Almost an year after it first announced in January 2015, Asus Zenfone Zoom finally launched in India. The main selling point of this Asus smartphone is its 3x optical zoom. As a bundled offer, customer will get tripod and ZenFlash along with this smartphone with discounted additional price. Asus Zenfone Zoom price in India is Rs 37,999 and for the tripod and ZenFlash bundled offer price is Rs 39,999.
The Asus Zenfone Zoom comes with 13MP rear camera and a 5MP front camera. The key feature of the primary camera includes 3x optical zoom, 10-element Hoya lens configuration which uses a dual prism periscope module design to capture more light, 4 stop optical image stabilization which ensures stutter free handheld shots even for 1 sec exposures. The camera also has all the good features we have seen on other Zenfone such as laser auto focus, manual shooting modes, super resolution etc. Apart from this, Zenfone Zoom supports 32 second exposure mode. But do remember that, this feature can only be used along with tripod.
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The new Asus Zenfone Zoom comes with Intel Atom Z3590 quad core processor which is clocked at 2.5GHz couples with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. The device supports microSD card for additional storage. Unfortunately, Zenfone Zoom supports only one sim card. The connectivity features of the device are Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, 4G LTE (Cat 4) and microUSB 2.0. It runs on Android Lollipop with ZenUI on top.
Asus Zenfone Zoom sports 5.5 inch full HD display with Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection. The display offers good viewing angles and good levels of brightness. The device is made up with aerospace-grade alloy which provides a solid-looking construction. Zenfone Zoom houses 3000mAh Li-polymer non removable battery. It comes with 18W power adapter. According to company, this can charge the battery from 0 to 60 percent in just 39mins.
These are only the first impression on Asus Zenfone Zoom. This is done based more by looking at the spec sheet. However, in the coming days we will be making an indepth review on Asus Zenfone Zoom.
Asus Zenfone Zoom Specification
- 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display with Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection.
- 2.5GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3590 processor with PowerVR G6430 GPU.
- 4GB LPDDR3 RAM, 128GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 128GB via micro SD.
- Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with ZenUI.
- 13MP rear camera with OIS, 3X optical zoom, f/2.7-4.8 aperture, Laser AF, Real Tone flash
5MP front-facing camera. - Dimensions: 158.9 x 78.84 x 5~11.95 mm; Weight 185g.
- 4G LTE / 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, NFC.
- 3000mAh battery with ASUS BoostMaster fast charging.
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