- So if you've been following this channel
for some time now you probably know
one of my favorite hobbies is covering mobile displays.
I just think it works so well with mobile devices.
Well this is the brand new Asus Zen Screen Go.
This one's a bit different
from the one we reviewed last year.
This now packs a 7800 milliamp battery.
That means you don't have to drain this battery here.
It also means you can use it
with your favorite Android phone.
Today I'll give you a quick tour and tell you what I think.
Stay tuned.
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The Zen Screen Go features a 15.6 inch display.
It is full HD, obviously non-touch as well.
Color accuracy is pretty decent on it.
You do get a bunch of color modes on this for presets
including SRGB, theater, and a bright mode, and all this.
And you can actually go through
and change all those yourself, too.
So you can do all sorts of neat presets.
There's also a blue light filter built in there
with different degrees.
So it's really good for nighttime usage and reading as well.
The device itself is very light.
It almost feels hollow.
And that's actually pretty impressive
considering the size of the battery that's built into it.
Again, that's 7800 milliamp,
which you've been following smartphones,
it's about twice as much, about,
as what many smartphones have these days.
Looking at the device itself here,
we do have a single USBC port on the side.
So that's gonna power everything.
You also have two buttons here to control everything,
including the menus and choosing selection there.
And you have a power button here as well
to the right side.
Now if you're curious about why there's a big ole hole here,
it's not for a keychain.
It's for the pen.
They actually include an Asus Zen Screen in in the box.
And the reason that you're supposed to put it through here
and now you can use it as a kickstand.
It totally works.
It's just the weirdest design I've ever seen.
They did this on the previous version
and they're doubling down on it on this one.
So you can actually put it both ways
and use it that way as well.
And if you notice, the screen rotated.
And that's because this actually has a gyroscope
on the inside so you can use it in this mode as well.
Seems a little strange,
but if you're presenting a list to a client
or something like that and you wanna have that orientation,
hey, it's there.
You can disable that if you don't want it though.
Still a nice option to have.
Now to protect it during transport
it does come with this smart cover.
It's a little bit heavy.
Overall the whole thing together
is just under two pounds, or 850 grams.
It's not the lightest system out there,
but it's actually not that bad either.
Mostly 'cause of it's size and it's distributed pretty well.
This thing is full of magnets and it's used for
an origami type setup.
So you can do different positions with it
based on how you fold it.
But it does protect both sides.
If you remember HP's version didn't have a back cover.
It was just a front cover.
So it was a little but lighter and thinner because of that.
The Asus one, though, will protect the whole device
during transport.
Now on the other end that type C plug,
well there's another type C connector.
That's not too strange here.
But what is cool, you do also get in the box
a type A converter so you just attach this here,
and now you can use it with all sorts of other devices
including the Surface Pro five, Surface Pro six,
Surface laptop one and two.
Basically any device that doesn't have a type C port
and I find that very useful,
especially since I'm a big Surface fan.
Now in order to use this with those devices
you do need to download and install some Asus software.
It's just a single driver.
And there's an optional applet you can download, too,
which gives you all the menu commands you find
on the device itself you can do through software.
And that's actually super useful as hitting those buttons
it's a little, well, if you're ever just at a monitor
through buttons you know what the feeling is.
So this works very well.
If you're using Windows 10 in S mode
you're gonna need to pop out of that
in order to install these drivers.
So that's a bit unfortunate,
but I'm at least glad that they had the option to use this.
Again, the HP version, which I really like,
doesn't give you this choice so it's really good for those
who are on legacy systems but
want a forward-looking one as well.
Now one of the cool changes with this year's models,
because of that full battery
it means you can use it with Android devices.
Previously this was too much of a drain on the Android.
It couldn't just power the display
and do the battery at the same time.
Now you don't have that issue.
So this operates a little bit differently.
When you plug it into a PC it gives you the option.
Do you want to drain the battery of the display itself
or do you want the PC to power it?
When you're using the phone the only option
is it's gonna come from the display,
and that's so it can all work together.
What's cool with the Note 9, of course,
it uses Samsung Deck.
So I got basically a full desktop experience here
just using the Note 9.
Now if you just have a regular Android phone
that's fine as well.
You can plug it in.
You need to download a third party app.
And once you do that you just set it up
and it'll just use that as a normal Android phone.
It'll just be blown up on a big screen,
but you can do landscape and all sorts of stuff.
It's a neat feature to have.
If you think about this as a business person,
you wanna do a quick PowerPoint presentation,
well this is all you're gonna need to do that.
It's a very useful feature,
and well, it opens all sorts of doors up.
You can even do a Bluetooth keyboard to this
and kind of make this a full portable PC,
which, it's a really unique experience.
Speaking of battery life, Asus estimates around four hours
of battery usage for a standard laptop at 220 NITs.
I'm getting also around 300 NITs
of brightness on this device.
So it's a pretty bright screen.
I really love the color accuracy on it,
and I just think it looks really sharp, too.
But yeah, four hours ain't too bad.
It's about what I was averaging as well.
And that's actually a pretty good usage scenario,
if you think about this, while you're traveling.
That means you won't even touch your laptop's battery.
Makes things a lot easier.
All right, so the Asus Zen Screen Go MB16AP,
it's one heck of a name.
It's also a really nice device.
Now 15.6 inch is a little big for me.
I prefer HP's 14-inch size,
but this is the only device that will connect up
to a Surface Pro or Surface Laptop two.
And that's actually really important if you're
in this ecosystem and you don't have a type C port.
Overall, though, it's a really cool device.
I love being able to use this without draining the battery
of the device I'm connecting to,
or just being able to use it with my smartphone.
I think it's a really clever design.
Now Asus does have another model that's coming out
that supports pen too, which opens up a whole new avenue
of new concepts and ideas that we can work with.
But if you're interested in a mobile display,
well, this is definitely one to take a look at.
Now $300 is not cheap at all.
But then again, this is gonna be mostly geared
for businesses and enterprise use,
not necessarily a consumer,
where you probably won't find much value in this,
it would be very cool to have.
But unless you're traveling or presenting a lot,
well this won't serve a lot of purpose.
So it's a really neat device and I'm really interested
to see where this technology takes us in the next few years.
But I have to give the Asus Zen Screen Go a thumbs up.
All right, so that's a quick look at the Asus Zen Screen Go.
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