[Video Review] ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED K3500 – budget-conscious pro device with great display


ASUS VivoBook Pro 15 OLED (K3500) in-depth review

ASUS' Vivobook family is expanding like the universe. You can pick from devices meant for every occasion. Either for casual Web browsing or for more content-creating-related stuff. In this case, the Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (K3500) is a mix of both. It is inexpensive, yet offers 35W Tiger Lake processors, and an optional RTX 3050 graphics card.As you can imagine, a key selling point of this laptop is its OLED display. In theory, this should allow the laptop to greatly outperform most of its competition. Of course, we take nothing for granted, and you will find our test results further in the [...]

Pros

  • Adequate pricing
  • Decent performance
  • 100% sRGB and DCI-P3 coverage (Samsung ATNA56YX03-0 (SDC4161))
  • HDR 600 support and infinite contrast ratio (Samsung ATNA56YX03-0 (SDC4161))
  • MicroSD card slot + Thunderbolt 4
  • Optional Wi-Fi 6 and fingerprint reader
  • Extracts the best out of the hardware

Cons

  • PWM usage (Samsung ATNA56YX03-0 (SDC4161))
  • Soldered memory
  • Two of its three USB Type-A ports are of 2.0 speeds

ASUS VivoBook Pro 15 OLED (K3500) - Specs

  • Samsung ATNA56YX03-0 (SDC4161)
  • Color accuracy  4.0  3.4
  • HDD/SSD
  • up to 1000GB SSD
  • RAM
  • up to 16GB
  • OS
  • Windows 11 Home, Windows 11 Pro, Windows 10 Home
  • Battery
  • 63Wh, 3-cell
  • Body material
  • Plastic / Polycarbonate, Aluminum
  • Dimensions
  • 359.8 x 235.3 x 18.9 ~ 19.9 mm (14.17" x 9.26" x 0.74")
  • Weight
  • 1.65 kg (3.6 lbs)
  • Ports and connectivity
  • 2x USB Type-A
  • 2.0
  • 1x USB Type-A
  • 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
  • 1x USB Type-C
  • Thunderbolt 4, Power Delivery (PD), DisplayPort
  • HDMI
  • 1.4
  • Card reader
  • MicroSD
  • Ethernet LAN
  • Wi-Fi
  • 802.11ax
  • Bluetooth
  • 5.0
  • Audio jack
  • 3.5mm Combo Jack
  • Features
  • Fingerprint reader
  • optional
  • Web camera
  • HD
  • Backlit keyboard
  • optional
  • Microphone
  • Array Microphone
  • Speakers
  • Speakers by Harman Kardon
  • Optical drive

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