CTL’s new J5 Rugged Convertible Chromebook offers versatility: It can be used as a laptop or a tablet, and pricing starts at just $249.

The device has an 11.6-inch touchscreen that can rotate to turn into a Chrome OS tablet. It is designed similar to Lenovo’s popular Yoga hybrids.

At the entry-level $249 price, the Chromebook doesn’t boast premium features. The screen displays images at a 1366 x 768-pixel resolution, in line with other low-cost Chromebooks. 

The J5 Rugged Convertible Chromebook runs on an Intel Celeron N3050 architecture based on the Braswell chip design. It has 16GB of storage, 4GB of RAM, two USB ports, an HDMI slot a webcam and a Micro-SD slot for additional storage.

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