Gorgeous ZenBook Pro Duo 15 OLED UX582 and ASUS ZenBook Duo 14 UX482 launched at CES 2021
CES 2021 is a time when every tech brand on the planet showcases their latest, most powerful technologies.
This time around, ASUS has brought in the big guns with a slew of business oriented B-series laptops, an array of the latest ROG gaming laptops and, in particular, a new generation of their most unusual laptop design ever.
Meet the new second generation ZenBook Pro Duo 15 OLED UX582 and ZenBook Duo 14 UX482.
ASUS has tinkered with the concept of dual screen laptops for years but they’ve finally hit on a winning formula with the first generation ZenBook Pro Duo and ZenBook Duo 14 which was released last year in Computex 2019 that had a secondary touchscreen at the base of the primary display.
The key advantage with a secondary touchscreen is that you get way more screen real estate to work with as you can extend the main display across both screens, use it as a side panel for multitasking or use it as a convenient means to put aside additional widgets and menus in certain applications like Adobe Premiere Pro.
Basically, these notebooks are a multitasker’s delight and an alternative to packing a separate display
This year’s refinements to the ASUS ZenBook Pro Duo 15 OLED UX582 and ZenBook Duo 14 UX482 include hardware upgrades all around, with the ZenBook Pro Duo 15 primarily benefiting from a gorgeous 4K OLED touchscreen but the ZenBook Duo 14 enjoys the latest 11th Gen Intel Core processors along with Irix Xe graphics and the vaunted Intel Evo certification.
They’ve also improved the cooling with what they call a ‘tilting ScreenPad’ which basically means it’s angled up more to allow for more airflow.
Here’s how both of them stack up…
ASUS ZenBook Pro Duo 15 OLED UX582
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The ZenBook Pro Duo 15 is easily the larger and more powerful of the refreshed duo with a generously sized 15.6-inch OLD touchscreen display with 4K resolution and a 93% screen-to-body ratio.
The panel is ideal for content creators as it’s Pantone validated, has a 100% DCI-P3 colour gamut range and 4,096 levels of stylus sensitivity. The main draw here, its secondary Screenpad, stretches as wide as the main display and also has 4K resolution too.
The processor is a 10th Gen Intel Core CPU that isn’t exactly the latest but it’s nonetheless immensely beefy for content creation and even gaming too.
It packs 10th Gen Intel Core processors with up to an Intel Core i9-10980HK CPU and gains most of its pixel crunching grunt from an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 graphics card with 8GB GDDR6 VRAM.
The rest of the hardware consists of up to 32GB DDR4 RAM, up to a 1TB SSD and a huge 92Wh 8-cell lithium polymer battery.
In terms of ports, the ZenBook Pro Duo 15 OLED UX582 has a pair of Thunderbolt 3 USB-C ports, a USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type A port, a HDMI 2.1 port and an audio combo jack along with WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0 baked in. The tradeoff here is that it’s somewhat heavy at 2.4kg and a bit chunky at 21.5mm.
ASUS ZenBook Duo 14 UX482
The ASUS ZenBook Duo 14 UX482 is a bit more portable and compact than the larger Pro Duo 15 with a 14-inch Full HD LED-backlit LCD that has a 60Hz refresh rate albeit with a similar 93% screen-to-body ratio as the larger Pro Duo 15.
The display is also great for content creators as it’s Pantone validated, has a 100% sRGB gamut and a similar 4,096 level of stylus sensitivity. The secondary ScreenPad Plus has a 12.6-inch sized display with Full HD resolution that matches the length of the main display.
While the ZenBook Duo 14 lacks a dedicated graphics card like its larger sibling, it has a newer 11th Gen Intel Core processor with up to an i7-1165G7 CPU paired with new Iris Xe integrated graphics or an NVIDIA GeForce MX450 GPU depending on region along with Intel Evo certification.
The rest of the hardware consists of up to 32GB DDR4 RAM and up to a 1TB SSD along with WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity. Keeping it powered is a 70Wh 4-cell lithium-polymer battery. You can also check our hands-on preview of the ZenBook Duo 14 UX482 here.and our full in-depth review here.
ASUS ZenBook Pro Duo 15 OLED UX582 & ASUS ZenBook Duo 14 UX482 Specifications
If you’re looking at specifics, here are the official in-depth specifications of each of ASUS’s new offerings though bear in mind that this may vary slightly per region though the processors and graphics should remain within the stated variants.
What will most likely change is the provided storage and RAM to make it fit within each region’s price point though there is no confirmation as to any specifics or launch dates as yet at the time of writing.
| Details | ASUS ZenBook Pro Duo 15 OLED UX582 | ASUS ZenBook Duo 14 UX482 |
| Price | TBA | TBA |
| Display | Main Display: 15.6” (16:9) LED-backlit OLED UHD (3840 x 2160) touchscreen 93% screen-to-body ratio PANTONE® Validated ,100% DCI-P3 gamut 4096-pressure level stylus support ScreenPad™ Plus: 14.09” UHD touch display 178˚ wide-view technology |
Main Display: 14” (16:9) LED-backlit FHD (1920 x 1080) 60 Hz touchscreen 93% screen-to-body ratio PANTONE® Validated ,100% sRGB gamut Anti-glare panel IPS-level wide-view technology 4096-pressure level stylus support ScreenPad™ Plus: 12.6” FHD touch display 178˚ wide-view technology |
| Processor | Intel® Core™ i7-10870H Intel® Core™ i9-10980HK |
Intel® Core™ i7-1165G7 Intel® Core™ i5-1135G7 |
| Operating System | Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro |
Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro |
| Graphics | Intel® UHD Graphics, NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™3070 laptop GPU, with 8 GB GDDR6 |
NVIDIA® GeForce® MX450, with 2 GB GDDR6 VRAM Integrated Intel® Iris Xe Graphics |
| Memory | Up to 32 GB 2933 MHZ DDR4 | Up to 32 GB LPDDR4x 4266 MHz |
| Storage | Up to 1 TB M.2 NVMe™ PCIe® 3.0 Performance SSD | Up to 1TB M.2 NVMe™ PCIe® 3.0 Performance SSD |
| Connectivity | Intel® Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) Bluetooth® 5.0 |
Intel® Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) Bluetooth® 5.0 |
| Cameras | IR webcam with Windows Hello support | IR webcam with Windows Hello support |
| Interfaces | 2 x Thunderbolt™ 3 USB-C® (up to 40 Gbps) 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A (up to 10 Gbps) 1 x HDMI 2.1 1 x Audio combo jack |
2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 USB-C® (up to 40 Gbps) 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A (up to 5 Gbps) 1 x Standard HDMI 1 x Audio combo jack 1 x MicroSD card slot 1 x DC-in |
| Audio | Smart amplifier for maximum audio performance Array microphone with Cortana and Alexa voice-recognition support Harman Kardon-certified audio system |
Smart amplifier for maximum audio performance Array microphone with Cortana and Alexa voice-recognition support Harman Kardon-certified audio system |
| Battery | 92 Wh 8-cell lithium-polymer battery | 70 Wh 4-cell lithium-polymer battery |
| Dimensions | 359 x 249 x 21.5 mm | 324 x 222 x 16.9 mm |
| Weight | 2.4kg | 1.6 kg |
New ASUS ZenBook 13 OLED, ZenBook Flip 15, ZenBook 14 with AMD Ryzen CPU
While the new ZenBook Duo 14 UX482 and ZenBook Pro Duo 15 OLED UX582 took centre stage, ASUS also released several other novel ZenBooks to bolster their line-up with a new OLED panel equipped models dubbed the ZenBook 13 OLED which has a 13.3-inch Full HD OLED display and either Intel or AMD Ryzen 5000 U-series CPUs.
They also announced the new ZenBook Flip 15 which has a 15.6-inch FHD convertible display that flips around and about and an AMD-powered ZenBook 14 with a 14-inch display, an AMD Ryzen 7 5800H CPU paired with up to NVIDIA GeFOrce MX450 graphics and a 14-inch display. At the time of writing, there are no official images of these new offerings.
ASUS ZenBook Duo 14 UX482, ZenBook Pro Duo 15 OLED UX582, ZenBook 13 OLED, ZenBook Flip 15, ZenBook 14 Prices
To date, there are no official prices yet released by ASUS for any of the new ZenBook range nor availability but we’ll let you know the moment we do. In the meantime, have a look at our first impressions of the new ASUS ZenBook Duo 14 UX482.
For more official news and updates, you can check out the following official ASUS links:
ASUS ZenBook Pro Duo 15 OLED UX582: https://asus.me/ZenBookProDuo15OLED
ASUS ZenBook Duo 14 UX482: https://asus.me/ZenBookDuo14
ASUS ZenBook 13 OLED (UX325): https://asus.me/ZenBook13OLED11thGen
ASUS ZenBook 13 OLED (UM325): https://asus.me/ZenBook13OLED
ASUS ZenBook Flip 15: https://asus.me/ZenBookFlip15
ASUS ZenBook 14:https://asus.me/ZenBook14UM425QA