This is the most versatile device Asus has ever created: The Zenbook 17 Fold

(Pocket-lint) - Asus has contiguous revealed what it's calling the astir versatile instrumentality it has ever created. The Asus Zenbook 17 Fold is simply a flexible, foldable laptop that's designed to beryllium utilized successful each mode of formats. 

As you mightiness person gathered from the name, the Asus Zenbook 17 Fold (UX9702) is simply a ample foldable laptop with an awesome screen. 

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Unfolding this laptop you'll beryllium greeted by a 17.3-inch show with a 2560x1920 solution and 4:3 facet ratio. But you tin besides fold it into a much accepted format and power the show to a 12.5-inch 3:2 1080p option. 

It comes with a full-size, detachable Bluetooth keyboard that allows you to usage it arsenic a accepted laptop, but if you privation much screens you tin popular that disconnected and power to a smaller on-screen keyboard instead. Fully unfolded it tin beryllium utilized successful PC mode wherever you fundamentally person a ample surface you tin enactment connected portion utilizing an external keyboard and mouse. 

Naturally, the Zenbook 17 Fold besides folds retired into a tablet mode wherever you tin marque the astir of the ample surface and browse the web, ticker videos oregon collaborate with colleagues. 

Asus is keen to item the convenience of this device. With plan highlights that effect successful a much intuitive idiosyncratic experience. The included keyboard, for example, is designed with the aforesaid spacing for the keys arsenic a accepted desktop keyboard. So you'll get a earthy consciousness erstwhile typing. It tin besides beryllium paired with aggregate devices and has relation furniture keys similar audio keys, brightness and much for casual use. 

Inside the Zenbook 17 Fold boats Intel Core i7 12th gen processor options, Intel Iris Xe graphics and more. It supports Wi-Fi 6E and has a Wi-Fi stabiliser to guarantee a coagulated connection. 

This laptop has dual cameras with colour sensors and 2 webcams to automatically set the brightness and colour temp of the surface according to your surrounding environment. It besides uses an adaptive fastener with an IR sensor which volition fastener it erstwhile you rotation distant oregon dim the surface erstwhile you're not looking astatine it. 

As you mightiness expect, Asus has worked hard to make thing that's utile but besides durable. Testing has seemingly shown the hinge connected the Zenbook 17 Fold is susceptible of folding and unfolding 30,000 times, which equates to astir 8 years of use. 

A 75Wh battery, Harmon Kardon speakers with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos and a 1.6KG framework circular disconnected the package. Find retired much astir it here. 

Writing by Adrian Willings. Originally published connected 5 January 2022.