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kalos:
Hello!

Is this a good option?
https://www.lightinthebox.com/13-3-inch-2-in-1-tablet-windows-10-1920-1080-quad-core-16g-ram-512gb-rom_p5932082.html?currency=GBP

It has all the characteristics I want, but I am worried about the quality...

Any idea?
Thanks!

Shades:
Review sites:
https://www.notebookcheck.net/VOYO-VBook-V3-Convertible-Review.169542.0.html
http://www.gizchina.com/2017/01/17/voyo-vbook-v3-review/
http://www.androidtipster.com/voyo-vbook-v3-review/
http://www.xiaomitoday.com/voyo-vbook-v3-fingerprint-review/
https://tech.co/voyo-vbook-v3-ultrabook-cheap-come-review-2016-09

From what I understand when glancing through these sites is that the build quality as a whole is ok, but that some of the parts used are not that great to begin with. Trackpad appears to be limited in functionality en sensitivity, the same is also true for the stylus pen. Sound is not that good and you will have to put up with big bezels. It also looks like Voyo re-uses the case design, hence the big bezels that remain between their V1 to their V3 product.

But in the end, had I enough money for purchasing it, I would definitely want one.

4wd:
You can find it cheaper at other Chinese retail sites, eg. Geekbuying

mouser:
Just want to mention that I have had really good luck buying older used laptops on ebay.. you can get real bargains for models that are a few years old.

IainB:
Just want to mention that I have had really good luck buying older used laptops on ebay.. you can get real bargains for models that are a few years old.
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-mouser (October 30, 2017, 12:19 AM)
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I'd second that, with an additional suggestion - born from experience of working at HP (Asia-Pacific) - that potential buyers should always hunt out PC/laptop manufacturer refurbished products (HP, DELL, etc.), from dealers who are preferred buyers of those brands - they are not usually sold direct to the general public, for obvious reasons. Price is usually around half the new price.

Refurbished PCs/laptops are typically the 2 year-old (or so) unwanted stock from renewed corporate lease-buy-back schemes, and are always in A1, refurbished, individually fully-tested and warrantied state (i.e., better than new), with sometimes small scratches/blemishes on the outer case.

Another suggestion is to spot the laptop you want at a store/reseller and make an offer to buy an ex-demo/display laptop from them when the model is at/near end-of-line or the reseller is closing down. The last laptop I bought, I picked up a new NZ$1,750 demo laptop (with 15-inch display and Intel i7 processor) for about NZ$760 like that.

I'd also suggest that "Is this laptop a good option?" is probably not a terribly useful question, as it all depends on what one's requirements/needs might be at the time, and referring to "quality" is using an ambiguous term and very often the only major difference between two similar but different brands of laptop is the brand (badge-engineering).

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