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Asus ZenBook 17 Fold OLED

Image: Asus
Image: Asus

In case you weren’t convinced of Asus’s madness after seeing the Flow Z13, ZenBook 14X OLED Space Edition, or Zephyrus Duo 16, let me introduce you to the ZenBook 17 Fold OLED, the world’s first foldable PC with a 17-inch display.

Asus calls it a laptop but it’s really a jumbo-sized tablet that can fold in half to take on the shape of a paper-filled notebook. This way, you can save space on your desk or easily slide it into a backpack. The strange form factor also gives you more ways to use the tablet. For example, you can fold one panel 90 degrees and then use the included detachable keyboard to enter laptop mode, or you can prop the ZenBook on its kickstand and gaze at its 17.3-inch, 2.5K (2560 x 1920) OLED touchscreen.

Powering the ZenBook are 12th-gen Intel Core i7 U-series processors, up to 16GB of RAM, and up to 1TB of storage. Asus didn’t give battery life estimates, but we’d be surprised if it stayed powered for longer than a few hours. We also don’t know how much it will cost, but a conservative guess says easily four figures given the nascent foldable display technology.