News & Reviews:   ASUS Transformer 3

Last week was crazy busy as Honor started it with a bang and their officially announced Honor Note 8 and Honor 5 Play. Samsung subsequently skipped numbers and officially announced the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 with their new Gear VR. ASUS soon followed suit with their full range of ASUS ZenFone 3, ASUS ZenFone 3 Ultra, ASUS ZenFone 3 Deluxe, ASUS ZenFone 3 Max and ASUS ZenFone 3 Laser smartphones along with their ASUS ZenBook 3, ASUS Transformer 3 and ASUS Transformer 3 Pro, all for Malaysia.

Apart from the slew of ASUS ZenFone 3 smartphones, ASUS Malaysia also revealed their new ASUS Transformer 3 and ASUS Transformer 3 Pro hybrid laptops alongside the ASUS ZenBook 3 laptop. While the Transformer 3 hybrids offer the latest Intel processor tech specs and slim portable 2-in-1 tablet + laptop functionality, the main highlight of the ultra-sleek ZenBook 3 is it's premium thinness, beating out the Apple MacBook Air in that aspect while delivering a premium metal look. Here are the pricing details:

• ASUS Transformer 3 (Intel Core 7th Gen / 4GB RAM / 256GB SSD / Intel Thunderbolt 3 / Sleeve Keyboard / ASUS Pen) ~ RM3199
• ASUS Transformer 3 Pro (Intel Core i7 6500U / 16GB RAM / 512GB SSD / Intel Thunderbolt 3 / Cover Keyboard / ASUS Pen) ~ RM6999
• ASUS ZenBook 3 (Intel Core i7 / 16GB RAM / 1TB SSD / quad-speaker Harmon Kardon / Intel Thunderbolt 3 / backlit keyboard / fingerprint sensor) ~ RM7999

ASUS Malaysia have just revealed their latest Zenvolution event to be on 6 August 2016. Signaling the Malaysian reveal of their recently announced ASUS ZenFone 3 range, now it is only a question of how many ASUS ZenFone 3 smartphones will be revealed for Malaysia.

While we're quite sure the ZenFone 3, ZenFone 3 Ultra and ZenFone 3 Deluxe will probably arrive, will the recently announced ZenFone 3 Laser and ZenFone 3 Max also make an appearance? How about Zenbo? Since Intel is involved, should we also expect the new ASUS Transformers or ZenBooks? 

This week Computex started but for most of us, ASUS stole the show with their Zenvolution, announcing the ASUS ZenFone 3 Deluxe, ZenFone 3 and ZenFone 3 Ultra. ASUS didn't stop there and also announced their ASUS Transformer 3 2-in-1 laptops and the ASUS ZenBook 3 but their biggest news turned out to be their ZenBo personal robot. Huawei Malaysia started the sale of their Huawei P9 and P9 Lite and subsequently announced the price and release date for the much awaited Huawei P9 Plus and more.

Not only ASUS announced three new ASUS Zenfone 3 variants, they also announced three new Transformer 2-in-1 models at the recent Zenvolution event in Taipei – the ASUS Transformer 3, Transformer 3 Pro and Transformer 3 Mini.