The ZenBook Flip combines the elegant sophistication of ZenBook with the convenience and versatility of a 360 degree-rotatable display.
The chassis is forged from a single block of metal, carefully honed until it's a mere 13.9 mm thin and weighing just 1.3 kg to make it effortlessly portable.
Enhanced Intel processors and components to ensure high performance
Touchscreen display with sensors that can detect a touch area of just 6 mm - much more sensitive than the 9 mm industry standard.
Top comments
SleepyChris
6 Apr 1710#9
I personally wouldn't touch Asus with a barge pole after my experiences. When it goes wrong (even if it's in warranty) your in the hands of a company called LetMeRepair...they should be called LetMeBotchItAsManyTimesAsItTakesUntilTheWarantyRunsOut.
PeterGalbavy
6 Apr 173#17
I have to go with the negatives here; Asus are very poor in the after sales and update departments. Once they ship a product, apart from emergency patches and the like you will find it very hard to keep your system up-to-date stability and security wise.
SleepyChris
6 Apr 173#14
I had an Asus Transformer TF701 with keyboard...£250...lovely device until it failed within the first year...they tried to fix it 3 times before refusing to try again as it was then out of warranty...yeah I know I have consumer rights but they don't care. then there was my Asus nexus 7 which they made unusable with a firmware update. Never again.
Latest comments (48)
balluji
14 Apr 17#48
if modem is working fine switch to modem only mode and get a decent router
xbox-360-elite
12 Apr 17#47
Guess I'll have to look into it. Like I said, all my other devices are fine, it's just my Asus that gives trouble which is frustrating given I really like the device otherwise. Are the Superhub 2 or Superhub 3 any better?
JMC19
12 Apr 17#46
Looks like an Amazon listing issue, this does have 802.11ac Wi-Fi & Bluetooth 4.0
cigbunt
12 Apr 171#45
Sounds like router.. upgrade to a dual band..!
Weakest link
Joemobro
11 Apr 171#44
I'd blame the Super Hub from Virginmedia. I have no end of problems with the Wi-Fi on mine. I ended up creating a guest network with different name but all the same settings, channels etc and for some bizarre reason that one never has any problems. Even on my iPhone trying to get to Apple verification fails unless I'm on the guest network.
xbox-360-elite
11 Apr 17#43
It's an old Virgin Superhub. I know it's a bit of a poor router, but I don't have this issue with my Asus Transformer, my Phone or even my decade old laptop. It's pretty frustrating
xbox-360-elite
8 Apr 17#41
Had this machine for a while. It has a lot of things going for it but in my experience, the WiFi is downright terrible. Any distance from the router and the speeds drop to ~1mbps, if it's able to make a connection at all. Placing it on your lap also hurts the WiFi, and I'm pretty sure it's not a defective unit since I'm on my second one. Even as I was typing this it disconnected randomly.
Had a few random hangs here and there too, not too often but enough to be irritating. As for scaling, 3200x1800 is pretty unnecessary and causes some applications to not display right. Many of them have adapted however, though some haven't.
cigbunt to xbox-360-elite
11 Apr 171#42
What router you got
afroylnt
6 Apr 17#5
can't really see a need for such a high resolution on a 13 screen; does'nt this create alot of scaling issues?
plewis00 to afroylnt
6 Apr 171#10
Windows 10 (and even 8/8.1) are pretty good with this. Everything just looks beautifully sharp, but I agree FHD is probably just fine. In fact with the Dell XPS 13, I took the FHD display when offered (not the QHD) because I wanted the better battery life and considered FHD good enough, not to mention a lot cheaper.
aceuk to afroylnt
7 Apr 171#40
3200x1800 is just 1600x900 doubled. That's not difficult to scale.
balluji
7 Apr 17#39
totally agree. using now.
pixel density is not far off retina ipad but no-one complains ipad screen is overkill
jr007
7 Apr 17#38
After going from 1080 to QHD+ on a 13.5", yes I don't need to but the colours and overall screen pictures were stunning.
Not for others but some will love it. I would say I didn't need it too and now I wouldn't go back after using it.
mgk
7 Apr 17#37
You got a link? Have an aged zenbook which has been brilliant and tempted by this flip book to replace but will have a look at the medium for 450
I looked at this and then
pinchez
7 Apr 17#36
I looked at this and then thought for an extra £70 it's got to be worth going for the i5 8GB version for the ram alone. I ordered the i5 last night for £456 Inc. Next day delivery :smiley: after lots and lots of research I do believe this to be the best value 13" ultra book available.
Jonb133
7 Apr 17#35
Tempted on this b ut the reports of bad customer service have put me off, think I'll wait for another offer.
Tequila
7 Apr 17#34
Avoid.
Absolutely appalling customer care and unreliable brand for laptops/tablets.
they will not repair your failed device for you.
pinchez
6 Apr 17#19
I'm after smething similar but i3 will do and came across a Medion Akoya S3409 i3 for under £400 and wondered what people's opinions are and is there anything better for the money?
If I'd know about this when I was last looking for a new machine, I'd have gone with this over my Lenovo!
brilly to pinchez
6 Apr 17#33
the s3409 reviews pretty well but watch out on that variation - its only got 4gb ram and cant be upgraded
illyraja
6 Apr 171#32
AVOID
Bought this a few months back. Kept crashing on basic internet use. Gave back and got a lenovo with similar spec and price from John Lewis.
Chunk266
6 Apr 17#24
You're paying a premium here for the admittedly nice build quality/metal chassis and very overkill display resolution. The 6200u is the standard budget i5 they stick in laptops to get the 'i5' label, and the 128gb ssd should really be 240gb at this price.
plewis00 to Chunk266
6 Apr 17#31
It's all the same silicon broadly speaking between i3/5/7 with clock speed bumps which don't translate to massive performance increases in the real world, I would say having an i5 6th gen of any sort is find. The U series processors are expensive, 128GB SSD is kind of ok at this price, you see worse from other manufacturers.
balluji
6 Apr 171#30
has ac wifi
popoyaya
6 Apr 17#29
Not at all. Just a curious thing considering the other specs.
popoyaya
6 Apr 171#2
no ac wifi??
ezzer72 to popoyaya
6 Apr 17#28
Brilliant, well spotted - presumably you would have been all over it if it did/pulling the trigger etc.
cigbunt
6 Apr 17#27
Prob a t450s.. I have found a thinkpad yoga s3 as well not sure about that model
I had a x1 a while back but sent it back.. only thing my model had the tn screen
cigbunt
6 Apr 17#21
i need a work laptop...
this or a refurbished lenovo thinkpad
karlbnz to cigbunt
6 Apr 17#26
Which thinkpad? If you can go for 1920x1080, Build quality and support wise I'd take a T450s/T460s or later model X1 carbon over this anyday. Had a broken key on my thinkpad and Onsite engineer in three days.
pinchez
6 Apr 17#25
Thanks, that's the one :smiley: only reservations are I have no idea what Medion are like and from reviews I've read it's seems to be a 13.3" screen in a 14.1" chassis so ends up with thick bezzle. But it does look best spec for money and I really have no use for anything more than a i3 in a little laptop :smiley:
SleepyChris
6 Apr 1710#9
I personally wouldn't touch Asus with a barge pole after my experiences. When it goes wrong (even if it's in warranty) your in the hands of a company called LetMeRepair...they should be called LetMeBotchItAsManyTimesAsItTakesUntilTheWarantyRunsOut.
plewis00 to SleepyChris
6 Apr 172#11
This is exactly the experience I had! But in fairness, LetMeRepair is only doing as Asus says, it is Asus who are being the difficult ones here though I did feel some pretty serious delays that didn't need to happen, just stuff that you don't get with Apple or Sony...
Nutkin to SleepyChris
6 Apr 17#22
Exactly the same issue I had!
prazakcz
6 Apr 171#18
Why has it gotten so much heat? When reading the comments on Amazon, it seems to be quite a rubbish product.. got less than 4 stars from 5.
K1LLER_HORNET to prazakcz
6 Apr 17#20
I have no idea :laughing:
As per usual on HUKD it makes no sense.
I setup a camel price alert ages ago as I wanted it at this price after missing the black friday deal. It's back to that price and thought I'd post it.
PeterGalbavy
6 Apr 173#17
I have to go with the negatives here; Asus are very poor in the after sales and update departments. Once they ship a product, apart from emergency patches and the like you will find it very hard to keep your system up-to-date stability and security wise.
EJKJ
6 Apr 17#16
I bought this on Black Friday. It was nice but when I changed mine into tablet mode a popup would say that the keyboard had been disabled, then enabled again, then disabled again and so on every second. Basically, the keyboard and mousepad weren’t disabled in tablet mode which was annoying. I had already decided to send it back so didn’t explore the matter further.
buddn07
6 Apr 17#15
Nice looking device , and lighter than a MacBook Air (just)!
The screen is unnecessarily high resolution though. It'll have a serious impact on the battery. FHD or even QHD would be more than suffice for most I think!
SleepyChris
6 Apr 173#14
I had an Asus Transformer TF701 with keyboard...£250...lovely device until it failed within the first year...they tried to fix it 3 times before refusing to try again as it was then out of warranty...yeah I know I have consumer rights but they don't care. then there was my Asus nexus 7 which they made unusable with a firmware update. Never again.
basergorkobal
6 Apr 17#13
Have to agree. Qhd is nonsense on a screen this size. Shame about the ssd needing an immediate upgrade. Otherwise a nice machine.
balluji
6 Apr 17#12
thanks so much for posting... have purchased
was holding out for 256 model but at this price can't complain. Also SSD is apparently upgradeable.
you can't beat this price on a metal body, i5 with quad hd
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Opening post
The chassis is forged from a single block of metal, carefully honed until it's a mere 13.9 mm thin and weighing just 1.3 kg to make it effortlessly portable.
Enhanced Intel processors and components to ensure high performance
Touchscreen display with sensors that can detect a touch area of just 6 mm - much more sensitive than the 9 mm industry standard.
Top comments
Latest comments (48)
Guess I'll have to look into it. Like I said, all my other devices are fine, it's just my Asus that gives trouble which is frustrating given I really like the device otherwise. Are the Superhub 2 or Superhub 3 any better?
Weakest link
Had a few random hangs here and there too, not too often but enough to be irritating. As for scaling, 3200x1800 is pretty unnecessary and causes some applications to not display right. Many of them have adapted however, though some haven't.
pixel density is not far off retina ipad but no-one complains ipad screen is overkill
Not for others but some will love it. I would say I didn't need it too and now I wouldn't go back after using it.
I looked at this and then
Absolutely appalling customer care and unreliable brand for laptops/tablets.
they will not repair your failed device for you.
If I'd know about this when I was last looking for a new machine, I'd have gone with this over my Lenovo!
Bought this a few months back. Kept crashing on basic internet use. Gave back and got a lenovo with similar spec and price from John Lewis.
I had a x1 a while back but sent it back.. only thing my model had the tn screen
this or a refurbished lenovo thinkpad
As per usual on HUKD it makes no sense.
I setup a camel price alert ages ago as I wanted it at this price after missing the black friday deal. It's back to that price and thought I'd post it.
The screen is unnecessarily high resolution though. It'll have a serious impact on the battery. FHD or even QHD would be more than suffice for most I think!
was holding out for 256 model but at this price can't complain. Also SSD is apparently upgradeable.
you can't beat this price on a metal body, i5 with quad hd
Quite well revued here: (though it's a preproduction sample with a little dim screen)
http://www.ultrabookreview.com/11810-asus-zenbook-ux360ua/
It's a pity these small ultra books don't come with built in styluses
The comments should help anyone considering this
Brand: ASUS
Product Dimensions: 21.9 x 32.1 x 1.4 cm
Item model number: UX360UA-DQ143T
Series: Zenbook UX360UA
Color: Black
Form Factor: Notebook 2in1 Convertible
Screen Size: 13.3 inches
Screen Resolution: 3200 x 1800
Processor: Intel Core i5 6200u
Processor Speed: 2300 MHz
Processor Count: 2 Cores 4 Threads
RAM Size: 8 GB
SSD Size: 128 GB
Graphics Card: Shared Graphics
Wireless Type: 802.11B, 802.11G, 802.11n
Number of USB 3.0 Ports: 3
Number of HDMI Ports: 1
Wattage: 2 watts
Operating System: Windows 10
Average Battery Life (in hours): 12 hours
Lithium Battery Energy Content: 57 Watt Hours