ASUS ExpertBook Ultra India launch brings one of the most technically ambitious business laptops of 2026 to the country, with pre-orders going live on Flipkart today at a starting price of Rs 2,39,990. Unveiled at a launch event in Delhi on April 22, the ExpertBook Ultra is the company’s new flagship commercial laptop, and it arrives with a staggering spec sheet stuffed into a chassis that weighs just 0.99kg. Yes, less than a kilogram. The laptop world just got a lot more interesting.

What ASUS Just Announced

The ExpertBook Ultra is a 14-inch Copilot+ PC built around the Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processor. ASUS is positioning it as the absolute top of its commercial laptop lineup, targeting senior executives, CXOs, and enterprise IT buyers who refuse to choose between portability and raw performance.

The headline numbers are hard to ignore. The laptop starts at 0.99kg, measures just 10.9mm thick, and is machined from AZ31B magnesium-aluminium alloy, an aerospace-grade material also used in Formula 1 racing cars. A Nano Ceramic surface coating with 9H hardness sits on top, rated at five times the scratch resistance of the industry standard 3H finish.

Speaking at the launch, ASUS Global co-CEO Samson Hu said the ExpertBook Ultra was designed to empower professionals to “operate in a state of brilliance,” describing it as the outcome of the company’s Design Thinking philosophy applied specifically to the needs of modern business leaders.

The Performance Specs That Raised Eyebrows

The ExpertBook Ultra ships with what ASUS claims is one of the first PCIe Gen 5 NVMe SSDs in a consumer laptop, delivering sequential read speeds of up to 14,090 MB/s. That is roughly twice the speed of most current high-end laptops running PCIe Gen 4 storage.

Memory goes up to 64GB of LPDDR5X clocked at 9600 MT/s, and ASUS notes this outpaces the MacBook Pro M4’s 6400 MT/s by more than 50% in memory bandwidth.

The integrated Intel Arc B390 graphics is another talking point. ASUS claims it outperforms a dedicated NVIDIA RTX 4050 running at 30W TGP by approximately 35% in 3DMark Time Spy benchmarks. That is a striking claim for integrated graphics, and one that independent testing will need to verify.

Keeping all of this cool inside a 10.9mm chassis is the ASUS ExpertCool Pro system, which uses dual fans with 97 ultra-thin 0.15mm blades. ASUS says the laptop can sustain a 50W CPU TDP in Turbo mode without throttling, even when docked with the lid shut.

Intel India’s Senior Director of Global Accounts, PP Sunil Acharya, commented at the launch that the ExpertBook Ultra represents what is possible “when deep platform engineering meets real-world business needs,” citing the close co-development between Intel and ASUS on the platform.

The Display Options

The flagship display configuration is a 14-inch 3K (2,880×1,800) Tandem OLED touchscreen with a variable refresh rate between 30Hz and 120Hz, peaking at 1,400 nits HDR brightness with 100% DCI-P3 colour coverage. Tandem OLED technology stacks two light-emitting layers, which significantly extends panel lifespan and reduces power consumption by 40% compared to a standard single-layer OLED.

A P-OLED variant is also available. It starts at the same 0.99kg weight, while the Tandem OLED configuration comes in at 1.09kg.

Both variants use Corning Gorilla Glass Victus combined with nano-etching, which ASUS says reduces glare by 80% and sparkle by 50%.

Enterprise Security Built In

Security is a central part of the ExpertBook Ultra’s pitch to IT decision-makers. The laptop complies with the NIST SP 800-193 Firmware Resiliency Framework and carries Microsoft Secured-Core PC and Microsoft Pluton Security Processor certifications. It also includes dual self-healing BIOS, discrete TPM 2.0 (FIPS 140-2 certified), a Match-on-Chip fingerprint sensor that stores and processes biometric data entirely on the sensor itself, and chassis intrusion detection.

ASUS is also launching what it calls an Executive Concierge Service exclusively for ExpertBook Ultra customers in India, described as the first formalised executive-level service offering in the Indian commercial PC market. Each customer gets a dedicated Expert Relationship Manager as a single point of contact.

Battery and Charging

The ExpertBook Ultra carries a 70Wh battery with a claimed battery life of up to 26 hours of local video playback. The included 90W USB-C fast charger brings it to 50% charge in 30 minutes. The laptop also supports full-range USB-C charging from 5V to 20V, meaning it can be charged from a standard smartphone power bank or economy-class aircraft USB ports.

The ExpertBook P Series Gets a Major Expansion Too

Alongside the flagship, ASUS also significantly expanded its ExpertBook P lineup at today’s event.

The ExpertBook P3 is now available starting at INR 94,990 on Flipkart, with a limited-period launch discount of INR 6,000. It features Intel Core Ultra Series 2 processors, dual SODIMM slots supporting up to 96GB DDR5 RAM, dual PCIe 4.0 SSD slots, and comes in a choice of All-Plastic or One Metal chassis across 14-inch and 16-inch display sizes.

The ExpertBook P5 steps up to Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors and Intel Xe3 integrated graphics, with display options including OLED and WQXGA (2560×1600) panels at up to 144Hz. The P5 starts at INR 2,14,990 and is coming soon to Flipkart.

Both P-series models include a full-size RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet port, Wi-Fi 7, Thunderbolt 4, HDMI 2.1, and support for the ASUS MyExpert1 on-device AI suite. The MyExpert1 suite includes AI ExpertMeet for real-time transcription, meeting summaries, and live translation, all processed locally without cloud dependency.

All new ExpertBook models pass 24 MIL-STD-810H durability procedures across 11 categories, and ship with a 1-year accidental damage protection, toll-free support from 9 AM to 9 PM Monday through Saturday, onsite service across 15,500+ pin codes, and a default international warranty valid in 80 countries.

Launch Offers and Availability

Pre-orders for the ExpertBook Ultra are open on Flipkart from today through April 29, 2026, with the following launch benefits included.

• 5-year onsite warranty, 5-year battery warranty, and 5-year accidental damage protection (worth INR 12,190)
• Rs 20,000 off on Axis Credit Card EMI
• Rs 20,000 exchange discount
• 24-month no-cost EMI
• Free Flipkart Black Membership for 1 year (worth INR 1,499)
• Free 1-year McAfee+ Premium subscription

The ExpertBook P3 is available now. The ExpertBook P5 is listed as coming soon.

ASUS has clearly done its homework on what enterprise buyers care about in 2026, bundling together portability, AI performance, security compliance, and on-device intelligence into a single package. Whether the benchmark claims for the Arc B390 graphics and sustained 50W TDP performance hold up in real-world, extended workloads is the question that remains. If they do, the ExpertBook Ultra will be a genuinely difficult laptop for competitors to answer at this weight class.