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日本ASUS Vivobook 15 (X1502) – Top 5 Pros and Cons
The Vivobook 15 (X1502) comes in as one of the more affordable Vivobooks, while still providing portability, good features, and the latest hardware from Intel. In fact, it’s not locked at the least powered Alder Lake U-series, coming with several P-series chips as well, which definitely give the laptop a stronger kick, when it comes to competing with competitors. Is this Vivobook 15 right for you?
Stick around to find out as we present you with LaptopMedia’s top 5 picks about the ASUS Vivobook 15 (X1502).
ASUS Vivobook 15 (X1502): Full Specs / In-depth Review
4 reasons to BUY the ASUS Vivobook 15 (X1502)
1. Design and build quality
The laptop comes with a clean design, using aluminum for the lid and plastic for the base and bottom panel. Furthermore, the whole body has an antimicrobial coating, which is perfect for keeping the area clean and sanitary, if, for example, you’re working at a hospital and are around germs and many people. Durability turned out to be pretty good, as the metal lid is resistant to flex, while the base didn’t give us an inch as well, which is surprising. Once we were in the teardown process, we found out that the base has a metal frame, so now we know why. As for portability, this is a pretty portable 15-inch device, weighing 1.70 kg and having a profile of 19.9 mm.
2. Upgradeability
The device has decent upgradeability, with one SODIMM slot and one M.2 slot for Gen 4 SSDs. There is up to 8GB of soldered memory as well, so the laptop can survive and thrive, even with the increasing RAM requirements for apps and even the OS that we use.
Here is our teardown video which shows how to access both the RAM and SODIMM slots.
3. Battery life
The laptop does pretty well with its 42Wh battery, which we have to say is quite small. But, with a U-series CPU, it seems to hold on for relatively long, giving us 8 hours and 40 minutes of Web browsing, or 6 hours and 5 minutes of video playback. Now, we conduct the battery tests with the Windows Better performance setting turned on, screen brightness adjusted to 120 nits, and all other programs turned off except for the one we are testing the notebook with.
4. Display quality
We don’t really expect professional-level color reproduction from a device as affordable as the Vivobook 15, and if you don’t too, you’ll be satisfied with the panel that the device brings. The Full HD IPS screen comes with good viewing angles, a peak brightness of 269 nits, and a good contrast ratio of 1270:1. Also, the panel doesn’t use PWM at all, so you’re safe to use it for prolonged periods of time.
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1 reason NOT to buy the ASUS Vivobook 15 (X1502)
1. I/O
The port selection of the Vivobook 15 still needs some more work, with one USB 2.0 port, two more Type-A 3.2 (Gen. 1) ports, an HDMI 1.4 port, an audio jack, and a USB Type-C 3.2 (Gen. 1) port, which only works for data transfer and doesn’t have any of the cool Power Delivery or DisplayPort features.
Would you recommend it for someone just starting university software engineer path. I have good pc home to play heavy games and run heavy programs but need laptop for uni and for some movies and maybe light gaming nothing AAA.