ASUS Zenbook Fold Review: 17' Laptop In A 12' Bag

[ASUS ZENBOOK 17 FOLD REVIEW]

Folding smartphones have made it possible to put tablets in our pockets, or to re-live the halcyon days of our flip-phone youth. But if you take that same flexible-display technology and scale it up to something the size of a big college textbook … you end up with a fully fledged Windows 11 PC that can unfold into a 12.5" laptop … or a giant 17.3" mobile workstation! True, Lenovo beat 'em to the punch, but ASUS now offers the biggest flexible-screen PC (if you can stomach the price tag).

I'm Michael Fisher; join me for my impressions after 12 days with the ASUS Zenbook 17 Fold OLED – and stick around till the end for an early look at the device the Zenbook Fold will be doing battle with: Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Fold (2022 edition).

[SUBSCRIBE TO MRMOBILE]

[ABOUT MRMOBILE’S ASUS ZENBOOK 17 FOLD REVIEW]

MrMobile’s ASUS Zenbook 17 Fold OLED Review was produced following twelve days with a Zenbook 17 Fold OLED review sample provided by ASUS. Additional footage of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold 2022 edition was captured at a media briefing in NYC ahead of IFA 2022.

MrMobile does not accept compensation from the manufacturers of the products he reviews in exchange for producing content. No payment was provided and no manufacturer or carrier was afforded a preview, editorial input or copy approval rights concerning this review. The lone sponsor of this video is Surfshark.

[MUSIC]

"Breathe" by Neon Beach [Soundstripe]:

"Business Calling" by Immersive Music [Premium Beat]:

“Mind in Motion” by Olive Musique, available at Premium Beat:

“Sunset Dreamz” by Neon Beach [Soundstripe]:

[CHAPTERS]

00:00 Flexible screens: not just for phones anymore
01:01 The "Jumbo Foldable"
02:58 The flexible PC, at home and abroad
08:28 The Competition: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold 2022 Hands-On
10:00 Pricing & Availability

[SOCIALIZE]

[DISCLOSURES]

#asuszenbook #zenbookfold #zenbook17fold #foldable #pc #windows11 #asuszenbook17foldoled #asus #foldingscreen #intothefold #thinkpadx1fold

[RockBandRS]

Can't wait for this concept to mature. I've been using a Surface Pro 6 for over 3 years now, and I love the versatility that a tablet/laptop hybrid provides.

[GFourGadget]

Been waiting for your video on it - certainly the best guy to talk about each and every kind of foldables 👍🏾

[Stories]

The Thinkpad fold makes Zenbook look like a prototype. They've improved lot from their first model.

[muneeb-khan]

The flow, the zephyrus G/M series, the fold, the zephyrus duo. Asus is doing incredible and unique work in the laptop space. I really like my G14 but this fold looks like a ton of fun. And I hope, like their other ideas they give it the effort and time the idea deserves. Avoiding the Microsoft or Google route of axing things after 3 seconds if it hasn’t made a billion dollars.

[nokiaairtel]

No other big youtubers mentioned these shortcoming ... kudos to you for being transparent

[DarkFiber]

I'd love to see a BT keyboard dock to the host foldable with four pogo pins. The keyboard could recharge and run as a USB keyboard, then.
It seems like such an easy fix. I wonder why Asus and Lenovo haven't done it.

[Riccardo_Mori]

Another Mr Mobile review, and so soon! The Zenbook 17 Fold looks like a very interesting project, but I'm already piqued by that new upcoming ThinkPad X1 Fold. Great, enjoyable review as usual, Michael! Cheers, //Rick

[MrTam]

I love the form factor of the Thinkpad, the fabric case too, is pretty classy! Kind of reminds me of the old leather cases of the kindle keyboard, in a good way.

[fractallusion]

Seeing that giant screen with the Bluetooth keyboard just looks insane and so cool. Looking forward to the state of foldables in a few years, when things are more refined.

[predpalina]

Would like to see this head to head comparison with Thinkpad X1 Fold2. I believe, the latter is more mature being a second edition.

[LMPtm]

why your channel only has 1.19m subscribers, baffles me. Great content as always!

[maxval]

I've been an Apple user for over a decade simply because of predictability and stability. But for the first time I see a product so interesting and novel (to me at least) that I would be open to change and give something as cool as this a try. Even with its shortcomings :D

[EwanJP]

Folding laptops really do see the way forward in terms of bridging the gap between laptop and desktop. It’s amazing that you can now walk around with a 17” all-in-one desktop in your backpack and can shrink it down to a 14” laptop when on the go!

I look forward to later iterations when the software is fleshed out and we have a bit more power under the hood to truly be a “desktop replacement” in a broad sense

[DorifutoRabbit]

It's great to see more foldable laptops, and competition between two companies should stop them resting on their laurels instead of innovating. Another great review!

[GadgetyMV]

Thank you for this realistic review! Looking forward to a more detailed comparison to the X1 Fold 2022

[oo]

Seriously this dude deserves more subscribers 🤷‍♂️ he’s obviously one of the better higher quality content Creators…

[antioneharmon]

Mr. Mobile I just got my Zenbook Fold on Thursday and I've been using it like crazy. It's an awesome machine. I had a Surface book 3 and have put it back in it's box. I love this innovation, and I decided on this and not the ThinkPad fold gen 2, because the fabric back just looks cheap. So far so good. So if you got 3800 to spend I definitely recommend this product.

[souleaterfeeder]

Gotta have it. Don't care about price I buy everything that even has a hint of new and excitement to it. Glad we have new things still coming out! Can't wait to pick this one up when it launches

[blitzerblitz]

i just bought Zenbook Duo 14 last year, and now this. how tech flies fast..the Duo itself already awesome the smaller screen is no gimmick as u can place for example numpad, calculator, and a Chrome tab all in that 2nd screen at same time. let alone what this Fold can do.

[billyblanks]

I always appreciate your thoughts and reviews. Please keep up the great work.