Asus Zenbook Flip UX360UA / Q324UA review – slim and powerful convertible

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By Andrei GirbeaAsus Zenbook Flip UX360UA, last updated on November 4, 2022

Asus Zenbook Flip UX360UA

Summary: With the right price, the Zenbook UX360UA could be the best mid-range 13-inch convertible you can get for your money in the second half of this year and a perfect fit for an average user with regular demands. It checks most of the right boxes, from looks to build quality, from performance to battery life, and the few nits I have with it might actually be fixed on the final retail versions.

Our score: 4.25 / 5
Price when reviewed: from $899

THE GOOD

Looks great and it's well built, sleek and light for a convertible, excellent keyboard and good trackpad, fast performance, runs cool, large battery, good speakers

THE BAD

the fan is too aggressive with daily use

Table of Contents

Specs as reviewed
Design and first look
Keyboard and trackpad
Screen
Hardware, performance and upgrade options
Noise, Heat, Connectivity, speakers and others
Battery life
Price and availability
Wrap up

With the Zenbook Flip UX360UA Asus targets the popular segment of mid-level ultraportables with a 2-in-1 form factor, ruled in the last years by devices like the HP Spectre 13 x360, Lenovo Yoga 910 or the Samsung ATIV Book 9 Spin.

Just like the competition, the UX360UA gets solid looks and construction, a touchscreen, Intel Kabylake hardware and a large battery. And knowing Asus’s past pricing policies, I expect this unit to sell for less than its rivals, especially in the US.

The laptop is scheduled for release towards the end of September, beginning of October 2016, but I already spent time with a pre-release version of it and will let you know what I think about it in this article. The retail versions will ship with Intel Kabylake hardware as the UX360UA or UX360UAK in some regions, yet our preview unit is built on a Skylake platform, thus the performance and battery life results will differ on the final product, but all the other aspects should remain the same.

I’ll update this post as soon as the final version of the UX360UAK is released and I get to test it. In the meantime though, here’s what to expect from the Zenbook UX360UA series.

Note: Asus also offers a Zenbook Q324UA in the US, which is identical to the Flip UX360UA, but with a darker exterior. This looks primarily like a BestBuy exclusive, albeit it’s also available on Amazon.com.

Note2: Asus also offers a Zenbook Flip UX360CA series, already available in stores. While they are part of the same UX360 series, the UX360UA is different in a few ways, including the fact that is built on a more powerful and fan-cooled Core U platform, while the UX360CA is built on fanless Intel Core M hardware. Check out our detailed review for more details.

Note3: An updated version of this laptop is available in the meantime, with improved features, modern hardware and a smaller build. You can read all about the Zenbook Flip UX362 series in our detailed review. And here’s our review of the latest Asus ZenBook Flip S 13 OLED.

Specs as reviewed

	Asus Zenbook Flip UX360UA (UX360UAK update)
Screen	13.3 inch, 3200 x 1080 px, IPS, touch, glossy
Processor	Intel Skylake Core i7-6500U CPU (Kabylake Core U update)
Video	Intel HD 520 (HD 620 with Kabylake)
Memory	8 GB LPDDR3 (soldered)
Storage	512 M.2 SATA SSD (80 mm)
Connectivity	Wireless AC (Intel AC 7265), Bluetooth 4.1
Ports	2x USB 3.0, 1x USB 3.1 gen 1, HDMI, mic/headphone, SD card reader
Baterry	57 Wh
Operating system	Windows 10
Size	321 mm or 12.63” (w) x 219 mm or 8.62” (d) x 13.9 mm or 0.54” (h)
Weight	2.79 lbs (1.27 kg)
Extras	backlit keyboard, HD webcam, available in two colors: Rose Gold and Grey

Design and first look

The UX360UA looks and feels pretty much like you’d expect from a Zenbook. In more words, it’s a metallic laptop with a rippled pattern on the hood spurring from the chromed Asus logo and a fairly scratch resistant matte aluminum interior. It’s also light, has a thin profile and is fairly well built, although there are more solid options out there, albeit most of them with a traditional form-factor.

The Zenbook UX360UA is Asus’s ultraportable 2-in-1 laptop

This laptop is built on a plastic inner frame (does not get an unibody construction), with solid sheets of metal as the outer shell, and a keen eye will notice a little flex in the keyboard area and a little more in the hood. I can spot these because I’ve tested so many other laptops in the past and know how some are sturdier than others, but I don’t think the average user would have anything to complain about this notebook’s build quality and finishing, which are above average to say the least.

The color on the other hand, that’s something else. Our version comes in Rose Gold, which might not appeal to everyone. If that’s not up your alley, Asus also offer the UX360UA in a darker Grey version, which will however show smudges and fingerprints much easier than the Rose model, a master at concealing them.

These aside, the Zenbook Flip UX360UA is practical and well designed. The screen converts to 360 degrees on the back, a standard feature for convertibles. What I appreciated though is how you can actually lift up the screen with a single hand while the laptop sits on a flat surface and how strong those tiny hinges are.

In fact, I’ve been told Asus are pretty proud of these redesigned hinges, meant to offer smooth transition between modes while also keeping the screen firmly in place once you set it up in a certain position. They performed remarkably well in my short experience with the laptop and I sure hope they’ll prove to be reliable as well, on the long term. I’ve added a few pics of their internal mechanism below, if curious.

There are two more details I noticed and I wanted to share. First, if you’ll look at this laptop from the profile, you’ll see how the screen half is pushed a millimeter forward on top of the bottom half, leaving a small wedge for users to grab the screen and lift it up. And second, check out how well the screen fits on top of the bottom half in tablet mode. These minor aspects might not sound like much, but actually make the computer more comfortably to use everyday.

The IO is pretty good here too, despite the slim profile and the fact that a big part of the left edge is occupied by the hot air exhaust grill. You’ll still find two USB 3.0 slots on the edges, the power button and volume rocker on the left, plus the PSU, a full-size HDMI connector, the headphone/mic combo jack, an USB 3.1 slot and an SD-card reader on the right.

I advise you to deactivate the Power Button if you don’t want to accidentally put the computer to sleep when grabbing it, the card reader still won’t fit an entire SD card inside (standard for 13-inch Zenbooks) and the USB 3.1 is not Thunderbolt 3 compatible, at least not on the Skylake model we have here.

One other aspect to mention in this section is the underbelly. It gets four slim rubber feet, not very grippy but good enough to keep the laptop in place on a desk, the speaker cuts on the sides and an air-intake grill towards the back, running on top of the heatpipe and fan.

Overall, Asus did a really good job designing this notebook. It feels nicer and stronger than the Lenovo Yoga 900 series in my opinion, it’s slimmer and lighter than the HP Spectre X360 and it comes close to the Samsung ATIV Book 9 Spin in terms of build quality. As for looks, well, that’s for everyone to judge, but I sure doubt anyone could call this ugly.

Keyboard and trackpad

After typing several thousands words on it, I can say that the keyboard on this Zenbook suits my style of typing better than any other ultraportable laptop keyboard I’ve tested in the last months. The feedback is just right for my taste, the keys’ finishing is matte and grippy, the click is firm and responsive, the drop is adequate at 1.5 mm, and besides all these, I like that the keys are actually a little wider than on most other notebooks. They are rectangular in shape and measure 16 x 14 mm, compared to the 14 x 14 mm ones on the Dell XPS 13.

On the other hand, this keyboard is a little noisy, with especially the space key clattering on each hit.

This is a great keyboard

However, I have a nit with the color scheme. I’m not a fan of silver keyboards on silver backgrounds because it makes keys hard to read, especially when the white backlightning is active. With the illumination switched off, you’ll probably find the keys easily, but with it active, you’ll struggle. Now, advanced users that can type without looking at the keys won’t be bothered by this aspect, yet I still think Asus kind of sacrificed usability for aesthetics here.

Keep in mind that only the Rose Gold version of this laptop gets a silver keyboard, while the Grey version gets black keys.

As for the trackpad, it performed surprisingly well on this Zenbook. I came to the conclusion that trackpads on Asus laptops are hit and miss. You can end up with an erratic surface or with one that works just fine, and the difference between them is usually software based, as the hardware is most of the time a Microsoft Precision certified trackpad made by Elan on these laptops.

So while this won’t necessarily speak for all UX360UAs, the trackpad on this test version is accurate, responsive and precise. Its surface is cut out from the palm-rest by beveled edges, feels smooth and handles well swipes, flicks, gestures and taps. Physical clicks are not stiff or noisy either.

There is however one particular case where I found this surface isn’t up to par. If you’re one of those persons who rest their index finger on the bottom strip of a trackpad, the area you’d usually press for clicks, you’ll find that the cursor would occasionally jump or lag when swiping with another finger, and also performing gestures while having the index finger on the surface isn’t always going to work properly either.

Screen

You’ll find this laptop in stores with either 1920 x 1080 px or 3200 x 1800 px IPS touchscreens. We had the latter for this test, with an LG Philips LP133QD1-SPB2 panel, very similar to the one on the Zenbook UX330 tested a while ago, so there’s no surprise the test results were pretty much identical, as you can see below.

Note: Keep in mind we have a pre-production sample of the UX360UA here, the final retail products might get a different panel. We’ll update this section once we know more.

Panel HardwareID: LG Philips LGD0512 (LP133QD1-SPB2);
Coverage: 99% sRGB, 72% NTSC, 77% AdobeRGB;
Measured gamma: 2.2;
Max brightness in the middle of the screen: 265 cd/m2 on power;
Contrast at max brightness: 390:1;
White point: 7900 K;
Black on max brightness: 0.68 cd/m2;
Average DeltaE: 3.46 uncalibrated, 2.06 calibrated.

This display is not very bright, so you’ll struggle to use the laptop outdoors, especially given the glare and reflections caused by the protective glass on top of the screen. The contrast isn’t very good either, as blacks are washed out and for me that was actually visible with the naked eye. On top of these, the colors aren’t well calibrated out of the box and get a strong blue tint. Our calibrated color profile addresses that to some extent, but don’t expect wonders.

Overall though, this screen is going to be good enough for browsing, multimedia content and other sorts of activities, as long as you’ll keep the laptop indoors or use it in dim to medium lit environments. If you want a very bright or color accurate panel though, you’ll have to look elsewhere.

Hardware, performance and upgrade options

This particular version of the UX360UA came with a Core i7-6500U processor, 8 GB of RAM and 512 GB M.2 SATA SSD, which is standard for a high-end Skylake Zenbook. If you’re reading this post later into 2016 or in 2017, you’ll be interested in the Kabylake version and we’ll update this section once we know more about Kabylake and how it performs compared to the Skylake hardware.

Most details are similar between the two platforms though. For instance, the CPU and RAM cannot be upgraded, but the storage can. You’ll have to take care of the Torx T5 screws on the back for that and pop-open the back panel to get to the internals, where you’ll also find a replaceable Wi-Fi chip. There are no screws beneath the rear rubber feet, like on other Zenbooks.

Be careful when removing the back panel though, as it is physically tied to the motherboard by two cables. From what I can tell, the wireless antennas are placed behind the plastic strip towards the rear of the back panel and connected to the wireless module with those two cables (see the last picture in the next gallery).

Asus uses an M.2 80mm SSD with a B-M key on this laptop, that only supports SATA 3 speeds. However, as noticeable in the pictures, the SSD connector on the motherboard uses an M-key and thus faster PCIe SSDs are theoretically compatible as well.

Despite the slow SSD by today’s standards, the computer performs well in daily tasks. We had the Core i7 configuration, but the Core i5 models are well capable of handling standard chores as well and in fact those are the ones I recommend, as they run a little cooler. Just keep in mind there’s a lot of bloatware on this computer, preinstalled software that you should get rid of in order to get the best performance out of it. For the purists in you, I even recommend a clean Windows install.

Among the preinstalled apps, there’s one called Asus SwitchLock which you should keep. It determines when you convert the screen past 180 degrees and once that happens, automatically switches the laptop to Windows 10’s Tablet mode and deactivates the keyboard and trackpad, and then switches them back once you get back to the Laptop mode. However, I noticed that at times the trackpad remains inactive after the switch, but there’s a solution: enter Tablet mode manually and then switch back to Laptop in order to get the cursor working again. Something to keep in mind.

We’re not going to get into benchmarks results, since this is a pre-production model and doesn’t get the best of drivers. I will tell you that the laptop performs just as you’d expect from this platform, can handle multitasking, browsing, office use, multimedia content and even games and more demanding software like Photoshop, Mathlab and others, as long as you keep projects small. In the pictures below you’ll find more details on how the computer performs and the temperatures reached by the CPU and GPU in some of these tasks.

Noise, Heat, Connectivity, speakers and others

Just like most other Asus ultraportables, this Zenbook runs cool in daily use and can rest on your lap without a problem, but its fan is too aggressive for my liking. I expect a good computer to be able to run basic tasks passively nowadays, without requiring the fan to spin. My XPS 13 does that. The Zenbook UX360 does not, even when performing the most simplest of chores, like editing a text document. Now, the fan isn’t noisy and it’s not going to bother you in a standard environment, but if you work in a quiet place you’ll hear it.

Under heavy load, the fan spins faster, but even so is far from being noisy and is easily covered by the speakers. The laptop’s case gets warm and even hot in some places, reaching temperatures of around 45 degrees in certain spots, but that’s not bad for such a thin computer and definitely in line with most competitors. So there’s nothing to complain about the acoustics and thermals under load, but I still think the fan can be tweaked to fire later in daily use and offer a fanless experience in most basic activities.

*Daily Use – 1080p Youtube clip in EDGE for 30 minutes
*Load – playing Need for Speed Most Wanted for 30 minutes

Connectivity wise there’s WiFi AC and Bluetooth 4.1 on this laptop. Asus went for a dual-band Intel AC 7265 wireless module which performed flawlessly in my tests, without any drops, disconnects or unusual behavior. The signal strength and speeds drop once you get further away from the router, but even at 30 feet with 2 walls in between I never felt the connection bottlenecking, as with a few other laptops tested in the past. Keep in mind my apartment has really thick walls, so your experience should be more positive in your environment.

The speakers on this laptop are pretty good and overall a step up from those on the UX360CA. They are not very loud (85 dB max volume at head level in our tests), but they sound OK and don’t distort or push any vibrations into the frame at high-volumes. However, due to how they are positioned, there’s the possibility you will obstruct these when using the laptop on your lap. It didn’t happen to me often, but it can happen.

The headphone jack works as expected too, with no hiss or background noise.

Asus provides an AudioWizard app that allows tweaking of the sound output and includes several audio profiles. The Music one sounds best to my ears, which is the one that was active out of the box on this unit. However, there’s a chance the OFF profile might be active by default on your device, and in this case the speakers are going to sound muted, so make sure you check the settings in AudioWizard before anything else.

I’m also going to mention the webcam, which is pretty crap, capturing washed out pictures with little detail. It will do for occasional calls, but not if you require quality or want to use it in dim rooms. The microphones are placed beneath the panel and capture voices fine, but they’re not capable of isolating typing noise very well, since they are so closely positioned to the keys.

Battery life

There’s a 57 Wh battery on this laptop and that’s enough for 5 to 10 hours of daily use on a charge on this configuration. We set the screen’s brightness at roughly 120 nits (40%) and here are the results we got:

6.5 W (~8 h 45 min of use) – very light browsing and text editing in Google Drive, Balanced Mode, screen at 40%, Wi-Fi ON;
6.7 W (~8 h 30 min of use) – 1080p fullscreen video on Youtube in Internet Explorer, Balanced Mode, screen at 40%, Wi-Fi ON;
5.7 W (~10 h of use) – 1080p fullscreen .mkv video in the Movie app, Balanced Mode, screen at 40%, Wi-Fi ON;
6.9 W (~8 h 15 min of use) – 4K fullscreen .mkv video in the Movie app, Balanced Mode, screen at 40%, Wi-Fi ON;
12.6 W (~4 h 30 min of use) – heavy browsing in Edge, Balanced Mode, screen at 40%, Wi-Fi ON.

If battery life is important for you, look for the configuration with a Core i5 processor and the FHD screen, as the QHD panel is significantly more power hungry.

Asus bundles this Zenbook with a 45 W adapter with fixed prongs (not retractable in any way) and a full-charge takes around 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Price and availability

The Zenbook Flip UX360UA is available in some regions of the world, both with Skylake and with Kabylake hardware (Core i5-7200U and Core i7-7500U processors).

Over here in Europe a Core i5 configuration with 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of SSD storage goes for around 1000 EUR, so I’d expect something similar to sell for around $800-$900 in the US, where Asus usually have a very aggressive pricing policy. Follow this link for more details.

However, as the time of this latest update the UX360UA is not available in the US, where Asus offers a Q324UA model, similar in every way to the unit tested here, but with a darker exterior. This is available with a Core i7 processor, 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage space for between $1200 to $1400, and you can find more about it via this link.

Expect the Zenbook Flip UX360UA to be more affordable than the competition

Wrap up

While it’s too soon to draw a final conclusion on the Zenbook Flip UX360UA, I can tell you I’m happy with what I’ve seen in this pre-production sample. It checks many of the right boxes, and those that it doesn’t, like the rather poor and dim screen and the aggressive fan, might actually be addressed in the final retail versions or might not even bother most of you anyways.

Overall though, I feel this Zenbook is one of the best 13-inch convertibles you could get in the second half of 2016. It looks great and it feels well built, is comfortable to use as both a laptop and a tablet, is fast, runs cool in daily use, lasts for a long while on a charge, gets an excellent keyboard and a pretty good trackpad too, and last but not least, is probably going to have a good price tag as well.

The Zenbook Flip UX360UA is one of the best 2-in-1 convertibles available out there

The Spectre X360 has been my 2-in-1 of choice for a long while now and in comparison, this Zenbook is more portable and sells for less, so there’s a fair chance it might be a better pick for the average user. However, it’s too early to tell if this is going to be a hit, without knowing more about the Kabylake platform and without having exact details on the panel Asus will put on this computer or the potential quality-control issues that users might run into, an aspect that has plagued Asus products in the past.

Even so, put the Zenbook Flip UX360UA on your shortlist if you plan to buy a convertible this year.

I’ll update the article once we get more details and once we get a final-version of this notebook for review. In the meantime, get in touch in the comments section if you have any questions or anything to add to the post, I’m around to reply.

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Review by: Andrei Girbea
Andrei Girbea is a Writer and Editor-in-Chief here at Ultrabookreview.com. I write about mobile technology, laptops and computers in general. I've been doing it for more than 15 years now. I'm a techie with a Bachelor's in Computer Engineering. I mostly write reviews and thorough guides here on the site, with some occasional columns and first-impression articles.

111 Comments

robert

November 25, 2016 at 11:15 am

Andrei, thx for your feedback. I Look forward to your discussion soon on the new power user that the manufactures have neglected or more likely their supply chains take a year to catch up, but then again we've been here for 2yrs. To recap, talking about a new profile user that fits between lite biz user and hard core gamer and gaming configs like asus rogues

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- Andrei Girbea
  
  November 25, 2016 at 12:28 pm
  
  I think this type of users is best covered by ultraportable laptops like the Dell XPS 13 that can be hooked to an external graphics solution via Thunderbolt 3. That gives you a well built, powerful and long lasting laptop in a compact and light form-factor, but also the power to run games if you hook it up to an external monitor and external graphics. Yes, the CPU is still a bottleneck, to some extent, but not that much as it might seem, since a quad-core CPU is not necessarily needed for gaming (with some exceptions of poorly optimized titles that rely more heavily on the CPU).
  
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robert

November 25, 2016 at 11:21 am

Andrei, quick iff topic, maybe others would like too. Any links to a good lite Android security app not too much crap in it. In fact, that's a good topic. I have not easily found good concise I info on this search. Best Robert.

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- Andrei Girbea
  
  November 25, 2016 at 12:31 pm
  
  I don't really know, I think Bitdefender makes a mobile antivirus and I know they're very big on computers, so perhaps that could be useful. I'm on a iPhone though and I don't use such software, I rely on my own judgement of knowing what to click and what not to :P
  
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James

November 26, 2016 at 5:50 pm

I've been waiting for this to come out in the US for a while now. I noticed your update and checked out the computer on bestbuy but it only comes in FHD not QHD. Can you confirm that this is the same laptop though? The computer is for my wife and I sold her on the display being similar to the MacBook Pro.

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- Andrei Girbea
  
  November 27, 2016 at 9:45 am
  
  Well, I can't be 100% sure without seeing it, and that's not possible since I don't live in the US. But it seems to be the same from the specs and the pictures I've seen online.
  
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- James
  
  November 27, 2016 at 1:30 pm
  
  Nevermind, it is on the Asus US website listing all the same features except a QHD or QHD+ screen…disappointing. The computer is a BestBuy only deal ($1200) that people have apparently purchased and are selling on Amazon for a $200 markup ($1400). The HP Spectre X360 is $100 more for the 1920×1080 Kabylake version ($1300) or $200 more the 2560×1440 Skylake version ($1400) on BestBuy. Amazon has the QHD+ for $1400. Is the build quality, faster SSD, and better screen worth $200 more for the HP?
  
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  - Andrei Girbea
    
    November 27, 2016 at 3:35 pm
    
    I personally haven't touched the HP yet, but Derek vouches for it and based on his reviews, there's very little wrong about it. Whether it's worth $200 or not, I guess that's up to each one to decide. Personally, I would probably get the HP. Keep in mind HP also offers a Core i5 model on their site for $1049, could be considered if you don't necessarily need the Core i7.
- robert
  
  November 27, 2016 at 1:34 pm
  
  Are u sure your looking at the ux360ua and not the ux360ca. I found no ua models at BB or anywhere in the US.Plus, BB would be the last place I'd expect a new launch. They suck big time. Maybe your OK with the CA model, but your post was unclear and this review is for the UA model. If I missed any important details I claim the 5th.
  
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  - James
    
    November 28, 2016 at 12:54 pm
    
    The current US release version is the Q324UA which is only available in FHD and a matte finish for $1199. I went to Best Buy to purchase but saw that the new Spectre X360 was in sale for the exact same price…the ASUS felt a little cheaper, the bezel was larger, the screen wasn't as vibrant, the sound aweful compared to HP (HP speakers face forward and Asus face down),and the exterior didn't look as good. Plus the Spectre's trackpad was huge. The Toss up was that the ASUS has DDR4 ram and the HP has DDR3 but the performance should be negligible as with the power savings…I spent 90 min in Best Buy deciding because the new HP only has 1USB 3.1 and the only other two ports are USB-c thunderbolt. The lack of pure hdmi, sd reader, and normal USB was a huge turnoff. I didn't want to have to spend another $60 on an adapter. At the end I went with the 2016 HP Spectre X360 FHD i7 kabylake 16Gb 512SSD. Same price on sale but seemed better all around. Hopefully no major issues though, will have to wait and see. Haven't noticed a loud fan like they say with the Asus but the thing does get pretty hot.
Ash

November 27, 2016 at 3:56 pm

I purchased a UX360UA-C4136T recently based in large part on this excellent review (easily the best on the web). Very pleased overall, it's a great unit and was a very reasonable price.

The fan is definitely far too aggressive by default, as noted in your review. However, I completely solved this by installing Notebook Fan Control (Google it, it's a GitHub project). With NBFC installed and configured the fan does not come on at all in general daily usage – a massive improvement.

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- Andrei Girbea
  
  November 27, 2016 at 4:10 pm
  
  Thanks, I use the same software on my old Lenovo. Just a heads up, though, keep an eye on internal temperatures while using this kind of software. It's good that it quiets down the fan, just make sure the internals don't get hotter then they should, especially under load
  
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  - Ashton
    
    November 27, 2016 at 4:47 pm
    
    Yes, general usage temperatures sit between 35-45 deg C. Under load, temperatures increase but NBFC kicks in at about 55 deg and the temperature stabilises around that level, even under full load. My understanding is that the Core i5 6200U should be fine at these sorts of temperatures.
  - Andrei Girbea
    
    November 27, 2016 at 5:01 pm
    
    Yes, those are perfectly fine.
  - Hasse
    
    March 28, 2017 at 8:12 am
    
    Hi! Which configuration did you use with Notebook Fan Control? I downloaded it but can´t see this model in the config-file, although there is a bunch of other Zenbook models.
  - Ashton
    
    April 1, 2017 at 4:23 am
    
    Hi, I use version 1.4.4 of NBFC and chose UX360UAK, which works fine on my UX360UA.
Monica

January 4, 2017 at 2:15 pm

Hi,
I had the zenbook ux360ca for a month when I started experiencing an issue with the pointer. Often it went to the bottom left corner of the screen and clicks stuff there.
At first I tought it was a touchpad issue but after some testing I found out that it was an issue with the touch screen – when the touchscreen was disabled everything is fine.
Since the service was taking too long to fix the issue (tiuch screen replacement) they offered my money back and I took them -I need a new laptop pretty fast, and couldn't wait any longer.
I fell in love with my zenbook and I don't want to switch to another, but I'm scared as f*ck that this could happen again.
Also, do you think the ua is a better choice?
I cannot decide if the fan is the better choice or not, and if this version is a better choice for me in general.
I am a writer and I use it mainly for WordPress and Photoshop.
Ps: They both are the 8gb ram and 256 ssd version, since that's the only version available in my country.
Thanks,
Monica

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M

January 7, 2017 at 5:22 pm

Hi

Does this laptop support pen?

thanks!

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- Andrei Girbea
  
  January 9, 2017 at 4:30 am
  
  Capacitive pens, yes, Active pens, no.
  
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Tony

January 14, 2017 at 3:36 pm

Any information or updates on the UX360UA being available in the United states soon? I really like the specs and the look and feel of the keyboard that asus makes and hoping to pick one up.

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shane

January 18, 2017 at 7:12 am

hi, this review is pretty great, how appropriate this laptop would be for coding? when it comes to applications like visual studio, SQL server and other advance applications?

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- Andrei Girbea
  
  January 18, 2017 at 9:44 am
  
  Depends on the resources you'd need. Could do, with the i7 and 16 GB of RAM, but there's only that much you can ask for a 15 W dual-core. The alternatives are the larger laptops with quad-core processors, or the more expensive and rare options with 28W Intel processors (like some Lenovo, Dell laptops, and perhaps the Macbooks if they're right for your needs).
  
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Ricardo

February 15, 2017 at 10:44 am

My girlfriend bouth this zenbook two days ago, and so far has been a dispointing experience. The monitor isn't properly calibrated, the colour is yellowish and we didn't find anything wrong to do with windows 10 or intel drivers so far, besides that the right button of the mouse pad stopped working.

This baby is going back to the store today, hope I have better luck next time.

It's a shame that an expensive device such as this comes with this problems.

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Kingston

February 22, 2017 at 7:34 am

Hi, thanks for good review. I looking asus zenbook ux360us i5, 8gb memory, 512gb ssd harddrive. I m small nervous for it is helpful for my height study of server installation and testion, as well as test some network configuration practies, using vmware to install some os to simultanuslly do some configuration

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Imran Awan

April 20, 2017 at 11:01 am

Does anyone own the Asus Zenbook and the Surface Pro 4? I'm looking at both devices, but leaning towards the Zenbook given its better value for money and just as portable, albeit the screen doesn't detach from the keyboard.

Any views about both devices is welcome.

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M

May 14, 2017 at 5:49 am

Hi! I bought these 1 week ago, I charge battery 2 times, and know is not charging after 97%. Is that normal?

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Peter Woods

May 16, 2017 at 12:21 am

I BOUGHT ONE ! (Ser NoH10WU07043502D) Never got to use it , out of the box it didn’t work. Obviously lots to fix in ASUS Service Care. Took Sam Thuy, customer support team, a few days & another email to reply. I arranged to have it delivered by person to their capital city centre service ( I live in a regional area) as under Australian consumer law I am entitled to a replacement, their offer was to repair it. They wouldn’t replace it so it still doesn’t work. Many reviews back up Asus’s reputation for poor service something you don’t find out until after the purchase.

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Jim

July 22, 2017 at 2:18 am

Hi Andrei,

I have shortlisted my purchase decision to either the UX360UA or the UX330UA. I understand both have the same specs (core i5-7200u, 8gb ram, 256gb ssd, fhd display) but different form factors, former is a flip convertible while latter is a regular laptop.

Would you be able to guide me on any technical or performance based advantage the ux330 may have that would justify NOT buying the ux360ua convertible laptop instead?

Otherwise I may just pull the plug and spend approximately $150 more to get the ux360ua and have the benefit of flexibility while watching videos and browsing the net. I don't plan on heavy gaming. I value good display, relatively quiet performance, low fan noise, good keyboard and trackpad.

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- Andrei Girbea
  
  July 22, 2017 at 4:13 am
  
  Well, the too are technically identical. It's been a while since I reviewed them, but you can find both articles here on the site with my indepth impressions at the time. As far as I remember they have similar keyboards/trackpads/IO, the UX330 gets a marginally brighter screen, but only because there's no extra glass on top. What actually matters is that the UX330 gets a matte screen, while the UX360UA gets a glossy glass covered screen which shows glare and reflections in bright light. Something to keep in mind if you plan to use this outdoors or in bright offices.
  
  Overall, I feel the UX330 is the slighter better buy for the money as it sells for less, but the UX360UA get's you the touchscreen and form-factor. Up to you if that's worth paying extra for.
  
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  - Jim
    
    July 23, 2017 at 12:34 pm
    
    Andrei,
    
    Thank you very much. Appreciate the advice and agree with your recommendation as well.
    
    Cheers!
Atefe

August 26, 2017 at 5:40 pm

Has anyone any problem with over heating down of screen on the "asus" lable? I have purchased one today and it's going hot from starting up to 2mins later.

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Seb

October 9, 2017 at 8:19 pm

Hi, i bought this computer 2 months ago and i'm pretty happy with it. Now i would like to know if the Bamboo Ink from wacom works with this computer or just a normal pen ?

Thank you for the answer.

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- Andrei Girbea
  
  October 10, 2017 at 3:35 am
  
  I don't think it does. The Bamboo pens usually work with screens that include a digitizer, and this one does not. Details here: http://www.wacom.com/en-us/comp
  
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  - Seb
    
    October 11, 2017 at 7:36 pm
    
    Ok thx for the answer. I would say it's pretty sad a computer with that price doesn't have a digitizer…. i have the ux360uak version with i7, 512go ssd and 16go ram and still i don't get why they didn't incorporate active stylus technology. I though a computer like that would automatically have it.
Dr Samar

January 19, 2018 at 2:24 pm

Hi, thankyou for the nice article, i need help with my asus ux360ua, i dropped it and cracked the touch screen/digitizer, the lcd is perectly fine, but i need help in replacing the digitizer, i cant find any video tutorials on, can you please help/guide me on how to replace the digitizer for my laptop?

Regards
Dr Samar

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- Andrei Girbea
  
  January 23, 2018 at 1:31 pm
  
  Srt, that's out of my league, try ti get in touch with an Asus service.
  
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Thomas

September 27, 2019 at 6:14 pm

In the review, you write that it is compatible with PCIe/NVME drives as well. Are you sure about this (or can anyone verify)? I am looking to upgrade mine, but cannot find any information on the compatibility of the ssd connector with newer nvme drives. Thanks!

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- Andrei Girbea
  
  September 27, 2019 at 7:30 pm
  
  It's been a long time since I've reviewed this, so I don't exactly remember, but perhaps others can pitch in.
  
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