As everyone anticipated, the Zenfone 3 and its variant has been officially launched in the Zenvolution event happening at KLCC yesterday. ASUS Malaysia has bring us the Zenfone 3 and other variants which includes Zenfone 3 Deluxe, Zenfone 3 Ultra, Zenfone 3 Max and Zenfone 3 Laser which is priced as low as RM799!
ASUS Zenfone 3 specifications
- Android 6.0 ,ZenUI 3.0
- 5.2/5.5 inches Full HD Super IPS+ display(Corning Gorilla Glass)
- Dual 2.5D glass
- 4GB RAM + 32GB/64GB ROM
- 14nm Snadragon 625 chipset
- Fingerprint recognition sensor
- 16MP rear camera with f/2.0 aperture, OIS and laser-assisted autofocus
- 8MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture and 85° wide angle lens
- 3000mAh battery capacity
- USB Type-C
- Dual SIM standby
- Available in gold, black and white
RRP:RM1499 / RM1699
The Zenfone 3 is available in 4 colours which are ocrean blue, aqua blue, pearl white and shimmer gold. Some of these colours are completely new and doesn’t exists on the previous Zenfone.
As one of the flagships of ASUS smartphones, the Zenfone 3 camera comes with 3 types of autofocus technology which are the PDAF, laser assisted AF and Continuous autofocus.
It features the 2nd generation of Phase Detection AF which is much more advance.
It comes with 4 axis gyroscopic stabilization along with EIS image stabilization for video recording.
ASUS Zenfone has finally ditched the Intel based processor and sports the Snapdragon 625 chipset based on 14nm FinFET process.
Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe:
- Android 6.0,ZenUI 3.0
- 5.7 inches Full HD display
- Snadragon 820/821
- Adreno 530 GPU
- 6GB RAM+ 64GB/256GB UFS2.0 ROM
- Fingerprint sensor
- 23MP rear camera with f/2.0 aperture, OIS and laser-assisted autofocus
- 8MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture and 85° wide angle lens
- 3000mAh
- QC 3.0
- USB Type-C
RRP:RM2599 / RM3299
Asus ZenFone 3 Ultra :
- Android 6.0,ZenUI 3.0
- 6.8 inches Full HD display
- 1.8GHz Snadragon 652
- Adreno 510 GPU
- 4GB RAM+64GB ROM
- Fingerprint sensor
- 23MP rear camera with f/2.0 aperture, OIS and laser-assisted autofocus
- 8MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture and 85° wide angle lens
- 4600mAh battery
- QC 3.0
- Support reverse charging
- USB Type-C
RRP:RM2599
Asus ZenFone 3 Max :
- 5.2 720p IPS display
- Corning Gorilla Glass 4
- Snapdragon 615 octacore processor
- Adreno 405 GPU
- 3GB RAM + 32GB ROM
- 13MP rear + 5MP front camera
- Fingerprint unlock
- Dual SIM standby
- 4100mAh
- Available in grey, gold and silver
RRP:RM799
Asus ZenFone 3 Laser :
- 5.5 inches Full HD IPS display
- Corning Gorilla Glass 4
- 4GB RAM + 32GB ROM
- 13MP rear+ 5MP front
- Fingerprint unlock
- Dual SIM standby
RRP:RM999
ASUS has completely ditched the use of Intel Atom processor for their 3rd generation Zenfones. Among all the Zenfone 3 variants, the Zenfone 3 Deluxe is ultimately marketed towards power user especially with its latest Snapdragon SoC and the 256GB UFS2.0 storage. Besides, the Zenfone 3 Ultra also offers large display panel up to 6.8 inches
The Zenfone 3 is now open for sale while the Deluxe, Ultra and Laser is currently open for pre-order only.