ASUS Chromebook Flip C433 Unboxing & Hands-On

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so this one's a bit of a surprise what I
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have in the box here is the Asus
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Chromebook flip C 433 if you're not
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familiar this device showed up a few
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months ago we found early traces of it
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and have been kind of trying to figure
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out exactly where this thing is going to
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slot itself in a Seuss's current line-up
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of Chromebooks and then a couple weeks
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ago it got its official announcement and
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it became available in the UK only at
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first with a promise of us availability
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sometime in later October well basis has
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made good on that claim sort of because
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this device isn't actually available
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anywhere just yet
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but after we unbox it I'll tell you
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where you can get your hands on it if
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you're eagerly awaiting getting it right
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now
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get started today all right so let's dig
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into the same and again this Chromebook
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is a bit of a mystery so it's 4:33 is
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just one number less than 434 and we've
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had the c4 34 around since I don't know
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March or something like that of 2019 and
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we actually saw it at CES all the way
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back almost a year ago and so we're not
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sure where this thing's gonna slot
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itself I can tell you we paid $4.99 for
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this from Best Buy and I'm gonna explain
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a little bit later about how you could
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go about getting one if you choose to
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get one at this point time anyway and
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499 is a weird price for this too
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because that's really close to the price
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for the 434 so we're not even sure where
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this thing is gonna fit in the whole
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lineup but we wanted to get our hands on
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it because no one's really got this
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thing unboxed no one's gotten their
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hands on it yet in the United States and
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so when we saw the opportunity we jumped
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at it so my job here is gonna be like it
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used to be way back in the day before we
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solve things at shows and and looked at
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Chromebooks and and and got stuff sent
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to us beforehand and all that stuff this
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is straight-up old-school Chrome unboxed
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here I haven't seen this device we've
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only seen pictures of it I haven't
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actually had it or gotten any prior
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knowledge on it so I'm seeing this the
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same time you are
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yeah nothing here funny I spoke about
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this earlier in the pixel book goin
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boxing like it was this nice well
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packaged thing you know this is pretty
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standard Chromebook Ferrier
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one-piece charger the USB type-c nothing
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surprising there nothing else really in
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the box here pretty standard
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a soos fair but he didn't come here for
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the box because Chromebook boxes in
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general are boring you came here for
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this
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so the 4:33 what's unique about this
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handful of things one is this super
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square design so again I'm seeing this
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for the first time feeling it for the
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first time so at least to the outer
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parts here 99.99% aluminum because
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they're cold
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plastic doesn't hold that kind of
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coolness we were skeptical honestly
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because we're just not sure exactly
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where this thing was going to come in
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but it feels a little more like the like
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see 302 that came out a couple years ago
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in this nice boxy design which makes for
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a better tablet experience if you're
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gonna put a 16 by 9 14 inch device into
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tablet mode I don't do that very often
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but it does feel a little more you know
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I don't know modern maybe because of
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those squares edges and what you also
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get are the speaker grilles on the sides
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which we really like that with the C 302
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it gave it this really nice wide stereo
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sound and my hope is with the great
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speakers that are in the 425 and the 434
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that are very similar to this device
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that we're gonna get that kind of nice
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sound but a good stereo separation and
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they're not going to be firing down at
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the desk alright so I can tell you I
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mean it's it's substantial feeling
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around the sides we have the same ports
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that we've had on these other kind of
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sister-brother devices USB type a USB
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type-c we have a volume rocker a power
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button headphone microphone jack and
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then on the other side we have just the
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single USBC and a micro SD card slot so
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that's look around the bottom real quick
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yeah just beat down there this is a core
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m3 processor so there is no no need for
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any fans or anything like that on this
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well that's like magnitude closed
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and again you get that nice little
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Peugeot lift that they have you can see
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that just ever so slightly lifts up the
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bottom of the device does it make a huge
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difference when you're typing put the
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4:34 not really to be honest with you
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and I can tell you already putting my
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palm on this versus putting my palm down
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here that's plastic
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so Asus did say you know aluminum
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chassis they didn't say all aluminum
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chassis
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they just said aluminum so you're
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getting a lid and a bottom piece that
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are aluminum here with this one keyboard
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deck is decidedly plastic so again you
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need to know these things going in
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especially when asus has so many devices
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that are so similar to one another
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keyboard is the same keyboard that we
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get in the 425 and the 434 which is an
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excellent thing is one of my favorite
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keyboards I was saying it was my
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favorite keyboard I've had to go back to
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the pixel book go now pixel book goes
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keyboard is just outstanding
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but this would be a very close second
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these keys feel great travel feels good
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click feels good very quiet
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they are backlit feels like the same
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material on the trackpad as well
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but a nice click nothing loud or out of
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control but I can tell you what just
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pushing on the deck of this thing
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definitely plastic and definitely a tad
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bit flimsy that's kind of a bummer not a
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deal-breaker anything like that but I
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just wish they would have put aluminum
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here on the top alright so we've got
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this thing powered on now and one of the
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main things someone would look at was
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the screen because we read reports the
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color game it was not gonna be as good
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no reports about the brightness so kind
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of wanted to get our eyes on it
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I tell you that the colors look pretty
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good the viewing angles are pretty good
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I don't think it's as bright as the C
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434 will test it obviously and put it up
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against it but the 434 has a nearly 300
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NIT screen I believe if I'm remembering
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correctly so I would guess this one
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somewhere in the low 200s or something
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like that if I'm just guessing off the
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top of my head and you know it's got
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that thin bezel look to it which is kind
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of cool
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it's a neat look it's kind of a success
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signature look at this point for its
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Chromebook family so it retains that it
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retains
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that hinge that tucks itself underneath
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so that it kind of hides some of that
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bezel there's a strange like shiny metal
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underneath on that part of the bezel
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looks a little weird again I just I
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don't understand this device completely
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right now but yeah front facing camera
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up there hidden in that small bezel and
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overall the screen looks passable again
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good viewing angles and colors they're
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probably not going to stand up when we
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put it up against some other Chromebooks
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in a similar price category but in
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general it's a touchscreen obviously
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because it is a convertible and while I
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don't care for using sixteen by nine
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tablets I think they're just kind of
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awkward feeling you know especially if
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you hold them up like this it's kind of
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strange but in general and you can use
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it as tablet if you need to I think the
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more useful version for these is to use
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them in this presentation mode so if
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you're showing something you're
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displaying something you just kind of
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have this thing up here the keyboards
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out of the way if you're watching a
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movie this one's still gonna get you
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side firing speakers so you don't have
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to worry about whatever orientation it's
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in you're gonna hear the speaker's just
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fine or it's nice if you're playing a
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game it's got all in screen controls it
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lets all the weight of the device sit on
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your lap or somewhere else you're not
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holding it up anything just get your
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thumbs on there and play a game so
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there's some benefits for sure for
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converting form factor and you know asus
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has done a really good job over the last
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few years creating good good hinges that
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are that are firm like this thing
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doesn't feel like it's wobbling all over
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the place and it just it feels nice and
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it's nice to have that option it's the
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one thing a lot of people are knocking
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the new pixel what go on is that it
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doesn't have a convertible form factor
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and so you go back and forth on whether
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or not you need that in your life but if
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you do this is another convertible you
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have to choose from one of the other
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things we wanted to test was the
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speakers and so with these side firing
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speakers the good speakers we've seen on
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these other Asus devices we wanted to
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give them a go so cueing up a video of
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ours to just hear what this intro music
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sounds like
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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oh here it is guys the pixel book Doh it
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is here in the office and we are go yeah
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I mean impressive I mean they sound
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great the the stereo separation sounds
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really good its handling some low tones
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really nicely
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highs are nice and crisp spoken word
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stuff sounds good so you know if this is
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a device you're looking at to get to
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watch movies videos that kind of stuff
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on I think it's gonna hold up pretty
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well in that regard so in general I like
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what I'm seeing here I'm a little
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confused by a handful of things like the
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plastic around the keyboard is a little
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confusing the price $4.99 is a little
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confusing and if you're looking at this
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and going you know I don't care about
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plastic on the keyboard deck or you know
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this I love the way this thing looks I
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like the the squared kind of look of
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this thing versus the one the the C 434
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s look then I can tell you if you want
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to go get this thing if you go to a Best
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Buy that has it apparently a ton of Best
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Buy's actually have them in stock go to
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the Best Buy tell them you want the Asus
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Chromebook flipsie 433 they're gonna
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look on their app and tell you that they
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can't find it tell them it's there it's
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in store they need to look on their
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in-store inventory and likely they'll
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find it and I'll sell it to you it'll
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sell it to you for $499 and I can tell
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you right now at this moment without
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spending any more time with this device
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I would hesitate towards spending that
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kind of money at least wait for us to
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get our review together and hear all
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about the the ups and downs of this
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device but just feeling this device
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right now at 499 bucks it feels like it
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would make a lot more sense to pay fifty
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or sixty dollars and just get the all
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aluminum C 434 that has the exact same
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internal layout I don't really know what
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benefit you're getting by going with
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this particular chromebook at this point
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again some of that stuff could change in
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the review and I might change my mind on
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some things but I don't think $4.99 it's
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the right price and it probably won't
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stay at that price it'll probably be
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like the 425 launch and then a few weeks
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later drop by fifty or a hundred dollars
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and again price informs what you want to
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do with a Chromebook and I think if it
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gets down into that price range I might
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be a little bit more lenient on it but
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we won't know into the review so if
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this season and also if this has helped
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you out in any way shape or form please
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give it a thumbs up and that's it for
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this one until next time we'll see you
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