Yay, when windows gets a spit and polish . Till then Nay...

Portland, JAMAICA in the Building !!!!!!!

Not at that price point

Yay .... if Apple needed a foldable, this is where they should start. M1 tech, ipad software and foldable screens from Samsung.

Definitely yay, but I want solid glass or something sturdier but this laptop is definitely mind blowing

A very good point.

😭😂😂😂A valid point

So do tablets 😉. Surface Pro, Lenovo Duet and loads of others.

Cant wait galaxy tab fold early next year😬

Nice 🤣

Boom!

😂 love it

People use their laptops as portable desktop machines. Bigger is better. Phones are only portable. Smaller is better.

I believe that foldable OLED is still a technology seeking a problem. It's nice that this can be a chunky laptop or a nice big tablet with a bluetooth keyboard that still fits in your backpack. But do people really want that? Most people would be using "desktop mode" at fixed locations where it's just as easy (and much cheaper) to plug a regular laptop into a regular monitor. A 17 inch screen is awkwardly large to use anywhere but on a desk or similar surface.

@@Phyrre56 it is a problem seeking a lower price. I want a 17" OLED folded in half. I travel weekly/monthly including 7 hour train journies, and destination often have only HD. I no longer want a laptop. I want a good keyboard, a good mouse, and a big monitor, all portable (with battery), and upgradeable.

Yes, I agree that this should, and probably will be the direction laptops should go. Ultraportables anyway. That's cool but it will mean a whole segment of "laptops" will be much harder to repair. I know with many of the Ultraportable laptops now many of the components are already soldered to the motherboard so I guess it won't make much difference. Progress I guess.

Laptops already filed its pointless

Everyone's waiting for gen 2/3 and Asus thinking no ones buying. It must be a terrible idea. Let's scrap the whole thing. 🤣

Triple folding is the future. That way you can easily turn 14 inch laptop into big-ish screen multi task tv when you need it. The keyboard could be at the back on the far left.

But why? We don't carry laptops in out pockets.

Regular people hate when companies innovate, which is why Apple products are so successful in our capturing the market. Apple products rarely change form or functionality, they just get continual spec upgrades. People like this because then they don't have to learn anything new and they just know things are going to work. Real innovation dies because consumers expect flawless products from day one and don't want to put any work into changing their routine. Look at LG, lots of hardware, completely loses to Samsung who continues to remove features year after year.

@@fkstudio5901 There are people who want a larger size screen in a convenient form factor that can step into a use on your lap or small space. I'm a little surprised you are asking. I understand it might not be for you but imagine doing massive productivity apps for 8 hours on a small screen, or walking around with a 17" laptop that is heavy and requires ~2 square feet of space. Imagine walking around with 3 devices on trips with all their associated peripherals. Each of these scenarios are daily challenges for different people.

add an extra £1,000 and you are getting closer to an acceptable price. They will not be sold for £800 for 4 years or even longer. They would lose money on £800 in a serious way.

@@austJW I understand.. Thank you for replying. But then, this leaves room for another competitor to appreciate the market opportunity since it has to make profit by aligning with current economic and commercial affordability of the consumer. Either way, Demand defines product success. Thank you again.

We have got those already.

There are AR glasses coming out which will fill that use possibly better and much more portable.

@Casper's Studio You got a 17-inch tablet that fits in a regular backpack?

@@naskirnawas2037 It doesn't matter. Backpacks will fit 17 inches. Just get one that has a larger laptop pouch. I always make sure my backpacks can fit 17 inch laptops even if I don't have one at the moment. You're not going to need a 17 inch in the subway or at the park anyway. If you do, you can take lightweight portable screens with you for your weird working habits.

it's not 8.5inch but around 12inch folded

For a 17 inch laptop, just get a 17 inch laptop sleeve or backpack... If you do this for a 12 inch laptop and show me how to carry it with my suit on, I might be interested

me too!

@@Thetechchap same

Several manufacturers already have prototypes. Whether they will come out with them is still a question.

Yep, I'm a remote worker in the finance industry and I currently have 2 screens (13" laptop + 24" monitor) but I'd love to switch the laptop to a 17" monitor/laptop + 24" monitor. This Asus would give me 4" extra screen while reducing the weight by 400grams, while having roughly the same performance specs (current laptop: Lenovo Ideapad Gaming 3).

what is the floating screen?

the people want what?

@@mangoeater5624 Like a screen on a drone or something. It would probably be useful in a busy workshop, or as a 'body' for AI.

​@@darthwater999 People want to use their computers without being forced onto a chair and a squared body posture. The fact that this screen unfolds into something bigger, the fact that I can easily move it around with a single hand and place it just about anywhere in just about any angle, the fact that it comes with a fantastic wireless keyboard (with trackpad), is amazing. People are really going to enjoy that. I know you can find something similar with a large tablet and a wireless keyboard. And you can in fact opt for that if you find the Fold unnecessarily pricey. But the Fold folds :D, you know. And everything just clicks together into one seamless experience.

@@oculwarrior1706as a portable monitor I agree that it is cool, but as a pc, I would never work on a crappy thing like that... Surely it's useful in certain context, but average people definitely don't need nor want it. Don't be over enthusiastic on this meme shit Edit: also you just described something called laptop and it already exist

AR glasses as a monitor would be fantastic, the screen could be essentially as large or small as you want it to be. The only question is how they would deal with battery and processing? I imagine extra processors could be stored in a tactile keyboard because let's face it, that's not going away any time soon (at least not for laptops). But for battery, if you've got these augmented screens on your face I imagine they'll be used for everything, as a phone, as a wearable for notifications and quick actions, and as a laptop screen meaning battery would have to be really significant. Externally housed wireless processors could help with that, like maybe phones would become just mini tactile keyboards with navigational functionality and extra processing, essentially a small wireless keyboard. But even the display could die pretty quickly, and it'd be difficult to use when plugged in so you'd essentially be without your smartwatch / phone / laptop until it's recharged. Sure, super fast charging could help to mitigate, I charge my watch while I'm in the shower once a day and that's enough for my use case. My z fold 4 alos needs a little topping off for about 20 minutes each day, but I can still use those devices while charging so it doesn't really have an impact on my ability to use each device. I think AR and VR tech has come a long way, but until "wireless" charging becomes truly wire-less, it won't be a viable replacement for something like a more portable folding device. Don't get me wrong, I'm more excited for AR screens than anyone! But there are some major innovations that need to take place and become well rounded before augmentation becomes reality (pun intended).

More than a monitor, which would be very specialized, I'd rather have a foldable 24" tablet, which is about the size of a music book. I'd put an HDMI/USB-C/Airplay input for use as a monitor when needed, but it'd be far more useful if it could function just fine on its own as an ARM-powered smart device most of the time. With a device that big, you could have a 24+ hour battery. Classical musicians would all buy one for sure. I just think a whole, hot laptop in that form factor doesn't make sense, especially for Wintel mobile devices, which currently don't even have functioning sleep states and can cook while they're supposed to be sleeping.

Exactly. You can create a system that can be used as a full computer, as a gigantic tablet and as a full laptop

That's not how diagonal measurements work

At least with this device though it's not the first "FOLD tech". They definitely have better first gen quality than other "fold tech", since the "Fold Tech" has existed for several years now.

Also what about wobbling? This is a touch screen after all! To me that is question 1 on any kind of stand.

@@billschannel1116 Yeah, would be great if the reviewer would put some effort into talking about this.

Price is a big one (and I'm glad you put it #1 - its a silly price). I carry around microusb keyboard and it can last for a couple of days. Crease and performance you are going to impacted by its physical form. Bezels were think but not to bad imho.

shd be anti-glare, id say

I'd rather have 3 traditional laptops for this price!

@@michaelxz1305 yeah I guess the gimick tax is going to be in place for a while. But eventually the prices will be on par with trad laptops. That's the main reason I don't have a Galaxy Fold 3. As soon as they are the same price as latest Pixel Pro I'd probably go for one even though I love the Pixel 3 I'm still using.

Yeah, for sure, agreed. If I wouldn't be gaming or doing high performance tasks , I would want this for my laptop both for office and home. Seems so sleek and convenient for the type of office work I do. The hiccups I see at the end of the video might be related to some caching problems - it doesn't effectively manage it - probably Asus engineers can tell us if it's Intel's fault, Windows or their own. Could also be throttling of course. But if it can be snappy for most of the time, it can be snappy all the time, so one of the parties still have work to invest.

@@MartinzW When I see tech like this I just expect that in five years or so it will be refined, fast and cheap. So I see this kind of thing as a proof of concept even though it's on sale.

I don't think it'll ever be cheap because a high-power foldable laptop computer will always be a specialized device. I just can't imagine its price ever going below $2k. A re-imagination of this computer as a low-powered Chromebook or Android tablet could be cheap, though, so there's potential there.

actually, no. Lenovo was first, Asus just made it's own, not much innovation here 🙃

Agree

I hope so

We are a lot further away from this than most people believe 😞

Xiaomi made one. A transparent TV it’sa prototype or concept i guess

You mean like... windows.

Except folding a 17" laptop isnt 12.5" like this one

Disagree, because I'd be using it unfolded most of the time, as a single 17" screen. Having said that, I'd be quite happy with a 17" 2-In-1, to get the cost down.