ASUS dropped a teaser for their upcoming Zenbook DUO laptop that apparently stuffs battery packs on both sides of the chassis instead of just one. The company posted a short clip showing off the dual-battery setup before the official CES reveal, and this thing seems pretty wild compared to most laptops that only pack cells on a single side.
The current Zenbook DUO runs a 75Wh battery that lasts around 13 hours, but splitting power between two packs could push runtime way higher without turning the laptop into a brick. The existing model sits at 1.65 kilograms, and adding extra cells will definitely bump the weight up a bit, though hopefully not past the 2-kilogram mark.
Lenovo pulled something similar with the ThinkPad T580 years back by mixing an internal battery with a removable one, but the Zenbook will probably lock both packs inside since the design does not really allow for swappable components.
The current Zenbook DUO runs a 75Wh battery that lasts around 13 hours, but splitting power between two packs could push runtime way higher without turning the laptop into a brick. The existing model sits at 1.65 kilograms, and adding extra cells will definitely bump the weight up a bit, though hopefully not past the 2-kilogram mark.
Lenovo pulled something similar with the ThinkPad T580 years back by mixing an internal battery with a removable one, but the Zenbook will probably lock both packs inside since the design does not really allow for swappable components.
