After the successful launch of their Zenbook 3, ASUS has now introduced two new member in the UX family and that is Zenbook UX430 & Zenbook UX530. Both the series are compact with high performance graphics. These two models seems to take over all ultrabook market in 2017.
The Zenbook UX430 is a 14-inch ultrabook with a ultra-narrow 7.18mm bezel, where the crystal like finish gives a premium & stylish look to this notebook. Whereas the Zenbook UX530 comes with a 15-inch display and a full sized HDMI port.
Both the ultrabook features a Intel 7th Generation Kaby Lake processor with is supported by a 16GB RAM with a storage of 512GB SSD. What’s more surprising in an ultrabook is the NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 950 graphic card. Adding graphic card in an ultrabook seems like ASUS now wants to target every possible users who wants a featureful notebook/ultrabook on the go.
Specification UX430UA/UQ & UX530UQ/UX:
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| Model | ASUS ZenBook UX430UA/UQ | ASUS ZenBook UX530UQ/UX |
| CPU | 7th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-7100U/i5-7200U/ i7-7500U | 7th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-7100U/i5-7200U/i7-7500U |
| Display | 14-inch wide-viewing-angle Full HD anti-glare (1920×1080 16:9) | 15.6-inch wide-viewing-angle Full HD anti-glare (1920×1080 16:9) |
| OS | Microsoft Windows 10 Pro/Home | |
| Graphics | NVIDIA® GeForce® 940MX with 2G DDR3 VRAM / UMA | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 950 with 2GB GDDR5 VRAM / 940MX with 2G DDR5 |
| Memory | DDR4 2133MHz, up to 16GB | |
| Storage | 128GB / 256GB / 512GB SATA3 M.2 SSD | |
| Wireless | Integrated dual-band 802.11ac, Bluetooth® 4.1 | |
| Keyboard & touchpad | 1.4mm key travel; glass-covered touchpad; fingerprint sensor | |
| I/O ports | 1 x Type-C™ USB 3.1 Gen 1 1 x Type-A USB 3.1 Gen 1 1 x USB 2.0 1 x Micro HDMI 1 x Combo audio jack 1 x SD Card reader | 1 x Type-C™ USB 3.1 Gen 1 2 x Type-A USB 3.1 Gen 1 1 x USB 2.0 1 x HDMI 1 x Combo audio jack 1 x SD Card reader |
| Audio | Stereo speakers (2 x 3W) ASUS SonicMaster technology with Harman Kardon certification | |
| Camera | HD webcam | |
| Battery | 50Wh lithium-polymer battery | |
| Dimensions/weight | 324 x 225 x 15.9mm / 1.25kg | 360 x 246 x 16.9mm / 1.63kg |
| Colors | Royal Blue, Rose Gold w/ NIL coating Quartz Grey, Shimmer Gold w/o NIL coating | Royal Blue w/ NIL coating Quartz Grey w/o NIL coating |
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