Announced last April, the recently concluded Asus Pinnacle of Performance event, broadcast simultaneously in New York, Taipei and London, allowed us to take a look at the new Asus notebook proposals, also in the ZenBook OLED range.
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Also during the The Pinnacle of Performance event, Asus presented, in addition to the new VivoBook notebooks, also the renewal of the ZenBook notebook range, always very elegant stylistically in the appropriate design, benefiting from the latest Intel elaboration innovations (12th gen , H series) and AMD (Ryzen 6000).
As in the VivoBook 2022, also in the ultrabook Asus ZenBook 13 S OLED (serial UM5302, October, from 1,400 euros) there is the Pantone calibration for the display, a 13.3-inch panel, of the OLED HDR type, with 2.8K resolution according to an aspect ratio in 16:10, with 100% coverage on the DCI-P3 color space, support for Dolby Vision and DisplayHDR 500 True Black certification. The multimedia section includes, on the audio side, Harman Kardon speakers prepared for Dolby Atmos, and patented solutions for smart amplification, clear voice capture and AI-based noise cancellation.
The frame, made of magnesium-aluminum fiber, available in the shades Ponder Blue, Refined White, Vestige Beige and Aqua Celadon, while very thin (14.9 mm) and light (1 kg) does not miss the integration of a full-bodied battery 67 WHr fast loadable, surface coating of a full size Asus ErgoSense keyboard. Inside, the AMD Ryzen processors operate, a choice between a 6600U and a 6800U, with the integrated Radeon 600M GPU based on the RDNA2 architecture: the RAM, LPDDR5, can be increased up to 16 GB, while for the SSD storage, it reaches 1 TB (with the recent 4th generation PCIE interfaces).
Always animated by Windows 11 (Pro or Home), the ZenBook S 13 Flip OLED (UP5302 is practically the convertible version of the clamshell just seen: consequently it has a 13.3 ” OLED display resolved at 2880 × 1800 pixels and that is in 2.8K, with 100% on the DCI-P3 scale: if the touch was optional in the other model, here it is standard, also due to the ErgoLift hinge which, allowing the panel to rotate 360 °, allows you to use the laptop as a tablet. The chassis is always a featherweight (1.1 kg), including the latest connectivity, including Wi-Fi 6E and Thunderbolt 4. The latter betrays the choice of Intel 12th gen processors, up to i7, still assisted by LPDDR5 RAM and SSD storage with the latest PCIe interface. Attentive to the sound with 4 microphones, smart amplification as a dowry to the audio system customized by Harman Kardon, the 13 ” Flip model does not differ from the Asus patented solutions to serve the user experience and from equipping oneself with a beat ia from 67 WHr.
Creative use is at home in the ZenBook PRO 14 DUO OLED (September, from 2,000 euros). The one in question, in fact, is the notebook that integrates two 120 Hz displays with 0.2 milliseconds response time, both covered at 100% on the DCI-P3 color gamut and with Pantone validation, including the main one from 14.4 inches resolved in 2.8 K and HDR Display certified, and the secondary one (ScreenPad Plus) from 12.7 inches, benefited from this ScreeXpert 3 productivity tool (with the Dial / Button / Slider / Scroll control modes) and from the AAS Ultra automatic tilt mechanism in order to offer a better inclination of use and ease of air circulation, as a support to the dissipation of heat already taken care of via IceCool (Plus). So much attention to heat dissipation betrays a performing hardware, as Intel’s i9-12900H processor with dedicated Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti mobile GPU: the RAM is 32 GB, while the SSD storage (PCIe 4.0 interfaced) amounts to 2 GB. There is no lack of space for a 76 WHr battery, and for the latest wireless connectivity, including Bluetooth 5.2 and Wi-Fi 6E.
As in the smaller convertible, even in the larger ZenBook Pro 15 Flip OLED (UP6502) you will find the latest connectivity, Harmon Kardon calibrated audio with Dolby Atmos-ready speakers. In this case, the OLED panel rises to 15.6 inches, with 2.8 K resolution, extreme responsiveness (120 Hz), support for Dolby Vision and, for image creators, also a wide color gamut, Pantone validation and DisplayHDR certification. . The 12th gen Intel processors, Mobile version, H series culminate with the i7-12700H assisted by a discrete graphics card as Arc Alchemist A370M also from Intel: the LPDDR5 RAM reaches 16 GB, and the SSD storage with interface 1TB PCIe. A 96 WHr battery takes care of energizing everything.
In the traditional model ZenBook Pro 16X OLED (September, from 3,200 euros), wide open you are in the presence of a widely certified 16-inch OLED panel resolute in 4K with 0.2 ms of response time, support for the Asus Pen 2.0 stylus and FullHD webcam with infrared. In comparison, the aluminum chassis (16.9 mm for 2.4 kg), also equipped with Harman Kardon speakers, has an RGB backlit keyboard raised via ASS Ultra for more comfortable typing and better air circulation, for the benefit of the complied thermal drop. also from the IceCool system (Pro). The ErgoSense touchpad, flanked by the new ASUS Dial, has the Number Pad 2.0 function for the virtual numeric keypad. In terms of computing, this model uses the i9-12900H processor with dedicated Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 GPU, as well as 32 GB of LPDDR5 RAM (5200) and 2 TB of SSD (PCIe 4.0).
In the full-bodied ASUS ZenBook Pro 17 (18.9 mm thick for 2.2 kg of weight) a 17.3-inch panel makes its debut, between slender frames as per NanoEdge tradition, resolved in 2.5K with a refresh rate of 165 Hz, assisted by a GPU dedicated Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050, when you need a greater contribution than the Radeon integrated in the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX processor which, assisted by the LPDDR5 RAM, up to 32 GB, interacts via PCIe interface with 2 TB SSD storage.
On the sides of the camera body, connected to the display by means of the ErgoLift hinge that guarantees 180 ° rotation for better sharing of contents with the team, there are several ports for expandability, including an HDMI 2.0, the combo jack, the SD cards, and four USB (a couple of Type-C 4.0 and as many Type-A 3.2). In the terminal in question, set up for wireless connectivity BT 5.2 and Wi-Fi 6E, energized by a 76 WHr battery, a certain attention is given to video calls, via FullHD webcam with 3D Noise Reduction and audio equipment with noise reduction .