Asus teased the Zenbook 17 Fold OLED (UX9702) at CES earlier this year, but has now made it official at the IFA. So what is the Zenbook 17 Fold OLED?
It is a hybrid device based on a 17.3-inch 2560x1920px foldable OLED display with 4: 3 aspect (when fully open) and 500 nits of brightness. When fully open, it can stand on its own kickstand and function as a monitor – a nice combination for office work, combined with the Bluetooth keyboard.
The Zenbook 17 Fold OLED can also be folded 120 degrees and used with the Bluetooth keyboard – a way to still enjoy its 17.3-inch display in full – or by having the bottom half of the display act as a virtual keyboard. .
Finally, the Zenbook 17 Fold OLED can be used as a conventional laptop with a magnetically attachable physical keyboard and only half of the 12.5-inch, 1920x1280px display.
Asus Zenbook 17 times OLED
And if you’re just in the mood for a tablet, the Zenbook 17 Fold OLED can be used in the hand, although at 17.3 inches it’s a bit large.
The Zenbook 17 Fold OLED runs on Windows 11 and is powered by the Intel i7-1250U processor with 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM. This is Intel’s 12th generation hybrid architecture with 2 high performance cores and 8 efficiency cores. Graphics are handled by Intel Iris Xe. There’s a 1TB M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD, the newest and fastest storage around.
There are two USB-C ports on the Zenbook 17 Fold OLED: both Thunderbolt 4 with support for both display output and charging, which goes up to 65 W. There’s also a 3.5mm audio jack.
Asus Zenbook 17 times OLED
Inside, there’s a 75 Wh 4-cell battery that’s good for up to 9.5 hours of power-on time. The Zenbook 17 Fold OLED weighs 1.5kg which is huge for a tablet but very reasonable for a 17.3-inch device.
Now for the price and availability. The Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED will be available in the fourth quarter for € 3,999 / $ 3,499 in Tech Black. They are more than two brand new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4, mind you!
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