At the IFA show in Berlin , Acer is show off its new Chromebook R13 , which is the industry ’s first convertible Chromebook with a 13 - inch display .
Acer , Asus and others already have Chromebooks in the 10 and 11 - in distance that can double as tablets , but this is the first time we ’re seeing a heavy looping of a Chrome OS machine that can backflip .
The R13 has a 13.3 - inch touchscreen display that can be bent into a tablet . The covert appears solid too . It ’s an IPS panel with 1080p resolution and 10 - full stop touch capacity , which plunk for tapping , swiping , and squeeze - to - zoom gestures .
A mess of companies ( includingHP ) do n’t see the need to include a touchscreen for Chromebooks — Chrome OS is n’t designate for hint and tot a touchscreen drives be up . Still , it ’s a feature that is going to become more and more useful , especially onceAndroid apps tally Chromebooksin the next few month .
The Chromebook R13 has a USB - C interface , USB 3.0 , and HDMI out . It also support Bluetooth 4.0 and includes a 720p webcam . It ’s available with 16 GB , 32 GB , or 64 GB of storage , and all models include 4 GB of RAM .
These are jolly introductory specs for a Chromebook , but the benefit of having a large sieve that can double as a tablet could be enticing for plenty of exploiter . Plus , we dig its reported 12 - hour barrage spirit .
The starting price for the Chromebook R13 is $ 400 , and it will be usable in October .
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