Asus Zenbook UX302 Reviewed – A Powerful Haswell Ultrabook with Gaming Capabilities

The Asus Zenbook UX302 is one of the anticipated Ultrabooks from Asus, together with its brother the Asus Zenbook UX301. The UX301 and UX302 were previously known as the Asus Zenbook Infinity and later were renamed. These Ultrabooks are powered with the latest 4th generation Intel Core Haswell processors and feature a super slim aluminum body, and a lid covered with a scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass 3.

According to Asus, the Zenbook UX301/UX302 will look the same when the time you bought it, until the time you won’t be using it anymore (thanks to the Gorilla Glass surface). Of course that depends on how careful you are when using this Ultrabook. Definitely the glass and even the Ultrabook might get damaged when you accidentally drop it. Today let’s take a look at the Asus Zenbook UX302LG review. This Ultrabook is not available on the market yet (as of to date) but it is expected to be released very soon.

UPDATE: The Asus Zenbook UX301LA is now available in the US. Below is a quick look at it.

• 1.6GHz Intel Core i5-4200U Haswell CPU / 2.8GHz Intel Core i7-4558U Haswell CPU
• 2560 x 1440 Native Resolution
• 10-Point Touch IPS Display
• 8GB DDR3L 1600MHz Memory
• 2 x 128GB SSD in RAID 0 / 2 x 256GB SSD in RAID 0
• 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0
• 720p Webcam
• Bang & Olufsen and ASUS Premium Audio
• Scratch Resistant Design
• Compact at 2.6 lb and 0.6″ Thick

Here are the following models available with their links to their current prices and more information: Zenbook UX301LA-DH51T, Zenbook UX301LA-DH71T, and Zenbook UX301LA-XH72T.

The Asus Zenbook UX302 is a 13.3-inch Ultrabook powered with the latest 4th gen Intel Haswell Core processor. The display is an IPS touchscreen with a resolution of 1920×1080 Full HD, or 2560×1440 WQHD depending on the model. The specific model reviewed here is the Zenbook UX302LG-C4014H. It has an Intel Core i7-4500U with an Intel HM87 chipset. It has 6GB of DDR3 memory, 256GB of SSD storage, and comes with a discrete NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M 2GB graphics card, other than the integrated Intel HD Graphics 4400. Check out the rest of the specifications from the table below after the video review.

Asus Zenbook UX302 Review Video

Below is a complete and detailed Asus Zenbook UX302LG review by Andrei Girbea of UltrabookReview.com:

In the video below, Andrei tests the gaming capacity and performance of the UX302LG:

Price and Availability / Release Date

Asus hasn’t officially released prices for the new Asus Zenbook UX302 and UX301 lineup. But it is expected that this would be a pricy Ultrabook, considering the specs and features built into this laptop. The price of the UX302 might start from $1,200 USD up to $1,700 USD depending on the configuration and hardware installed. There is no specific release date as well. But we expect to see the Zenbook UX302 and UX301 soon (UX301LA now available see update above), by November or December, on popular online stores and retailers.

UPDATE: It seems that the Zenbook UX302 is hard to come by nowadays. Instead it is being replaced by the Zenbook UX303. Check out the following models: ZenBook UX303LN-DB71T and ZenBook UX303LA-DB51T.