Display, Keyboard and Trackpad

The ZenBook 3 is cursed with a 12.5-inch 1920 x 1080 IPS LCD, which is slimly little than your regular ultraportable. At 176 PPI, the display provides a crisp screening experience at a typical wake distance, and I saved the default Windows grading level of 125% complete for this screen size. And thanks to huge improvements to high-DPI scaling in Windows 10 recently, I rarely encountered dreaded blurred text.

The display is sensibly bright, pushy out around 340 nits, which is typical for a laptop computer of this class. Wake angles were great, although the glossy finish can reflect background get off at times. Nevertheless, this glossy finish does enhance the appearance of colors and makes the show 'pop' more than it would otherwise.

The color quality of the ZenBook 3's display is problematic to measure as Asus has implemented dynamic dividing line adjustment that seemingly cannot equal unfit. Asus even have a utility that tail be exploited to switch the display mode, called Asus Beautiful Technology, however this secondary includes no dynamic range toggle. This is frustrating for creative professionals that need color accuracy, as the e'er-ever-changing color performance of the ZenBook prevents it from of all time organism color accurate.

By default, the ZenBook 3 does have a strong blue tint to the display due to a cold boilers suit color temperature. This ass equal adjusted in the enclosed display utility if you so opt. The screen tends to count quite good, due to large blacks and saturated colors, yet changing contrast adjustments are noticeable and somewhat vexing. Regular users probably won't notice Beaver State forethought, but I'd be more advantageous about the display if the ZenBook had a inactive contrast mode.

The keyboard included on this laptop is hit or miss. The large layout makes it well-situated to hit individual keys, and I have sex the amount of space allocated to important keys like shift, enter and backspace. Each key is noticeably bigger than the keyboard connected my Dingle XPS 13, and that's because Asus dedicated as much width as they possibly could to the ZenBook 3's keyboard.

While the size of the keyboard is impressive, it doesn't provide a particularly great typewriting experience. If you don't like the MacBook's keyboard, you won't care the ZenBook 3's keyboard, and that's down to miss of travel distance.

Asus advertises 0.8mm of travel every bit "impressive", but typing on the ZenBook's keyboard is only unmatched footfall better than typing happening a touch screen. Simply put, the precipitous end to each key's travel leads to unpleasant tactile feedback. The Dell XPS 13 and even the slim HP Spectre offer much improved keyboards with increased travel distance.

On a more positive note is the methamphetamine hydrochloride trackpad Asus has included. Despite the inapt placement of the fingerprint detector, the trackpad is a saintlike size and delivers a grateful natural click. Best of all, the trackpad is very susceptible and didn't require a massive increase in sensitivity to make it operational. If Asus placed the fingermark sensor elsewhere, the trackpad would be unbroken for a twist of this size.