Deal | Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED laptop with newest Lunar Lake CPU and long battery life is back on sale at lowest price to date
The Asus Vivobook S 14 (Q423SA) OLED laptop is meant for folks who want a reliable, portable, and long-lasting laptop with an OLED display at an affordable price point. The laptop accomplishes this by combining an Intel Lunar Lake Core Ultra 5 226V APU with its Arc 130V iGPU and 16 GB RAM with 512 GB of storage in a small 14-inch chassis at a starting price of just $949.99.
However, thanks to the on-going holiday discounts, the Asus Vivobook S 14 (Q423SA) can be found for an excellent price of just $649.99. First seen in November, this is the lowest Vivobook S 14 price to date.
Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED laptop nails the basics
The key qualities of the Vivobook S 14 on sale are the notebook’s portable chassis, 16:10 OLED display, the Core Ultra 5 226V chip, and the reportedly excellent battery life. The laptop also has a pretty good port selection consisting of:
- Two Thunderbolt 4 ports
- Two Type-A connectors
- One HDMI 2.1 out
- A 3.5 mm audio/microphone jack
- One microSD card reader
Looking at the display in a bit more detail, the 14-inch 16:10 OLED panel boasts a resolution of FHD+ (1,920 x 1,200) which, although not as crisp as some would’ve liked, is plenty sharp for a 14-inch panel. The display also features up to 600 nits of HDR brightness and 100% DCI-P3 coverage. So, the Vivobook S 14 should be a pretty sweet machine for media watching.
Performance-wise, although the Core Ultra 5 226V on offer sits at the bottom of the Lunar Lake lineup with only 4x Lion Cove P-cores, 4x Skymont E-cores, and an Arc 130V iGPU, the chip should be plenty powerful for day-to-day use. Per our database, the Core Ultra 7 226V performs on par with the Strix Point Ryzen AI 9 365 in single-core and the Core i7-12650H in the multi-core department.
Moreover, you can even use the Asus Vivobook S 14 for some light gaming, as the Arc 130V has enough grunt to run old/light games well. For instance, the Arc 130V runs Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown above 100 FPS at FHD/ultra.
So, if your average workday is spent using your laptop for web browsing and editing documents with some light gaming, the Asus Vivobook S 14 will not leaving you wanting for more performance.
Finally, the Asus Vivobook S 14 should last a pretty long time on a single charge. In our review of a different Vivobook S 14 SKU, the UX5406, we measured a Wi-Fi websurfing runtime of 14 hours and 18 minutes. Since, the Vivobook S 14 (Q423SA) on sale packs a marginally bigger 75 Wh cell and a weaker CPU, we can expect similar if not longer runtimes.
All things considered, the Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED laptop for $649.99 is an impressive package considering the hardware on offer.
Disclaimer: Notebookcheck is not responsible for price changes carried out by retailers. The discounted price or deal mentioned in this item was available at the time of writing and may be subject to time restrictions and/or limited unit availability.
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slickdeals, Best Buy (linked above), Teaser image: Asus/Best Buy, Pawel Czerwinski on Unsplash, edited
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