It's Too Soon to Buy Into Portless Laptops, Experts Say
The internet's been salivating over an ultraslim laptop that's done away with all the ports, but hardware experts think it's just not possible yet, given the current state of technology.
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Thanks to its portless design, the Craob X claims to be only 7mm thick and weigh just 1.9 pounds. To put this into context, the thinnest laptops, the Acer Swift 7 and the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook, are about 9.9mm thick. Even the iPhone 13 at 7.65mm is bulkier than the Craob X. However, hardware experts don't think a laptop as slim as the Craob X would be functional.
"I don't think it's possible to make a laptop device that thin without technology to replace the battery," Alex Lennon, founder of Dynamic Devices, told Lifewire over email. "I also doubt very much it would be robust enough to last more than half an hour. You need a certain level of weight to a laptop for it to work as a 'lap... top.'"
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Lofty Goals
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bsurdly-thin laptop, from the unheard-of Craob Inc, features a 13.3-inch 4K display with practically no bezels. Images suggest it has a pinhole camera, though the company hasn’t shared any details about its resolution.
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Also missing are crucial details about its battery, though it’s very apparent that there wouldn’t be much of it in such a densely-packed chassis. Jostling for room is a 12th Gen Intel Core i7-1280P processor, up to 32GB of DDR5 RAM, a 2TB PCIe 4 SSD for storage, and Wi-Fi 6E.
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Another striking feature about the portless laptop is that it uses a wireless charger that magnetically attaches to the back of the display. The company claims the charger doubles up as a port hub and includes a variety of ports such as USB-A, USB-C, Thunderbolt, an SD card slot, and a headphone jack.
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Lennon doesn't think this makes any sense. "For [a laptop] to be portless and of any use, you need some kind of radio technology to move data around to peripherals. That uses energy, isn't as fast as wires, and given I don't see a battery [in the Craob X], it seems pretty stupid to be upping the base energy needs."
He added that even if we assume the laptop has a battery, the wireless charger/ports hub doesn't appear adequate to provide enough current to charge it or even provide enough bandwidth to support any attached peripherals.
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Portless Is Bunkum
Eric Brinkman, Chief Product Officer at Cobalt, told Lifewire over email that laptop manufacturers always want to balance portability, performance, and utility.
"Removing ports has traditionally been a way for laptop manufacturers to make them thinner and lighter; however, removing ports comes with a few challenges, such as reduced space for batteries and the loss of ports to connect peripherals, which requires laptop owners to carry various connectors and dongles," Brinkman shared.
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