ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED: What Real Users Say About Battery Life

Having used this early sample over the last few weeks, I have no complaints. This unit felt snappy with light use on battery power, lasted for a long while on a charge, and didn't lose battery while in sleep mode even for a few days. I haven't noticed any wifi issues while resuming from sleep either. The bolded part is actually pretty huge.

An okay deal, but I bought this laptop and returned it because I don't like the OLED crosshatching (screen door effect) the display has. It looks like the screen has gridlines on it. To me it was very noticeable and bothered me but it might not bother some people.

I don't understand why manufacturers don't provide a USB-C connector at each side. You don't have the charger always at the same side.

Everyone praising battery life without mentioning it drops 40% single core performance on battery compared to on AC.

I think the OLED crosshatch is specifically an issue with ASUS OLED laptops that have a touchscreen. I saw it as well on the previous model and returned it but I did not see it on a model from Asus that had an OLED screen but no touch capability. It's the digitizer or something. It is not an inherent problem with OLED.

Pros: Excellent 120Hz OLED Touch Display with Pen Support, Pen/Sleeve & Ethernet dongle included, Arc Graphics are a big step forward for iGPU, 32GB RAM, Good Audio, Thin & Light Design, Much Improved Battery Life, Now has NPU. Cons: Soldered RAM, Glossy Display, Ponder Blue is fingerprint magnet, Price out of the gate is double last year's model, Fan noise is noticeable under load, Can Run Warm under Load.

I really do love my OLED on my ASUS.

Yep this is why you don't want touchscreen on an OLED laptop.

I just got the Intel Ultra 9 version with 32GB RAM. I am somewhat of a Zenbook fanboy, using Zenbooks for over 10 years and very happy with them. I will be returning the laptop because of the glossy screen — it reflects everything and is unusable in bright environments for me.

If you are a college student who needs an upgrade I would highly recommend this. For this price the specs are very good and the build quality should be sturdy enough to get you through college as well.

My last Zenbook is still going strong after being left running 24/7 for 10 years. People talking about build quality have definitely never owned one.

I think that's one of my biggest concerns about watching tons of reviews: You get a lot of mixed opinions about EVERYTHING or they don't think about the day to day user and only base their opinion on the benchmarks that puts the device onto its limits. I believe that because this is a brand new processor it needs a lot of software updates so the experience from using it the first day of release differs from the experience a few months later.

I've had a Zenbook Pro 14 for 3 years. Not a sign of burn-in. I work with static elements on screen all day. OLEDs have come a long way.

Overall nice sleek look and comfortable for light everyday usage for sure, but if you are looking to do actual work on it, I would not recommend. Battery life is garbage. Even when new, it gives me max 3 hours since full before I have to recharge it. Always have to carry the charger with me and when looking to work, its very inconvenient. I also know that this laptop is known for terrible battery life so keep that in mind before purchasing.

I picked this up immediately and was so mad to find out the 'HDMI 2.1' port is basically the same bandwidth as 2.0b. I've been waiting for a laptop that can run my G9 OLED.

I have the dual screen one. The one with the little screen above the keyboard. With both of them on I'd be lucky to get 2.5 hours battery. That's why I recently got a MacBook Air too. So I can, you know, work for a day. If a laptop needs to be plugged in basically all the time, it's a desktop.

No one mentions them because there's better options on the market. Their performance is not the best, overheat easily, battery is meh. Good luck with fixing them if there's an issue. Only good side about them is the looks, it's a nice looking laptop for very light use and if you want to look fancy.

I did some research before I chose the Zenbook, everyone else had compromises. The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition has a brighter screen, but the Core 7 258V, which is much less powerful. The Vivobook S14 had only a 60hz refresh rate and was only available with a 1200p display. The MacBook Air has an indecent screen — 60hz IPS 13-inch. Only two USB-C ports and above all it has no fans, inconceivable. The ZenBook OLED 14-inch has all the right specs for the price.

Owner of Core 9/32gigs here. This machine is really good and can get almost 5 hrs on battery when doing productivity work. She might be able to squeeze 6hrs from the 75Wh battery, depends on the system settings and usage. Laptop is super light, portable and charges quickly. Would buy it for 100% again. The Core 5 should be easily sufficient for marketing tasks, wouldn't be worried about that.

For anyone who might be disappointed after buying this, please just format it clean, delete all partitions and reinstall a clean copy of windows. Makes a WORLD OF DIFFERENCE. It was laggy, ran hot even when idling, fans going when they shouldn't, no particular process appeared to be the clear culprit. But after fresh install it has been truly great.

This is late but do not get it. For the love of God. The internals are excellent but the actual physical product is crap. The hinges broke after one year of using it and this is actually very common amongst the Zenbook. Would strongly recommend NOT to get it simply for that reason. Yes, you can fix the hinge but until the next one breaks, you have a ticking timebomb.

I picked up an open box ultra 5 zenbook in good condition for $314.99 from one of my local BB, was basically brand new but just opened. I was hesitant about the 8GB of ram but for what I needed a laptop for (web browsing, movies, office work and light gaming) it works extremely well for my use case. Extremely happy with the purchase; build quality is great.

I love it to bits. It was one of the few ones I could find at the time that had 2 Thunderbolt 4 ports. One is needed for charging of course, but having 2, I'm able to plug in an external graphics card. It's got a decent 13th gen i9. Gorgeous screen. The keyboard is also really nice. I'm a software engineer, and it's been lovely to use.

Bought the zenbook 14 (non oled) for 700 euros and I'm so happy with it — fast, nice display, in my opinion very good build quality and even a very good battery, I never had a day of school where my battery was empty. There are two downsides: I don't like the MyASUS software so I use G-Helper, and the wifi could be better.

The Zenbook S14 258V has 32GB of RAM, 3K OLED screen, 1TB SSD, 8-12h of battery life, and is being discounted at the moment because the 2026 Zenbook S14 386H is now available.

I bought one and really liked it but ended up returning it. It had issues with the screen going black and doing weird things. I looked it up on Reddit and others had issues too. Just be wary of that.

I have 120hz/3K OLED, Intel Arc GPU, Core Ultra 7 155H. Battery life — browsing: 10 hours+, YouTube 1080p: 12+ hours, gaming: 2-3 hours (CS2). That's all in power efficiency mode at 200nits. In balanced mode browsing gives 9 hours+. In performance mode at max brightness, browsing gives 6-7 hours+.

I bought this laptop from your recommendation, I'm absolutely loving it. I got the elite with 32GB.

I cannot comment on the above machine but I have the 14x oled i9. It is a nice machine but the battery life is truly awful on normal powermode it lasts about 3.5 hours max and in saver mode lasts for a max of 5hrs with brightness turned really down. Can't really enjoy the screen unless it is plugged in and I can keep it plugged in as it will eventually destroy the battery. I suggest the dell 15 or 17. I wish I didn't buy this machine. Useless when I am working away from the desk.

Super poor battery life of 3 hours, even when only scrolling the web. The fan occasionally blasts up. Other than those 2 things, everything else about the laptop is great! If you don't mind being an outlet warrior, go for it.

You can use any USB C chargers. I personally use my 67w Anker brick as it charges both my S25 ultra and Zenbook 14 OLED 2024 at their max capacity. I don't know why people here keeps blabbing about battery life and omitting the fact that this laptop has a 3K screen. If ASUS went with 1080p, it might have had the greatest battery life ever.

I had zenbook 14. Bought it 6 months back and the hinge broke out of nowhere. The screen fully cracked and now the repair costing 50k. I am so done with touch screen laptops. Money down the drain.

Great laptop just too expensive.

I sold my 185h ultra 9 zenbook and crossed myself, opening a window with YouTube is already a problem with this intel processor, lag spikes for no reason, kind of a hot processor, very hard to use this laptop after a mac. I had the latest microcodes installed, always fresh bios, fresh windows with latest updates, fresh drivers. Nothing helped. It's just plain bad. Will not buy anything intel from now on.

No Asus Zenbook 14 OLED is not a good choice. After purchasing this laptop I regret. Totally waste of money. Asus doesn't quality control its products. I purchased the product at the end of JAN 2025 and started using it in mid February 2025 without realising that the new product already has hardware snags. The laptop is very-very slow, getting very hot and softwares like Edge, Chrome, Word, Excel etc are crashing. Pointer is also not stable.

Firstly, the shitty heatsink and fan. When the load goes slightly over 30% the laptop becomes louder than a jet engine, while the temps don't go lower than 85 celsius. Second thing is the lack of ports, as it only comes with a singular USB 3.0 port on the left side and HDMI, Audio jack and 2 USB-C ports on the right side. That means if I want to keep my laptop from thermally throttling and use a mouse I have to buy a USB-C to USB adapter. Lastly, the lack of repairability.

Used to have a used OLED vivobook for almost a year which functioned mostly fine. Couple of minor issues here and there. Worst about it was it had the high-pitched electric buzzing (coil whine?) most of the time. You are advised to thoroughly test drive your unit and prepare to request for returns, since most parts will be soldered and irreplaceable. Also these specs at $1600 seem a bit overpriced.

Ryzen is slightly better. Ultra 7 and Ryzen tie out in performance (sometimes Ultra 7 wins by a bit). However the Ultra 7 has a higher TDP compared to the Ryzen, meaning for the Ultra 7 to match/equal Ryzen's performance, it needs to draw more power, so the Ryzen is more efficient. There is also a difference in GPU. The Ultra 7 comes with Arc iGPU, which is weaker compared to the Radeon 780M iGPU in the Ryzen 7. So graphically the Ryzen wins out.

Zenbooks have always had the most tactile keyboards, maybe a bit too tactile for some, but I love typing on them.

Still quick, snappy, and looking amazing after all this time. I don't use it without power very often. The battery could be better, but it's still good on power saving mode. It lasted me 12 hours on a flight so I could watch downloaded movies on Netflix. I'd recommend buying it!

Got a Zenbook S13 OLED. Top of the line with maxed out specs. Buggy as hell. Problems started 2 years in. Should've bought a MacBook.

There's a lot to love — screen quality and brightness, performance, very light. I pulled the original SSD to get a 2TB SSD in there. My only complaint is the wireless performance. The Intel BE201 adapter is not as fast with downloads or transferring files over my network.

I have a 2024 model and no matter what I try — liquid metal, PTM7950, MX6 — the laptop just gets too hot, battery is meh at best.