ASUS has just announced a new Zenfone and this one gets the dual rear camera treatment joining the likes of the iPhone 7 Plus and Huawei P9 to name a few.
We had the chance to play with an engineering unit provided by ASUS Philippines. Here’s our hands-on video of the ASUS Zenfone 3 Zoom.
The Zenfone 3 Zoom is a combination of the original Zenfone 3 and Zenfone 3 Max 5.5 with the additional rear sensor to make it worthy of the Zoom name.
Asus Zenfone 3 Zoom specs:
5.5-inch Super AMOLED display @ 1920 x 1080 pixels
2.0GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 octa-core CPU
Adreno 506 GPU
4GB RAM
64GB internal storage
Expandable via microSD, up to 128GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
Dual 12MP laser AF rear camera (2.3x optical zoom) w/ dual-LED flash, OIS
13-megapixel front-facing camera
4G LTE
Wi-Fi 802.11ac
Bluetooth 4.1
GPS w/ A-GPS
Fingerprint scanner
USB Type-C
5000mAh battery w/ fast charging
Android 6.0 Marshmallow w/ Zen UI 3.0
The handset is expected to land in the Philippines by February and pricing is still unclear but were told that it’ll not exceed Php20,000.
Author’s note: The featured device is an engineering unit. The final unit may slightly differ.
