Unveiled at CES in January and now showing at IFA in Berlin: the foldable Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED. As a notebook, as a tablet or as a book, the 17-inch device can be used flexibly and should be on the market before the end of this year.
The foldable format has arrived in the notebook segment, as foldable smartphones like the Fold and Flip from Samsung are also now following the Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED. Foldable-Laptop. As with smartphones, Asus wants to ensure more flexibility – not only in terms of display, but above all in terms of possible uses.
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When this measure unfolded OLED-panel 4:3-format A full 17.3 inches. The display has a resolution of 2,560 x 1,920 pixels and can achieve a brightness of up to 500 nits. The flexible design allows the Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED (UX9702) to be used in a variety of situations: either as a large tablet or as a lightweight Angled like a 12.5 inch notebook. For this purpose, the Bluetooth keyboard is magnetically placed on the “lying” half of the display. The top half is then the usable display area in the 3:2 format.
Use flexibly: tablet, notebook or booklet
If you want, you can unfold the notebook completely, then set it up and use it like a big screen in conjunction with the wireless keyboard. one with Weight is about 1.5 kg And at 17.4 millimeters thick when folded, the ZenBook 17 Fold OLED should be much lighter and more compact than “normal” 17-inch notebooks. The foldable notebook is then opened Only 8.7 mm thin.
is plugged in Intel Core i7-1250U processor with 10 cores and up to 4.7 GHz on Turbo. With a base power consumption of 9 watts, the CPU should be quite power-efficient, which in combination with 75 Wh battery Committed battery runtime can be guaranteed. The Zenbook 17 Fold OLED is charged via USB-C with 65 watts.
Also, there is 16 GB LPDDR5 RAM and 1 TB M.2 SSD storage On the connection side there is a 3.5 mm jack and 2x Thunderbolt 4 The disposal also includes Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2. Four speakers with Dolby Atmos support await you for a decent sound.
Asus to launch Zenbook 17 Fold OLED Later this year Getting started. The foldable notebook, in tech black, should be next For an RRP of €3,699 Go to the counter.
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