Asus has announced Zenfone 3 Max and Zenfone 3 Laser at Zenvolution 2016 event in Vietnam yesterday. It has a 4100mAh battery that promises up to 30 days of standby, 20 hours of 3G talk time, 20 hours of web browsing on 4G and 15 hours of video playback. It also has reverse charging support to charge other devices. It has a 5.2-inch HD 2.5D curved glass display with 75% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by a MediaTek MT6737 SoC and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with ZenUI on top. It is the international variant of the ZenFone Pegasus 3 that was unveiled in China last month.
The Zenfone 3 Laser has a 5.5-inch 1080p display 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass display with 77% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Snapdragon 430 SoC, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with ZenUI and has a 13-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX214 sensor and 2nd gen laser auto focus that lets you focus in 0.03 seconds.
Both the phones have a also metal body and has a fingerprint sensor on the back that can unlock the phone in 0.2 seconds.
Asus Zenfone 3 Max specifications
- 5.2-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) 2.5D curved Corning Gorilla Glass display
- 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6737 64-bit processor with Mali-T720 GPU
- 3GB RAM, 32GB internal storage, expandable memory with microSD
- Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with Zen UI 2.0
- Hybrid Dual SIM (Micro + nano/microSD)
- 13MP rear camera with LED flash
- 5MP front-facing camera
- Fingerprint sensor
- 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
- 4100mAh (non-removable) battery
Asus Zenfone 3 Laser specifications
- 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) 2.5D curved Corning Gorilla Glass display
- Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 ( 4 x 1.2 GHz Cortex A53 + 4 x 1.5 GHz Cortex A53) 64-bit processor with Adreno 505 GPU
- 4GB RAM, 32GB internal storage, expandable memory with microSD
- Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with Zen UI 2.0
- 13MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, LED flash, f/2.0 aperture, Sony IMX214 sensor, Laser AF, 3-axis EIS
- front-facing camera
- Fingerprint sensor
- 7.9mm slim body
- 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS
The Asus Zenfone 3 Max comes in Titanium Gray, Glacier Silver and Sand Gold colors and starts at 4,490,000 Vietnamese Dong (US$ 200/ Rs. 13500 approx.). The Asus Zenfone 3 Laser comes in Gold, Rose Gold and Silver colors and is priced at 5,990,000 Vietnamese Dong (US$ 268 / Rs. 18,020 approx.).