At Computex this year, Asus for the first time unveiled its Z3NOLUTION devices which won accolades for revamped design and hardware specifications. Since then, speculations are brewing regarding the launch date of the new Zenfone family. Finally, Asus puts all rumours to rest and confirms Zenfone 3 arrival by mid-September.
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Asus is expected to launch new Zenfone 3 Deluxe, Zenfone 3, Zenfone 3 Ultra in India in the second week of September. To recall, Zenfone 3 Deluxe is world’s first smartphone to feature Qualcomm’s latest flagship chipset Snapdragon 821. In terms of specification, it includes a 5.7-inch full HD AMOLED display, 6gigs of RAM, 23-megapixel camera, 128GB UFS 2.0 internal storage and 3000mAh battery.
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On the other hand, Asus Zenfone 3 features a 5.5-inch IPS Display with Gorilla Glass Protection. The phone has a metal and glass construction with sandblasted aluminum side frames. Under the hood, it features a Snapdragon 625 chipset coupled with 4GB RAM and 64GB ROM. It bears a 16 MP primary camera and an 8-megapixel secondary camera.
The tallest of them all is Zenfone 3 Ultra which bears a full HD 6.8-inch display with 79 percent screen to body ratio. It enthralls on Snapdragon 652 chipset along with Adreno 510GPU and 4GB RAM. It comes with 64GB of internal storage and comes out of the box running on Android Marshmallow 6.0 based Zen UI 3.0. It is backed by a 4600mAh battery with Quick Charge 3.0 support.
Zenfone 3 Deluxe, Zenfone 3, Zenfone 3 Ultra Specifications And Features:
| Model | Asus Zenfone 3 Deluxe | Asus Zenfone 3 | Asus Zenfone 3 Ultra |
| Display | 5.7-Inch, Super AMOLED display, 1080p Full HD resolution | 5.5 inch IPS+ LCD, Full HD, Gorilla Glass 3 | 6.8 inch, Full HD |
| Processor | Quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 821, Adreno 530 GPU | 2GHz Snapdragon 625 octa-core | 1.8GHz Snapdragon 652 octa-core |
| RAM | 6GB | 3GB/ 4GB | 4GB RAM |
| Internal Storage | 32GB, 100GB of cloud storage | 32GB/64GB | 64GB/ 128GB |
| Rear Camera | 23MP, Sony IMX318 Sensor, 6P element lens, PDAF, Dual tone LED Flash, Advanced PDAF | 16MP, dual LED flash, Sony IMX318 sensor, f/2.0 aperture, 4-axis OIS, 3-axis EIS, Laser AF | 23MP, dual LED Flash, Sony IMX318 sensor, f/2.0 aperture, 4-axis OIS, 3-axis EIS, Laser AF |
| Front Camera | 8MP | 8MP | 8MP |
| Software | Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow based ZenUI 3.0 | Android Lollipop based Zen UI 3.0 | Android Lollipop based Zen UI 3.0 |
| Battery | 3000mAh battery with Quick charge 3.0 | 3000 mAh | 4600 mAh, Quick Charge 3.0 |
| Others | 4G LTE, Dual SIM, Fingerprint sensor | 4G LTE, Fingerprint sensor, dual SIM (Hybrid) | 4G LTE, Fingerprint sensor, dual SIM (Hybrid) |
