Flip 11
| Flip 11 | |
|---|---|
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| Series | SVF11 |
| Release | 2014 |
| Processor | Intel Celeron N2920 (1.86 GHz) or Intel Pentium N3520 (2.16 GHz), quad-core |
| Graphics | Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail) |
| Chipset | Intel Bay Trail |
| Memory | 2GB, 4GB or 8GB DDR3 (soldered) |
| Display | 11.6" 1920x1080 (Panasonic MEI96A2) 16:9 IPS LED LCD with 10-point touch and pen input, compatible with VGP-STD2 capacitive pen |
| Storage | 128GB or 256GB M.2 SATA SSD |
| Audio | Intel Valleyview |
| Networking | Broadcom BCM43142 |
| OS | Windows 8 or 8.1 (64 bit) |
| Battery | VGP-BPS42, 23Wh Li-ion |
| Weight | 1.28 kg (2.82 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 285 x 200 x 19 mm |
| MSRP | around $600 to $800 US |
Overview
The Sony VAIO Flip 11 (also called Flip 11A or Flip 11N) are a series of mid-range notebooks released by Sony in February 2014. It is the last VAIO model announced by Sony, after which the VAIO brand was sold off to JIP.
Being the most portable of the Fit (SVF) Series, they have a 11.6" display with a 1920x1080 resolution.
Constructed with a metal lid and plastic palmrest and available in silver, black, and pink, their strengths are their portability, unique flip system, use of high-quality materials and the touchscreen. It also features a rear 8-megapixel camera placed on the bottom of the laptop, just like on the Flip 13.
Their Celeron or Pentium CPU and HD Graphics IGP were based on the same architecture as Atom of the same generation and tuned towards efficiency, sacrificing huge performance for low heat and low power consumption.
This device wasn't produced anymore after the warning that follows was published, so the most common versions of the Fit Series are the Fit 13, 14 and 15. It was reported that around 26,000 units were sold worldwide.
⚠️WARNING⚠️: Sony advised not to use these laptops because of the battery that had "potential to overheat resulting in partial burns to the housing of the PC", for more info, check out the official website: Sony Support link; later they started a free repair program still usable today, if the PC is affected: Sony Support link
If you have an affected laptop, do NOT update the BIOS, as later versions (R0260DE, R0270DE) will disable charging unless the battery has been changed with an unaffected version.
Daily Usage Today
This device is still usable today for lightweight tasks like web browsing and text editing, or cloud-gaming.
This device will fully work on Windows 11 with proper drivers, but it may experience some lags due to its weak CPU and limiting RAM amount, therefore you are better off running a lighter OS such as Linux.
When buying these machines, the pen is often not included as they get lost easily and unfortunately the VGP-STD2 pens are quite expensive used. A cheap alternative is any N-trig compatible pen (e.g Surface tablet pens), an ASUS pen was tested on the Flip 11 and it worked, including the buttons and pressure sensitivity as the VGP-STD2 uses N-trig technology.
Downloads
Follow our guides to download and install drivers.
Recovery discs are not available for this model. We are currently trying our best to find them. If you have some recovery discs available, please archive them and send them to us!