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    Zenbook UX310UQ - availability in Canada/US?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by hitops, Apr 19, 2017.

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    Does anybody know when this will be available in north america?

    I am thinking of buying a UX301UB but is the 310UX right around the corner? I can't seem to find any information about it anywhere.
     
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    You could always buy one on ebay with international shipping. Would cost more though.
     
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    From South Korea it's actually about the same as the UX303UB on amazon to Canada (where I am). But eBay of course means long delivery usually, risks of bad seller, costs for potential return.

    But if I did, what to do about the different power plug?
     
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    Yup that will work. One thing to point out that I didn't notice before, the keyboard is dual language, so it'll have English and Korean characters on each key.

    No idea on the duty, I'm in the US
     
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    Ok a few difference I notice between this item and the global site ad here:
    https://www.asus.com/Notebooks/ASUS-Zenbook-UX310UQ/

    One is the DDR4 RAM is 8GB vs 16GB (interestingly it says 16GB on the asus korea site), and storage is 256GB SSD vs 512 SSD + 1TB HDD. Also ebay ad mentions the geforce 940MX AND intel graphics, global site mentions only 940MX.

    I don't think the graphics are any different (just described differently), but for the hard drives, are these components potentially upgradable at a later date?

    Do you think the units will be functionally different in any other significant way? I'm not familiar with laptop rollouts and how they differ between regions.
     
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    While not in a language I can understand, it appears extremely simple to take apart in this video


    I do not think functionally it will act any different
     
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