ASUS has officially brought in its latest stylish Vivobook laptops to Malaysia, the Vivobook S14 (S431F) and S15 (S531F) has an all new aluminum design that makes them look more premium than their predecessors.
These Vivobook models were unveiled back in COMPUTEX a couple of months back, though ASUS didn’t bring in the ScreenPad models (which the trackpad is a functional touch screen), it has a couple of features to get mid-range laptop hunters excited. For instance, you now get an IR camera for facial recognition and slimmer display bezels.
In terms of specs, the Vivobook S14 is a 14-inch laptop powered by an Intel Core i7 8565U CPU coupled with 8GB DDR3 RAM, 512GB PCIe Gen 3×2 SSD and 32GB Intel Optane M.2 SSD.
As for the Vivobook S15, it has a 15.6-inch 1080p display and you get an Core i5-8265U CPU coupled with 4GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB PCIe Gen 3×2 SSD and GeForce MX250 discrete graphics.
By all means, these new Vivobook S laptops have pretty subtle upgrades over their predecessors, but ASUS hopes that they will be able to attract the urbanites and fashionistas with the new design, even the chassis has been designed to be filled with stickers, which ASUS also includes a few of them inside the retail packaging.
Pricing wise, they remain reasonably priced for the features they offer. The Vivobook S14 will retail at RM3,899 while the Vivobook S15 will retail at RM3,199, both laptops will come with a 2-year global warranty.
As for color options, the Vivobook S14 is only available in Gun Metal and Transparent Silver, while the Vivobook S15 gets three more color options – Cobalt Blue, Moss Green and Punk Pink.
Watch our review of the Vivobook S15.
