The Asus Zenbook Duo is back and bigger than ever. Gone is the gimmicky second touch display that squishes the keyboard and touchpad down, and in its place is a second 14-inch OLED display — taking the dual-screen concept and making it better for $1,499.
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00:00 Hello, I am the Awfully English Jason England and...
00:04 [Record Scratch]
00:05 Well, look, let's be honest.
00:07 I could go on for hours about all the laptops Asus has announced over the past few weeks.
00:13 But let's be honest, there's one pretty tall laptop that you're probably quite keen to see.
00:21 And that is the brand new Asus ZenBook Duo.
00:25 Yes, that tiny display is gone and it's replaced with a secondary 14-inch display.
00:31 What do I mean?
00:32 Well, it takes a fair bit of inspiration from the Lenovo YogaBook 9i and does a fair bit of it better.
00:40 Now, I've tried the ZenBook Duo in the past from that tiny display at the top of the keyboard.
00:46 And while it's a good idea on paper in terms of making the most out of that laptop, it just felt a bit gimmicky.
00:54 For example, if I wanted a full dual screen use with one laptop display on top of the other,
00:59 I could just flick out the really strong kickstand on it and lay it vertically in front of me and just start typing away.
01:06 While also distracting myself by having the GTA 6 trailer running on the top screen for the, I'm going to say, 75th time.
01:14 If I just need to do something quickly on my laptop, I can just have the keyboard plugged in via the pogo pins
01:20 and it folds flush just like a laptop and it actually feels pretty thin as well.
01:25 Or maybe I don't even need the keyboard altogether.
01:27 I can just use multi-touch gestures, bring up the keyboard and also a touchpad as well.
01:33 And all of this is possible with the keyboard deck having its own battery, Bluetooth connection and a USB-C port inside it for rapid charging.
01:42 And alongside that, you'll find two Thunderbolt 4 ports, one HDMI 2.1 and a USB Type-A port on the laptop itself.
01:51 And all of this technology, including the two 14-inch displays, all of the internals, comes in at just shy of £3,
01:57 which is several hundred grams lighter than past ZenBook Duo models.
02:02 So what's the catch?
02:03 Well, it's not really a catch.
02:06 It's actually more good news because while the Lenovo Yoga Book 9i comes in at £1799 and it comes with the previous generation Intel processor,
02:17 this comes with the latest, the Intel Core Ultra Meteor Lake chipset and it starts at £1499.
02:25 Now, for a dual screen laptop, that is a mightily competitive price point.
02:30 But we'll save all of our opinions for the full review, but I'd love to know what you think.
02:36 So go ahead and let us know in the comments.
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02:47 I've been Jason England and I'll talk to you all later. Bye.