Sony VAIO Fit 13A: Costs a pretty penny for a novelty feature

Sony’s love affair with Ultrabooks has been a rather steamy one and their latest fling, dubbed the VAIO Pro 13, has been our favourite thus far. However, they’ve never managed to get it right when it comes to hybrids. The VAIO Duo 11 was their last attempt at a premium convertible and while it was good as a tablet, it never quite made the cut as a notebook. Their VAIO Flip series is about to change all that however. This is also the first hybrid of its kind to be available in three screen sizes. Today, we’ll be reviewing the tiniest member in the family, the Fit 13A or SVF13N1ASN if you want to get official.

Design and Build
In our first outing with the hybrid, we quite liked what Sony had developed and after living with it for a week, that notion has only been strengthened. The Fit 13A is handsomely built and will easily survive a few knocks of everyday use. The chassis is built mostly of plastic and is reinforced with aluminium sheets that form visible layers on the notebook. It looks incredibly premium and the same goes for the feel of the device.

You’ll notice the slit on the lid and that’s where Sony has added the second hinge for flipping the screen over. With the release of a small switch on the primary hinge, this otherwise unassuming notebook can flip it’s display over, to become a tablet. There are small magnets that hold the lid in either place so it doesn’t flop about. The mechanism itself feels very sturdy and it doesn’t seem like it’s in any hurry to fall apart. We’ve seen this trick in Dell’s XPS 12 hybrid but Sony’s seems a more elegant solution. Read more..

Source: Technology News

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