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CES 2025 | Zenbook A14: Asus previews first Qualcomm Snapdragon X laptop for Zenbook series with $899.99 starting price

The Zenbook A14 comes in Iceland Grey and Zebriskie Beige colour options. (Image source: Asus)
The Zenbook A14 comes in Iceland Grey and Zebriskie Beige colour options. (Image source: Asus)
The Zenbook A14 (UX3407) is the Zenbook series' first Snapdragon X-series powered laptop. Based around the Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100) or Snapdragon X (X1-26-100), the Asus Zenbook A14 also features a 70 Wh battery and a colour-accurate 14-inch OLED display that resolves at 1200p

Asus has updated the Zenbook line with various new options today at CES 2025, including the series' first Qualcomm Snapdragon model. Incidentally, only a few months have passed since the company announced Intel Lunar Lake and AMD Strix Point versions of the Zenbook S 14 and Zenbook S 16, respectively (curr. $1,479 on Amazon).

In short, the Zenbook A14 (UX3407) lines up as a less powerful alternative to its older Zenbook S 14 and Zenbook S 16 peers. Nonetheless, Asus still includes LPDDR5X RAM, PCIe 4.0 (M.2 2280) SSDs and a 14-inch OLED display that resolves at 1200p with a 60 Hz refresh rate. Moreover, all Zenbook A14 models ship with a 70 Wh battery and the following ports:

  • 1x 3.5 mm jack
  • 1x HDMI 2.1 (TMDS)
  • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A
  • 2x USB 4

The Zenbook A14 will be available in two configurations initially, at least in the US. On the one hand, Asus intends to sell the Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100) powered variant with 16 GB of RAM and a 512 GB SSD for $899.99. For now at least, Asus hopes to begin selling this variant in late March, with no specific date provided.

On the other hand, Asus will charge $200 more for Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) chipset with eight CPU cores, eight threads and a 45 TOPS-capable NPU. Incidentally, this price includes 32 GB of RAM and 1 TB SSD upgrades too. On top of that, this $1,099.99 SKU will be available from January 13 in the US. Please see Asus' website for more information.

(Image source: Asus)
(Image source: Asus)
(Image source: Asus)
(Image source: Asus)

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Alex Alderson, 2025-01- 7 (Update: 2025-01- 7)