ASUS Zenbook Duo Pro 14 UX8402ZA 14.5″ 2.8K 120Hz
ASUS Zenbook Duo Pro 14 UX8402ZA 14.5″ 2.8K 120Hz Touchscreen OLED 550nits Laptop (Intel i7-12700H 14-Core Processor, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 512GB SSD, Windows 11) Includes ScreenPad Plus & Stylus
Zenbook Pro 14 Duo OLED is built to provide all your connectivity needs. The dual 40 Gbps Thunderbolt 4 USB-C ports support fast charging and 4K external displays, and there’s also a USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port and a high-speed HDMI 2.1 port. The latest high-performance SD Express 7.0 card readers ensures ultrafast file transfers, and the audio combo jack makes communications easy.
The slim 1.79 mm chassis and compact 1.7 kg chassis make Zenbook Pro 14 Duo OLED easy to take with you, wherever your creativity demands.
ASUS ScreenPad Plus with AAS Ultra is powered by the new ScreenXpert 3 software, which now makes cross-screen multitasking and creative workflows even more efficient. Boost your productivity with the built-in apps, and take full advantage of every feature with the intuitive and powerful Control Panel app. Whatever your creative needs, the next-generation ScreenPad Plus will make your task easier. Its flexibility and versatility means it’s only limited by your imagination!
| Weight: | 1.75 kg |
| Dimensions: | 32.35 x 22.47 x 1.96 cm; 1.75 Kilograms |
| Brand: | ASUS |
| Model: | UX8402ZA#B09TFFMPNK |
| Colour: | Black |
| Batteries Included: | Yes |
| Manufacture: | ASUS |
| Dimensions: | 32.35 x 22.47 x 1.96 cm; 1.75 Kilograms |
The parcel was delivered fast and efficient. It contained everything that was promised and i had the pleasant surprise to find a laptop sleeve inside as well. (I don`t know if it came with the laptop brand new.) Laptop was not damaged and the box looks to be in good order. I am happy with my purchase.
Beautiful piece of laptop device I’m so delighted I bought. So sleek, elegant and fas
I have 2 kvms, tried both and while video switches fine, it doesn’t reinitiate the Keyboard and mouse, as a result you have to unplug the USB link, and plug it in.
excessive wear on the port….as I switch 4-5 times a day.
I have four hours continual lessons where I am on it almost constantly. The battery is usually around 40-50% at the end from fully charged, depending on how heavily I am using it. That is more than good enough for my needs.
The screen resolution is amazing on both, and both are touch screens. Makes me wonder how I ever coped with a normal laptop! A great buy. Expensive, yes, but you do get what you pay for, and this is paying for itself in terms of productivity.
Simply amazing, I don’t need to list all the features! As if you’re spending this much on a laptop you should know what you’re buying!
However, a few tips regarding setup –
– Be paitent and make sure you let ‘windows’ do it’s thing before you try to update any other drivers etc.
– I tried updating too many things at once and ended up having to do a factory reset! And starting again! As it will get stuck and/or have install errors if you rush the initial set up.
– Take your time and get used to all the features as well. You won’t be disappointed.
Good things: Main screen is gorgeous. Colours and brightness (after a small twiddle) are bang on. I can’t see a Retina display being that much better. Secondary screen is really really useful – especially using the ProArt Creater Hub software, which makes the secondary screen a touch pad control unit – a proper game changer. Touch screen quality is phone-level.
Battery life – 6 hours using intensive Adobe Premier – that’s really not bad given the GPU is blasting along.
Build quality and packaging – As lovely as an Apple, all I can say. Plus the military grade (really?) chassis does feel properly solid.
Things to note: You have to spend a couple of hours setting it up properly – update the GPU drivers, install the ProArt software, twiddle with the brightness and definitely put the little stick on legs on the bottom as it does get warm.
The keyboard and mouse takes a day to really get used to, but it’s worth the learning curve. Anyway, if you use an external mouse it doesn’t really matter.
Only one standard USB-B port – there are two USB-C’s which is great but means you need a B to C adaptor if you want to plug (more than one) standard USB peripheral in. About 16 on here.
Conclusion: You know you want it. You know people are going to see the second screen and go wow. It’s a Porsche of a laptop – got the looks and power, got the quirks but it really does do the job. Anyone using a laptop for media creation professionally, need look no further.
I don’t do much apart from office and PDF work so this is fast. Responsive. Decent battery (although I try not to max out brightness etc).
Some people complained about keys and keypad. I don’t mind them. I actually like the feeling of the keyboard. As touch screen I don’t use the touch pad but when I do not major issue. Overall good.
No complaints.
Too early to give proper review.
Seen once, loved it , bought it. Stylish ,small, well built and fast for what i use it. Battery performance depends on how you use it, from 6 hours and more… Bad part is the annoying Window 11, hopefully that one will be improved by the Microsoft in the future.. i would recommend it if you don’t want a gaming laptop
The 14″ ZenBook Duo is a little bit science fiction – you can’t believe it has so much technology in a 14″ chassis! The top half is a normal laptop, with a high resolution screen, thin bezels and a webcam (that supports Windows Hello). The bottom is the clever bit – the keyboard has been shrunk and compressed a bit, with a touchpad on the side, so that the top half of the deck can support a second fullwidth high resolution touchscreen, tilted towards you. Windows treats this like a second monitor, and Asus has also included some smart software that allows you to reorganise and swap windows, use it as a quick launcher for apps and commands, or use it as a big touchpad.
This makes it a multi-tasking powerhouse – as I type this review on the main screen, I have my email and messages on the second screen. I have also been using it for copy editing – with a main Word document on the big screen and a second reference document on the smaller one, copying and pasting between them.
Everything else is also bang on – loads of ports, strong battery life and a nice clicky action to the keyboard. It is powerful too – everything feels quite zippy with the quad-core 11th Gen i5 processor.
I am really pleased with it – and for only 900 I think it is tremendous value. Asus don’t skimp either – it comes with a leather carry case and a stylus pen for the screens, extras that other manufacturers make you pay more for.
Highly recommended.
The twin screens are something different and I’m yet to benefit from the 2nd screen but again it’s something to try! The resolutions of the screens are excellent as is the onboard sound. All in all I’d say “well done Asus”, another 9/10.
Yes it’s a heavy laptop by todays standards but it is incredibly capable. Touchscreen and pen work great had no problem getting used to the keyboard at the bottom. Yes you sacrifice a dedicated number pad but I tend to use it with a mouse so switch the touchpad over to numberpad mode which suffices for my purposes. Love the dual screen. Even the bottom one is about the same resolution as my 43″ ultra wide desktop monitor so lovely and sharp. The only thing I’d say is I wish the top main screen had the same Matt anti reflective coating as the bottom one.
Great product, the screenpad is fantastic and responsive. Windows 11 fully functional. Got some great Asus deals on the side including light room etc. But battery life is terrible probably 3 hours when you are intensively using. Longer pro 5 hours if you do light work and no updates running in the background. So far as you will use it as you home laptop and not substantially during commutes this is really fantastic. I should have waited till black Friday as I would have got an extra 200 pounds off…
PROS
CPU is very very fast.
dual screen is incredibly handy.
Not many 14″ laptops with an RTX chip, it can run games to a decent standard.
Very good build quality, feels solid.
Keyboard keys feel very nice.
Touch screen works well with fingers or supplied pen, on both screens.
touch pad is small but works well.
Headphone audio output is very good.
Plenty of port options including memory card reader.
Can charge it up from USB-C port.
CONS
It runs hot.
Fans are noisy when its working hard.
battery life pretty bad.
Its quite heavy for its size.
Second screen has a grainy look to it.
Speakers are only average.
Laptop only runs at full speed when its connected to the very large power pack.
Ergonomics are a bit weird due to second screen taking up space.
Asus software that enables the laptop second screen features is only average.
CONCLUSION
I’m happy with the laptop but I would only recommend it if you really need that second screen. Don’t buy it just for novelty as there are sacrifices made due to the form factor. But if you really need that extra screen space you cant beat it.
The RTX graphics chip eats the battery, the model without RTX will probably have much better battery life, so only get the RTX version if you need it.
ADVICE
Make sure you run all the Asus updates including Bios.
You will need to play around with the My Asus app to get the screen colours displaying properly. By default its way over saturated.
Superb screens.
And the use of second screen works great for me.
OK battery life isn’t 9 hours but I get 6 and that’s more than enough…. I love this and have had plenty laptops in my time
Few months in…. And here’s an update.
Build quality is good, very good feels substantial.
Looks, very nice design, very eye catching.
Displays, beautiful, crystal clear… Love them both.
Spec, i9 1tb 32gb is the one to go for…… Worth extra ‘s
Use of two screens, I would now be lost without this set up…. Runs 7 progs displaying at same time with no effort whatsoever.
Support, asus support for updates and system checks v. Good
Size, compact portable…… Spot on.
Power consumption, better than my hp i9, I have no complaints…… Don’t believe all the reviews moaning about battery…
Pen, can’t tell you as not used…… Lol. I do use a mouse but the touch pad is more than sufficient….
Keyboard, responsive and can touch type with ease.
I would rate this laptop 9/10……..simple as tha
Quality materials, for case and engineering including the stick on angle devise, although thinking this is so useful it should be built in.
Standard set up of connections, chip, ram, SSD creates a stable fast environment suitable for almost any task. HDMI has been a real bonus, even in this world of multiple adaptors.
Working it is an instant multi tasking tool, literally I have upped my work rate, ongoing main tasks while secondary screen for support, ie email, project management, messages, calendar etc.
Playing, main screen films, games etc and secondary is music, messaging, emails, whatever you are into.
Or combine working on one, music and messaging on the other, the choice and work rate is yours.
The above does count specialist applications where ASUS combines its own digital control interfaces and the work space for specific specialist software ie photoshop etc. The only problem for me, which needs to be addressed, is although it uses a usbC charger connection, it does not except charging from a power bank. Battery life is good if you let it charge efficiently (check the options in set up) but as a travel laptop its missing that component.
Caveat to above, I had to watch a number of ASUS and 3rd party videos to learn how to use the features, and there’s still more to learn.
For me the work and the pleasure to use, read ‘means’, has justified the cost.