High-end laptop created by Porsche Design, on display at MWC

Feb 28, 2017 07:26 GMT  ·  By

If you like the Surface Book but you’re not a big fan of the hinge that Microsoft invented for the “ultimate laptop,” as the company itself calls it, here’s something that really deserves your attention (and money): the Porsche Design BOOK ONE.

Porsche Design presented a new laptop at the MWC 2017 show in Barcelona that comes as the perfect alternative to the Microsoft Surface Book, mixing powerful hardware and brilliant design into one very exquisite device.

First and foremost, the BOOK ONE uses a milled aluminum housing with matte anodized surface finish and features a completely new hinge that rotates 360 degrees. What’s interesting is that, while the hinge was designed to allow the keyboard to rotate, it also supports complete detaching, so you can use the device as a tablet.

Hardware specifications

The BOOK ONE features a 13.3-inch QHD+ IPS display with a resolution of 3200x1800 pixels and is powered by the 7th-generation Intel Core i7-7500U processor clocked at 3.5 GHz. Porsche Design offers 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD storage.

There are several connectivity options, including two USB Type-C ports and two full-size USB 3.0 ports, plus a dedicated USB-C port that supports ThunderBolt 3. There is also a built-in camera that comes with support for Windows Hello, so it enables biometric authentication in Windows 10 by scanning the iris.

And last but not least, the laptop comes with a Precision Touchpad and a backlit keyboard, as well as a stylus that can be magnetically attached to the right side of the display.

The hardware is believed to be manufactured by Quanta, the same company that worked with Amazon on Fire tablets, so what Porsche Design did was to customize the device with premium materials and hardware upgrades to align with its exquisite brand.

The new Porsche Design model will go on sale in April in Germany with a price of €2,795 and in the US for $2,495. It will be sold at Porsche Design stores and at specialist retailers in other countries in Europe too.

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