The Fold Z13 keyboard has a much more positive feel. It’s a decent keyboard with large, widely spaced keys that have a better amount of travel than the Microsoft Surface keyboard. The included keyboard clips onto the bottom of the case, and two magnets hold it in place against the front of the tablet body. (Image credit: Richard Baguley) Asus ROG Flow Z13 review: keyboard and pen However, as we will see, there is a price to pay for this combination. That way, you can charge the tablet and connect multiple devices and monitors, but there is only one single cable to unplug when you want to take it with you. The idea is that you connect one or two external monitors and other devices to the XG Mobile rather than a mess of USB adapters. The power cable plugs straight into the XG Mobile: there is no external power adapter. In addition, there is a gigabit ethernet port, and a 110V power socket. On the back of the XG Mobile are four USB 3.2 ports plus a single HDMI 2.1 and a Displayport connection. That provides more bandwidth to transfer data than the Thunderbolt 3 connections that most external graphics cards use, but it is less than the 16X PCI Express connections that desktop cards use. This cable includes a USB-C connection plus the equivalent of a 4X PCI Express socket that a desktop graphics card would plug into. The XG Mobile dock connects to the tablet through a thick cable and a rather chunky plug, which includes a locking latch that holds it tightly in place. That is where the XG Mobile dock connects, adding the 3080 GPU and more USB ports to the setup. A proprietary port that Asus refers to as the ROG XG Mobile interface. On the bottom left corner of the tablet case is the secret sauce of the Flow Z13. There is also a 3.5mm headset jack on the right and a Micro SD card slot on the back of the case under the kickstand. The included USB-C type charger can be used with either the USB-C or Thunderbolt port, so you can charge it from either side. There are two USB ports (one old-school type A and one USB-C) and one Thunderbolt 4 on the left side. The case does get a little warm when things are cranking, though, so not all of the heat is being vented.Īs well as the vents, the edge of the tablet body is the home to several other holes. The engineering of this cooling system is impressive the very thin fans inside the case make only a slight hissing sound, even when gaming. Two vents on the top edge of the tablet offer a path for warm air while the processor and 3050Ti GPU are working hard. Above the window, a series of map coordinates give you the location of the legendary Republic of Gamers ( 25☀7’29.3”N, 121☂8’17.3”E (opens in new tab)), which is across the street from the Hong Ya Hamburger restaurant and just down the road from the Costco in Taipei. The part of the circuit board isn’t overly exciting, even when bathed in blinky lights. I really can’t see any particular purpose to this. This pulses red when the tablet is in standby or flashes with rainbow colors while you are gaming, but you can also set the colors to whatever you want. There is also, for no obvious reason, a clear panel on the back of the case that shows part of the circuit board with LED lighting. That’s very useful if you want to use this with a pen and with the clip-on keyboard. This kickstand is well designed and folds back to almost flat (170 degrees), so you can put the tablet sitting up or laying down, depending on your preference. On the back of the case is a fold-out kickstand, complete with a flash of bright red ROG branding. It also has a 120Hz refresh rate, so many games look especially attractive, with smoother movement and detail as you leap around. This screen looks great, with plenty of brightness and clean, solid color. There is a higher-res version available, with a 3840 by 2400 display that’s more like a 4K TV. The screen is a 13.4-inch panel with a resolution of 1920 by 1200, making it a bit taller than an HDTV, with a 16:10 aspect ratio. A thin bezel surrounds the screen on the front of the tablet.
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