ASUS has proudly announced its latest product, the ASUS ZenBook Pro 15. One thing that separates this magnificent laptop from others is its intelligent ScreenPad, which comes with a different control such as brightness control of the main screen and more.
ASUS ZenBook Pro 15 (UX580) Specs
- CPU: Intel Core i9-8950HK or i7-8750H or i5-8300H
- Display: 15.6-inch 4K (3,840 x 2,160) LCD or 1080p LCD; optional touchscreen
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB
- Dimensions: 365mm x 251mm x 18.9mm
- Weight: 1.88kg
- Memory: Up to 16GB
- Storage: 1TB or 512GB PCIe SSD, 512GB or 256GB SATA SSD
- Wireless: 802.11ac Gigabit Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0
- Ports: 2x USB Type-A, 2x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C with Thunderbolt 3, 1x HDMI 1.4, MicroSD card reader
- Audio: Harman Kardon-certified Asus SonicMaster Premium audio system
- Battery: 71Wh, rated for 10 hours
The ScreenPad acts as another device that stands alone, it has a 5.5-inch display with 1,920 x 1,080 resolution, which can be turned into an app launcher, calculator, calendar, or numeric keypad. It can also playback YouTube videos via a Chrome extension, or it can simply extend the ZenBook Pro’s main display, there are 4 different modes on the ScreenPad which are:
- ScreenPad Mode
- Extension Mode
- Traditional Touchpad Mode
- Touchpad disabled
The Extension mode mentioned above will provide flexibility for ScreenPad such as you can watch video and audio, social apps, stock price/exchange rate and etc. The laptop comes with 3 different specs and prices while the base model starts at RM5,999.