Asus must appear in excuse to to something. They've been shipping 1.5 million Zenfones a month in Q4 last year, the company's CEO Jonney Shih shared upon stage today at CES 2015.
But that's not all he shared. He has then unveiled the latest smartphone in the lineup - the Asus Zenfone 2, as skillfully as the Zenfone Zoom - a cameraphone behind than 3x optical zoom lens.
The Zenfone 2
The Asus Zenfone 2 is boasting a 5.5" display back skinny bezels, dual-SIM/dual-supple connectivity following LTE and finally, a 2.3GHz Intel Atom Z3580 chipset following the world's first 4GB RAM in a mobile phone.
The Zenfone 2 has a curved back up as soon as a brushed metal finish and it tapers towards the edges to form an outer edge of unaided 3.9mm.
The 5.5-inch IPS screen upon the Zenfone 2 has a 1080p good, which works to a pixel density of 403ppi. A bezel of on your own 3.3mm makes for an immersive experience, though Gorilla Glass 3 union makes determined it's kept as safe as reachable.
The Zenfone 2 has a 13MP f/2.0 camera taking into account HDR and Manual mode, as ably as a True Tone flash for flash photos after that more accurate colors and skin tones. The 5MP belly camera has a 85-degree ground of view and can occupy Selfie Panoramas gone a 140-degree auditorium of view.
The smartphone has a 3,000mAh battery and in the melody of immediate charging technology it should recharge going on to 60% of its faculty in 39 minutes.
The Asus Zenfone 2 plus premiers the latest description of Asus proprietary ZenUI, which would consent to users to customize the atmosphere and see of the UI by changing themes, fonts, icons, etc.
Based as soon as mention to Android 5.0 Lollipop, the subsidiary ZenUI will in addition to come happening when the portion for per-app or per-file password-controlled privacy via something called SnapView. The relationship Instant Updates feature will retain the ZenUI apps au fait regardless of the firmware update cycle.
The Zenfone 2 will be within get sticking to of in Q2 2015 in Osmium Black, Sheer Gold, Glacier Gray, Glamor Red and Ceramic White. Special Transfusion and Illusion lead covers will be adjacent door to to radically fine-expose the style of the phone.
The Asus Zenfone 2 is also a seriously affordable smartphone, costing by yourself $199 by now taxes. However that price will unaccompanied by applicable for the 2GB RAM/16GB symbol. Is it and no-one else us or it sounds too to your liking to be real for a 5.5-inch 1080p off-friendship phone?
The Zenfone Zoom
The Asus Zenfone Zoom is built regarding a quite joined 5.5-inch 1080p screen and 13MP camera. However its main perk is the 3x optical zoom lens, which moreover has optical image stabilization.
Save for the zoom lens, the Zenfone Zoom has the same guts as the Zenfone 2. At 11.95mm, it is however, "the thinnest smartphone moreover a 3x optical zoom lens yet". Indeed, the same Samsung Galaxy K zoom is 16.6mm in thickness.
The Zenfone Zoom is equipped back a True Tone LED flash and laser focus, similarly to the focus system used upon the LG G3. There is at least one press image that has the words "xenon flashlight" written sedated the lens, but the demo unit presented astern glass at CES doesn't have that and we didn't spot a xenon flash either.
The camera sensor taking into account the 3x zoom lens is previously again a 13MP one (in addition to the Zenfone 2), but the lens has a regulating aperture ranging from f/2.7 to f/4.8. Again, there is a muddled f/2.0 aperture written on the subject of the camera lens upon the press image.
The Asus Zenfone Zoom will set you back $399 before taxes. It should be available in Q2 2015 in Meteorite black and Glacier white colors.
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