Fri. Mar 29th, 2024

The renowned phone maker Asus took a big leap at its event at the Mobile World Congress 2018. The company announced the launch of its own flagship phone Asus Zenfone 5z with some really exciting features at a very pocket-friendly price. The phone comes with a 6.2-inch full screen with 19:9 aspect ratio and powered by Snapdragon 845 SoC, something cool at a reasonable €479 starting price tag!

The main highlight of the Asus’ big event at the Mobile World Congress 2018 was the much talked Zenfone 5z and Zenfone 5- both of them come with a lot of similarities. Both these phone boasts a  6.2 inch 2264×1080 Super IPS touchscreen and comes with 19:9 aspect ratio,90 percent screen-to-screen body-ratio, and a top-notch that is “26% smaller than the Apple’s flagship iPhone X”. The screen offers DCI-P3 support and offers 500-nits of maximum brightness.

The most incredible part of these phones is, despite their large 6.2-inch screen and thanks to slim bezels, the Zenfone 5z and Zenfone 5 still manages to come with a body of a 5.5-inch smartphone.As per the company, both the phones Zenfone 5z and Zenfone 5 weighs 163g and 155g respectively and comes with glass front and back with metal frame and rear-placed fingerprint scanner.

Talking about the optical quality, the camera of both the phones is equipped with a rear dual-camera setup featuring a 12-megapixel camera with Sony IMX363 sensor, f/1.8 aperture, 1.4um pixel size, phase detection autofocus, 83-degree FoV, and OIS (Optical Image Stabilization) as well as a secondary 120-degree wide-angle shooter. The front shooter is an 8-megapixel camera with f/2.0 aperture and 84-degree FoV.

The major part of the announcement was reserved for company’s  AI, AI Boost, which as expected should provide the smartphones a bit more enhanced performance when needed, AI Photo Learning, which spontaneously applies effects that you might like, AI Camera, which selects the best mode as per the User’s past choice. The other features covered by this AI Boost is AI Charging, which adjusts charging of the phone depending on the User needs as well as comes with AI Ringtone and AI Display feature.

Also, both the smartphones support special stereo speakers, USB Type-C connector, Android 8.0 Oreo with ZenUI 5 interface and packed with powerful 3,300mAh battery.

The most exciting part about the company’s flagship is the fact that the Zenfone 5z is powered with Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon 845 SoC and will be available in 4GB/64GB, 6GB/128GB and 8GB/256GB variants, while the Zenfone 5 is powered by Snapdragon 635 and will be available in 4GB/64GB and 6GB/64GB variants. Talking about the inbuilt specs of the Snapdragon 635 SoC, it comes with 8 Qualcomm Kyro 260 CPU cores(4+4) clocked at up to 1.8GHz and is coupled with the Adreno 509 GPU- a powerful performance!

What surprised most of the tech buyers across the globe is the price of the company’s latest flagship Asus Zenfone 5z. The phone is likely to start at €479, a decent show for a renowned company flagship smartphone which features Snapdragon 845 Soc and will surely give other players in this segment a run for their money. Though the company did not reveal the starting price for the cheaper Zenfone 5 and as per the reports the phone is likely to hit the markets after the month of June.

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