I guess it has little to zero difference.
What is the performance difference with laptops equipped with the advertised cpu?
In my experience, the quality of thermal paste, cooling, and other installed components, has a much higher impact than the exact cpu version.
So, just tought provoking, is it also misleading to sell a laptop with a powerful cpu but insufficient cooling, or other bottlenecks in the hardware?
Did you even read the article and linked sources? The difference is up to 20% Sounds you are fine with spending money for hardware you actually don't get? That's a huge mess. If a car manufacturer were to cheat in a similar way and install a 20% weaker engine, it would be a huge scandal and result in astronomical lawsuits.
ChiCom strikes again. Trust is a currency there.
This perf difference is significant. You are getting a device that is 2 GEN older. At this point you are likely better of buying an older discounted laptop.
You will get less software support and might run into weird compatibility issues, driver errors.
Regarding other factors that affect performance - you can preempt them by reading reviews and making an informed choice when buying. But this outright fraud will not surface in an unboxing/first impressions video.
TY to NC for calling this out!
first comments sound like some Chuwi PR to downplay the issue..?
The fact of cheating to sell something different to what is advertised, is not just misleading, it is an offence: a fraud by false representation, intending to make a gain.
Chuwi is now on my blacklist and I d recommend impacted people to request a refund so that it discourages companies to act with dishonest.
Presuming - same motherboard with soldered CPU as in smaller ntb. Only bigger body and screen.
nope. look at the pictures of the opened devices. corebook x and corebook plus seem to have a different MB. this issue affects two completely different devices.
Yes, it's very bad ... but where is the scandal for Nvidia?
Nvidia has been cheating with every Laptop GPU version, for years. Each Laptop GPU tier is 1 tier below the Desktop GPU tier (proven by the same hardware specs), and yet have the same name as the Desktop tier above. They don't even use an "-m" (mobile) in the naming anymore, and cash in a much higher price than deserved because of a seemingly "Desktop-tier" name. It's an obvious fraud.
And yet no one (or almost no one) complains about this fraud. It also affects millions more of people. And yet the fraud is being ignored by most people and tech magazines, or otherwise excused. So obviously it's "okay" to cheat if you are a big company, but a scandal if you are a small company ... where's the justice?
Quote from: Prassel on March 12, 2026, 16:05:31Yes, it's very bad ... but where is the scandal for Nvidia?
Nvidia has been cheating with every Laptop GPU version, for years. Each Laptop GPU tier is 1 tier below the Desktop GPU tier (proven by the same hardware specs), and yet have the same name as the Desktop tier above. They don't even use an "-m" (mobile) in the naming anymore, and cash in a much higher price than deserved because of a seemingly "Desktop-tier" name. It's an obvious fraud.
And yet no one (or almost no one) complains about this fraud. It also affects millions more of people. And yet the fraud is being ignored by most people and tech magazines, or otherwise excused. So obviously it's "okay" to cheat if you are a big company, but a scandal if you are a small company ... where's the justice?
Yeah Nvidia is no saint but since they make the chips, they at least can call them whatever name they want. It is still sleazy but not illegal. Chuwi is going deep into the illegal and immoral territory. Their response has also been completely Chinese, too. Get your popcorn ready.
Chuwi will now change brand name. Hey at least this wasn't milk powder or baby formula.
Quote from: Moci on March 12, 2026, 17:37:28Yeah Nvidia is no saint but since they make the chips, they at least can call them whatever name they want. It is still sleazy but not illegal. Chuwi is going deep into the illegal and immoral territory. Their response has also been completely Chinese, too. Get your popcorn ready.
There - I said it. You are the next one who downplays, excuses, justifies, defends Nvidia scamming people, which is likewise illegal and immoral. You're just proving my point. Nothing more must be said.
@Prassel : the topic of the article is Chuwi.
Your whataboutism sounds like you are trying to defend them. Won't work.
Quote from: Prassel on March 12, 2026, 17:49:49Quote from: Moci on March 12, 2026, 17:37:28Yeah Nvidia is no saint but since they make the chips, they at least can call them whatever name they want. It is still sleazy but not illegal. Chuwi is going deep into the illegal and immoral territory. Their response has also been completely Chinese, too. Get your popcorn ready.
There - I said it. You are the next one who downplays, excuses, justifies, defends Nvidia scamming people, which is likewise illegal and immoral. You're just proving my point. Nothing more must be said.
Probably good for you that way. Better not to remove all doubt.
QuoteNvidia has been cheating with every Laptop GPU version, for years. Each Laptop GPU tier is 1 tier below the Desktop GPU tier
Nvidia is not hiding anything. INfo that RTX 4080 mobile is RTX 4070 desktop in disguise is not secret.
For them its simple target market segment
xx50 - budget
xx60 - low end
xx70 - mid end
xx80 - high end
xx90 - super high end
If you got caught on that 'fraud' then you simply didnt read anything. Its not even written with small font. Also enthusiast know that desktop >> laptop performance-wise so yeah..
Its completely different situation than Chuwi.
The effort to hide the alteration is quite extensive. It is not possible Chuwi did this by "accident". The funny part is how Chuwi obviously believed they could get away with it. This reminds me of the inflated capacity of Chinese batteries and usb drives, or GPUs on Aliexpress that are relabelled old stuff but advertised as something recent.
Quote from: tata on March 12, 2026, 14:53:16first comments sound like some Chuwi PR to downplay the issue..?
The fact of cheating to sell something different to what is advertised, is not just misleading, it is an offence: a fraud by false representation, intending to make a gain.
Chuwi is now on my blacklist and I d recommend impacted people to request a refund so that it discourages companies to act with dishonest.
100% correct Chuwi is on my blacklist too.
I remember just prodding chatgpt about another chuwi product and it warned me unpromoted that it's included Type C charger only operates at one voltage/current so 'dumb' usb c devices may get fried by it. I thought it was ridiculous (in 2026? Type C? Frying devices?) and thought the AI was hallucinating and then brought an actual forum page complaining that issue. So yeah, if they're skimping on literal CPUs, what else would they skimp on? These are only things that got caught!
One tech question, bios is mutable but how do they cheat on CPUID?
I think CPUID will execute "cpuid" instruction which is much harder than bios to cheat..
Quote from: G on March 17, 2026, 11:27:36One tech question, bios is mutable but how do they cheat on CPUID?
I think CPUID will execute "cpuid" instruction which is much harder than bios to cheat..
They probably developed a microcode update for that.
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