Asus has realized that incorporating
OLED technology
into its laptops is an advantage.
Although it is not an exclusive technology, the company has decided to push this move forward and use it, in order to differentiate itself from the competition.
For some time now we have been seeing Asus laptops come with OLED screens, with the Zenbook 14X OLED model (UX5400E) also offering a secondary screen.
Asus Zenbook 14X OLED, Photo: Tzachi Hoffman
Prestigious look
The Zenbook 14X comes in the look that characterizes the Asus laptops, a metal back with a brush with the company's silver logo.
This is a design that gives a luxurious feeling to the eyes.
The thickness of the computer is 16.9 mm, not very thin but also not thick. The weight is well felt in the backpack - 1.4 kg.
The laptop can be opened up to a 180-degree position so that it lies flat on the table.
This mode is mostly for moments where you want more people to see the screen, but I have yet to find a use for it.
Asus Zenbook 14X OLED, Photo: Tzachi Hoffman
Excellent image quality touch screen
The touch screen that Asus has incorporated here just looks great and this is thanks to the excellent OLED technology, which offers here very rich colors, deep black and also support for HDR display in supporting content.
The screen quality is really great and you have to see it to understand.
The resolution of the screen that comes in a size of 14 inches stands here at 2880 by 1800 pixels, which is 2.8K, a refresh rate of 90 Hz, and it also has a thin border.
Asus offers here a secondary screen integrated inside the mouse pad.
It's called the ScreenPad, and it's been offering this solution for some time on some of its laptops.
Despite her insistence on marketing it as a secondary screen solution for productive work, I did not find it as such.
Although it has several uses, such as shortcuts to applications, displaying a calculator or transferring any software / application that works to the secondary screen, for example a YouTube player.
This is nice, but I do not think it's efficient enough, especially since in order to work with this screen, you have to switch between two modes: mouse pad mode and screen mode.
If you are in screen mode and do not want to change the modes every time, you should use an external mouse.
Asus Zenbook 14X OLED, Photo: Tzachi Hoffman
What else bothered me - it takes time for the secondary screen to start working.
When you wake it up, there is a feeling that the whole interface is shaken in this process, for example the main screen turns off for a second.
If Asus wants people to use it, the transition to use should be smoother and not lame.
Good speakers and fast fingerprint sensor
Asus has integrated here an 11th generation Intel i7 processor at 2.8 GHz with 16 GHz LPDDR4X RAM with a GeForce MX450 graphics card with 2 GB of NVIDIA GDDR6 memory.
The storage volume is 1 tare M.2 NVMe PCI 3.0, which provides fast performance.
Overall, this is a computer that responds well, when for most users it will do the job well.
This model features IceCool Plus technology for maintaining the computer's temperature, but it still emits a lot of heat from its left side.
Which felt good while in use.
The speakers coming from Herman / Cardon surprised with their good performance, there is also a disappointing WiFi 6 and a fast fingerprint sensor integrated in the power button on the top left of the keyboard.
By the way, the keyboard is easy to type, spacious and includes backlighting.
Asus Zenbook 14X OLED, Photo: Tzachi Hoffman
By the way, the camera for video calls comes with a resolution of 720p and is disappointing.
It offers faded colors and noise in the image, even in a well-lit place.
It is a pity that Asus has not invested a little more in this point, which in the last two years has become very important to many people.
In terms of connections, Asus gives the Zenbook 14X everything it needs: an HDMI port, two Thunderbolt 4 USB-C connections and also a USB 3.2 Gen 2 input and a micro SD memory card reader.
In short, you probably will not need a dongle here.
Price:
NIS 6,500
Bottom line
, the Zenbook 14X OLED stands out thanks to its quality screen, which also comes with touch technology.
This is a screen that is just fun to watch.
The laptop itself is comfortable to use, but the secondary screen - ScreenPad - still feels like a gimmick not baked enough.
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