ASUS has announced today that its flagship ZenBook Pro UX501, an ultaportable, high-performance notebook aimed at high-end users is now available in India. This can be bought from retailers and channel partners including Flipkart and Asus Exclusive Stores for a starting price of Rs. 115,999.
ZenBook Pro UX501 is compact and has slim and stylish form factor. It has thickness of 0.81-inches, and is sculpted from lightweight aluminum featuring the iconic spun-metal finish. Brushed metal surfaces and diamond-cut chamfers on the edges add brilliant highlights while the keyboard periphery is enhanced with a stylish laser-engraved ripple-effect pattern.
The ZenBook Pro UX501 has a 15.6-inch VisualMaster multi-touch display with a ultra-sharp 4K/UHD 3860 x 2160 resolution, four times higher than Full HD resolution, and pixel density of 282PPI for stunningly-detailed and lifelike images. IPS technology with wide 178° viewing angles ensures that colors and contrast are perfect from all viewing positions. It runs on old Windows 8.1.
It is packed with quad-core Intel Core i7-4720HQ processor combined with 16GB of RAM. It also houses new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M graphics processor (GPU), which empowers the ZenBook Pro UX501 with game and necessary graphics performance. The ZenBook Pro UX501 features 2GB of fast GDDR5 video memory for smooth 4K/UHD video playback and powerful 3D processing for image and video editing.
The ZenBook Pro UX501 features a next-gen 512GB PCIe x4 SSD with read/write speeds up to 1400MB/s that’s 16 times faster than standard SATA 6Gbit/s hard disks and twice as faster as the current generation of SSD’s.
For connectivity, this notebook offers option of high-speed 802.11ac Wi-Fi, with speeds of up to 867Mbit/s, which provides the ZenBook Pro UX501 with wireless network connectivity three times faster than previous-generation 802.11n. Thunderbolt 2.0 connectivity provides flexible lightning-fast expansion for external storage devices, docking stations, display and a host of high speed devices.
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| Model Name | UX501JW-FJ221H | ||
| LCD Cover Color & Decoration | Aluminum, Dark Gray, Spin hairline | ||
| On board processor | Intel Core i7-4720HQ Processor, 2.6 GHz (6M Cache, up to 3.6 GHz) | ||
| Operating System | Windows 8.1 (64bit) | ||
| Chipset | Mobile Intel HM87 Express Chipsets | ||
| Total System Memory | 8GB + DRAM DDR3 8G | ||
| Storage | PCIEx4 512G M.2 SSD | ||
| Display | 15.6’//LED Back-lit//Ultra Slim 300nits//QFHD 3840×2160 16:9//NTSC:72%//Touch//Wide angle viewing | ||
| External video display modes | HDMI 1.4 Displayport 1.1A |
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| Video Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce GTX960M (N16P-GX) | ||
| Video memory | GDDR5 2GB | ||
| Video Camera | HD web camera | ||
| Wireless | 802.11bgn+Bluetooth 4.0 (Dual band) | ||
| LAN | 10/100/1000 Mbps | ||
| Card Reader | Sepc: SD?MMC | ||
| USB Port | 3x USB 3.0 | ||
| Interface | 1x Headphone-out & Audio-in Combo Jack 1x HDMI 1x mini Display Port 1 x Thunderbolt |
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| Audio | Built-in speaker Built-in microphone Built-in array microphone Bang & Olufsen ICEpower® Sonic Master |
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| Weight (Kg) | 1.78 KG (Without Battery) 2.27 KG (with 6 cell battery) |
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| Dimension (cm) | 38.3(W) x 25.5(D) x 2.06 ~ 2.13 (H) cm | ||
| AC Adapter | 120W AC Adapter Output : 19V DC, 6.3A, 120W Input : 100~240V AC, 50/60Hz universal |
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| Battery | 96WHrs, 3S2P, 6-cell Li-ion Polymer Battery Pack | ||
| Keyboard Type | Chiclet Keyboard Illuminated Chiclet Keyboard |
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| Keyboard Specification | ASUS 348mm keyboard with 19mm full size key pitch, integrated Numeric keypad | ||
