Why You Can Trust CNET The Asus ZenBook 3 Deluxe is a big-screen hit at CES 2017
Huh? It's true. And real. The ZenBook 3 Deluxe is a 13-inch laptop with a 14-inch screen.
Asus announced an update to the ZenBook line with the ZenBook 3 Deluxe. It's a super-thin 13-inch laptop with a 14-inch screen.
Wait. What?
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See all pricesYep. You heard right. Asus fit a 14-inch display into a 13-inch chassis. It sounds impossible, but it's not.
Impossibly, Asus fit a 14-inch screen inside of a 13-inch notebook.
The size of a laptop doesn't necessarily mean that its screen is that big. In fact, due to the extra space that a screen's bezels take up, a laptop's display is usually smaller than its advertised size.
Knowing this, Asus outfitted the ZenBook 3 Deluxe with supremely thin bezels (7.46 mm wide) to give the notebook the biggest possible screen area.
It has three USB-C ports for all of your Thunderbolt 3, charging or high-speed data transfer needs.
That's not the only impressive thing about its design. It has an elegantly thin 12.9 mm profile and weighs only 2.42 lbs (1.1 kilograms).
The ZenBook 3 Deluxe will be available May 2017 for $1,699 (which roughly converts to £1,380 or AU$2,330).
- Three USB-C ports (two Thunderbolt 3)
- 7th gen Intel Core i7-7500U processor
- 16GB RAM
- 1TB SSD
- 1,920 by 1,080-pixel resolution
- Corning Gorilla Glass 5
- Comes in blue and grey
- Backlit full-sized keyboard
- Quad-speaker Harman Kardon audio
- Optional fingerprint scanner (Windows Hello compatible)
