ASUS launches premium laptops with up to 4K OLED screens
What's the story
Taiwanese tech giant ASUS has launched its latest Lingyao-series of laptops, the Lingyao Pro 14 and Lingyao Pro 16, in China. The line-up carries a starting price-tag of CNY 6,999 (roughly Rs. 79,900) and is up for pre-orders via the company's official website. The laptops come with up to 4K OLED displays, up to AMD Ryzen 9 processor, and NVIDIA GeForce RTX graphics.
Design and display
The laptops have a matte black body
The ASUS Lingyao 14 and Lingyao 16 feature a matte black body with narrow bezels, an aluminium alloy chassis, a keyboard, and a standard trackpad. The former bears a 90Hz, 14.0-inch QHD+ (2880x1800 pixels) OLED screen, whereas the latter boasts a 120Hz, 16.0-inch 4K (3840x2400 pixels) OLED display. The duo has a 16:10 screen aspect ratio, HDR support, and 100% DCI-P3 color gamut.
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They offer Wi-Fi 6 connectivity support
The ASUS Lingyao Pro 14 and Pro 16 have two USB 2.0 ports, a USB 3.2 Generation-1 Type-A and Type-C port, an HDMI 1.4 slot, a micro-SD card reader, and a 2-in-1 audio jack. They offer support for Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0 wireless connectivity.
Internals
They are equipped with 512GB of SSD storage
The ASUS Lingyao Pro 14 and Lingyao Pro 16 are powered by up to AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX processors. The former packs a 63Wh battery, whereas the latter houses a 96Wh battery. They are loaded with up to 4GB of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti GPUs, AMD Radeon graphics, 16GB of DDR4 RAM, and 512GB of SSD storage.
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How much do the laptops cost?
The ASUS Lingyao Pro 14 costs CNY 6,999 (roughly Rs. 79,900) for the Ryzen 7 5800H model and CNY 7,699 (around Rs. 87,900) for the Ryzen 9 5900HX version. The Lingyao Pro 16 costs CNY 8,999 (approximately Rs. 1,02,700) for the Ryzen 9 5900HX model.