New Variants of Asus Zenfone 2

Asus Zenfestival 2015 witnessed launch of new variants of popular Zenfone 2 smartphone in India. The newly launched smartphones are ZenFone Selfie, ZenFone 2 Laser, the ZenFone 2 Deluxe and ZenFone Max. The common feature of all 4 smartphone includes Android 5.0 Lollipop, 4G LTE support, and  dual-SIM (Micro-SIM) dual active support. Let us have quick look into these new smartphones from Asus.

New Variants of Asus Zenfone 2

I have already written a detailed post on comparing different variants of Asus Zenfone 2, in one of  my previous post with the model numbers.  The earlier variants majorly differentiated by the storage limit and display screen. All previous models were powered by Intel Atom processors with different clock speed. But, now Asus Zenfone 2 available with Snapdragon Soc too. We will discuss more on this by looking into individual new Asus Zenfone 2 variants.

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Different variants of Asus Zenfone 2

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Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe

The main attraction of the Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe is its design. It also has 13MP PixelMaster camera with laser auto-focus technology. This technology helps to take instant shots on near object. Below are the specification of Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe. There are two sub variants of this model based on the internal storage. Except that, all the other specifications remains same.

• 2.3 GHz Intel Atom Z3580 Quad Core Processor with 4GB of RAM.
• PowerVR G6430 GPU and  OpenGL 3.2 support.
• 5.5 inch IPS display with 1920 x 1080 Full HD and Asus TruVivid Technology.
• 64GB/128GB internal storage.
• 5GB  Asus Webstorage and 100GB Google Drive storage for 2 years.
• microSD card support upto 128GB.
• 13MP PixelMaster rear camera with laser auto-focus technology.
• 5MP front facing camera with large f/2.0 aperture and wide angle(85 degree) lense.
• Android 5.0 Lollipop with ZenUI.
• 3000mAh lithium polymer battery with Boostmaster fast charging technology(Charge upto 60% capacity in 39 minutes).

Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe Price

Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe 64GB variant price is Rs.22,999 and 128GB variant price is Rs.29,999.

Asus ZenFone Selfie

Asus ZenFone Selfie is designed for selfie lovers. It has twin 13MP PixelMaster cameras and a dual-color, dual-LED Real Tone flash at both front and rear. One more feature of this smartphone is,it is powered by 1.7 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939 Octa Core Processor The specification of this smartphone are given below. This smartphone available with two variants based on storage capacity and RAM capacity.

• 1.7 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939 Octa Core Processor.
• 5.5 inch IPS display with 1920 x 1080 Full HD and Asus TruVivid Technology.
• GB RAM with 16GB internal storage or 3GB RAM with 32GB internal storage.
•  5GB Asus Webstorage and 100GB Google Drive storage for 2 years.
• microSD card support upto 128GB.
• 13MP front facing camera with f/2.0 aperture,wide angle lens and Dual LED real tone Flash.
• 13MP rear facing camera with f/2.0 aperture, wide angle lens, 5 element auto focus lense/Laser auto focus for 0.3 second focus time and Dual LED real tone Flash.
• Android 5.0 Lollipop with ZenUI.
• 3000mAh lithium polymer removable battery.

Asus Zenfone Selfie Price

Asus ZenFone Selfie with 2GB RAM and 16GB internal storage is Rs.15,999. For the variant with 3GB RAM with 32GB internal storage price is Rs.17,999.

Asus Zenfone 2 Laser ZE550KL

This one of the most affordable variants of Asus Zenfone 2. It is powered by Snapdragon 410 Soc with 2GB of RAM.  It has 5.5 inch IPS capacitive touch screen with 720HD resolution. The screen has Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection. The other features of the device includes 5MP front facing camera with f/2.0 and wide angle(85 degree) lens. This device too comes with 13MP rear facing camera with f/2.0 aperture, wide angle lens, 5 element auto focus lense/Laser auto focus for 0.3 second focus time and Dual LED real tone Flash.

Asus Zenfone 2 Laser ZE550KL Specification

• 5.5 inch IPS capacitive touch screen with 720HD resolution
• Snapdragon 410 Soc with 2GB of RAM
• 5MP front facing camera with f/2.0 and wide angle(85 degree)
• 13MP rear facing camera with f/2.0 aperture, wide angle lens, 5 element auto focus lense/Laser auto focus for 0.3 second focus time and Dual LED real tone Flash.
• 3000 mAh battery.
• Android 5.0 Lollipop with ZenUI.

Asus Zenfone 2 Laser ZE550KL Price: Rs.9,999

Asus Zenfone Maxx ZC550KL

It has many common features of Asus Zenfone 2 Laser. The main difference is battery. Asus Zenfone Maxx houses huge 5000 mAh battery. One more feature of this smartphone is it can be used as power bank.

Asus Zenfone Maxx ZC550KL Specification

• 5.5 inch IPS capacitive touch screen with 720HD resolution
• Snapdragon 410 Soc with 2GB of RAM
• 8/16GB internal storage.
• 5MP front facing camera with f/2.0 and wide angle(85 degree)
• 13MP rear facing camera with f/2.0 aperture, wide angle lens, 5 element auto focus lense/Laser auto focus for 0.3 second focus time and Dual LED real tone Flash.
• 5000 mAh battery.
• Android 5.0 Lollipop with ZenUI.

In the Asus Zenfestival 2015, Asus also launched new variants of Asus ZenPad 7 and ZenPad 8.  As far as accessories Asus has released ZenFlash( Xenon Flash light), ZenEar, View Flip Cover Deluxe and Lolliflash.