Lenovo Miix 720 with Thunderbolt 3 & Kaby Lake

This! Sadly the trend seems to be going the other way with new generations of even big laptops/convertibles replacing full-SD with microSD slots.

If they want to get rid of all the ports they should make me some brain and retina implants. But as long as I handle that thing with my hands and need to plug things into it, they should keep those ports where they belong.

 

T-minus one week (May 1st) for the Miix 720 launch in the U.S.

 

http://item.jd.com/4008838.html#comment

Anyone understand their rating system?
40 pages of 1 star review (400) and 10 pages of 5 star (100),
but it got 95%???
There's also 1900 5 star review i think

So many 1 star reviews.. kinda make me think twice
I tried google translating the page but the comments wont load on GT...

 

Has anyone done comparisons with the Miix 700 in terms of battery power? Would love to replace my 700 for this (especially since the 720 can theoretically use a power bank) but if the battery life is lower wouldnt bother

 

With all the fan issues being reported, has this model been discontinued? Looks like Lenovo doesn't actually have any models up for sale on the US site at the moment:

http://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/tablets/windows-tablets/miix-series/Lenovo-MIIX-720-12IKB/p/88IPMX70799

 

I have had my 720 since early May. I have yet to get even 5 hours of battery life, usually around 4 1/2. I've turned off everything in the background that might be causing an issue with the battery. Maybe they turned off the screen completely to get that 8 hours they advertise? That said, fan is fine and it is a nice little machine otherwise.

 

I understand there is support for thunderbolt 3, and it is possible to connect an external graphics dock ?

 

According to reddit, yes it does.

 

Does anybody here have the i5 version? I would love to know if the fan noise and battery life are noticeably better than on the i7 version.

 

I've been trying to find a website to purchase one of these in the US. Everywhere I have found right now is preorders. Does anyone know where there is one in stock? Preferably the 512GB 16GB ram model since that does seem to exist despite what the Lenovo US site says.