Asus Zenbook UX305UA-FC001
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Average of 1 scores (from 2 reviews)
Reviews for the Asus Zenbook UX305UA-FC001
Source: Ultrabook Review
Archive.org versionThe Zenbook UX305UA is a sleek 13-inch ultraportable with an excellent IPS matte display, Skylake hardware, a large battery and an affordable price tag. All these taken together make it an excellent buy for those of you looking for a premium device, but on a limited budget. Yet, that's only if Asus sells it in your region and if you can live with its quirks: the lack of a backlit keyboard, the limited IO, the rather noisy fan and a few others that you'll find more about from this article.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 02/17/2016
Rating: Total score: 80%
Foreign Reviews
Source: Hispazone
ES→EN Archive.org versionPositive: Quality design; decent hardware; very attractive price.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 01/21/2016
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Model:
Model variant with 3200x1800 resolution (especially expensive model):
ASUS Zenbook UX305UA-FB089T
Model variants with 16GB RAM:
ASUS Zenbook UX305UA-FB089T
ASUS Zenbook UX305UA-FC108T
Cheap model variants:
ASUS Zenbook UX305UA-FC001D
ASUS Zenbook UX305UA-FC001T
Series:
With the recent announced UX21 and UX31 Ultrabooks, provided by the Taiwanese manufacturer Asus and marketed under the self-created term Zenbook, the already existing UX series moves back to the foreground. In 2009 Asus showed the slim notebook UX50V with energy efficient hardware and a 15-inch display. Today, three years after the first device of this series Asus presents two devices in the Ultrabook-class with 11.6 - and 13.3-inch display. The category Ultrabook itself was launched by Intel to the fire up the market of the top dog Apple with its MacBook Air 11 and MacBook Air 13.
Significant milestones for this project are a sleek design, fast and energy-saving hardware as well as a decent battery lifetime. Asus uses a alloy-chassis, a solid state drive and a lithium-polymer battery, which is integrated. In the first reviews for the two new devices the available ports, the bright screen and the minimalistic background noises in idle-usage models are highlighted. Disadvantages are the reflective surface of the display and the missing option to expand the integrated hardware.
Asus offers the Zenbook UX21 (11.6 inches) and the UX31 with the larger 13.3-inch screen from 999 € (MSRP) upwards. In regard to other devices you’ll see that Asus only sell premium devices at the moment. Acer offers the Aspire S3 Ultrabook already from 799 € (MSRP) upwards. But in comparison the devices from Asus get a better result in the most reviews out there.
Intel HD Graphics 520: Integrated GPU (GT2) with 24 EUs found on some Skylake CPU models (15 W ULV series).
Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
6200U: Skylake-based ULV dual-core processor for thin notebooks and ultrabooks. Offers an integrated HD Graphics 520 GPU and is manufactured in 14 nm.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
