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One of the primary focuses here at Chrome Unboxed is future hardware. After all, our early days were all about new devices! What is coming feels just as important as what is here now, so we will continue looking for the latest and greatest developments in the Chrome OS ecosystem.
It has been about three months since Robby made the case that Samsung was likely on the cusp of launching the next iteration of the company’s budget Chromebook lineup. The Jasper Lake-powered Sasuke had all the signs of being a Samsung device. Given the fact that Samsung appears to have abandoned the Chromebook Plus line, […]
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Once upon a time, there was a relativley large divide between large and small-core Intel-based Chromebooks. Up to just a couple years ago, small-core Intel devices with Braswell or Apollo Lake chips were really hard to recommend to just about anyone. With cheap build quality, cheap components, and painfully slow performance, I even disliked the […]
We’ve previously written about the reality of a folding Pixel phone from Google this fall to go along with the new Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, and Pixel Watch. While I’m unsure about Google’s ability to pull off this complex sort of hardware, I’m 100% rooting for them to get it done in the right […]
Acer recently unveiled the latest iteration of the popular Chromebook Spin 713 and needless to say, it’s making all the right moves. The new 13.5″ convertible is the first-ever Intel Evo-certified Chrome OS device on the market and it comes rocking a powerful 11th Gen Intel Tiger Lake CPU. When announced, we were under the […]
We have been waiting – rather impatiently – for ASUS to finally release the MediaTek-powered Chromebook Detachable CM3 here in the states. Just this week, listings for both the 64GB and 128GB models popped up on ASUS’ storefront but they are still listed as “coming soon” and we still have yet to see the versatile […]
It has been a few months since we first heard rumors of a Pixel Fold – a folding screen phone with Google’s software on the inside – and the internet has been pretty quiet about it since. Jon Prosser was the first to give us a bit of info on the upcoming device, simply proclaiming […]
If you’ve followed along here at Chrome Unboxed for any amount of time, you generally have the feel for what product cycles feel like. Devices begin in the Chromium Repositories and begin branching off from a singular source based on a new chipset. Take the new Tiger Lake 11th-gen Intel Chromebooks we’re just now seeing […]
The highly-anticipated Tiger Lake Chromebooks have started to arrive. Just today, Acer unveiled four new Chrome OS devices and in the mix, two 11th Gen Intel Chromebooks that will take their places among the ranks of the most powerful Chrome devices on the planet. ASUS, however, was the first to market with a Tiger Lake […]
It’s that time again. Acer just wrapped up its annual hardware event the PC company did not disappoint. For the second year in a row, the Next@Acer event was held virtually and Acer has unveiled what’s new with its full line of devices from gaming to creating and everything in between. While we fully expected […]
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The Next@Acer event has wrapped up and we now have a total of 4 new Chromebooks headed to store shelves in the Acer Chromebook Spin 713 (see our initial impressions here), Chromebook 514, Chromebook 314, and the giant, 17.3-inch Chromebook 317. While there was no in-person event this year (for understandable reasons), Acer did send […]
With the Next@Acer event in the books, it’s time we share a bit about the devices they sent us to take a look at. We have another post and video about the gigantic Acer Chromebook 317 and another that highlights all 4 Chromebooks announced at the event, but right now we’re talking about what could […]
Though we may finally be nearing the end of virtual press events, we’re not quite out of the woods just yet. It was about this time last year that events were being cancelled and postponed left-and-right, including one of our favorite annual trips: NYC for the Next@Acer Global Press Conference. We’ve attended for the past […]
