Monday, November 15th 2021
ASUS Launches Vivobook Pro 14/15 OLED Laptops
ASUS today launched Vivobook Pro 14/15 OLED (K3400/K3500 & M3401/M3500), two freshly styled and powerful new laptops designed for the daily creative and entertainment needs of the young generation of creators. Vivobook 14/15 OLED either feature up to 11th Generation Intel Core H-Series or AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Mobile Processors, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 GPUs, 16 GB of DDR4 memory, a 1 TB SSD and a 63 Wh high-capacity battery.
For superb creative visuals, the laptops are equipped with a vivid 14-inch (K3400/M3401) or 15-inch (K3500/M3500) up to 2.8K OLED 600-nit displays, which are PANTONE Validated for color accuracy and feature a cinema-grade 100% DCI-P3 color gamut. The laptops feature a fresh and modern new design, finished in a choice of Quiet Blue or Cool Silver neutral colors. Stylish on-trend details include a unique warning-striped Enter key, and there's an oversized touchpad with full gesture support.
Vivobook Pro 14/15 OLED feature productivity-enhancing features including WiFi 6, an integrated webcam privacy shield, an optional built-in fingerprint sensor on the power button, and 14-inch models additionally support the optional ASUS NumberPad for easy data entry.
Ready for discovery
Vivobook Pro 14/15 OLED laptops are ready and waiting to take young creators on their journey of discovery. Whether they need to do — browse, create or play — up to the latest 11th Gen Intel H Series or AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU, pro-grade NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 graphics, up to 16 GB of DDR4 memory, and a 1 TB PCIe SSD deliver all the horsepower needed to realize their burgeoning visual creativity.
Vivobook Pro 14/15 OLED employs a highly efficient dual-fan cooling system with ASUS IceCool Plus technology, which gives the user three cooling modes to choose from via the MyASUS app. This advanced cooling design ensures that these thin and light laptops stay cool for maximum performance, anytime and anywhere. Along with a powerful 63 Wh battery, Vivobook Pro 14/15 OLED are ready to empower non-stop creativity.
Beyond Vivid
ASUS OLED displays reproduce colors with superb real-life accuracy for professional-grade visuals, making them perfect for creative work. Vivobook Pro 14/15 OLED feature an amazing 16:10 aspect-ratio up to 2.8K OLED NanoEdge display that provides an expanded visual workspace compared to a traditional 16:9 display. The display is super-bright — up to 600 nits — and has an 84% screen-to-body ratio, along with a cinema-grade 100% DCI-P3 color gamut for ultra-vivid colors. It's also PANTONE Validated for professional-grade color accuracy and TÜV Rheinland-certified for low blue-light emissions.
Show your uniqueness
Vivobook Pro 14/15 OLED are designed to inspire creators to make a difference, with colors that reflect a positive and diverse outlook. Users can choose from calming Quiet Blue or youthful Cool Silver, whichever best expresses their true spirit. The unique 3D ASUS logo, with its anodized chevron pattern and tactile texture, adds excitement even before the lid is opened, and the expressive design continues inside, where a warning-striped Enter key takes center stage.
Easy productivity
Vivobook Pro 14/15 OLED are designed for non-stop productivity, with handy features that make on-the-go life easier. WiFi 6 allows users to load online content in the blink of an eye, and it's made even better by ASUS WiFi Master Premium technology (K3500/M3500 only), which includes ASUS WiFi SmartConnect. WiFi SmartConnect automatically selects the best WiFi source, so the laptop connects seamlessly to the best WiFi signal and known mobile hotspots.
An integrated webcam privacy shield slides over the webcam for instant privacy, keeping users undisturbed and out of the spotlight when needed. For secure password-free login, there's an optional built-in fingerprint sensor on the power button that works seamlessly with Windows Hello. For easy data entry, 14-inch models are available with the optional NumberPad 2.0, an LED-illuminated dual-function touchpad that replaces the standard oversized touchpad.
Availability & Pricing
ASUS Vivobook Pro 14 (K3400) and Vivobook Pro 15 (M3500) OLED are now available starting at MSRP 919.99 USD. Both Vivobook Pro 14 (M3401) and Vivobook Pro 15 (K3500) will soon be available late December.
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For superb creative visuals, the laptops are equipped with a vivid 14-inch (K3400/M3401) or 15-inch (K3500/M3500) up to 2.8K OLED 600-nit displays, which are PANTONE Validated for color accuracy and feature a cinema-grade 100% DCI-P3 color gamut. The laptops feature a fresh and modern new design, finished in a choice of Quiet Blue or Cool Silver neutral colors. Stylish on-trend details include a unique warning-striped Enter key, and there's an oversized touchpad with full gesture support.
Ready for discovery
Vivobook Pro 14/15 OLED laptops are ready and waiting to take young creators on their journey of discovery. Whether they need to do — browse, create or play — up to the latest 11th Gen Intel H Series or AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU, pro-grade NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 graphics, up to 16 GB of DDR4 memory, and a 1 TB PCIe SSD deliver all the horsepower needed to realize their burgeoning visual creativity.
Vivobook Pro 14/15 OLED employs a highly efficient dual-fan cooling system with ASUS IceCool Plus technology, which gives the user three cooling modes to choose from via the MyASUS app. This advanced cooling design ensures that these thin and light laptops stay cool for maximum performance, anytime and anywhere. Along with a powerful 63 Wh battery, Vivobook Pro 14/15 OLED are ready to empower non-stop creativity.
Beyond Vivid
ASUS OLED displays reproduce colors with superb real-life accuracy for professional-grade visuals, making them perfect for creative work. Vivobook Pro 14/15 OLED feature an amazing 16:10 aspect-ratio up to 2.8K OLED NanoEdge display that provides an expanded visual workspace compared to a traditional 16:9 display. The display is super-bright — up to 600 nits — and has an 84% screen-to-body ratio, along with a cinema-grade 100% DCI-P3 color gamut for ultra-vivid colors. It's also PANTONE Validated for professional-grade color accuracy and TÜV Rheinland-certified for low blue-light emissions.
Show your uniqueness
Vivobook Pro 14/15 OLED are designed to inspire creators to make a difference, with colors that reflect a positive and diverse outlook. Users can choose from calming Quiet Blue or youthful Cool Silver, whichever best expresses their true spirit. The unique 3D ASUS logo, with its anodized chevron pattern and tactile texture, adds excitement even before the lid is opened, and the expressive design continues inside, where a warning-striped Enter key takes center stage.
Easy productivity
Vivobook Pro 14/15 OLED are designed for non-stop productivity, with handy features that make on-the-go life easier. WiFi 6 allows users to load online content in the blink of an eye, and it's made even better by ASUS WiFi Master Premium technology (K3500/M3500 only), which includes ASUS WiFi SmartConnect. WiFi SmartConnect automatically selects the best WiFi source, so the laptop connects seamlessly to the best WiFi signal and known mobile hotspots.
An integrated webcam privacy shield slides over the webcam for instant privacy, keeping users undisturbed and out of the spotlight when needed. For secure password-free login, there's an optional built-in fingerprint sensor on the power button that works seamlessly with Windows Hello. For easy data entry, 14-inch models are available with the optional NumberPad 2.0, an LED-illuminated dual-function touchpad that replaces the standard oversized touchpad.
Availability & Pricing
ASUS Vivobook Pro 14 (K3400) and Vivobook Pro 15 (M3500) OLED are now available starting at MSRP 919.99 USD. Both Vivobook Pro 14 (M3401) and Vivobook Pro 15 (K3500) will soon be available late December.
4 Comments on ASUS Launches Vivobook Pro 14/15 OLED Laptops
M3401/M3500QC
Ask me anything.
Overall impressions:
1) USB-C, ASUS, you gotta be kidding me, neither power delivery, nor connecting to monitors
2) On 14" version, 3050 is quite behind average (about 20%-ish) in 3D mark, even when fans spin like crazy. On "whisper" cooler mode (barely audible) 14" immediatelly goes into throttling, 15" handles it well.
3) Lid is very comfy to open, works with single hand, plastic case feels good (and is quite light too, compared it vs Lenovo's 7 Pro yoga with the same 2880p OLED)
4) Screen looks simply good at the beginning, but once you check out stuff with black it gets to amazing and when you go HDR and grab some youtube videos, it is jaw dropping. Both the 1080p on 15.6" and 2880p on 14". Only 14" version is 19:10 and, god, I love that ratio (for working).
Yeah, Lenovo also has Yoga with exactly same 14" screen
5) Sound was very impressive on 15", still above average on 14". On the latter at times I ran into "hm, left side is making noise". Not sure if build quality or software. Can't reproduce now.
6) Keyboard is meh. In fact, RMA levels meh (crazy duck sound when pressing enter)
7) Mediatek WiFi is a piece of garbage. ASUS's boasting about"wifi master" makes it even more insulting. So, in my case:
a) 15" version failed to have stable connection (any freaking speed), where Lenovo was at stable 300/300
b) 14" version managed to "show" 300/300 was a bit weird in practice though, about 10-15% behind Lenovo in basic speed tests, and with weird "slowness" felt when doing downloads in parallel (stuff from Epic store/steam). Might be Mediatek drivers... or not.
Both are 1k euro, however 15.6" version is only in "campus" edition (in Germany, both campuspoint and notebooksbilliger have it).
14" I could only find "hidden" on ASUS.com site
Battery life is in about 5 hour-ish range, not 10.
ASUS had nice "spare your battery" feature of charging only up to 60%.
PS
Oh, and both wield 5600H, not what mentioned above.
NV asking you to register and login to use any non trivial driver feature, wow guys, I'm so impressed.
Still, even shitty 3050 with shitty cooling runs circles around 5800H iGPU in Lenovo.
At the moment I'm hesitant between trying G15 advantage edition (with ASUS crippled 6800M, but still great notebook overall) or getting another 14" that hopefully will not have hardware flaws.
Would not hesitate if G15 was available with an OLED screen.
PPS
Screens are 400nit, not 600, although, it's more than enough.
These samsung panels sacrifice useless 4k resolution on a 14" diagonal for an higher refresh rate.
Lenovo had dedicated "switch to" mode.
PS
Ah, yeas, selectable via standard windows settings.