Received this morning ... work like a charm, launched several of my favorites mobiles games on it (and watched some movies ) well mobiles games at 1080i 60hz on a 32" TV ... is .... gorgeous
35$ after promo instead of 129$ which make it at the same price level of these chinese "no name" android boxes ... but with a better support and customer service (if i ever need customer service ... that is ...)
IR remote is neat but i have a all in one keyboard (with separated left click button for when you keep your keyboard in your hands and use the touchepad with the right thumb ) so i might not use it too often
i got a "EEHHH??? are you stupid? you didn take the U9-H it's way better ..." well duh .... obviously a Amlogic S912 is better than a S905.... or not ... might be octa instead of quad but the GPU side is not that much powerful, since Amlogic got the idea to put the Mali-T820MP3 in it ... instead of a 860 or something more ... punchy ... so, even the Mali-450MP5 in the S905 can equale it (save for 3D using OGL ES 3.1 which is also a trade off ), i'd rather take any 450/T760MPx over a T820MPx (ok ... GL ES 3.1 is technically cruicial for Android 7.0 support ... but ... that box is under 5.1.1 and perform quite well ... unlike a smartphone you don't need to have the latest version, thanks Apple for that trend
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funnier CPU task related the S905 is faster in most situation than the S912
... yep it's a Octa but a bigLITTLE arch which mean 4x1.536ghz + 4x1ghz instead of 4x1.536ghz (2ghz is the kernel value) hence the "it's almost the same result albeit being newer and Octa instead of Quad"
soooo yep the U9-H does better at one thing in the end (if i except GL ES 3.1 compatibility): being pricier for nearly the same performances
hackable to RemixOS is also a plus
edit ... yep ... not worth the overprice ... even for GL ES 3.1
i think i can sell my RPi2 and 3 ... (maybe not the SenseHat tho ...) i use the Neo U1 for media and casual couch gaming, and for tinkering ... well i have now
ASUS did a little f**k up tho, the TinkerOS is not stable, they didn't try to build a community before launch (like what the RPi did ) and they've chosen a disliked SOC: Rockchip 3288 (albeit being not bad at all ...)
spec wise it's a killer (deal) 4x1.8ghz Cortex A17 (the A17 are better than a A53 even if 32bit only ) Mali-T760MP4 and 2gb DDR3 (instead of 1gb DDR ) gb lan (instead of mb), dedicated wifi (with upgradeable antenna) and the SDIO is 3.0 (instead of 2.0)
board marking are clearer GPIO pin are color coded (and 100% compatible with RPi model B GPIO layout (i got my SenseHat working on it ) 100% same formfactor and a little heatsink bundled with, for the Rpi 1/2/Zero i understand why you don't need one but for the 3rd iteration ... i do not
(hence the Farnell heatsink on my RPi 2 and 3, for the 2 because it was OC for playback smoothness for the 3 ... well it was clocked higher so ... i had a second )
not even too much pricier than a RPi3 ... in fact it's even cheaper, for once, in Switzerland than Europe
(normally 2 weeks or a little longer from china)
