- Conclusion Get the lowdown
- Features How they compare
- Performance Real world benchmarks
- Differences Technical showdown
- Reviews Word on the street
- Competition Others to consider
- Discussion Answers and opinions
Compare with...
- Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga
- SAMSUNG Series 7 Chronos
- Sony VAIO S Series
- Acer Aspire S S7
- HP Envy 14 Spectre
Rated 60% by by P.-Kapadia (May, 2011)It was fast, thin and light, very comparable to the macbook air.
Rated 20% by by Snap--zeroc (Dec, 2011)Thinness - Not only is it beautifully thin, it is also practically thin meaning that it won't take up very much space in my travel bag and it adds to the portability.
Conclusion Which is better for you?
Features Key features of the SAMSUNG Series 9 900X3A compared to the ASUS Zenbook UX31E
2.3 GHz
Intel Core i5 2557M
screen size
13.3"
13.3"
Series 9 900X3A by Swiftks (Jul, 2011)I choose this product because of its compact size (yeah the Vaio's screen was nice and big, but a pain to pack up and use while laying down) and newer components (the SSD is unbelievable).
screen resolution
Series 9 900X3A by c|net (Mar, 2011)The screen has a maximum resolution of 1,366x768 pixels, but its brightness and viewable angles surpass many other laptops we've seen.
Zenbook UX31E by Snap--zeroc (Dec, 2011)Screen Resolution - I was a little worried when looking for a netbook/ultrabook to replace my old laptop that I would struggle when working in excel documents due to screen real estate.
cpu speed
| 0 GHz | 2.3 GHz | 3 GHz |
Series 9 900X3A by TrustedReviews (Feb, 2012)Intel's new Sandy Bridge low voltage mobile processors provide the best efficiency to performance ratios on the market, so though its standard clock speed is only 1.4GHz, this can turbo clock up to 2.3GHz and utilizes Hyperthreading to provide up to four virtual cores.
Zenbook UX31E by Snap--zeroc (Dec, 2011)I guess the credit should go to the low voltage CPU from intel.
processor
Series 9 900X3A by TrustedReviews (Feb, 2012)The good news continues with the 900X3A's specifications, with the headline being its use of a dual-core Intel Core i5-2537M.
memory
| 0 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB |
Series 9 900X3A by TrustedReviews (Feb, 2012)It's configured in a single stick of 4GB taking up one of the two DIMM slots so Samsung can conceivably offer models with 8GB of RAM in the future.
Zenbook UX31E by Dan-S (Dec, 2011)I do wish it had more ram and wireless N, Overall I am thrilled with this laptop and my friends are jealous.
Performance Real world tests of SAMSUNG Series 9 900X3A vs ASUS Zenbook UX31E
battery life
7 hour
7 hour
Series 9 900X3A by TrustedReviews (Feb, 2012)Again, the Series 9 allayed our fears by providing over four hours with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth enabled, while switching these off and lowering the brightness to the 40 percent equivalent we run the Productivity test at on other laptops resulted in a solid seven hours and 20 minutes.
Zenbook UX31E by J.-Tyman (Jul, 2012)SS drive is a great feature, I love "Instant ON", long battery life.
Differences What are the advantages of each
Advantages compared to the ASUS Zenbook UX31E
| Has a memory card reader | microSD | vs | None |
|---|---|---|---|
| Read and write data from a camera or phone memory card | |||
| Thinner | 16 mm | vs | 30 mm |
| Around 50% thinner | |||
Advantages compared to the SAMSUNG Series 9 900X3A
| Much faster internal storage | 0.1 ms (SSD) | vs | 10 ms (HDD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100x faster random access time; faster boot times and shorter application load times | |||
| Much faster processor | 2.3 GHz | vs | 1.4 GHz |
| More than 60% faster processor; run computation-intensive applications, such as photo editing, faster | |||
| Much faster Bluetooth | 24 Mbit/s (Bluetooth v4.0) | vs | 3 Mbit/s (Bluetooth v3.0) |
| 8x faster Bluetooth | |||
| Sharper screen | 138 ppi | vs | 117 ppi |
| Around 20% sharper PPI; enjoy photo-realistic, crisp images | |||
| Higher resolution screen | 1600 x 900 | vs | 1366 x 768 |
| Around 40% higher resolution screen | |||
| More storage capacity | 256 GB | vs | 128 GB |
| 2x more storage capacity | |||
| Much faster USB | 572 MB/s (USB 3.0) | vs | 57 MB/s (USB 2.0) |
| More than 10x faster USB; connect a high-speed external hard drive or other high-speed device | |||
Reviews Word on the street
SAMSUNG Series 9 900X3A | ASUS Zenbook UX31E | ||
 |    Rated by 131 users at amazon.com Rated 100% by by SingSling (May, 2011) Rated 40% by by 281928 (Feb, 2012) Rated 20% by by Rachel-M-Johnson (Nov, 2011) | Rated by 122 users at amazon.com Rated 100% by by Rokfrd (Apr, 2012) Rated 20% by by Monica Rated 20% by by Neil-Halfon (Mar, 2012) | |
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Competition What else you should consider
 | 1 | Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga Has an accelerometer |
 | 5 | HP Envy 14 Spectre Longest battery life |
 | 6 | Acer Aspire S S3-951 3-way tie: OK l3 cache |
 | 7 | Dell XPS 12 Sharpest screen |
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