Asus VivoBook 13 Slate Review: Brilliant OLED display, but it just can't outshine iPad
The iPad is the gold standard of tablets at the moment and despite other companies trying their best to dethrone it, Apple’s formula is simply perfect. A rock-solid OS platform with dedicated apps, a great display, and superb performance make any iPad the king of this category. But, an iPad is still not a laptop replacement due to iPadOS’ limitations and hence, this is where Asus thinks it has a chance with its VivoBook 13 Slate tablet.
Being marketed as the “portable OLED TV”, the Asus VivoBook 13 Slate is essentially a 13-inch Windows 11 tablet with a brag-worthy OLED display, some cool accessories, and enough meat within to make Asus demand Rs. 45,990 for the base variant. That is tempting even for those seeking a budget Windows laptop!
Curious to see how this Asus tablet fares in reality and whether it can dethrone my iPad Air from the high pedestal I have given it, I used it as my main computer for two weeks. Yeah, a tablet as a work PC! You do need to have such eccentricities to be a technology journalist.
Staying true to its name, the Asus VivoBook 13 Slate has a very slate-like form factor, courtesy of the 16:9 aspect ratio of its 13.3-inch display. This aspect ratio makes for the TV experience that Asus is advertising but, in the process, also makes it very unwieldy. You can easily hold an iPad with one hand while you interact with it – not the case with this Asus tablet. This is bulky in comparison and could actually end up making you put it on a table, or attach it to its detachable kickstand.
Yes, Asus is offering a detachable kickstand, a sleeve, a keyboard cover, and a stylus as part of the package on the top-two variants. The kickstand attaches magnetically to the tablet’s back but these magnets aren’t very
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