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Dual-OLED Zenbook Duo laptop now available for pre-order

Dual-OLED Zenbook Duo laptop now available for pre-order
The versatile Zenbook Duo dual-OLED laptop is now up for pre-order
The versatile Zenbook Duo dual-OLED laptop is now up for pre-order
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The versatile Zenbook Duo dual-OLED laptop is now up for pre-order
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The versatile Zenbook Duo dual-OLED laptop is now up for pre-order
The Zenbook Duo ships with a Bluetooth keyboard, allowing for a stacked screen workflow
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The Zenbook Duo ships with a Bluetooth keyboard, allowing for a stacked screen workflow
The lower display can be used with a virtual keyboard, or the Bluetooth keyboard can be positioned on top, for a traditional laptop experience
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The lower display can be used with a virtual keyboard, or the Bluetooth keyboard can be positioned on top, for a traditional laptop experience
The dual OLEDs offer a combined real estate of 19.8 inches, corner to corner
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The dual OLEDs offer a combined real estate of 19.8 inches, corner to corner
The Bluetooth keyboard sports a handy trackpad, so users can keep their fingers off the screens
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The Bluetooth keyboard sports a handy trackpad, so users can keep their fingers off the screens
A built-in kickstand helps support dual-screen mode
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A built-in kickstand helps support dual-screen mode
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Asus launched what it called "the world's first 14-inch dual-screen OLED laptop" at CES 2024 earlier this month, a similar but different proposition to its 17-inch folding model from 2022. Now the Zenbook Duo has gone up for sale.

Where a traditional laptop sports a display on the upper side of the hinge and a keyboard below, the Zenbook Duo features two 14-inch OLED touchscreens at 3K (2,880 x 1,800) resolution and coming with a 120-Hz refresh rate.

The top panel can be used as a display and the lower one as an onscreen virtual keyboard for smartphone-like input, but the device ships with a full-size Bluetooth keyboard and trackpad (the latter trumping Lenovo's 13.3-inch Yoga Book 9i from last year). This means that the both screens can be used to display content – for 19.8 diagonal inches of screen real estate, with an included kickstand keeping things steady.

The Zenbook Duo ships with a Bluetooth keyboard, allowing for a stacked screen workflow
The Zenbook Duo ships with a Bluetooth keyboard, allowing for a stacked screen workflow

Inside, the laptop boasts Intel Core Ultra 9 185H processing brains with Intel Arc graphics and an integrated Neural Processing Unit for AI-assisted multitasking. System support comes from up to 32 GB of LPDDR5x RAM and 1 TB of PCIe 4.0 storage.

Connectivity shapes up with pair of Thunderbolt 4/USB-C ports, one USB Type-A, HDMI 2.1 and an audio jack (though the unit does rock Harman Kardon-certified speakers with Dolby Atmos), plus Bluetooth 5.3 and Wi-Fi 6E. Asus is promising all-day usage from its 75-Wh battery.

The Asus Zenbook Duo (2024) is up for pre-order now for a suggested retail price of US$1,499.99. The video below has more.

Say Goodbye to Alt + Tab - ASUS Zenbook DUO (UX8406)

Product page: Zenbook Duo (UX8406)

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JS
I have the ZenBook Duo (two screens)... in retrospect, I'd have gone with a less expensive 17" 4K touch screen with the latest and greatest RTX, etc. While my laptop is pretty rad and near top-of-the-line, sacrifices were made in its design. :(