Asus at its Zenvolution event on Monday at the Humble House Taipei, unveiled third generation Zenfone series smartphones. The newly launched devices are Asus ZenFone 3, ZenFone 3 Deluxe, and ZenFone 3 Ultra. Here is the quick summary of newly launched smartphone features and specifications.
Asus Zenfone 3 Deluxe
This is the flagship model of Zenfone 3 series smartphones. Asus claims that, it is the world’s first full metal smartphone with invisible antenna design. It sports strong and light aluminum alloy unibody design.
Asus Zenfone 3 Deluxe sports 5.7-inch Super AMOLED display with full HD( 1080×1920 pixel) resolution. It is powered by Snapdragon 820 SoC with 6B of RAM and Adreno 530 GPU. It has 64GB of inbuilt storage and support for microSD card upto 256GB. The connectivity features of the device includes WiFi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.2, Cat 6 LTE, and USB 3.0 Type-C connector.
Asus Zenfone 3 Deluxe(ZS570KL) houses 23MP rear primary camera which features Sony IMX318 sensor, f/2.0 aperture lens, and 4-axis optical image stabilization. It also has 3-axis electronic image stabilization for steady 4K UHD videos. This smartphone will be available in Grey, Silver, and Pink colour options.
Asus Zenfone 3 Deluxe(ZS570KL) packs 3000 mAh battery which supports Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0. There is a fingerprint scanner which is placed in the rear side of the smartphone. Zenfone 3 Deluxe price starts from $499. Asus Zenfone Deluxe Price in India is INR 49,999.
Key specification of Asus Zenfone 3 Deluxe
- All metal aluminum unibody design.
- 5.7 inch Full HD Super AMOLED display screen.
- Snapdragon 820 SoC with Adreno 530 GPU.
- 6GB RAM and 64GB of internal storage.
- Support for microSD card upto 256GB.
- 23MP primary camera which features Sony IMX318 sensor.
- 4K video recording with 3 axis electronic image stabilisation.
- 3000 mAh battery with Qualcomm Quick charge 3.0 support.
Asus Zenfone 3 Ultra
Asus Zenfone 3 Ultra features 6.8 inch full HD(1920×1080 pixels) IPS display screen. It is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 octa-core processor with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of built in storage. It supports microSD card upto 128GB. Like Zenfone 3 Deluxe, it also features 23-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX318 sensor. The connectivity features of Zenfone 3 ultra includes WiFi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.2, Cat 6 LTE, and USB 3.0 Type-C connector. The device will be available in Grey, Silver, and Pink colour options. It houses 4600 mAh battery with Quick Charge technology. Asus Zenfone 3 Ultra price starts from $479(Approximately Rs.32,200).
Key Specifications of Asus Zenfone 3 Ultra
- 6.8 inch full HD(1920×1080 pixels) IPS display screen.
- Snapdragon 652 octa-core processor with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage.
- 23 MP primary camera with Sony IMX318 sensor.
- 4600 mAh battery with Quick Charge technology.
Asus Zenfone 3
This is the base model of 3rd generation Zenfone smartphones. The Zenfone 3 sports 5.5-inch full-HD (1080×1920 pixels) Super IPS LCD display. It has Corning Gorilla glass 3 on the front and back. The Zenfone 3 is powered by Snapdragon 625 Soc. There will be two variants. One is with 3GB RAM and 32GB of storage and another one which has 4GB RAM and 64GB of internal storage. It houses 16MP rear camera with Sony IMX298 sensor. Zenfone 3 comes with 3000 mAh battery. The connectivity features of the device are Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.2, Cat 6 LTE, and USB 2.0 Type-C connector.
Key Specifications of Asus Zenfone 3
- 5.5-inch full-HD (1080×1920 pixels) Super IPS LCD display.
- Snapdragon 625 Soc with 3GB/4GB RAM.
- 32GB/64GB internal storage.
- 16MP primary camera with Sony IMX298 sensor.
- 3000 mAh battery.
- Fingerprint scanner.
- Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.2, Cat 6 LTE, and USB 2.0 Type-C connector.