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A few weeks ago Google made headlines with the launch of the new Chromebook Pixel, the highest-end Chromebook on the market (and with a price to show for it). Today, the Chrome OS laptop ecosystem is launching two products that are the exact opposite: the Haier Chromebook 11 (now available online at Amazon) and the Hisense Chromebook (now available at Walmart). Both of these 11.6-inch Chromebooks will retail for $149, making them the most affordable Chromebooks yet.
The new Chromebooks from Haier and Hisense are powered by Rockchip‘s 3288 system on a chip (SoC).
For most use cases, the 3288 should offer decent browsing speeds. We haven’t been able to see it in action yet, but it outperforms some of Intel’s recent Atom chips in many benchmarks.
The basic specs for the Hisense and Haier Chromebooks are essentially the same: 2GB of RAM, 16GB eMMC flash storage. Both feature two USB ports, and SD Card reader and HDMI output, as well a 720p webcam and WiFi and Bluetooth antennas. Both devices support Google’s always-on “OK Google” voice commands and come with Google’s slightly modified Chrome keyboard.
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These Google Chromebooks from Hisense, and Haier look very affordable for $149.
It's good that these Chromebooks still come with 2GB of RAM, 16GB storage, 720P webcam, 2 usb ports, Bluetooth, Wifi, SD card reader, and a HDMI output, and still cost $149.
I think the Hisense Chromebook version looks nicer in Black than the Haier version in White. I also like the Hisense brand more because they made a nice Google Android Nvidia Tegra 3 tablet called the Sero 7 Pro which was a $150 tablet which was similar to the Nexus 7 2012 tablet from Google, but had a rear camera, and MicroSD memory card slot.
