The Sefree Apollo is a Surface Studio clone at half the price

Microsoft's Surface Studio 2 is quite an attractive PC — particularly for designers — but it also comes at a hefty price. If you've been looking to get your hands on something similar at a much cheaper price, then the upcoming Sefree Apollo might be worth a look.

Starting at $1,549, the Sefree Apollo is about half the price of a Surface Studio 2. For the money, the Apollo looks to be a virtual clone of the Surface Studio 2, offering a compact PC base attached to a display that can be rotated between 95 and 15 degrees. That display is a 4K touch panel that should offer crisp visuals in either 27-inch or 32-inch options.

On the inside, the Apollo includes a choise of an Intel Core i5-8350 or Core i7-8550U processor. That's a lower powered chip than the Core i7-7820HQ processor in the Surface Studio 2, but it should be sufficient for getting some work done. Other hardware specs includ up to 512GB of SSD storage and up to 2TB of HDD storage, up to 32GB of RAM, and a choice between integrated graphics or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti discrete graphics.

The Apollo also includes a front-facing camera, but there's no word on its resolution or whether it supports Windows Hello like the Surface Studio.

The Sefree Apollo is set to go up for crowdfunding later this year, and you can sign up for updates and a chance to snag the super early bird pricing at the Apollo website. Prices will start out at $1,549 and top out at $2,199. If you're looking to pick something up a little sooner, check out our list of Surface Studio 2 alternatives.

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Belkin Qi Wireless Charging Pad ($30 at Dell)

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