that keyboard
is that it comes with the device in the box
so you don't have to pay extra for it
and that also includes the pen that comes with this device.
Now this pen has 1,024 levels of pressure, it's intrigue.
So this is like an older generation Surface pen.
I have no real problems with it.
I'm not a huge pen user.
1,024 levels, it's good enough for me on most things so
if you're an artist, I wouldn't be crazy about this device.
Obviously Surface Pro is going to be higher end.
You're going to get that lower latency there.
Let's talk a little about battery life.
Overall, it is very good here.
I'm gonna say its around eight to nine hours
that's on the Core i7 model.
Of course you may get a little higher
on the Core M3 or i5 version
and you can also go into the BIOS settings
and choose between performance or battery life
and possibly extend that by a little bit more.
Alright let's talk about the overall, design here.
So this device feels very premium to me.
I love the kickstand, it worked very well, wasn't loose,
and it felt very much like the Surface Pro.
It is an all-metal device specifically aluminum
so it's not quite the magnesium chassis that
Surface uses but still it feels very nice.
Now it is jet black and it does
pick up fingerprints very easily.
In this sense it reminds me very much of a Razor Blade.
Which I love those devices
but I do have to carry a cloth around
because it just bothers me having those fingerprints.
Now when it comes to weight, you're talking about
1,335 grams or 2.94 pounds, that's not particularly light
and is definitely heavier than Surface Pro
but let's be honest anything less than three pounds
feels really nice and that goes for here as well.
Okay let's brings it all in.
I'm actually really impressed with the Eve V.
It's much better than I anticipated.
Now is it better than the Surface Pro?
It's kinda a loaded question.
Obviously Surface Pro beats it in some areas
including just overall design in my opinion.
But they did a really bang-up job here
and in some ways this does beat Surface Pro
for instance when it does come down to those ports,
I love having two USB type C,
especially for one for Thunderbolt.
Being able to connect up an external GPU is pretty awesome,
mostly 'cause I already have an external GPU
but if you don't its a huge investment,
you're gonna have to way the cost of that.
Having said that, if you do wanna get one
I think it's a great one and it pairs up nicely here.
That is especially important for that processor.
This is a really good processor in my opinion
but it's good for short bursts and light computing.
If you're looking to render video and do very long term task
where you're going to be taxing that CPU,
it's gonna be kinda painful.
In that case a U processor is going to be much better.
But the big problem here of course is you can't
walk into your local mall or store
and go check out the Eve V yourself
you're gonna have to rely online for what
other people are saying about it.
In that sense, I still don't mind recommending it,
it's just going to be a difficult sell for a lot of people.
Don't forget this is going to be sold through what's called
a flash sale, meaning they're not producing a ton of these
and then waiting for people to buy them;
instead you have to reserve yours and get it shipped to you.
I still think if you're into market though
for this type of device and this meets your expectations,
I think it's a great purchase.
It's going to save you a lot of money
and it gives you some advantages as well.
Overall, I'm pretty impressed with the Eve V
and I can't wait to see what these guys do next.
So there's a quick review of the Eve V computing tablet.
Now if you want more information about this device,
got to Window Central where you can read my full review
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for more information on where you can buy the Eve V
and for how much.
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