ASUS VivoBook Flip 14 (2020) Review

The ASUS VivoBook Flip 14 (2020) is a 2-in-1 convertible Windows laptop. It’s a very portable device because it’s thin and light, and its battery lasts easily through a typical 8-hour day with charge to spare. However, the touchpad is small and doesn’t track well, and because the keys feel unstable, the typing experience is only passable. Also, its plastic chassis feels cheaply made, and the port selection is terrible, which means you’ll likely need to carry dongles or a dock for your wired peripherals. The display looks dim and dull, with awful color accuracy out of the box, and the speakers sound quiet and treble-heavy. It has an Intel Pentium CPU that can only handle basic tasks like web browsing and media playback, so it isn’t ideal for demanding workloads like video editing and gaming.

Our ASUS VivoBook Flip 14 has an Intel Pentium Silver N5030 CPU, integrated Intel UHD Graphics 605, 4GB of RAM, and 128GB storage. You can also get this laptop with an Intel Celeron N4020 CPU, but we don’t recommend it because it has fewer cores and doesn’t perform as well overall. Our unit has a 720p TN panel, but you can get a model with a brighter and sharper 1080p IPS display. Note that our review applies only to the TP401 series of ASUS VivoBook Flip 14s, not to be confused with the newer 2020 models, which have a different design and significantly more powerful AMD and Intel U-series processors.