Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 Review: Punching above its weight and size

Asus has officially unveiled new 12th Gen Intel gaming laptops in its ROG serie

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The Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 features a starting price of Rs 1,79,990 in India

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The laptop features a sleek and stylish design with a matte-black finish with 2Kg of weight

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The M16 also has a new 180-degree ErgoLift hinge that allows you to lay the notebook flat on a surface.

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The M16 impressively fits a 16-inch IPS display in a 15-inch chassis

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model is equipped with the latest Intel Core i9- 12900H processor paired with 32GB RAM

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It has the new Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti laptop GPU and a 1TB M.2 PICe Gen 4 SSD

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The laptop managed to deliver around four to five hours of battery life.

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Swipe Up to check out Asus ROG Zephyrus G15

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