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In a world where computing is ubiquitous and everyone is always-on, always-mobile, and always moving across devices, ASUS’s new foldable laptop provides an immersive experience unlike any other.
ASUS showcased their latest lineup of innovations at the Incredible Unfolds, a CES 2022 virtual launch event, and the star of the show was the Zenbook 17 Fold OLED.
Heading the presentation, co-CEO Samson Hu said ASUS “has always been about the incredible”, and the team behind the innovative new lineup didn’t disappoint.
The Zenbook 17 Fold is the world’s first 17.3-inch foldable laptop, and features a “boundary-pushing design”, thanks to the PANTONE foldable OLED touchscreen.
The 2.5K touchscreen is where the magic happens: it folds in the middle to create two seamless 1920 x 1280 displays.
Couple the foldable screen with the full-size ErgoSense Bluetooth keyboard and touchpad, and you have a PC, a laptop, and a tablet all in one.
The device also features several new AI-powered features, as user-presence detection, an integrated colour sensor for automatic adjustment of screen brightness, and a 5MP webcam with noise reduction technology.
All of that is powered by the latest 12th Generation Intel Core i7 U-Series processors, as well as an Intel Iris Xe graphics card.
You’ll also find two USB-C Thunderbolt 4 ports which support fast charging of the 75Wh battery and connections to external displays.
It ships with Windows 11, supports Wi-Fi 6E, and has 16GB of DDR5 RAM, and 1TB of solid-state memory.
The only downside is that the Asus Zenbook 17 Fold isn’t available yet. You’ll have to wait until mid-2022. The price point will be revealed in due course.
The CES tech show in Las Vegas closed its 2022 edition on Friday, after pushing ahead with a significantly downsized gathering despite surging Covid-19 cases.
While industry behemoths like Amazon and Google stayed away due to the Covid-19 risk, more than 2,200 firms in attendance still pitched their hopes for the next big thing.
A French startup showcased a technology which detects the signals that zip between the brain and certain muscles – in order to use them to operate connected devices.
And no tech event would be complete without Boston Dynamics making an appearance.
The four-legged dystopian Black Mirror-like robot dogs are back and they’re going to the metaverse.
READ MORE HERE: CES 2022: Robo-dogs, brain tech, and foldable laptops [VIDEO]
Additional reporting by AFP.
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