Category: Snapdragon Laptops

ASUS Vivobook S15 S5507QAD-PS96 Copilot+ PC listed on Amazon US ( Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite / 3K OLED / 16GB ram / 1TB SSD )

Asus has launched the 2024 Vivobook S15 S5507QAD-PS96 Copilot+ PC ( 90NB14Q2-M000W0 ) in the US online. The price starts at $1,299.99. This laptop is now listed for pre-order on Amazon US ( Amazon.com ). According to the listing, this item will be released on June 18, 2024.

Processor, Graphics, and Memory

ASUS Vivobook S15 S5507QAD-PS96 Copilot+ PC is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100 12-Core Processor and comes with 16GB of ram and 1TB SSD storage. It uses M.2 NVMe™ PCIe® 4.0 SSD and LPDDR5X on board ram memory.

Display Specs

It features a 15.6 inch 3K resolution OLED display offering a native screen resolution of 2880 x 1620 pixels. It supports a 120hz refresh rate, 600nits HDR peak brightness, and covers 100% DCI-P3 color gamut. The display is a glossy one and is VESA CERTIFIED Display HDR True Black 600.

Other Features

ASUS Vivobook S15 S5507QAD-PS96 Copilot+ PC ( 90NB14Q2-M000W0 ) is powered with a 70WHrs, 3S1P, 3-cell Li-ion battery. It supports WiFi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4. This laptop weighs 1.42 kg (3.13 lbs). Check out the full specs and features below.

ASUS Vivobook S15 S5507QAD-PS96 Technical Details
SpecificationValue
ProcessorQualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E 78 100 Processor ( 42MB Cache, up to 3.4GHz Max Multithread frequency, 12 cores, 12 Threads)
Neural ProcessorQualcomm® Hexagon™ NPU ( 45 NPU TOPS ) for on-device AI processing
GraphicsQualcomm® Adreno™ GPU
Display resolution15.6 inch 3K resolution ( 2880 x 1620 pixels, 16:9 aspect ratio )
Display panel typeASUS Lumina OLED display
Other display features120Hz refresh rate, 600nits HDR peak brightness, 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, 1,000,000:1, VESA CERTIFIED Display HDR True Black 600, 0.2ms response time
Memory16GB ram ( LPDDR5X on board )
Storage1TB SSD ( M.2 NVMe™ PCIe® 4.0 SSD )
I/O ports2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A
2x USB 4.0 Gen 3 Type-C support display / power delivery
1x HDMI 2.1 TMDS
1x 3.5mm Combo Audio Jack
Micro SD card reader
Wireless ConnectivityWi-Fi 7(802.11be) (Tri-band)2*2 + Bluetooth® 5.4 Wireless Card
Battery Capacity70WHrs, 3S1P, 3-cell Li-ion
Webcam cameraFull HD 1080P camera with IR function to support Windows Hello, privacy shutter
Product weight1.42 kg (3.13 lbs)
Product colorCool Silver
Operating systemWindows 11 Home
Battery lifeup to 18 hours of battery life
Military GradeUS MIL-STD 810H military-grade standard
Launch Price$1,299.99
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Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 Snapdragon CoPilot+ PC models announced ( US, UK, Germany )

Lenovo has unveiled 2024 ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 Snapdragon CoPilot+ PC Laptop models for various markets. The price varies from model to model as you can get it with different specs and configurations.

As the name suggests, Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 Snapdragon CoPilot+ PC is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon ARM processor. All models currently listed online are equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon® X1E-78-100 12-core processor ( Snapdragon® X Elite ) and Qualcomm® Adreno™ GPU. For AI features, it is equipped with Qualcomm® Hexagon™ NPU ( up to 45 TOPS ).

It either ships with Windows® 11 Pro (on ARM) or Windows® 11 Home (on ARM) operating system.

At the time of writing, the Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 Snapdragon can be bought with 3 different display configurations. The top-end model features a 14-inch 2.8K (2880×1800) resolution OLED 120hz screen with DisplayHDR™ True Black 500, and Dolby Vision® support. Cheaper models come with a 14-inch WUXGA (1920×1200) screen 60hz IPS screen. The 14-inch WUXGA models with touch support offer 100% sRGB color gamut while the non-touch model only covers 45% NTSC color gamut. All models have 85°/85°/85°/85° Viewing Angle (L/R/U/D).

When it comes to memory, these new 2024 Lenovo CoPilot+ PC laptops use LPDDR5x-8448 memory with up to 64GB RAM available on the top-end models. According to the Lenovo spec sheet, the installed memory is LPDDR5x-8533 but runs as LPDDR5x-8448 due to platform limitations.

In the storage department, Lenovo has equipped ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 Snapdragon CoPilot+ PCs with one M.2 2242 PCIe® 4.0 x4 slot with up to 1TB SSD supported. It will be available with 256GB and 512GB storage options as well.

When it comes to wireless connectivity, it has Qualcomm® Wi-Fi® 7 NCM825A, 802.11be 2×2 Wi-Fi® + Bluetooth® 5.3 (Bluetooth® 5.4 hardware ready).

Various I/O ports available are:

  • 1x USB-A (USB 5Gbps / USB 3.2 Gen 1)
  • 1x USB-A (USB 5Gbps / USB 3.2 Gen 1), Always On
  • 2x USB-C® (Thunderbolt™ 4 / USB4® 40Gbps), with USB PD 3.0 and DisplayPort™ 1.4a
  • 1x HDMI® 2.1, up to 4K/60Hz
  • 1x Headphone/microphone combo jack (3.5mm)

A few models also have a 1x Nano-SIM card slot (WWAN support models).

It is powered with a Li-Polymer 58Wh battery and supports Rapid Charge (charge up to 80% in 1hr). A 65W USB-C power adapter is provided to charge the device.

The weight of this model starts at 1.24 kg (2.72 lbs). It comes in a Black color case.

Other features

  • Supports up to 4 independent displays (native display and 3 external monitors via HDMI® and Thunderbolt™)
  • soldered memory, not upgradable
  • Qualcomm® WCD9385 codec, High Definition (HD) Audio
  • Stereo speakers, 2W x2, Dolby Audio™
  • Dual-microphone array, 360° far-field
  • Full HD 1080P Resolution + IR discrete camera, with privacy shutter, MIPI, fixed focus, Always On Computer Vision
  • LED backlight Keyboard with 6-row, spill-resistant, multimedia Fn keys
  • Glass-like Mylar® surface multi-touch touchpad
  • TrackPoint® pointing device
  • Discrete TPM 2.0 (TCG certified, FIPS 140-2 certified) and Microsoft® Pluton TPM 2.0
  • IR camera for Windows® Hello (facial recognition)
  • Computer Vision-based User Presence Sensing including lock on leave

US Model Numbers: 21N10000US, 21N10001US ( Price starts at $2,699.00 – Pre-order Price )
UK Model Numbers: 21N10003UK, 21N10005UK, 21N10006UK, 21N10007UK ( Price starts at £1,800.00 – Pre-order Price ), 21N10008UK, 21N10009UK, 21N1000AUK

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What is a Copilot+ PC? Is it better than an Apple Macbook Air/Pro?

During the May 20, 2024 event at Microsoft Campus, the tech giant announced the existence of a new type of Computer / PC – Copilot+ PC.

What is a Copilot+ PC?

A Copilot+ PC is a new type of Windows PC / Computer designed with AI in mind. Until now, most Windows 11 Home laptops / PCs launched were by either an Intel processor or an AMD processor, while these new CoPilot+ PCs are powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon ARM64 processors, which run on Windows 11 Home made for ARM. It comes with a powerful new emulator called Prism, which should allow you to run non-native apps without a fuss.

So what are the benefits?

Apple showed the world what an ARM chip can do with other Apple Silicon M1 powered Macbook Pros and Macbook Airs. They offered better performance and better battery life. The same can be said about the new CoPilot+ PC. They boast better performance and all-day battery life. In addition, you also get access to the most advanced AI models.

3 Major AI features Microsoft is introducing with the new CoPilot+ PCs are Recall ( records everything via secure, device-only screenshots and can retrieve info when needed ), Cocreator ( lets you generate AI images in near real-time ), and Live Captions ( can translate audio from 40+ languages to English ). Of course, you will have access to Copilot in Windows which will be your AI assistant.

Which Processor do CoPilot+ PCs run on?

At launch, Qualcomm is introducing two Snapdragon ARM64 processors to run on these new bread of PCs. They are:

  • Qualcomm Snapdragon™ X Elite X1E-78–100 processor (12 cores up to 3.4 GHz, integrating Qualcomm Hexagon™ NPU AI Engine up to 45 TOPs )
  • Qualcomm Snapdragon™ X Plus X1P-64–100 processor (10 cores up to 3.4 GHz, integrating Qualcomm Hexagon™ NPU AI Engine up to 45 TOPs)

For graphics, it uses Qualcomm® Adreno™ GPU ( supports up to 3.8 TFLOPS ).

Who are all making CoPilot+ PCs at Launch?

Microsoft has announced that Acer ( Swift 14 AI 2024 ), ASUS ( Vivobook S 15 2024 ), Dell ( XPS 13, Inspiron 14 Plus, Inspiron 14, Latitude 7455, and Latitude 5455 ), HP ( OmniBook X AI PC, EliteBook Ultra G1q AI PC ), Lenovo ( Yoga Slim 7x, ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 ), and Samsung ( Galaxy Book4 Edge ) are already on board and will launch their laptops with CoPilot+ PC specs and features in the coming weeks and months.

Microsoft has also launched its own Surface Pro Laptops with CoPilot+ PC experience and they are already available to pre-order online in the US, UK, Canada etc. In India, it is not available to purchase at the time of writing.

Can CiPilot+ PCs outperform a Macbook Air 15 with Apple Silicon?

In the official blog published, Microsoft claims “They outperform Apple’s MacBook Air 15-inch by up to 58% in sustained multithreaded performance” and can offer “up to 20% more battery in local video playback than the MacBook Air 15”. The performance was tested against MacBook Air 15” with M3 8 core CPU / 10 Core GPU and Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core benchmark was used to compare.

What’s the starting Price of a CoPilot+ PC?

At launch, Microsoft announced that the CoPilot+ PC US price starts at $999, and will be available from June 18, 2024.

Acer’s Swift 14 AI CoPilot+ PC

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