Exclusive: Asus ROG Flow X13 — company’s portable 2-in-1 gaming laptop will launch in India on May 12

Asus will be launching the much-hyped ROG Flow X13 2-in-1 gaming laptop in India on May 12. The AMD powered laptop was first unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2021 in its gaming portfolio alongside the company's XG Mobile external GPU.

Earlier this week, a source close to the matter told Business Insider India that Asus is planning to launch a premium laptop on May 12. The same source has now confirmed that the laptop model is its ultraportable gaming laptop — the ROG Flow X13. The laptop is a mix of a gaming laptop packed in a portable and lightweight 2-in-1 body with a flippable 360-degree touchscreen.

ROG Flow X13 - an ultraportable 2-in-1 gaming laptop

The Flow X13 made its global debut in January 2021, so its features are already known. It is a 13-inch gaming laptop that draws power from AMD's Ryzen 9 5980HS (top variant) mobile processor topped with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 graphics card. At CES, Asus revealed that it's using AMD's top binned CPUs for this model to ensure "highest quality silicon" for efficient performance.

The display measures 13.3-inches having a 16:10 aspect ratio with both touch and stylus input. The global variant comes with either a 1080p (Full HD) 120Hz or a 4K 60Hz display with support for adaptive sync, which is likely to be the case in India. The display is also topped with Corning Gorilla Glass for an added later protection.

The biggest highlight of the design is its ability to convert 360-degrees, which lets you use it as a regular laptop and a tablet as well. Another major highlight is its battery, which is said to last up to 18 hours, with 10 hours of expected battery life during continuous video playback. It comes with a 100 W USB Type-C PD charger which is claimed to charge 0 to 60% in around 39 minutes.

Guessing ROG Flow X13's price in India is a little tricky as Asus offers two configurations of the laptop in the US - one with the 5900HS and a 120Hz, 1,920x1,200-pixel display and the other with a 5980HS-based "Supernova" edition with a 3,840x2,400, 60Hz screen. Both the versions are bundled with XG Mobile priced at $3300 (approx Rs 2,44,475) for Supernova, $2800 (approx Rs 2,07,434) for the standard model, and it can also be bought separately (without XG Mobile) at $1500 (approx Rs 1,11,125).