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hey how's it going guys this is Dave 2d and this is a video on the asus ux305 great device is actually one of my favorite Asus devices from last year there's actually one of my favorite ultra books from 2015 but this is the successor it's been upgraded across the board let's take a look the exterior is very similar to the 305 essentially the same shape and size the top surface has that radial brushed finish again the bottom is the more standard texture to open it up you need to remove the t5 screws and then there's two more screws under the feet it's kind of troublesome to get in there but once you're inside you'll find a removable m2 SSD and then there's 8 gigs of ram which are soldered on there is an option for 16 gigs of ram if you need it now compared with the XPS 13 and the Razer Blade stealth it's the biggest of the bunch but it's still a relatively small package it has the same amount of material flex as a 3:05 from last year I know it looks pretty dramatic on camera but I'm twisting this thing pretty aggressively the chassis isn't as rigid as I'd like it to be but the overall build quality is good the hinge tension on the screen is perfect you can open and close it with one hand but the bottom of the screen hits the table when you open it up so the 3:05 had little feet that kind of helped it keep it off the table those feet aren't on the 3:06 but I don't think it's an issue the edge doesn't seem to scratch my table it's a little skimpy on ports there's one USB type a and audio jack and an SD card slot and on the other side there's a USB C micro HDMI and that's it there's one USB a1 use BC and the USB C port doesn't even support Thunderbolt 3 so not a ton of ports but it should be enough for most people the screen looks to be the same as the ux305 this one here is the 1080p non-touchscreen it's a matte finish viewing angles are ok not amazing but it gets bright at around 320 nets and the color accuracy is pretty good there's an HD webcam up top this is what it looks like the speakers are still located on the bottom but they sound better this year they're not super loud and they still don't have a lot of bass but they sound clear or at least clearer than how I remember the ux305 one sounding the keyboard has backlighting now which is something that I know a lot of people wanted on last year's model it's pretty spacious to type on the arrow keys are small but the layout is good and none of the keys feel uncomfortable to use the keystroke isn't as responsive I'd like it to be it's supposedly a one point five millimeter travel but it feels shorter to me and I'd say overall it's a pretty average but decent typing experience the trackpad has been improved the earlier ux305 units had a weird clicking issue that's been resolved it's a big plastic surface and it uses native Windows drivers so tracking is really good I wish the texture was a little bit smoother but there's no skipping and the buttons and the gestures are also really responsive the SSD that they include is a SATA based m2 so it's not super fast system performance otherwise is good more than capable for any kind of work you do on this it's running the Intel HD 520 graphics chip so gaming isn't its strong point but lighter games are still pretty playable as long as you're running on the lowest graphics settings and the lowest resolution so even something like overwatch can hit 50 or 60 frames per second as long as you don't mind the pixelation the performance here is a really nice step up from the core em chips that some of the earlier ux305 shipped with last year and also if you want 1080p video editing is viable just make sure you're using an external drive in terms of fan noise it's very quiet on idle not quite silent but it's close on load the fan noise picks up but it never gets super loud thermally it has a pretty average heat output it features something called asus iSchool which supposedly keeps the palm rest cooler and it does but I'm not really seeing that much of a difference between this and any other Ultrabook to be honest the battery life has been bumped up it's a 57 watt hour battery and it takes about three hours to charge seven half hour battery life maybe a little bit less depending on what you're doing okay so the asus ux305 in shape and size the 1080p screen is good but it's not a touchscreen the keyboard is respectable and the backlighting is a nice addition this year the trackpad is improved and uses native drivers which is nice the dual-core skylake i7 is more than enough for anything you'd want to do on an ultrabook and it's well cooled without being too loud the eight gigs of ram are soldered on and and to be replaced the 512 gig SATA m2 stick can be replaced but it's not easy to open up and finally we have a battery that allows you around 7 hours of regular use so I really like the ux302 3:05 and fixed the 2 biggest problems I had with it last year they added a backlighting for the keyboard and they fix the trackpad now it's still not a perfect device I wish I had done about three and I wish there are more use B ports but aside from that I think issues did a fantastic job on this device it's definitely my favorite Asus Ultrabook available right now that's the end of this video hope you guys liked it thumbs have you liked it subs if you loved it it's been nice see you guys next time