After making the marketplace of smartphones highly competitive by bringing a feature-rich handset: ZenFone 2, Asus has heated up the segment of laptops by commencing a phenomenal device, called ZenBook Pro UX50. Featuring insanely sharp screen, premium design and robust internal hardware, this newly-launched handheld looks quite stunning and keeps the power to confront crowd-pleasing 15-inch Apple MacBook Pro with Retina display.
Loaded with Windows 8.1, gadget features iconic spun-metal finish lid, diamond-cut highlights and brushed-metal surfaces. As per tech giant, ZenBook Pro is eye-catching with stylish ripple-effect pattern laser-engraved on surface. Moving towards the internal hardware, machine comes in various configurations, whereby consumers can choose a model as per their need.
Notably, 15.6-inch screen of UX501 is decked with Asus Splendid Video Intelligent Technology and available with several pixel resolutions. It can be configured with IPS Auto Full HD and regular FHD display with 1920x1080 resolutions and most highlighted one is 4K/UHD IPS VisualMaster display edition with 178-degree viewing angles, which confers pin-sharp 3840 x 2160 pixel resolution and pixel density of 282ppi.
According to listing, prospective buyers can select between 6Cells 96 Whrs Polymer Battery and 4Cells 60 Whrs Polymer Battery. Powered by NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M GPU paired with 2GB or 4GB of GDDR5 VRAM, new creation of Asus comprises a quad-core Intel Core i7-4720HQ processor clocked at 2.6GHz teamed with 16GB RAM.
On storage front, corporation has provided options among 128GB or 256GB solid-state drive, 1TB hard drive or 512GB PCIe x4 SSD. Incorporating HD Web Camera alongside Backlit with numeric keypad, it houses Wi-Fi 802.11ac or 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, three USB 3.0 ports, one HDMI port, one SD card reader and one Thunderbolt port (only for selected models) on connectivity front.
Moreover, ASUS ZenBook UX501 is available now in the United States via ASUS Store and select resellers and its top-end variant with UHD display, 2GB GDDR5 video memory, Wi-Fi 802.11ac and 512GB PCIe x4 SSD has been labeled with a price tag of $1799 for US.