ASUS ZenBook Flip 13 UX363E Specification Review

ASUS ZenBook Flip 13 UX363E - ASUS has the ZenBook Flip series that prioritizes a short and light body so you can take it anywhere. Nach, among other Flip products from ZenBook, there is one member that really stands out from the rest, namely the ASUS ZenBook Flip 13 UX363E.

The ZenBook series itself has also gained an excellent track record by some ASUS fans, being recognized as a series that prioritizes comfort and premium quality. No kidding, this laptop is a convertible whose role can be turned into a tablet.

With a body that is so short, it's normal for users to also want to know the awesome performance of this laptop for use every day or for playing games.

What does ASUS ZenBook Flip 13 UX363E look like? Without waiting long, immediately read the explanation below.

 

ASUS ZenBook Flip Specification

Monitor: Touch screen, 13.3-inch, -, FHD (1920 x 1080) 16:9, IPS-level Panel, Glossy display, LED Backlit, 300nits, sRGB: 100%, Screen-to-body ratio: 80%, With stylus support; Touch screen, 13.3-inch, OLED, FHD (1920 x 1080) 16:9, -, Glossy display, 400nits, DCI-P3: 100%, Pantone Validated, Screen-to-body ratio: 80%, With stylus support
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-1165G7 2.8 GHz Processor (12M Cache, up to 4.7 GHz, 4 cores)
Intel® Core™ i5-1135G7 2.4 GHz Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.2 GHz, 4 cores)
Graphic Card: Intel® Slice Xe Graphics
RAM: 16GB LPDDR4X on board, Memory Max Up to:16GB; 8GB LPDDR4X on board, Memory Max Up to:16GB
Storage: 1TB M.2 NVMe™ PCIe® 3.0 SSD
Connection: Intel WiFi 6 (802.11ax), Bluetooth V5.0
Ports:1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A; 2x Thunderbolt™ 4 supports display / power delivery; 1x HDMI 1.4
Battery: 67WHrs, 4S1P, 4-cell Li-ion

ASUS ZenBook Flip 13 UX363E comes with a pretty complete set of accessories. Inside, we find an AC Adapter with a USB type-C plug. Of course, this tool is important in order to be able to charge the laptop. Besides that, on the left side of the box there is a 3.5mm jack adapter cable to USB type-C. A wise treatment from the ASUS faction, because this laptop does not provide a 3.5 mm audio jack port on its body.

Coinciding with the cable, next to it is an RJ45 to USB type-C port adapter cable. This is perfect for those of you who want to occasionally use wired internet for optimal download speeds.

Besides that, as can be calculated from a convertible laptop, the ASUS Pen must also be prepared as a stylus that can be used for writing, drawing, and navigating the laptop. No need to buy the battery separately, because ASUS includes an AAAA battery in the Pen.

The important thing you do is just take the top side of the stylus, and remove the black plastic insulation so that the stylus can be used. Lastly, (and this is the side that is easy to miss because the place is quite "tucked away"), there is a laptop soft case made of plastic material that is quite strong.

We regret that there is no USB type-A to USB type-C adapter cable. Even though in the current period there are still quite a lot of peripherals that use USB type-A such as flash disks, mice, and external HDD/SSD. The problem is there is only one USB type-A port on this laptop so you may have to buy a USB Hub if you want to connect multiple devices at once.

Body Design and Keyboard

It is the uniqueness of the ASUS ZenBook series to display a premium body appearance with strong build quality. Materials made of metal are almost completely plain, except for the "reverse" ASUS writing when viewed from the user's point of view.

 The body is so short, compact, light. All the qualities sought in a convertible laptop that upholds super high mobility. It is only 13.9 mm thick and weighs 1.3 kg.

As a difference, John M. Echols' English Dictionary weighs around 1.1 kg . So carrying this laptop almost feels as if you are carrying a dictionary. And, this laptop is still lighter than the 1.5 kg ASUS VivoBook Flip 14 TM420. Cool, right?

Even so, unfortunately the weight of this laptop is still less than the ZenBook Flip 13 UX325 mode which weighs only 1.07 kg. In fact, the I/O port on the UX325 is more complete than this laptop.

Because the hinge can be bent at an angle as you like, this laptop also supports tent models, stand models, and of course tablet models. This laptop is like a cellphone that has an auto rotate feature, so the orientation will adjust automatically.

Nach, now moving to the keyboard and touchpad, yup! The whiteboard on the ASUS ZenBook Flip 13 UX363E has three other backlight intensives that can be adjusted by pressing the Fn + F7 keys.

When the state of the room is clear, the backlight is not as conspicuous even when set to the highest intensity. In fact this is a good sign that the user's concentration is not so distracted. Things are different when the room looks dark. The backlight that it comes with is really clear but also doesn't hurt the eyes, really helping users who need to write when the lights go out.

And from the size of the keyboard, this laptop lifts the edge-to-edge keyboard so that from left to right it is all filled with the whiteboard. This is what makes it look compact and concise. Writing feels so comfortable, with 1.35 mm key travel and ErgoLift which makes it a little carried away.

On the touchpad, you can also activate NumberPad to write numbers more concisely. The trick, just press the top right corner of the touchpad for 1 second and the NumberPad automatically glows.

Monitor Quality

The monitor supports HDR models, and we were able to successfully enjoy YouTube content with 4K HDR resolution. Just as can be calculated, the quality of the monitor is so sharp with beautiful color contrast at that time also took our eyes off.

The monitor from this laptop also provides support for innovative industry actors such as graphic designers, plus it has received Pantone Validated Display certification with a 100% sRGB color gamut.

That is, the monitor can produce Pantone color reproduction with optimal accuracy. When it comes to monitors, security must be one of the things to think about, right? Nach, the monitor from this laptop has been able to pass an audit from TUV Rheinland to make the monitor completely safe in the eyes.

ASUS ZenBook Flip 13 UX363E includes the ASUS Pen, which means this monitor provides support for using a stylus. No kidding, there is 4,096 intensive emphasis so you can draw strokes with the right thickness level.

CPU

To test the processor capabilities of the ASUS Zenbook Flip 13 (UX363), we will use several benchmark software such as GeekBench and PCMark. This convertible laptop itself is very strong in terms of CPU performance, using an Intel Core i7 1165G7 which is called the eleventh generation with the code name "Tiger Lake".

In 2021 when this laptop is launched, the use of Intel Core i7 in the eleventh generation is very commendable. The computing performance is definitely getting better than the ASUS ZenBook Flip 13 UX325 which uses an Intel Core i7 1065G7 (tenth generation). Although the same presents the 10 nm manufacturing process, the eleventh generation Intel Core i7 brings SuperFin technology.

In a nutshell, SuperFin technology uses the new FinFET and SuperMIM design so that overall, it can improve performance even better. While on the RAM side, the laptop is given the capability of 16 GB LPDDR4x. This amount of RAM is confirmed to be able to edit videos or photos of large sizes.

Graphic

To reduce the burden on the laptop, the company faction did not bring a discrete graphics card to this ASUS ZenBook Flip 13 UX363. The problem is, convertible laptops should prioritize light weight over graphics performance. Instead of using an additional graphics card, users will feel the performance of the onboard GPU called Intel Irislah Xe Graphics.

This graphics card is an improvement over the Intel Irislah Plus Graphics wrapped in the ASUS ZenBook 13 UX325. Slice Xe Graphics is clearly going to be superior, pocketing the number of cores around 96 pieces. More than Irislah Xe Plus has 64 cores.

Meanwhile, Irix Xe Graphics is made with manufacturing 10 nm+ and has an optimal frequency of 1250 MHz. In contrast to Irislah Plus Graphics, which has 10nm manufacturing and an optimal frequency of 1100 MHz. As for the base frequency, both have the same speed of 300 MHz.

Even though it is an integrated VGA with the CPU, its performance cannot be compared to the onboard VGA in general. At a minimum, you can pair this VGA with some discrete VGA at the entry level fragment. To find out how strong Intel Irislah Xe Graphics is, we've also done a series of synthetic benchmark experiments.

Storage

The laptop we tested actually had a SSD capacity of 1 TB. A little info, SSD as a summary of the Compact State Drive with a faster read and record speed than HDD.

The SSD brand installed on the ASUS ZenBook Flip 13 UX363 unit is Western Digital SN730 which runs on NVM Express 1.3 port. How about the performance?

Battery Charging Speed ​​and Endurance

The battery is the main part of a laptop, especially for a kind of short laptop that prioritizes mobilization above all things. The battery on the ASUS ZenBook Flip 13 UX363E has a design capacity of 67,292 mWh or can also be rounded to 67 Wh.

The company's claim is that this laptop can last up to 14 hours. We also tried to use this laptop without connecting to the casan. Some of the activities we do are searching with tens of tabs at once, viewing YouTube, while taking up to tens of GB via Steam.

Remember the activities we do are quite striking (using a brightness level of around 80% without the HDR model), we are quite impressed with the battery life. 6 hours is a fairly long time for this bright brightness level.

Other Features

Apart from what has been mentioned previously, of course, this short great laptop still has many other interesting things to review. One of them is a very strong WiFi 6 connection.

Not only that, above the monitor there is an IR Camera to be used during video meetings or biometric facilities to unlock. The facial recognition feature is so fast, that we just opened the laptop for 1 second and the monitor automatically entered the desktop. Unfortunately, this facial recognition feature doesn't really play a role when we use masks.

Disadvantages of ASUS ZenBook Flip 13 (UX363E)

Does not provide memory card slots and 3.5 mm audio jack
Lack of number of USB type-A ports

For those of you who are interested in this laptop, you can get it for $1382.3 or around Rp. 21,399,000, -. ASUS ZenBook Flip 13 (UX363E) is perfect for people who crave high mobility with the need to suppress the monitor's maximum color fidelity.