The Eve V 2021 goes up for pre-order with a high starting price and a long lead time

Eve Devices has made its latest product available to pre-order, the Eve V 2021. The second-generation version of the Eve V has been in development for a while, and was formally announced in October. Hosting a pre-order period is not indicative of when the Eve V 2021 will ship, though. Eve Devices is asking people to place a US$300 deposit on the tablet, which starts at US$1,239. The company no longer includes a keyboard a pen or keyboard in the box, so these are now US$80 and US$130 additions. The latter rises to US$145 for a keyboard in anything other than US (ANSI).

US$1,449 is a steep starting price for a 2-in-1, especially from a company that has had as many problems as Eve Devices has. As we have previously reported, there have been persistent concerns about Eve's ability to fulfil orders, with a trip to r/eve revealing many unhappy customers. We should stress that r/eve is not representative of everyone's experiences with Eve. Additionally, Eve-Tech rebranded as Eve Distribution and signed a distribution contract with PCH International in February 2019, which appears to have resolved delivery issues. Nonetheless, it seems that Eve Distribution abandoned fulfilling orders placed with Eve-Tech and focussed its attention on new products.