Top 5 reasons to BUY or NOT to buy the ASUS ZenBook 13 OLED UM325

LaptopMedia.com Points forts Top 5 reasons to BUY or NOT to buy the ASUS ZenBook 13 OLED UM325

De: Severin Kolakov 01 Avril 2021 / 04:06 0

While ROG gets most of the love and attention from ASUS fans, we have to give props to its ZenBook lineup, which brings premium features and powerful hardware to people who appreciate and are willing to pay a pretty penny for them.

The ZenBook devices are some of the best-looking ones and the laptop that we will take a look at today makes no exception. Coming with the Ryzen 5000 U-series processors and an OLED screen, this device is definitely a one to look out for, if you’re in the market for a new daily driver, and you appreciate vibrant colors and performance.

Today we are presenting you with LaptopMedia’s top 5 picks about the ASUS ZenBook 13 OLED UM325.

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ASUS ZenBook 13 OLED UM325

Processeur: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Carte Vidéo: AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (R4000/5000, 15W)
RAM: 8GB RAM
STOCKAGE: 512GB SSD

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ASUS ZenBook 13

Processeur: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Carte Vidéo: AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (R4000/5000, 15W)
RAM: 8GB RAM
STOCKAGE: 512GB SSD

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ASUS ZenBook 13

Processeur: AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
Carte Vidéo: AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (R4000/5000, 15W)
RAM: 8GB RAM
STOCKAGE: 512GB SSD

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4 reasons to BUY the ASUS ZenBook 13 OLED UM325

1. The Design and build quality

Once you come in contact with the ASUS ZenBook 13 OLED UM325, you notice the craftsmanship and attention to detail that is put into these devices. The whole body is made out of metal, which gives the device a very cool-to-the-touch feeling and much-needed sturdiness and rigidity. Weight and height-wise, this is a very portable device, weighing only 1.11 kg and being just 13.9mm thick. The design is great, with the usual circular finish on the lid and glossy ASUS branding.

The lid can easily be opened with a single hand and doing so lifts up the base, for a more ergonomic typing experience, and a better airflow, something that ASUS calls “Ergolift”.

2. The Display

The ASUS ZenBook 13 OLED UM325 comes with a Full HD OLED panel, which is just exceptional. The display has comfortable viewing angles and an infinite contrast ratio. The maximum brightness is also quite high. Now, for the color coverage, the screen has a 100% coverage of the DCI-P3 color gamut, which is simply amazing and artists and designers will definitely appreciate it. The panel uses high-frequency PWM to adjust brightness, but it stops after the brightness reaches 100 nits. Thankfully, our Health-Guard profile fixes the issue.

The color accuracy isn’t as good as we would have wanted, with the panel getting a dE value of 3.5, when using our “Gaming and web design” profile. Below you can check out the results with both the factory settings (left) and with our “Gaming and web design” profile applied (right).

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Since our profiles are tailored for each individual display model, this article and its respective profile package are meant for ASUS ZenBook 13 UX325 configurations with 13.3″ Samsung ATNA33XC11-0 (SDC4158) (FHD, 1920 × 1080) OLED panel.

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Office Work devrait être utilisé principalement par les utilisateurs qui passent la plupart de leur temps à regarder des textes, des tableaux ou simplement à naviguer. Ce profil vise à offrir une meilleure distinction et clarté en maintenant une courbe gamma plate (2.20), une température de couleur native et des couleurs fidèles à la perception.

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Ce profil s'adresse aux designers qui travaillent avec les couleurs de manière professionnelle, ainsi qu'aux jeux et aux films. Design and Gaming pousse les dalles d'affichage à leurs limites, les rendant aussi précises que possible dans la norme sRGB IEC61966-2-1 pour le Web et la TVHD, au point blanc D65.

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Health-Guard

Health-Guard élimine la Modulation de Largeur d'Impulsion (PWM) nocive et réduit la lumière bleue négative qui affecte nos yeux et notre corps. Comme il est adapté à chaque dalle, il parvient à conserver des couleurs fidèles à la perception. Health-Guard simule le papier, ce qui réduit considérablement la pression sur les yeux.

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3. The Battery life

The laptop comes with a relatively large 67Wh battery back, which lasts for 13 hours and 53 minutes of Web browsing, and 15 hours of video playback. It did so 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. The Features and I/O

Being a ZenBook, the device brings premium features such as support for Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5. The I/O is decent as well, with the left side having an HDMI 2.0b connector and two USB Type-C 3.2 (Gen. 2) ports. Going over to the right side, you get a USB Type-A 3.2 (Gen. 1) port and an audio jack.

1 reason NOT to buy the ASUS ZenBook 13 OLED UM325

1. The Upgradeability

Unfortunately, being a slim and small laptop, the upgradability is mostly non-existent. The RAM is soldered onto the motherboard, so you better choose your configuration well, between the either 8 and 16GB of LPDDR4x RAM. As for the storage, there is a single M.2 PCIe x4 drive, which is located just above the CPU.

If you want to upgrade the storage on the ASUS ZenBook 13 OLED UM325, but you have no idea how, feel free to watch our in-depth teardown video, which shows you all the steps of how to safely get access to the M.2 slot.