Asus ZenBook UX305LA review: Packs in power and style, but falls a little short on features

PC sales may be declining, but no handheld device can beat the PC when it comes to productivity. While casual PC users might find much of their needs being fulfilled with a smartphone, the power users will need a power machine with lots of juice. And the metal-clad Asus ZenBook UX305LA promises to be one such.

This ultrabook comes with top-notch specifications and delivers to boot. The laptop is available in both Intel Core i7 and Core i5 variants. Our review unit had a i5-5200U (2.2GHz) at its heart along with 8 GB DDR3 RAM.

The 5200U is an ultra low voltage dual-core processor based on Intels Broadwell architecture. This is a powerful enough processor of everyday office and entertainment tasks while taking it easy on the battery.

The inclusion of a 256 GB SSD also speeds up things. During our review phase it dealt with ease every task that we threw its way in our intensive multi-tasking online news production process and also ran for long hours without needing to be plugged in.

Its metallic body and slim profile gives the UX305LA a premium look and feel and a decent number of ports (2 x USB 3.0, 1 x USB 2.0, SDXC card reader, 1 x micro HDMI, 1 microphone jack, 1 headphone out jack) ensure that you can plug in a lot into it.

The matte 13.3-inch IPS display (QHD+ 3200x1800) is great to look at and has a viewing angle of 170°.

This Windows 10 machine comes with a price tag of Rs 70,990 (the i7 variant is Rs 97,990) and at this price range the expectations are high. The ZenBook UX305LA meets most but then lacks something as basic as a backlit keyboard.

Also in this age of Windows 10 and the lack of a touch screen makes the UX305LA fall a little short.

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