VAIO SX12 Ultrabook is tiny, powerful and now available in the U.S.

What you need to know

VAIO appear the SX12, a sparse and low-cal laptop with plenty of ports.
The VAIO SX12 is now available in the U.Southward.
The design is similar to the VAIO SX14 seen earlier this year.

VAIO is making a strong improvement afterward its big split with Sony a few years ago. VAIOs are still designed and made in Japan, where its lineage is potent, even in 2022. The new SX12 — a smaller version of the SX14 — is a new "sub-notebook" that goes on sale today. Here is what you need to know well-nigh it.

VAIO SX12

The VAIO SX12 packs a whopping 9 ports into a thin and lite laptop, and information technology's at present available in the U.Due south.

VAIO SX12 is seriously small

The SX12 is a continuation of VAIO's goal to brand highly versatile, but besides very reliable laptops for business users. Developed primarily for the Japanese marketplace, VAIO brings some unique features that no other laptops in its class have, specifically lots of ports.

VAIO SX12 tech specs

Category	DeviceNameTKTKTK
Operating organisation	Windows 10 Pro
Display	12.5 inches, 16:9 aspect ratio, 1920x1080, matte, not-touch
Processor	Intel Cadre i5-8265U Intel Core i7-8565U
Graphics	Intel UHD 620
Memory	viii or 16GB DDR3 (ii,133MHz)
Storage	256GB, 512GB, or 1TB NVMe SSD
Front Photographic camera	0.92MP
Security	Fingerprint TCG2.0 Security Bit
Connectivity	Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/grand/n/ac) Bluetooth 4.i 4G LTE (optional)
Ports	Full SD reader USB Blazon-C with PD, DP1.two HDMI VGA Ethernet 1,000BASE-T USB 3.i Type-A (x1) USB 3.0 Blazon-A (x2)
Audio	Dual speakers, Headphones
Bombardment	Up to 10 hours
Dimensions	287.viii mm (W) x 15.7 mm ~18.0 mm (H) x 203.3 mm (D)
Weight	1.99 lbs (902g)
Colors	Pinkish, silver, all-black, Kachi blue

The device includes three USB-A ports, i USB-C port, a total-size SD carte slot, an HDMI port, an ethernet port, a VGA port, and a headphone and microphone port. The laptop runs on an Intel eighth Gen quad-core Core i5 or i7 processor and has an optional LTE module. Despite its number of ports, the VAIO SX12 weighs only 902 grams (1.99 lbs).

VAIO SX12 in 'Kachi' blue

Too standard colors like white and all-black, the loftier-end model with a Core i7, 16GB of RAM, 1TB of storage comes in a new "Kachi" blue. Kachi is described as a "night indigo" and goes back to the days of the samurais who "preferred this color every bit a good luck colour that leads to "kachi (win)." With aureate accents, the color is achieved with a unique, organic dye process of the unidirectional carbon fiber chassis. Each express-edition Kachi VAIO SX12 has a unique shade and expect thank you to this challenging process. That high-terminate Kachi model retails for $ii,199 and comes with special matching packaging and a wipe cloth.

VAIO SX12 is special

Pricing starts at $ane,199 for the Core i5 model with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage in pink, while the silver model costs $100 more than with a 512GB solid-state bulldoze (SSD) instead. The all-black configurations jump to an i7 processor, 16GB of RAM and either 512GB of storage ($1,599) or 1TB ($1,899). For those who desire a rugged but tiny laptop that tin handle just well-nigh everything you throw at it, the VAIO SX12 is an exciting selection.

Look for our review of the VAIO SX12 in the coming weeks.

VAIO SX12

The VAIO SX12 packs a whopping nine ports into a thin and light laptop, and information technology's at present available in the U.S.

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