Asus Zenfone 3 Ultra and Zenfone 3 Deluxe go on sale in India starting at Rs. 49999


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Asus launched the Zenfone 3 Ultra and Zenfone 3 Deluxe smartphones at the Z3nvolution event in India back in August. Today the company has announced that both these smartphones are available in the country. The Zenfone 3 Ultra has a 6.8-inch 1080p display with 79% Screen to Body Ratio and is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 652 processor. The Asus Zenfone 3 Deluxe has a 5.7-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display and is powered by Snapdragon 820 / 821 SoC with 6GB of RAM.

Both these have sand-blasted back-finish. The Zenfone 3 Deluze has aluminum-alloy unibody construction with an ultra-thin 4.2mm edge on the sides, and the company claims that it is world’s first all-metal smartphone with an invisible antenna design.

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Asus Zenfone 3 Ultra (ZU680KL) specifications

  • 6.8-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display with 95% NTSC color gamut
  • Octa Core Snapdragon 652 processor (Quad 1.8GHz ARM Cortex A72 + Quad 1.2GHz A53 CPUs) with Adreno 510 GPU
  • 4GB RAM, 64GB internal storage, expandable memory with microSD
  • Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with Zen UI
  • 23MP rear camera with dual-tone LED Flash, Sony IMX318 sensor, f/2.0 aperture, 4-axis OIS, 3-axis EIS, Laser AF
  • 8MP front-facing camera,  f/2.0 aperture, 85-degree wide-viewing angle
  • Hybrid Dual SIM (micro+nano/microSD)
  • Fingerprint sensor
  • Dimensions: 186.4 x 93.9 x 6.8 mm; Weight: 233g
  • 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4/5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, USB 3.0 Type-C
  • Dual Five-magnet stereo speakers, NXP smart amplifier, Hi-Res Audio (HRA)
  • 4600mAh battery with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0

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Asus Zenfone 3 Deluxe (ZS570KL) specifications

  • 5.7-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD Super AMOLED display with 100% NTSC color Gamut, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection
  • Quad-Core Snapdragon 820 / 821 processor with Adreno 530 GPU
  • 6GB RAM, 64GB / 256GB internal storage, expandable memory with microSD
  • Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with Zen UI 3.0
  • 23MP rear camera with dual-tone LED Flash, Sony IMX318 sensor, f/2.0 aperture, 6P Largan lens, 4-axis OIS, 3-axis EIS, Laser AF
  • 8MP front-facing camera,  f/2.0 aperture 85-degree wide-viewing angle
  • Fingerprint sensor
  • Hybrid dual SIM (micro+nano/microSD)
  • Dimensions: 156.4 x 77.4 x 4.2 ~ 7.5 mm; Weight: 170g
  • 4G LTE with VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4/5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, USB 3.0 Type-C
  • Dual Five-magnet speakers, NXP smart amplifier, Hi-Res Audio (HRA)
  • 3000mAh battery with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 and BoostMaster Fast Charging

The ZenFone 3 Ultra comes in Titanium Grey and Glacier Silver colors and is priced at Rs. 49,999. The ZenFone 3 Deluxe comes in Glacier Silver and Sand Gold, 64GB version with Snapdragon 820 is priced at Rs. 49,999 and the high-end 256GB storage version with Snapdragon 821 is priced at Rs. 62,999. Both these will be available through Asus Preferred Partner’s retail outlets and all major Online Sales Portals starting today.


Author: Srivatsan Sridhar

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