Hey, how is it going? Dave2D here
So, I like the Surface Pro products.
I have always liked them, I think they're one of the most versatile computer you can get on the market right now.
Like that whole 2-in-one form factor, super cool
But there's a couple thing that kinda bug me with about surface pro
First is the price point even the base model
It's not particularly cheap
And the second thing is that
Over the years and we're on the fifth generation of Surface Pro products right now
And they have not improved that much
I mean incremental improvements every year
But it's still the same kind of product
That it has been since day one
And there's nothing wrong with it
But it's a pretty conservative approach to the whole 2-in-one tablet thing
This is the Eve V
And to explain what this product is, I think we have to go a little bit into story time
About a year ago, so like July 2016, I was approach by this company
And they said, "Hey Dave, you know you do laptops we wanna send you this product..."
"...that's gonna be like this laptop killer. It's gonna be industry changing product."
And at the time I was like, really? You know, this is like an unknown startup company
thinks that they can make a product that can be an industry changer?
I mean, I'd love to believe it, but send me the product when it's done and I'll gladly take a look at it
But I really didn't think anything would come from it
Now fast forward one year later and they actually sent me a fully working prototype
Now keep in mind, this is a prototype
So I'm not gonna do like a full review on it
But there's one to go through some my first impressions of it
First the device is very similar to a Microsoft Surface
It has a kick stand and the even the keyboard looks and feels like a Surface
And I think a lot of people could mistake this for some kind special edition Microsoft Surface Pro
It's very similar
The material is aluminium, it's not magnesium like the Surface lineup
But it's still a very solid feeling and it's very well-made
Now one the coolest thing about this product is that the whole concept of it was crowd sourced
So they asked a ton of people, I think like a thousand people
What they would want in a laptop and this thing was born
And one of the things people really wanted was good I/O
Because the Surface lineup doesn't has a great port selection
So we have two USB A's, two USB C's, one of them actually being thunderbolt 3
There's an audio jack that has a good quality amp in there
The power switch also has a fingerprint sensor for logging in with Windows Hello
There's four speakers that sound pretty clean, a lot better than I thought it would
And the display panel looks really nice
It's high res, individually calibrated with the factory so it's color accurate right off the box
And it comes with the stylus for pen input and stuff
And it's compatible with Microsoft Surface Pens if you want
They have a few configurations. They're all running Y processors
But these guys have done an amazing job cooling it passively
So it's fanless. This one is running a Core m3
and the temperatures stay low even when the boost kicks in
I could actually play Overwatch at the lowest possible settings
It wasn't amazing. I was hovering around 35-40 frames per second
But totally playable, and remember, this has a Thunderbolt 3 port
So if you wanna go nuts you can connect to an external GPU for games
The keyboard is also really nice. This is actually the first 2-in-one keyboard that I've used
That has RGB backlighting, you can switch between a few colors
Typing is super comfortable
The trackpad is good, it's a glass surface with Windows Precision drivers.
The inputs on this device are really good
But the best part is you can remove it
and this RGB backlit keyboard suddenly becomes a wireless keyboard
It's got Bluetooth 4.2 in it and it's got a small battery in it
So you can control this thing remotely
So if you have it connected to a projector, or for like presentation whatever
That's a pretty cool feature
Now the battery in the main device, 48 watt hours
It's bigger than the Surface Pro 4 from last year, it's similar in size with the new Surface pro from 2017
The Eve V is heavier by around 100 grams or so, I think a lot of the weight comes from beefier heatsink
And I'm not gonna lie, I think the extra the weight is noticeable
But even if you hold it one handed, it's an extremely comfortable tablet to hold
Now, the cameras on this thing aren't as good as the Surface Pro
So if image quality on your tablet is important to you then this is probably not the best product for you
Another thing the stylus has less pressure levels
But for me, these are things I don't care to much in a tablet
There's all these features about the Eve V that are pretty cool
So, like the fingerprint sensor, the RGB keyboard, Thunderbolt 3
The average guy that walks in the Microsoft Store
Like the business guy or whatever that goes in there looking for a 2-in-1 tablet
They don't care about these feature
So Microsoft isn't gonna put these feature into their tablets anytime soon
But these are the features that you guys and myself included, like the enthusiast level guys
We like this stuffs
And this is the type the stuff that makes this product special.
Now, the pricing of it is very fair
It starts at $800 which is the same price as the base price of the New Surface Pro
But the Eve product include a keyboard and you're getting 8 gigs of RAM instead of 4
So I think you're getting a solid device for the money
Now just to be clear, I'm not saying that the Surface Pro is garbage in comparison to this
Not at all. I think the Surface Pro is a fantastic product
And it's a good fit, a better fit for some people than this
But if you're in the market for 2-in-1
I would say, "Hold off on the purchase on the Surface Pro..."
"...that's what you can get..."
"...Let this thing come out in the market, let it kind of proliferate, let the review come out..."
Because I think for a lot of people, this is a better fit than the Surface Pro.
You're getting better value for the money, and it's just a more enthusiast level product than the Surface Pro is
Okay hope you guys enjoy this video, thumbs if you like it, subs if you love it, I'll see you guys next time