Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe Special Edition with massive 256GB internal storage announced

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Asus has just announced a massive 256GB internal storage variant of the Zenfone 2 Deluxe in Brazil. Earlier this month, Asus had only launched the 64GB and 128GB variants in India. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe Special Edition with massive 256GB internal storage announced”

Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe, Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 and Zenfone Selfie pre-orders begin Aug 19 on Flipkart

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Asus launched its new smartphones in the Zenfone series, the Zenfone 2 Deluxe, Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 and the Zenfone Selfie at the ZenFestival in India earlier this month. Asus already announced that these smartphones will be available exclusively on Flipkart and also thorough ASUS Exclusive stores and authorized retailers starting from this month. Today the Taiwanese company has announced that pre-orders for these smartphones will begin tomorrow, August 19th on Flipkart. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe, Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 and Zenfone Selfie pre-orders begin Aug 19 on Flipkart”

Asus Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 (ZE550KL) Review: The Budget All-rounder

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Oh look, Another Zenfone 2! Wait, that’s the Zenfone Selfie? Nah, that’s the Zenfone 2 Laser. Once again, Asus has launched a phone that looks nigh identical to the rest of its line up. Call it the creation of a homogenous brand identity or sheer laziness on the part of the brand, the Zenfone series of phones do provide a solid albeit utilitarian handset. With the Laser, the Taiwanese brand is entering the budget segment and is seeking a replacement for last year’s Zenfone 5. We put the phone through its paces to determine whether this is the best handset that you can buy at this price point. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 (ZE550KL) Review: The Budget All-rounder”

Asus Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 (ZE550KL) Photo Gallery

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Asus launched the Zenfone 2 Laser in India in three variants earlier this month. We have already seen the unboxing of the Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 (ZE550KL) and now let’s take a detailed look at the 5.5 inch variant of the Zenfone 2 Laser in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 (ZE550KL) Photo Gallery”

Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe Unboxing

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Asus launched the Zenfone 2 Deluxe at the ZenFestival in India last week. We already brought you the hands-on impressions and the photo gallery of the smartphone, here we have the unboxing.

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Asus Zenfone Go with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, Android 5.1 launching in India soon

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Asus Zenfone Go surfaced back in July and it was expected to launch at the Asus ZenFestival in India last week, but the company did not launch the smartphone at the event. Now it has appeared on the official Asus India website and Flipkart. As we already know, the Zenfone Go packs a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6580 SoC and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). Continue reading “Asus Zenfone Go with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, Android 5.1 launching in India soon”

Asus Zenfone Selfie Review

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Success begets success seems to be the mantra adopted by Asus as it dramatically ramps up the Zenfone range of handsets on offer. The successful launch of the Zenfone 2 has led to a spate of hardware reveals including the Zenfone 2 Deluxe, Selfie, Laser and Max variants. Invariably, we expect the company to have a couple more up their sleeve before the launch of the Zenfone 3 next year. Today though, we are going to talk about the Zenfone Selfie. A device that strives to succeed in a category where the competition is limited and generally priced much higher. A device that capitalizes on the latest social trends, a trend that certainly isn’t showing any signs of waning. A device focused on photography both from the rear camera and more importantly in this context, the front camera. This is the FoneArena review of the Zenfone 2 Selfie. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone Selfie Review”

Asus ZenPad 7.0 and ZenPad 8.0 launched in India starting at Rs. 11999 and Rs. 14999

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Asus also launched the ZenPad 8.0 and ZenPad 7.0 at the Zenfestival in India today. These were announced at the Computex back in June. The ZenPad 7.0 and ZenPad 8.0 come with 7-inch and a 8-inch HD displays. The ZenPad 7.0 is powered by Atom x3-C323 64-bit SoC, while the ZenPad 8.0 is powered by Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 (MSM8929) SoC. Both these run on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Zen UI.

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Asus Zenfone Max with 5.5-inch HD display, 5000mAh battery announced in India, available in October

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Asus has announced the Zenfone Max, the company’s latest smartphone at the ZenFestival. It packs a 5000mAh battery and has a leather back. It can also be used to charge other devices. The smartphone is just 5.2mm thick, says the company. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone Max with 5.5-inch HD display, 5000mAh battery announced in India, available in October”

Asus Zenfone 2 Laser launched in India, starts at Rs. 9999

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Asus launched the Zenfone 2 Laser in India at the ZenFestival. It comes in three variants. All these have a 13-megapixel rear camera with real-tone flash, laser auto focus and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. The Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 has a 5.5-inch HD screen, is powered by a Snapdragon 410 SoC, 2GB RAM and 16GB of internal storage. It also comes in a 3GB RAM variant with Snapdragon 615 SoC. The Zenfone 2 Laser 6 (ZE601KL) has a 6-inch 1080p display. These also have dual SIM support and 4G LTE connectivity. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 2 Laser launched in India, starts at Rs. 9999”

Asus Zenfone Selfie launched in India for Rs. 15999

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Asus has launched Zenfone Selfie, the company’s selfie-focus smartphone in India at the ZenFestival.  It has a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display with Corning Gorilla glass 4 protection, is powered by a Snapdragon 615 Oct-Core processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It has a 13-megapixel front and rear cameras with dual-tone LED flash, laser auto focus for the rear camera for capturing images faster and better even in low-lighting conditions. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone Selfie launched in India for Rs. 15999”

Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe launched in India for Rs. 22999

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Asus has launched Zenfone 2 Deluxe, the company’s latest high-end smartphone at the ZenFestival. The back cover made of the smartphone has a premium polygonal material. Other specifications are similar to the Zenfone 2 that was launched in India earlier this year, including a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display with Corning gorilla glass 3 protection, 2.3GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3580 processor , 13-megapixel rear PixelMaster camera with Real Tone flash, 5-megapixel front-facing camera and Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Zen UI.

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Asus may partner with Foxconn to manufacture smartphones in India

Asus is all set to join the “Make in India” initiative by starting manufacturing of smartphones in the country. The Taiwanese smartphone maker will foray into contract manufacturing for its mobile phones in India, as per a latest report from IANS.

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Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe Hands On & Gallery

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The Zenfone series of phones have been fairly successful for Asus and not without reason. The Zenfone 2 brought in a very well rounded package with high end specifications and a well polished interface. Amidst the intense competition, the company has decided to give the series slight upgrades all around in a bid to spur sales. The Zenfone 2 Deluxe is part of that launch spree.  Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe Hands On & Gallery”

Asus Zenfone Selfie, Zenfone 2 Laser and Zenfone 2 Deluxe announced in India, launching on Aug 6

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Asus has announced Zenfone Selfie (ZD551KL), Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 (ZE550KL), Zenfone 2 Laser 5.0 (ZE500KL) and Zenfone 2 Deluxe (ZE551ML) smartphones in India. These smartphones will launch at the ZenFestival 2015 in the country next week. Even though the company did not reveal any details about the launch of Zenfone Zoom and leaked Zenfone Go 5.0 (ZC500TG), these are also expected to launch at the event. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone Selfie, Zenfone 2 Laser and Zenfone 2 Deluxe announced in India, launching on Aug 6”