no way handle the screen’s native
4K resolution. The results show you
can still enjoy a bit of gaming on
the go, albeit at lower settings. If
only Asus had been able to work a
16-series Nvidia card in, we would
almost certainly have given it a
higher overall score.In use
Away from the gaming
performance, the Flip 15 manages
to feel so much more than the sum
of its parts. While the components
do a fine job of powering the
laptop, it’s the extra features that
really make it stand out.
In fact, the more you use it, the
more true this becomes, and things
such as the ScreenPad, which many
will dismiss as a gimmick or curio,
start making a lot more sense.
You’ll quickly embrace the
ScreenPad with its built-in smart
gesture technology. You’ll start to
rely on the IR camera’s facial
recognition to seamlessly log you
in with Windows Hello. It’ll slip
easily into your wider smart
home setup through its built-in
Amazon Alexa functionality. And
swapping between tablet and
regular laptop modes soon
becomes second nature.
These features, backed up by
the quality components under
the lid, means the Asus ZenBook
Flip 15 is an all-round quality
machine. Everything about the
laptop performs really well – even
the speakers are pretty good!
If you’re in the market for a
two-in-one, and can stomach its
slight drawbacks, you absolutely
will not regret acquiring one of
these beauties.A quality PC that can handle
anything, with one of the best
screens we’ve seen on a two-in-one.granting the extra smidgen of
height necessary to house one,
and it would give a connection
option that we expect from a
premium laptop.
Performance
Unsurprisingly, the Flip 15 is a
high-performing 2-in-1 laptop.
Whatever we use the machine for, it
handles it; however we use the
machine, it works and performs.
And, our criticisms are few.
One of them, however, does
reside in the layout of the keyboard.
Because it’s so cramped,
particularly the top rows of keys
and at the right-hand side with the
numpad, it is quite easy to mash
the wrong button or flick the
wrong keys to interrupt functions.
The delete key, for example, proves
very easy to miss, while the power
button is a little too indistinct and
has poor actuation, too.
It’s also a bit of a shame that
there’s no Ethernet port, but to be
fair the Flip 15 does counter that
with reliable Wi-Fi connectivity and
strong Bluetooth 5.0 support, the
latter being a particularly solid and
welcome addition.
The screen is a true joy to use,
without fault, however. It’s a roomy,
bright, crisp and clear display that is
good for any function or task.
M ovies and YouTub e vide os are
vibrant and punchy; games are
vivid, and even day-to-day software
like Chrome and Microsoft Office
look great. The 100% sRGB quality
of the screen certainly helps with
the top-notch image quality.
There is also something very
satisfying in flitting between
regular touchpad and keyboard
use, to scrolling and opening up
files using the touchscreen itself,
with only a change of arm position.
Thanks to the powerful
components within, daily use of thelaptop, which included running
multiple programs at once, was
incredibly smooth on the Flip 15. It
has more than enough grunt to
handle productivity applications
such as photo editing, word
processing, spreadsheet and web
browsing all at once.
Meanwhile, the gaming
benchmarks we ran reveal results
that are both expected and
pleasantly surprising. They are
not as cripplingly slow as you
might expect from the aging
graphics chip housed in the
laptop, but the Flip 15 also doesn’t
provide anything near a ‘good’
gaming experience.
Naturally, we ran benchmarks
and played games at 1080p given
it’s a modest GPU, which would in“It has more than enough grunt to handle
many productivity applications all at once”
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Asus ZenBook Flip 15
May 2020 | |^63
Specs as reviewed
Asus ZenBook Flip 15
Supplier http://www.asus.com
CPU Intel i7-10510U
GPU Nvidia GTX 1050 Max-Q
RAM 16GB
Storage 512GB SSD
Screen 4K LED-backlit, 60Hz
Connectivity Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5
Weight 1.9kg