Modern smartphone SoCs provide decent performance and their big advantage is the efficiency. Laptop manufactures start to use these chips in laptops and convertibles with a focus on long battery runtimes and excellent connectivity. Many of these devices are shipped with Windows 10 S by default, but it only supports apps from the Windows Store. This sounds familiar, because Windows RT from 2012 followed a similar concept – with limited success.

However, there is one new feature, because Windows now supports the emulation of 32-bit applications. Microsoft is currently working on the support for 64-bit apps as well, so many modern applications would run. The NovaGo TP370QL is primarily designed for students as well as business users who travel frequently according to Asus. The Snapdragon processor includes an LTE modem, so you are independent of Wi-Fi networks with a corresponding SIM card and you do not always need your smartphone.

The success of the device will obviously depend on the price, especially for students. We do not have a specific price for the Asus NovaGo yet, but it should be north of 600 Euros. This means it also competes with full-fledged Windows laptops like the Acer Spin 5, Acer Switch 3, Microsoft Surface Pro or Lenovo Yoga 720 12.

We managed to run our usual benchmark suite with some exceptions due to the 32-bit limitation. We were particularly interested in the performance during daily tasks and whether there are any limitations when you use the NovaGo for your tasks.

Note: This is a pre-production unit, so we do not add a rating for the Asus NovaGo TP370QL at this point.