ASUS announce Zenfone 2 with whopping 4GB RAM
ASUS Zenfone series has been pretty popular among developing countries and among budget conscious buyers. Today, ASUS has announced a successor to the Zenfone series, the Zenfone 2. The Zenfone 2 comes with whopping 4GB of RAM and this is more than many budget notebooks/laptops/tablets that are in markets these days. The display is 5.5” in size and has IPS panel display with FullHD resolution. Thanks to the edge-to-edge display, the phone looks absolutely gorgeous. Body of Zenfone 2 has a brushed metal finish and comes in wide range of colors. At the edges, the phone is just 3.9mm thin and the bezel is just 3.3mm thick. Powered by 64-bit Intel Atom Z3580 quad core processor, Zenfone 2 runs Android operating system with ZenUI overlay interface. Thanks to the new processor and massive amount of RAM, the phone is up to seven times faster than Zenfone. There is a 13mp camera at the rear that takes great photos in low-light conditions.
The 3000mAh battery on Zenfone 2 should give full day battery backup and thanks to the fast charging support, it takes only 39 minutes to charge 60% of the battery from 0%.
Specification of ZE551ML
Processor : 64-bit Intel Atom Z3560/Z3580 Quad Core Processor (Running at 1.8/2.3GHz) PowerVR Series 6 – G6430, with OpenGL 3.0 support
Operating System : ASUS ZenUI on Android 5.0 Lollipop
Memory : LPDDR3 2GB/4GB RAM
Storage : 16GB/32GB/64GB storage options
Expansion: Micro SD card support, up to 64GB
Display : 5.5-inch, 1920 x 1080 (Full HD), 403ppi IPS display/400nits brightness/ Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
PixelMaster Cameras : Front: 5MP with Selfie Panorama ; Rear: 13MP with dual-color Real Tone flash
Network : FDD/TDD LTE supported, 3G, EDGE
Battery : 3000mAh lithium-polymer, Fast-charging technology
Sensor : Accelerometer, proximity, ambient-light, gyroscopic, digital compass and Hall-effect sensors
Navigation : GPS / A-GPS / GLONASS
Wireless : 802.11ac, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC
Ports : 3.5mm audio jack, dual micro-SIM, micro USB (support OTG)
Color : Glacier Gray / Osmium Black / Glamour Red / Ceramic White / Sheer Gold
Dimensions : 152.5 x 77.2 x 10.9 ~ 3.9 mm
Weight : 170g