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Review on 13.3" Notebook ASUS Zenbook 13 UX325EA-KG250T 1920x1080, Intel Core i5 1135G7 2.4 GHz, RAM 8 GB, SSD 512 GB, Intel Iris Xe Graphics, Windows 10 Home, 90NB0SL2-M06640, lilac fog by Stanisaw Augustynowi ᠌

Revainrating 3 out of 5

In general, everything is not bad, but I expected more.

The second laptop I use is a two-year-old Zenbook UX331UN. It is generally bad against the background of the new UX325JA, but with an advantage in the form of discrete MX150 graphics. There was a separate review about it, you can find it here 8gb-512gb-ssd-dvd-net-nvidia-geforce-mx150-2gb-wi-fi-bluetooth-windows-10-home/508259139 It has a dimmer screen and keyboard backlight. Hotter processor with similar performance: old i5-8250U vs. new i5-1035G1. Longer and thinner charging wire. The battery has lost 22% capacity in two years. Enough for 3-4 hours maximum office use. The new UX325JA has already lost 1% of battery capacity. The operating temperature of the processor under light load is about 50-55 degrees. More difficult tasks heat up to 70-74. Without load, it can drop to 42-43 - thecomoler is turned off. Included: fabric case, USB-C-3.5mm jack adapter, USB-A-RJ45 adapter, charging via USB-C. You can use either of the two ports, but they are side by side, not spaced apart. Pleasant to use laptop-typewriter, if you remember that you did not buy it. The crunchy case, buggy keyboard backlighting and a strange "yellowing" matrixcomnvince that ASUS does not learn anything andcomntinues to sell raw products. This laptop was given out at work, so I did not buy it and do not recommend it for purchase. 02 Apr 2022: An unscrewed screw in the case was to blame for the crunch of the case. If you turn the laptop upside down, it will be under the leftrubber foot, which is closer to the display. I twisted it and the crunch was almostcompletely gone, but still notcompletely.

Pros
  • 1. Slim, lightweight, stylish design with flip-up keyboard. Really convenient to carry with me, which I need constantly. 2. Bright display backlight. Thin frames. 3. NumberPad - a touch-sensitive numeric keypad built into the touchpad + a quick launch button for the calculator. The clickpad itself is very comfortable with a glass coating. Works great! 4. Quiet - the cooler turns on occasionally, or on heavy (for this CPU) graphic tasks such as simple video editing. 5. Battery life can reach 10 hours in office task mode: Google Docs, MS Office sometimes Photoshop/Lightroom. 6. Comfortable keyboard for long typing. Perhaps the best now from ASUS of those that I have tried. 7. Webcam from the category "will do for business calls" - nothing special, but not complete seams. 8. Compact 65W charger with a thick reliable wire, but it has a minus. More on that below. 9. Changed the typeface of the keyboard to a human, more accurate one.
Cons
  • 1. As always with ASUS, not without jambs. The three-level backlighting of the keyboard is buggy. If you leave the laptop for 5-10 minutes, and then return, the backlight does not light up again. Reinstalling/ating the BIOS didn't help. It is treated by pressing the button to turn on the backlight of the keyboard. Sometimes it happens 10 times a day. Sometimes it can work normally for a couple of days and not enrage. 2. Sometimes after waking up or connecting the power wire, the sound and backlight keys do not work for 1-2 minutes. 3. Glitchy built-in MyASUS application, which is needed to control the cooler modes, charging (keep at 60%, 80% and 100% - you need to extend battery life), screen color. Runs for a million years. After exiting sleep, it may not start at all - a reboot or disconnection / connection of the power wire is required. 4. Crunchy body. It literally crunches in your hands. As soon as you pick up an open laptop, you can hear the crunch of the case, although it is completely metal, except for the display frame. 5. Only one USB-A - my mouse is busy. Sometimes you need a second one, but very rarely, so see for yourself. 6. No 3.5mm audio jack, but comes with a 10cm USB-C to audio jack adapter. 7. I would like a longer charging wire, like the old Zenbooks. About half a meter is missing. 8. The display is noticeably yellow. Not suitable for more or less serious photo editing. Although someone will say that this second display in the photo is blue :) 9. The battery life is not 22 hours, which the manufacturer claims. Not even 15.