Asus India on Friday at a ZenFone 2
media preview confirmed that it will only
launch the 5.5-inch screen variants of
the smartphone lineup. The launch is
scheduled for April 23.
This would mean three variants of the
ZenFone 2 smartphone will be launched,
the ZE551ML (4GB of RAM), ZenFone 2
ZE551ML (2GB of RAM), and the
ZenFone 2 ZE550ML (5.5-inch HD
display). The Asus ZenFone 2 ZE500CL ,
which features a 5-inch HD display, will
not be launched in India.
The Taiwanese company had previously
confirmed that it would be bringing three
variants of the ZenFone 2 to India.
Further, Asus revealed that all the three
variants will support Indian LTE bands,
and added that more details will be
announced at the launch event.
The Asus ZenFone 2 (ZE551ML) with
4GB of RAM has two storage options,
32GB and 64GB. Peter Chang, Regional
Head of South Asia and Managing
Director for Asus India, however declined
to answer whether both storage options
of the ZE551ML would be made availabl
in India
The Taiwanese handset maker launched
the ZenFone 2 series in Taiwan last
month, while it recently introduced the
handsets to the European market.
In Taiwan, the top-end Asus ZenFone 2
model (ZE551ML) with 64GB of built-in
storage and 4GB of RAM is priced at TW
9,990 (roughly Rs. 19,900), the ZenFone
2 ZE551ML (4GB RAM, and 32GB
storage) at TWD 8,990 (approximately
Rs. 18,000); the ZenFone 2 ZE551ML
(2GB RAM) at TWD 6,990 (approximately
Rs. 13,900); the Asus ZenFone 2
ZE550ML at TWD 5,990 (approximately
Rs. 11,900),
All variants of the Asus ZenFone 2 run
the company's new ZenUI based on
Google's Android 5.0 Lollipop, and
feature Intel Atom SoCs. The Asus
ZenFone 2 ZE551ML (4GB) features a
64-bit 2.3GHz quad-core Intel Atom
Z3580 processor, while the 2GB of RAM
model features a 1.8GHz quad-core Intel
Atom Z3560. The ZenFone 2 ZE550ML i
also powered by the same Intel Atom
Z3560 chipset. All the versions support
expandable storage via microSD card (u
to 64GB).
The Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML features
5.5-inch full-HD display in both the 2GB
and 4GB RAM variants, while the Asus
ZenFone 2 ZE550ML features a 5.5-inch
HD display. All three variants support
dual-SIM (Micro-SIMs).
The Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML (4GB an
2GB of RAM) and ZenFone 2 ZE550ML
both sport 13-megapixel rear PixelMaste
camera while there is a 5-megapixel fron
camera on board as well. Both the
ZenFone 2 ZE551ML models feature
dual-tone flash. Both the ZenFone 2
ZE551ML models and the ZenFone 2
ZE550ML are backed by a 3000mAh
battery.
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