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Asus introduces 'world's smallest laptops' in Jakarta
The 13.3-inch ZenBook is so small that it is 9 percent smaller than A4 size paper.
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Asus Southeast Asia regional director Jimmy Lin shows the company's latest laptop during the launch in Jakarta on Jan. 17. (www.facebook.com/ASUSIdOfficial//File)
Taiwan-based tech company Asus launched in Jakarta on Thursday three "smallest laptops in the world".
"Zenbook is the smallest laptop in the world. Its size is even smaller than the MacBook Air," said Asus Southeast Asia regional director Jimmy Lin during the launch as quoted by kompas.com.
The company's three latest laptops are the ZenBook UX333, which has a 13.3-inch display, UX433 (14-inch) and UX533 (15.6-inch).
Lin said the 13.3-inch ZenBook was so small that it was 9 percent smaller than A4 size paper. Meanwhile, when compared to a 13-inch MacBook Air, the product is smaller by up to 29 percent. Such size can be achieved thanks to ZenBook's very thin bezel that is only 2.8 mm thick on both the right and left side. Hence the laptop's display panel can cover almost the entire screen with up to 95 percent screen-to-body ratio, without the need to widen its physical size.
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Additionally, all three products also come with a touchpad feature that also works as a numpad. "These numpad buttons can be activated by pressing the top right corner of the touchpad," said Asus Indonesia country product manager Jonas Chen.
Price-wise, the 13.3-inch ZenBook UX333 is available at a starting price of Rp 15.3 million (US$1,078) for the model that comes with Intel Core-i5 8265U, 8 GB RAM and 256 GB SSD, and is said to have a battery that can last 14 hours. The 14-inch ZenBook UX433 has the same price tag and specification as the 13.3-inch version.
Meanwhile, the 15.6-inch UX533, which is only available in one model, is equipped with Intel Core-i7 8565U, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD, 16-hour long battery capacity and a price tag of Rp 23 million. (kes)
