What I really wanted and for only a little over $200

I purchased a Chinese tablet the CHUWI Hi10 Pro with the add on keyboard. It had attractive specifications, the iPad laminated retina display, and OK processor with great power management, dual boot to Android, for when you need to use Android and a really nice, rugged aluminum shell. Well, there were lots of things right but there were lots of things wrong. First of all the keyboard, when closed, allowed for the track pad to rub on the tablet screen. The tablet screen was made of soda-lime glass and was easily all scratched up. The laminate also came off part of the screen. The power management of the tablet made it so that powering up from sleep took over a half of a minute. The keyboard was terrible. Well, actually it was the track pad on the keyboard but while typing and even if you didn't touch the track pad, the mouse cursor would jump to other portions of the screen and typing would continue in some random location. There were more issues and I know this is supposed to be a review of the Surface Pro 2 but I just wanted to say that I purchased it to replace the CHEWI tablet. There's really only a couple of thing that I don't necessarily like about it (the thickness and the aspect ratio of the screen) but it really is a joy to use when I compare it to the thing I replaced. If you're thinking of a Chinese knock-off, think twice, a used Surface Pro 2 is a much better choice. The power management isn't that bad, either (Microsoft went through a period of pain but finally fixed it).Read full review

Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned