Currys dropped two incredible OLED Copilot+ laptop deals for £599 — here’s how to choose between them

It’s not often two genuinely excellent OLED laptops land at the same price at the same time — but right now, Currys has exactly that. The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Aura Edition is £599 (was £899), and the Asus Vivobook S16 OLED is also £599 (was £999).

Both are Copilot+ PCs, both have Intel Core Ultra 5 processors and OLED displays, and both are solid everyday laptops. The question is which one suits you.

The short answer: if you want something slim, ultraportable, and built like a premium product — go Lenovo. If you want more screen, more storage, and better battery claims for the same money, go ASUS. Here’s the fuller picture.

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The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Aura Edition

The Yoga Slim 7 Aura Edition is Lenovo’s Copilot+ flagship in this price range, and at £300 off it’s a significant deal. The ‘Aura Edition’ designation matters here — it refers to Intel’s Aura certification, which guarantees the laptop meets specific standards for display quality, battery life, and AI performance beyond the basic Copilot+ bar. In practice, what that means is a machine that’s been tuned for the whole experience rather than just hitting a spec sheet target.

The 14-inch OLED panel covers 100% DCI-P3 — one of the most comprehensive colour gamut coverages you’ll find at this price — with DisplayHDR True Black 500 certification and Eyesafe low blue light certification. For creative professionals who need colour accuracy, photographers editing on the go, or anyone who watches a lot of video, the difference between this display and a standard IPS panel is immediately visible.

The Core Ultra 5 226V is the efficiency-first chip in Intel’s Arrow Lake line — it’s not the raw performance leader, but it’s genuinely well-suited to the kind of sustained, all-day use this laptop is designed for. The result is up to 17.5 hours of rated battery life, and in real-world mixed use that should translate comfortably to a full working day. The quad-speaker setup with Smart Amplifier and Dolby Atmos is noticeably better than most laptops at this price too — actually pleasant to listen to without headphones.

The main trade-off is storage: 512GB SSD is adequate for most users but tighter than the Asus laptop's 1TB. If you store large video projects, photo libraries, or a lot of installed software locally, you may find yourself managing space more actively. External storage is the easy workaround, but it’s worth knowing going in.

Asus Vivobook S16

The Asus Vivobook S16 OLED makes a slightly different set of compromises. Where the Lenovo prioritises refinement and portability, the ASUS goes for space and performance. The 16-inch screen is genuinely more comfortable for extended work sessions, multitasking with multiple windows, or watching content — it’s the kind of size difference you actually feel every day.

The Intel Core Ultra 5 225H is a higher-performance H-series chip (versus the V-series in the Lenovo) — it has more cores and runs faster under sustained workloads, which shows up in video editing, compiling, and anything CPU-intensive. If your work pushes the processor hard, the ASUS has the edge here. The 1TB SSD at £599 is also notably generous — you’re getting twice the storage of the Lenovo at the same price.

The build quality and premium feel of the ASUS doesn’t quite match the Lenovo’s — at this price point, you can feel that the Yoga Slim 7 is a more carefully crafted machine. But if you’re buying for productivity and screen real estate rather than the feel of the product itself, the ASUS makes a compelling case.

Which laptop deal should you choose?

Go for the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Aura Edition if: you carry your laptop everywhere, you want the most premium feel for the money, colour accuracy matters for creative work, or you prioritise all-day battery life. The £300 discount is also a more dramatic deal — this is a laptop that genuinely feels like it should cost more than £599.

Go for the ASUS Vivobook S16 OLED if: you spend most of your time at a desk, you want a bigger screen, you need more storage without buying an external drive, or your work is processor-intensive. The 1TB SSD and larger display are real everyday advantages at this price.

Either way, you’re getting an OLED screen and a Copilot+ PC for £599 — which would have been a very different conversation just a couple of years ago. Check out more options in our guide to the best business laptops.

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Bryan M. Wolfe is a staff writer at TechRadar, iMore, and wherever Future can use him. Though his passion is Apple-based products, he doesn't have a problem using Windows and Android. Bryan's a single father of a 15-year-old daughter and a puppy, Isabelle. Thanks for reading!