ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED UX7602 (2023) - THE REVIEW

[@crazyelf1]

Last year's had an OLED 3840 x 2400 @ 60Hz and its 400 nits, whereas this year's OLED seems to be 3200 x 1200 @ 120 Hz and is 500 nits,. Hopefully we will see a future version with 3840 x 2400 @ 120 Hz with >500 nits, along with all of the next year's components. That also means a better GPU that can drive that level of FPS at maximum resolution. One thing I would like to see is more upgrade capability - in particular the laptop needs slots for more RAM, more SSD slots, and for the wifi card to be upgradeable. Andrew - how does the sound system compare to the Macbook Pro 14 / 16? Generally the MBP 16 is considered to have the top audio solution on mobile.

[@williamcohen3351]

Beautiful laptop for content creators no doubt. Camera looked good and mics sounded clear. Display is good. Speaker sounded good. Nice the way they packaged this. You mentioned that the battery life running the PC mark 10 modern office test was not so good. This is probably because the Nvidia graphics card is drawing power from the battery. You might want to try rerunning the test after disabling the Nvidia graphics card and running it off on the internal iris graphics. Just a thought. Nice TouchPad although the numpad is gimmicky. Overall a powerful machine. Great review.

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Yes, good idea. For the record, most people will not even know how to disable the graphics so I tend to test in conditions that most people would use the device.

[@williamcohen3351]

​@@andrewmarcdavidI understand. As I said it was just a thought.

[@andrewmarcdavid]

@@williamcohen3351 but I will check it as I am curious

[@williamcohen3351]

@@andrewmarcdavid Thank you. It will be interesting to see the result.

[@EnochGitongaKimathi]

​@@andrewmarcdavidit would be good if it switched to internal graphics automatically when on battery and revert to discrete graphics when plugged in

[@SaarN1337]

It wouldn't be as fast if it didn't come with soldered ram, that's the whole point of the custom cpu package this laptop is using. Instead of having long traces to upgradeable memory modules, they stuck the lpddr5x memory chips right next to the cpu core, and with smaller traces you get extra 1000MT/s over Intel's specifications for this chip (Intel's website states 6400MT/s max), AND since it requires less space (no SODIMM slots needed and less space needed for the core itself) - they upgraded the cooling for this thing. 64GB is plenty fast, and although it's expensive - it is not 'workstation-expensive'. A Lenovo P1 can cost you 4-6k and will never come with a gorgeous high refresh rate screen or fast ram, so if you don't need a "Quadro" (nvidia doesn't use the term Quadro anymore) certified card, this seems pretty cost effective for both work and 'pleasure'. The only downside for me would be the weight - carrying a 2+kg laptop and another 2kg for a charger is a nightmare, I've done it with my previous Dell Precision and will never do it again.

[@v3er569]

Too bad about lack of availability and battery life. More in depth performance numbers on and off battery would've been good to see. Thanks for the review.

[@rafaelperez9652]

The ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED UX7602 (2023) is simply a Stunning laptop for sure with Great specs which includes a clear 1080p webcam quality, beautiful OLED display, clear internal mics and Great sound from the built-in speakers!! The negatives as I see it are the Soldered RAM which I don't understand why on a 16" laptop they would do this and the not so great battery life. The Biggest turnoff for a lot of customers though has to be the price which at $3499.99 is Highly Prohibitive to say the least! Great review Andrew once again my friend! 👍😁

[@hermanstokbrood]

Now, this is what you call an high-end laptop.

[@DANNY40379]

Not a fan of that dial, it should be integrated in the touchpad instead like the 14" 4070 version of this laptop

[@TheDude50447]

On the Asus store the 4080 model is 4300€ here in germany. Interestingly the 4080 model is only available with 32GB of LPDDR5 while the 500€ cheaper 4070 model is only available with 64GB of LPDDR5x. I personally would like to see a ryzen option with a 7940hs for example. Intel is a bit too power hungry for these formfactors imo.

[@RikoFlex67]

I can't help but wait for next years models. I think they will blow this years out of the water and across the board.

[@PKperformanceEU]

MacBook m3pro/max will blow the Intel 14-15gen out of the water for sure. Even currently m2max leads the mobile pack and there is nothing you can do about it

[@RikoFlex67]

@@PKperformanceEU You can't do nothing on Macbook lol everyhting runs on Intel and windows lol

[@vimalramachandran]

@@PKperformanceEU No touchscreen on Mac, so no buy.

[@DANNY40379]

The world runs on Windows dude, never once did I ever consider an AAPL computer@@PKperformanceEU

[@mulciberus]

Asus has had a lot of quality control problems. Regardless of this unit's excellent features, and your presentation sure showed them to best advantage, when some trivial thing like a hinge or power connector to the display, or that fancy, pop-up keyboard one day fails to work, it's just the WORST. Unfortunately this was a test unit, but I'd love to see you do a presentation on QC in general. You must have a lot of experience. Thanks for the great work.

[@oartmans]

agree. after having to send back 2 Asus laptops for in total 5 times in 7 months, where they often do symptom 'fixing' actions like reinstalling the BIOS, it's clear for me to never buy an Asus again.

[@Jeremiahb3821]

for anyone else wanting a different perspective, I've owned this exact laptop for about 6 months now, no hardware issues. Software is a different experience tho. MyAsus is deeply integrated into the firmware and it doesn't always work (RGB shuts off randomly, oled screen flicker). Overall it's been an amazing device, super powerful and great for art/creation. Just...be ready to deal with a few software glitches before having your dream machine 😅👌🏻

[@vimalramachandran]

Excellent review as always, Andrew. The weight and battery life are the major drawbacks. I would have loved to see a comparison of this with the 2022 model.

[@StephenPursey]

They're nearly identical with the exception of a few internal changes

[@brewbearz1136]

I have been looking forward to getting this! Hopefully it comes to Malaysia soon. Thanks so much for the review! Awesome content and to the point. Keep up the great work!

[@J14W31]

I'm from Malaysia too looking for Wacom EMR kind of windows tablet..It's a niche market but useful for some people

[@UltraViolet-tf4vb]

What a good review!

[@EnochGitongaKimathi]

The Intel APU is manufactured using Intel 7. For the sake of such beautiful devices I hope Intel can keep to their accelerated road map so that we can reach a level of performance and power efficiency for all day battery life. Before Apple Silicon I almost always used a laptop plugged in. I look forward to the day we can forget the charger on a weekend trip and be fine.

[@jaimeasensi]

You are doing a great work Andrew. Always nice to see your reviews. Keep it up!

[@airekh1]

Good review as always, Andrew.

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@slay_da_beest]

Love the review, and this device. Unfortunately, price is out of my league. Would like to see a review of the Asus Creator Q Laptop for half the price of the 16x with some similar specs minus the bells and whistles and RTX 3050 gpu. 👍🏽

[@roddylee6472]

Yeah I'm considering that one and it's weird how absolutely no one is reviewing it it's like it doesn't exist

[@ilyich.guatemala]

Charger is so huge, so you can nail something with this one) Thank you for review!

[@andrewmarcdavid]

280W is a a big boy charger.

[@akshayballal]

Great Video! Just a suggestion... please divide the videos into chapters

[@andrewmarcdavid]

There are chapters. Please check again.

[@HDRPC]

This is my most favorite laptop and it is overall winner 🏆 in all aspects in my opinion.

[@charmingarpit1982]

Eagerly waiting for Vivobook Pro 16x OLED now.

[@HDRPC]

Thanks my most favorite laptop and didn't disappoint me in anything. I don't use laptops on battery a lot. Working on battery power degrades battery health very very quickly. I have seen many MacBook Pro m1 pro users. Their battery health is at 85% in just 18 months and only runs 4 hours.🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ Now they have to replace battery.

[@HuntaKiller91]

Decent for almost two year Even my Xiaomi phone is still around 92% battery health almost three years in All device hv battery degradation on them plus replacement is quite cheap for windows laptop

[@HDRPC]

@@HuntaKiller91 yes bro

[@HDRPC]

@@HuntaKiller91 less than 18 months/ less than 2 years still runs half of what is was running.

[@RikoFlex67]

Next years model will be so much better than ths 1. You should have waited

[@HDRPC]

@@RikoFlex67 yes i know due to Intel core ULTRA Meteorlake chips.

[@ddvantandar-kw7kl]

34k is affordable if ok i will ask the amazon people to deliver

[@alawiSahel]

The biggest deal breaker for me is that lifting keyboard, and it just increases the possibility of breaking.

[@OfficialTimeDesigns]

Unfortunately it's also bad from an ergonomical perspective

[@duvalbailey3502]

Are you a kid??? Just don’t break it

[@Jeremiahb3821]

had this laptop for 6 months already and not a single issue with any hardware mechanism, including the lifting keyboard. Software is spotty, but yea this particular laptop seems engineered very well, so I wouldn't worry

[@martinpham4691]

if guys wait for a few months the price gonna drop like a rock 500-1k normally, then it will be bang for buck

[@hritamnath4919]

Finally, thank you sir 🔥

[@sekanibart334]

Why did you compare Davinci resolve test with m1 pro when you just used m2 max for cinebench multi-core?

[@andrewmarcdavid]

That is what I have in studio

[@DarkoNomad]

Good review but that music was somehow inappropriate if not really horrible xD

[@firdausbj1]

I am still looking for a content creator laptop which is light to travel around everywhere, has a 14” screen and at least Nvidia GTX 1650 graphics. So far it does not exist. This Zenbook Pro 16x would give me back problems.

[@MahadiHasan-yj7ru]

Hey Andrew, please don't forget to check how the mini display port on the Lenovo tab extreme works with windows or Mac mini pc

[@MastaFista]

The lack of a numpad to the side is a deal breaker for me

[@Leahkeys9]

Awesome review. I really appreciate you comparing it to the galaxy ultra, which I actually just picked up last week 😂. Definitely keeping an eye on Asus for when I might need an upgrade

[@RikoFlex67]

Next years versions both Asus, Samsung and Dell will be so much better 😘

[@vimalramachandran]

@@RikoFlex67 Next year's version will always be better than the current year's.

[@RikoFlex67]

@@vimalramachandran noooo

[@vimalramachandran]

@RikoFlex67 What no? That's the rule of thumb.

[@maxgingold9313]

Do you know when you will review the ZenBook pro 14 oled? (ux6404)

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Hopefully soon.

[@gianpaololeardi2772]

Hi I like a lot your reviews. Wanted to ask your opinion about the keyboard compared to Thinkpad. I have an X1 Carbon and looking to buy either this or a Lenovo but I definitely love the Thinkpad keyboard

[@andrewmarcdavid]

The Thinkpad keyboard is the best in my opinion.

[@kenyakking]

So close...not sure why they soldered the memory when there's plenty of space 😞 Dual m2 and dual mem slots should be easy in a 16" laptop 😕 It looks great otherwise, especially the keyboard and trackpad.

[@SleepWarz]

Any chance of checking out the zenbook 14 flip good sir? Cheers!

[@tryhard3244]

Hey Marc do you think it's worth the upgrade from the last gen i9 model?

[@massivel4513]

Please review the Acer Predator 14 4070 with a mini led screen. Nobody has reviewed it yet.

[@sircasino614]

My zenbook pro 16x sometimes registers 2 finger motions as 3 fingers... kinda screws me up a lot.

[@mohammedsharawy4662]

HEllo ANdrew thank you so much for your fruitful videos,if you could review Asus rog flow 16 2023 version i would be pleased to hear your opinion

[@sok9san947]

Can you review Asus Vivobook and Asus ProArt Studiobook ?😊

[@alejandronuno9829]

No HP Envy review?

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Working on Envy 16 Review. Already did live unboxing

[@alejandronuno9829]

@@andrewmarcdavid ty boss

[@DANNY40379]

that dial lies directly underneath your wrist when typing/gaming doesn't it?

[@NoBetterTech]

03:10 Asus Pen: Can the touch screen rotate 360 degrees to be in tablet mode? Or cannot - do you write as is with Asus Pen on a 90-150~ degrees touch screen, from the keyboard?

[@HDRPC]

First viewer from India😎😎

[@racerboii6086]

Such models are not available in India early

[@McShweezy]

@@racerboii6086 Tell me about it.😑🫤😕

[@alonzofineart2428]

I am looking for a new Windows laptop and this one would be under consideration.

[@Ar_Pachauri]

Can you do a Dell G15 (2023) i7 RTX 4050 variant review ?

[@ilyasbayramov5324]

Hi the name of the keyboard you are using ?

[@J14W31]

Does Asus Pen 2.0 give jittery/wavy lines when draw diagonally slowly? Because I was tempted to buy Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360 where it uses Wacom EMR digitizer which doesn't create jitterry/wavy lines when draw diagonally.

[@MrMaw24]

How does it compare to last year's model with the 3060 wondering if makes sense to grab that one as it's half the price right now ?

[@Freshone48]

This year's model is alot better than the 2022 model in terms of performance. It's worth picking up 2023 version instead

[@johnnytopgun6414]

What happened @9:00 where the "xps 9530' changed from i9 13900 in single core benchmark to an i7 in the multicore 🤷‍♂️

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Typo

[@vytrocorp6754]

Its SD express ,speed up 1GB/s

[@M.ghanemoraby]

Hello sir my name is Mohamed and I needed a labtop to work on and life going rough on my parents economicly but when I look at prices in my country i think how can i afford it so this is the first video i watch for u this is incredible machine in performance and price can i ask for a favor to ship me this labtop for free and don't worry even if u didn't i pray to Allah to make u happy in ur life

[@ShreeniwashArts]

How does this laptop perform with Civil engineering software and designing, SketchUp Anyone with the knowledge please reply

[@andrewmarcdavid]

I would say it should work well for those tasks.

[@StephenPursey]

Okay, but when TF does it come out? It was announced nearly a year ago...

[@jgeronimoherrera]

Does the SD Card reader support SDXC?

[@shadowsmirk]

I don't understand how it can be both (a) color accurate, and (b) have 70% less harmful blue light.

[@andrewmarcdavid]

They use voodoo magic.

[@lavienrozy1867]

no MUX switch?

[@robertbokke]

Non upgradeable ram always a deal breaker for us consumers.

[@Hussainzidane]

I bought asus g56 in 2013 with 16 ram I have never upgraded since, 32 gb is enough I guess

[@tennissir1986]

Is Asus a reliable brand ?