Asus has launched the Chromebook detachable CM3 and is supposedly the competitor to Lenovo’s Chromebook Duet. The Detachable CM3 by Asus runs on ChromeOS and is powered by a MediaTek processor.
The Asus Chromebook Detachable CM3 is listed on the company’s US website as ‘Coming Soon’ and is priced at $349.99 (approx Rs 25,500) for the 64GB storage variant and $369.99 (approx Rs 27,000) for the 128GB storage model. It comes in a single Mineral Grey colour option.
Asus Chromebook Detachable CM3 Specifications
The Chromebook Detachable CM3 by Asus sports a 10.5-inch (1,920X1,200 pixels) LCD display with 16:10 aspect ratio and 320 nits of peak display brightness. The chromebook draws power from an octa-core 2GHz MediaTek 8183 processor paired with Arm Mali-G72 MP3 GPU, 4GB of LPDDR4X RAM, and up to 128GB eMMC storage.
Connectivity options include a 3.5mm Audio Jack and a USB 2.0 Type-C port. The chromebook gets an 8-megapixel camera on the back and a 2-megapixel camera at the front for selfies. There’s a detachable keyboard available for the chromebook which doubles up as a cover as well and connects with the Chromebook through POGO Pins. There’s also a housing for a stylus inside the Chromebook itself.
The Asus Detachable Chromebook M3 packs a 27Whr 2-cell Li-Ion battery that can be charged at 45W speeds with the provided AC adapter. It measures 25.54×16.72×0.79cm and weighs 510 grams.