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We’re here today at Miniloc Island in El Nido for the launching of the Asus Zenbook in the Philippines. The official program will start this evening but we got some early whispers about the retail price.
Both the Asus UX21 and the UX31 will be revealed to the media later today and, so far, all we got are the suggested retail prices for the two.
The Asus Zenbook UX21 will come with an Intel Core i5 2467M 1.6GHz, 4GB DDR3 RAM and 128GB SSD while the Asus Zenbook UX31 will come with an Intel Core i5 2557M 1.7GHz, 4GB DDR3 RAM and 128GB SSD.
Suggested retail price:
Asus UX21: Php53,995USD 920INR 78,001EUR 876CNY 6,701
Asus UX31: Php59,995USD 1,022INR 86,669EUR 974CNY 7,445
Will follow-up with complete specs (there are a number of variants but I am told only one specs per size will be shipped in) as well as release dates in a while.
I brought with me my Macbook Air and Aspire S3 so we can do a side-by-side comparison.
Asus is set to release the units in local stores by end of November.
Updated: Here are more hands-on and photo comparisons.
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watrboy says:
Expensive :) they should be lower than macbook air to beat them.. like acer do…
Edsar says:
tama ka price talaga ang pang tapat sa macbook air hindi specs or appearance
Jim Lim says:
@Edsar – mali ka dahil dapat price, specs at appearance ang itapat sa macbook air. Sumikat ang macbook air sa appearance nya at ngayon sa gumaganda ng specs, so alangan na hindi mo iconsider ang mga bagay na yun.
TB says:
Too bad Asus. I was waiting for you to price this aggresively vs the MBA, but based on the SRP above, I will never buy this machine.
mattscradle says:
I’ll buy mba than this.
Bern says:
Asus UX31: Php59,995 – what is the processor – intel i7 or i3 ?
How much UX31 with intel i5?
Jimmy says:
Whew!
I’ve been waiting several months for this. But was shocked by the very steep price! I expected it to be around 35-45k. But at 50k+? Nevermind. I’ll stick to my good ol’ ASUS UL80 which has served me faithfully (without problems) for almost 2 years now.
ASUS should have offered a more competitive price against the Macbook Air.
Ram Jof says:
Seems that Asus is trying to gouge out 4T – 5T more if we’re trying to base its claim of being $200 cheaper (8,500 – 9,000 pesos cheaper) than Mac Air. With very little price difference ( as low as 2,500 pesos difference) I’ll pick the reliable Mac Air instead especially with great keyboard and touchpad experience. I’m an ASUS fan but this is too much.
SpiderWak says:
Not really. If you base it on a spec to price ratio the difference is around 6k for both UX21 and UX31 against MBA 11″ and 13″ but still below the $200 mark
puhgeh says:
hindi ganun kamura kesa sa inaasahan na presyo… medyo malakas pa din ang batak ng MBA kung ganyan na nga…
Ram Jof says:
If Acer’s S3 could have a pure SSD option or if the 320 G hd can be upgraded to SSD, I think the price would still be less than the UX31 nearly P60,000 price vs the current S3 price of P45,000. Until ASUS realizes that the Mac Air can do both Windows 7 and OSX Lion with just 128 GB SSD and a lighted keyboard as well, the difference of as low as P2,500-3,500 is well worth it. Hardly any bad reviews and experience with the Mac Air based on user reviews and internet website reviews especially now that the Mac Air has garnered so many editor’s choice as well and laptop/ultrabook to beat.
beef says:
much as I like SSDs and want to have one, it’s still too expensive.. a 60GB SSD goes for above 6k while 128GB versions costs above 11k so adding that to an Acer S3 brings it near the price levels of the UX31 maybe only a bit cheaper.
and oh, as good as the reviews are on the Mac book air, three of the six units we deployed to our VPs at the office are constantly having problems, the rest the only complaint is that they wish it were faster (well aside from stuff you usually hear from people used to using windows).. they love the battery life though.. executives hate power cords..
zenny says:
aus lng sia for that price u get 128 ssd sata III which is significantly faster(windows 7 boots in just 25 sec), 1600 x 900 screen, 1.7 ghz core i5, great build quality, 2 adapters which cost 1000 each if you have a mb air, 4gb ram, and same batt life though no backlit keyboard and mac os x..
sylv3rblade says:
Hopefully the next iterations will fare a bit better. The trackpad on the zenbook is abysmal according to reviews.