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Between convertible tablet modes, touchscreens and 4K displays, laptops have been inundated with features that often do little more than hike up the price. And so when Toshiba lays claim to creating the world's first 15-inch, 4K convertible laptop, I expe...

Amazing 4K display, Thin, sharp design, Useful tablet modes...

Short battery life, Competitively weak performance...

The Toshiba Satellite Radius 15 comes at a great value, offering a stunning 4K screen in a sharply designed, versatile and thin package. Just always remember the power cord...
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techradar.com/au/ Updated: 2016-11-14 23:37:26
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Between convertible tablet modes, touchscreens and 4K displays, laptops have been inundated with features that often do little more than hike up the price. And so when Toshiba lays claim to creating the world's first 15-inch, 4K convertible laptop, I expe...

Amazing 4K display, Thin, sharp design, Useful tablet modes...

Short battery life, Competitively weak performance...

The Toshiba Satellite Radius 15 comes at a great value, offering a stunning 4K screen in a sharply designed, versatile and thin package. Just always remember the power cord...
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If you're going to overspend on a large convertible laptop, though, it might as well be this one. The laptop is mainly made from brushed aluminium, and there's a black plastic rim around the edge of the keyboard tray and a rugged-feeling textured material...

The Satellite Radius 15 is a beautifully built, stylish and expensive convertible laptop...
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If you're torn between the convenience of a tablet and the functionality of a laptop, there are several options open to you. You can spend more to buy both, spend the same and cut corners on specification, or plump for the third option: the hybrid laptop...

In short, the Toshiba Satellite Radius isn't a bad machine at all. The only weak spot is the touchpad, but that can be fixed with judicious use of the touchscreen, disabling gesture controls or plugging in an external mouse.In performance, it matches up w...
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We're seeing more and more devices like the Toshiba Satellite Radius 15: laptop/tablet hybrids that, rather than make the keyboard and touchscreen detachable, fasten them with a 360-degree hinge, allowing the screen to rotate from a traditional laptop set...

Nice display, stylish design, works excellently with Windows 10, decent performance...

Not really suitable for tablet use, short battery life, lack of business focus...

A big, bold screen and spacious hard drive are among the highlights of this flashy hybrid, but battery life is short-lived and it's more unwieldy than detachable 2-in-1s...
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