Without prior notice from the company, ASUS has just introduced the ASUS ZenBook S13 , the laptop with the highest footprint ratio on the market. According to data provided by the manufacturer itself, the ZenBook has a front 97% occupied by the screen surface. The rest of the features are not far behind either, with state-of-the-art processors and RAM and storage options that make the ASUS proposal one of the best professional options of 2019.
ASUS ZenBook S13 datasheet
screen | 13.9 inches, IPS LED technology, Full HD resolution (1,920 x 1,080) and 400 nits of brightness |
Processor and RAM | Intel Core i5 8265U Intel Core i7 8565U Up to 16 GB of LPPDR3 2,133 MHz RAM |
Up to 1TB M.2 PCIE NVMe SSD | |
Graphic card | Up to NVIDIA GeForce MX150 |
Battery | 50 Wh |
Operating system | Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro |
Connections | 2 x USB Type C 3.1 Gen 2, 1 x USB Type A 3.1 Gen 2, 1 x micro SD, WiFi 802.11 ac and Bluetooth 5.0 |
Design | Aluminum finish Colors: Utopia Blue |
Dimensions and weight | 12.9 x 316 x 195 millimeters and 1.1 kilograms |
Featured Features | Stereo speakers with ASUS SonicMaster Premium technology and Harman Kardon certification, fast charging support via USB Type-C, and Windows Hello compatible fingerprint sensor |
Release date | Available |
Price | From 1,799 euros |
The world's most compact 13-inch computer
Specifically 13.9 inches. The ASUS ZenBook S13 features a nearly 14-inch IPS LED display with Full HD resolution, 400 nits of brightness, and a 100% sRGB color spectrum ratio . Its frame consists of only 2.5 millimeters, and in total it represents 97% of the total surface of the equipment.
Along with this, a body made entirely of aluminum subject to the military standard MIL-STD-810G whose weight remains at 1.1 kilograms and whose thickness does not exceed 1.3 centimeters . In width and height, the S13 stays at 31.6 and 19.5 centimeters respectively.
Next-generation processors and dedicated graphics card
They could not miss the eighth generation Intel processors. Specifically, the ASUS laptop has two processor options, the Intel Core i5 8265U and the Intel Core i7 8765U .
As for the memory configuration of the ASUS ZenBook S13, it is worth 8 and 16 GB of RAM in the respective processor versions and a storage capacity that ranges from 256 GB to 1 TB in M.2 PCIe SSD format 3.0 .
The graphics section is not far behind either, with a low-power Nvidia MX150 graphics card to move any program that demands a high amount of graphics processes.
Fast charging and USB Type-C for everything - and everyone -
In the section on connectivity and autonomy, the ASUS ZenBook S13 has nothing to envy the rest of the competitors.
With a headphone jack input, a micro SD card slot, two USB Type-C 3.1 ports at up to 10 Gbps, and a USB Type-C 3.1 port with the same certification as above, the S13 supports fast charging up to 65 W via USB type , the same USB that your charger includes.
Regarding the laptop battery, it bases its capacity on a 50 Wh module, enough for a whole working day with up to 15 hours of total autonomy . It should also be noted that it has a fingerprint sensor compatible with Windows Hello.
ASUS ZenBook S13 price and availability
ASUS has announced the immediate availability of its 13-inch computer starting today for a price of 1,799 euros in its most basic version with Intel Core i5 processor, 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of hard disk.
Of the rest of versions its price is unknown at the moment.