Category: Asus

Asus Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 goes on sale in India for Rs. 9999

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Asus started taking pre-orders for the Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 on Flipkart in India from August 19th, which was supposed to go on sale from mid-September. Today the company has announced that it has advanced the sales of the smartphone on Flipkart, which is now available for purchase starting from today. Asus recently announced that it received 30,000 pre-orders for its new Zenfone lineup, soon after the pre-order, and the Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 received 10,000 pre-orders on the third day of the pre-order.
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Hands on with ASUS’s massive 26,800 mAH power bank

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Power banks are the rage these days. With smartphone batteries getting progressively worse, the capacities have exponentially increased, but we’d have never thought it would come to this, a monstrous 26,800 mAH battery packfrom ASUS that looks like a tower and has enough power to charge a laptop. The Taiwanese manufacturer had engineering samples for show at their lounge in Berlin, we went hands on –

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Asus 26800mAh Power Bank Photo Gallery

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Asus showcased a 26800mAh Power Bank at the IFA, even though it did not officially introduce it at its event. We got to check out the power bank, which is bigger and heavier than Xiaomi’s 16000mAh Powerbank that was launched in India earlier this year.

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Asus VivoStick PC Photo Gallery

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Asus introduced VivoStick PC at the IFA earlier this week. It is a tiny dongle, similar to the compute stick that will transform your TV or monitor with a HDMI port to a full-fledged PC running Windows 10. We got to check out the compact PC at Asus’ booth, here is the photo gallery.

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Asus ZenPad C 7.0 Photo Gallery

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Asus announced the ZenPad series at Computex 2015 in June this year. The company launched number of tablets like ZenPad 7.0, 8-inch ZenPad 8.0 Z380KL (4G) / Z380C (WiFi) and others at the event. We are live at IFA 2015 and got to check out the Asus ZenPad C 7.0 so let’s take a detailed look at the specs and hardware of the tablet in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Asus ZenPad C 7.0 Photo Gallery”

Asus introduces RT-AC5300 router, claims it to be the world’s fastest

Asus has announced a new router at IFA in Berlin. The new product from the Taiwanese manufacturer carries the model number RT-AC5300 and according to the company, the router delivers the world’s fastest Wi-Fi speed.

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RT-AC5300 comes with a Broadcomm NitroQAM chip and delivers 1000Mbit/s on the 2.4GHz band and up to 2167Mbit/s on each of the two 5GHz bands for combined speeds of up to 5334Mbit/s. Continue reading “Asus introduces RT-AC5300 router, claims it to be the world’s fastest”

Asus ZenWatch 2 officially launched in two sizes, price starts at 149 Euros, coming in October

Asus announced the successor of the ZenWatch at Computex 2015 in June this year. Today, the company has officially launched the ZenWatch 2 in two different sizes and offered information about pricing and availability.

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Asus VivoStick PC Compute Stick running Windows 10 announced for $129

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Asus has announced VivoStick PC, a PC stick running full Windows 10 at the IFA 2015 in Berlin. This tiny dongle will transform your TV or monitor with a HDMI port to a full-fledged PC, similar to the Intel Compute Stick. It is powered by a Intel’s 14nm Cherry Trail platform, has 2GB of DDR3L RAM and 32 GB of storage, but it lacks an microSD expansion slot, which is a big disadvantage since Windows 10 itself takes half of the storage. Continue reading “Asus VivoStick PC Compute Stick running Windows 10 announced for $129”

Advantages of Asus Zenfone 2 over Apple iPhone 6 and RAM performance test

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Asus launched its flagship Zenfone 2 (ZE551ML) smartphone earlier this year as the world’s first smartphone to feature 4GB of RAM. It even released the Zenfone 2 Deluxe with a premium back cover and similar specifications for the same price of Rs. 22,999. We managed to compare the smartphone with the Apple iPhone 6, and here are the five advantages of the Asus Zenfone 2 (ZE551ML) over the Apple iPhone 6.
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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”