Updated December 26: Asus has taken a while to get stock to North America, but they have now delivered. You can now order the Zenfone 3 Deluxe in the US for $499 from Amazon.com if you live in the US or Canada. Yes, Amazon.com will ship this to Canada! B&H has units in stock and they do ship international orders and offer free shipping to Canada! This is an unlocked smartphone that’s compatible with most every carrier but will not work with CDMA networks like Verizon, Sprint and US Cellular.
Order Now US and Canada –> $499 – Zenfone 3 Deluxe (ZS570KL) from Amazon.com – Click Here
International and Canada From B&H –> ZenFone 3 Deluxe 5.7″ ZS570KL 64GB Smartphone (Unlocked, Glacier Silver)
From Canada? You can order from Amazon.ca now – full details here.
Network Compatibility – The Zenfone 3 line-up is compatible with GSM Networks including AT&T, T-Mobile and cellular network providers utilizing GSM network. This phone (or any other Zenfone 3) is not compatible with CDMA networks such as: Verizon, Sprint, and US Cellular. In Canada, the Zenfone 3 line-up is compatible with GSM Networks including Rogers, Bell, Telus, Wind Mobile, Fido, Virgin, Koodo and cellular network providers utilizing GSM network. This phone (or any other Zenfone 3) is not compatible with CDMA networks.
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
WCDMA: Band 1/2/4/5/6/8/19
FDD-LTE Band 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/17/18/19/20/26/28/29/30
This ZS570KL models comes with 64GB of storage, 6GB of RAM and the Snapdragon 820 processor. This is not the “Special Edition” model that has the Snapdragon 821 with 256GB storage. If you’re not sure how the top two Zenfone 3 Deluxe models compare, we have a benchmark comparison article here.
So if you’re holding out for the super top end Zenfone 3 Deluxe Special Edition, then I suggest you sign up for our newsletter and or check in with us. We hope to break that news for you! Is it later today? Tomorrow? Later than that? We simply don’t know right now.
If you heard about the Google Pixel XL launch yesterday, then you realize how much of a value the Zenfone 3 Deluxe is at $499 USD.
What about the Standard Zenfone 3????
That’s exactly what I’d like to know..
Been waiting forever for it.
See my post below. USA gets a “Deluxe” added to the name of the standard 5.5″ Zenfone and a $100 price increase over every other country on Earth. Ridiculous. Way to price gouge Asus.
I’m pretty sure that it’s still the deluxe just not as souped up! Cause that version doesn’t have the sappire whatever color, and it’s all metal with no glass panels! So they are two different models! Zenfone 3 5.5-inch (ZE552KL)
Zenfone 3 Deluxe 5.5-inch (ZS550KL)
Exactly! I asked Asus and they said that the Standard model (ZE552KL) will be on sale in the USA as well but that they don’t have a date yet
I don’t know what you’re talking about.
The 4GB RAM, 64GB 5.5in version sells for about $399 in the Philippines and $349 in India, depending on the exchange rate.
It seems, at least for Asia (which has cheaper Laser, Max, etc versions as well), there is no low-cost “standard” version offered with 3GB/32GB.
I see that Newegg, too, has the Deluxe versions for preorder, with a release date of November 1st.
Ok, it looks like ASUS has just committed suicide. The standard 5.5 inch Zenfone 3 (ZE552KL) has just been announced in the USA for a STAGGERING $399!!!! You can purchase a fucking OnePlus 3 for that much money! Nearly every website on the planet was pegging this device at between $249 to $349. Way to blow it Asus.
If that is the case, Asus just lost my business. I’d rather put my $399 in an Axon 7 with high end specs..Not mid-range. My interest has only ever been in the ZE552KL and ZE520KL models.
BUT my thinking is that this is just a slow roll-out of devices. Maybe something of a ‘marketing strategy’ to get their flagship bodied (and one budget) phones in hands first? Maybe? Idk.. I’m going to give it another week or two to see either of the base models to show up. After that, it’s probably time to moved on.
I want to order the 256GB version and apparently there’s no way to order it….