- What's up, guys?
Saf here on SuperSaf TV,
and I've just got back from CES 2019,
and while I was there,
I met some of my friends at ASUS,
who gave me this special package
to show to you guys.
Let's go ahead and see what's inside.
Now, you know it's going to be something special
when we've got a briefcase.
We'll get it unlocked,
and here we are.
It is the brand new ASUS ZenBook S13 laptop,
which was just announced at CES.
Now, this is of course an early unit
that I've been given by ASUS,
which comes with the power adapter
and power cord,
but depending on your region,
your retail version may also come with
the RJ45 dongle,
an ASUS mini dock,
as well as an ASUS protective sleeve.
Right, now let's get to the laptop itself.
Now, the first thing I have to highlight is
how light this is.
It's just 1.1 kg,
and it's around 12.9 millimeters thin,
so a very compact body overall,
but it is still very, very premium.
You've got an all metal unibody design.
We've got here the Utopia Blue color,
which has this spun metal finish,
and it's actually a 40 stage production process
to achieve this.
It looks so, so slick.
It's also accented by silver diamond-cut edges.
It's military grade tested,
and one thing I definitely want to talk about
is the fact that we've got zero flex.
I've seen many light laptops
which move about so much when you do this.
But this is super steady.
It's got no flex whatsoever.
You can tell that ASUS has spent a lot of time
to make this very, very premium,
but still keeping that super light 1.1 kg weight.
Now, let's look at one of the key features
of the ZenBook S13,
and that is this beautiful 13.9 inch
nano edge display.
This is super impressive,
and that's because of these tiny bezels.
On the sides,
we've got around 2.5 millimeters,
and this has the world's slimmest bezels
and largest screen to body ratio for a laptop.
We're looking at around 97%.
That is absolutely insane.
What that means is
you've got a larger display size
in a compact body.
So if we compare this to the previous generation,
this is actually 12.5% smaller in size,
but you still get the same size display,
and if you compare it to
some of the competition out there,
then you are going to be getting
a larger screen size,
but in a smaller body.
Now, this display's an LED back lit IPS panel
with a full HD resolution.
It's got up to 400 nits of brightness,
and it's also got SRGB 100% color gamut,
so you're going to be getting
some nice accurate colors.
Very, very impressed with this display.
Now, at the top of the display,
we do have this slightly raised area.
Now, there's a few reasons for this.
The first is the fact that we've got
the front facing camera embedded here at the top,
not at the bottom.
This is a compromise that
lots of the laptops have to make
to achieve the small bezels,
but I actually like the fact that it's here,
in a good position,
not kind of looking up at your chin,
but secondly, this area here
kind of acts like a lever
to open up the laptop,
and it does pass the one handed test,
so check this out.
There you go.
Very nice and easy.
I do like this design,
and I don't actually mind
this raised area here.
Now, let's talk about the internals.
The ZenBook S13 is the world's slimmest laptop
with discrete graphics.
You can get up to the 8th generation
Intel Core i7-8565U processor,
with the NVIDIA GeForce MX150,
up to one terabyte of PCIe SSD storage,
with up to 16 gigabytes of RAM.
Now, I think you're going to have to agree with me
that having those specifications
in this super compact body
is very, very impressive.
Now, for the battery,
you've got a 50 Watt-hour battery within this,
which is going to give you
up to 15 hours of usage,
and for the ports,
you've got two USB Type C 3.1 Gen Two ports.
Both of these support fast charging,
data transfers, and external displays.
There's a micro SD card slot.
On the right hand side,
there's a full sized USB Type A 3.1 Gen Two port,
and this just about fits in this small body,
and there's also an audio combo jack.
Now, let's look at the keyboard.
So first up, you do have
ASUS's ergo lift hinge.
I really like this.
It tilts the keyboard up,
which gives you
a more comfortable typing position,
but it also creates space underneath the laptop,
which is going to help with cooling,
and it improves audio performance.
The keyboard itself is
a full sized back lit keyboard,
and it's got 1.4 millimeters of travel.
So, just testing this out,
feels really nice,
and we've also got the touch pad here,
which does support up to four finger gestures.
The touch panel also has a fingerprint scanner
here on the top right hand side,
and let me just show you how quickly this works.
Boom, we're in.
Finally, the audio is certified by Harman Kardon,
and we've got twin speakers,
which are driven by
a dual channel smart amplifier.
And there we have it, guys,
that is the ASUS ZenBook S13.
I got to say, I'm very impressed.
ASUS have branded so much
into this very compact package.
Hard to believe that this is just 1.1 kgs,
with these tiny bezels,
and discrete graphics as well.
If you want to pick one of these up,
want to get the latest pricing
and availability information,
then I'm going to be leaving
a link in the description below,
so definitely do go ahead and check that out.
What do you guys think of the ASUS ZenBook S13?
Definitely drop me a comment below
and let me know.
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Thanks for watching,
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