Tech Advisor - UK (2021-05)

MAY 2021 • TECH ADVISOR 41

otherwisepowerfulinternalsback,and
you’renotreallygettingyourfullmoney’s
worthonthespecs.
Still,anylaptopwithani7 and16GB
ofRAMis goingtoholditsownin day-
to-dayuse,andthisis unsurprisingly
nippywhenyou’resimplydartingaround
Windows,usingChrome,anddoing
basicimageeditingandthelike.That
willbeenoughformostpeople,but
anyonelookingforproperpowermight
bebetterofflookingelsewhere.

BATTERYLIFE
Likeoverallperformance,onbattery
lifetheFlipS is good,butnotgreat.
Asustouts 15 hoursofbattery,though
thelaptopcappedat 11 hoursand 48
minutesin ourcontinuousvideoplayback
test– prettymuchin themiddleofthe
packfora laptopofthissize.

In functional

terms, that means

it’ll comfortably last a

day of work assuming

you’re not pushing the

CPU to its limit, which

hasbasicallybeen

myexperience.

Charging comes via

USB-C, and Asus ships

a 65-watt charger with

the laptop – though

you’ll be able to top

it up with any USB-C PD charger too.

Coming from empty the laptop topped

up to 42 per cent in half an hour using

the included charger, with a full charge

taking a little over an hour.

Battery test

Asus Zenbook Flip S UX371: 11 hours,

48 minutes

Acer Swift 5 (2020): 18 hours, 14 minutes

HP Envy 13 (2020): 10 hours, 12 minutes

Dell XPS 13 (2020): 12 hours, 1 minute

Huawei MateBook 14 (2020): 10 hours, 5

minutes

Apple MacBook Air (M1): 16 hours, 34

minutes

VERDICT

On paper the ZenBook Flip S offers a

potent combination of a lightweight,

convertible design with a modern,

In benchmarks the Flip S gives solid, but unremarkable results.