ASUS ZenBook UX360CA and LENOVO Yoga YB1 review

ASUS last year in the spring new conference, released a flagship lightweight portable product -- ASUS ZENBOOK U360 13 inch. This product will be in the light of play to perfection and collocation the core M processor, was released to attract the attention of countless.

One year later, at the beginning of the year 2016, ASUS brought the upgrading of this product - U360CA version for us. New products using the sixth generation core i5 6200U processor, the performance is better. Today this product arrived in ZOL testing room, we interpret for you.

Zenbook is ASUS main light concept of high-end products, the family of U360 with 6cell ASUS ZenBook UX360CA Battery good inherited series design idea, in addition to the concentric circle hairline cover logo, the use of metal material also has been a continuation of, the tradition of the wedge-shaped body into more

ASUS U360CA for the user to provide two different color antipathy, obsidian and powder gold, this update, we get the evaluation of products for the black version of Ben, natural black aluminum metallic taste strong, also revealed a hint of purple, is very elegant. As a star product, ASUS U360CA process is not the said, the surprise of the diamond cutting edge let the whole texture is very exquisite lines over smooth mellow, strong chiaroscuro, very eye-catching.

ZenBook U360CA is a 13.3 inch light of this, the version of the standard is the sent test version is equipped with a full HD wide viewing angle of the screen, high version with resolution up to 3200 * 1800 ultra clear panel. Last year the U305 was about 1.22 kg weight, thickness of about 1.23 cm, was the most. This year's U360CA with built-in ASUS UX360C Battery due equipped with stronger sixth generation core processor, a slight increase in the thickness of the weight, respectively, reached 1.3 kg and 1.6 cm, is also very thin.

Lenovo has used flex as the 270 degrees corner supported touch screen notebook computer production line of code, allowing computers to fold, make the keyboard bracket into the chassis, the opening angle is 270 degrees. And the latest Flex 3 series products can reach 360 degrees, you can instantly turn your laptop into a tablet PC. What is the smart activity? How is the performance of the product? Highlights and what? With more than three questions, let us look at how Flex 3 is a product.

In English, Flex originally intended to "bend, bend," meaning, the Flex 3 series contains 11 inches, 14 inches and 15 inches screen size version of the three. And editing the hands get flex 3 1580 flip notebook, the machine has a notebook, standing, tents and flat four performance models, able to meet most of the needs of daily life, it can be said is a set of games, work, touch, and a multi model experience in the products.

Tent mode is equivalent to a bracket of the ordinary tablet, thanks to Lenovo flex 3 1580 mature double shaft technology, tent mode practical experience is very stable, two plane formed stable triangle structure, unlike the market 10493 tablet stand, tent support is completely depend on the deformation angle of the product itself and complete, so the user when viewing, do not worry too much of its stability, the model also apply in a crowded environment.

Comprehensive use of a variety of patterns, Lenovo flex 3 1580 in business properties compared to the traditional notebook has more advantages, using a rich environment, whether it is a spacious premises, or compact small area, we can see that it is a "practical" products. In addition, in the process of editing using Flex, 3 of the turnover shaft is still quite strong, whether it is a normal laptop mode or tent, standing, flat mode, we can arbitrarily no pressure conversion.

Lenovo Flex 31580 supports up to ten touch screen, equipped with a physical Windows button on the right side of the fuselage, collocation pre installed Windows 8.1 operating system, so that the machine has better touch experience. In addition, the Lenovo Flex 31580 at the top of the screen is also a central 0.3M network camera, both sides also have a built-in microphone in the left and right, easy network video call.

Flex 3 1580 pre installed genuine with 45wh LENOVO Flex 3-1580 Battery, office and entertainment all mention, in the configuration, the machine adopts currently 14 nm Technology Intel fifth generation core processor I, performance has been fully guaranteed. In addition, in terms of graphics flex 3 1580NVIDIA 920M independent graphics, although not the GTX series of games this configuration, 920M was able to upgrade for the flex 3 impressive graphics performance.

Life, ASUS is equipped with a 50Whr lithium polymer battery, battery testing tools using PCMark8 test, connected to a wireless network in the process of testing, close the keyboard backlight power supply mode to energy saving, the screen brightness to 50%, turn off the sound, in a staggered test daily office, 3D games, entertainment and many other tasks. ASUS UX305 ultimate life score of 4 hours 4 minutes, appropriate to reduce the intensity of use should be able to achieve 6 hours of battery life, but the performance is not outstanding, presumably due to the drag on the graphics card equipped with continuous navigation performance.

If the most recommended Windows in the light of which is the one, after which should be added to this UX305 with ASUS UX305U Battery, thin body, excellent screen and beyond the same type of notebook is very worthy of the strong performance of the reasons. But if possible, small series that 3K level screen notebook for some chicken ribs, rather than save part of the cost to the memory or SSD (users can upgrade their own), both to enhance the performance and reduce power consumption. ASUS UX305 may not be comparable with the use of the Corelle gorilla glass shell UX301, but its hardware workmanship, the performance of the screen is not inferior, with a more expensive price, it will be a new choice for portable friends.

Lenovo Yoga YB1 uses one type touch panel, touch panel border around the similarly for the gold, the after fine processing of glitter, and keyboard echo from afar. In the interface equipment, Lenovo Yoga YB1 on the right side of the fuselage are power key (with lamp) headset, combined with an interface and USB 3.0 interface. In the left side of the fuselage interface for the power supply interface (support USB 2 transfer), the indicator light, Type-C USB interface and a key to restore the button.

Lenovo Yoga YB1 thickness of only 12.8 mm, weight 999g, is the world's thinnest notebook models, relatively speaking the interface configuration is fairly good, can meet a variety of user needs, but when necessary, still need to with adapter or expansion joints. In addition, Yoga YB1 with 4cell LENOVO Yoga YB1 Battery in portability and to prolong the life time, built to ensure the density in the industry the highest cell (high density of 700wh/ liters). The thin machine this machine is equipped with FHD screen to achieve a 12 hour battery life, whether it is meeting, watch movies or on long haul flights, users don't have to worry about power problems, remove the worries, from another perspective, to further expand the radius is used, reduce the user out of office equipment load. However, according to the author's evaluation of Lenovo YOGA 4 Pro point of view, the series of products of the power adapter is not heavy, even if the adapter to join its travel weight in the market performance is still eye-catching performance of similar products.

Master Lu finally put a test results as a benchmark, more than one hundred thousand points... Daily application is enough. Thermal testing is still double bake test using AIDA 64 for CPU, GPU, after more than 30 minutes by temperature and thermal imager sensor display to determine the heat dissipation capability of the machine.

In the test, the UX305L with 6cell ASUS UX305L Battery and 6200U can keep working in high frequency, reducing frequency phenomenon did not occur due to overheating caused by. CPU fan also did not like the expected to run, has been maintained at a relatively quiet state. From the results, the highest positive temperature is not more than 41 degrees, touch up touch is just lukewarm. And D surface temperature is only reflected in the heat sink, can be comfortable on the legs or the use of the knee.

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