Asus just took the wraps off the ZenFone 5 series at MWC 2018.
Key Release Date Info:
- ZenFone 5 Lite – Launches March 2018
- ZenFone 5 – Launches April 2018
- ZenFone 5Z – Launches June 2018
Key Price Info:
- ZenFone 5Z – Starting from 479 EUR
As a price point comparison, flagship to flagship, the recently announced Galaxy S9 models (w/64GB) are running from 849 EUR to 959 EUR.
Here is a look, starting with the top-end model first.
The ZenFone 5Z and ZenFone 5 share a lot of commonalities. Shared specs include:
- 6.2″ Full HD+ IPS
- 2246 x 1080
- Color space 100% DCI-P3
- 500 nit brightness
- Screen Ratio – Body 90%
- Rear: 12MP: IMX 363, F1.8, 1.4μm, Dual Pixel, OIS, RGB Sensor
- Rear: 8MP: F2.2 Wide Angle of 120 degrees
- Front: 8MP: F2.0
- Stereo speakers with dual amps
- Standard Hires Audio (included Headset Hires)
- DTS Headphone Technology: X with exclusive audio kit
- 3.300 mAh
- Rapid Boostmaster charging
- Adaptive charging mode AI Charging
- USB Type C
- 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0 / A2DP / aptX HD
- NFC (Google Payments Support)
- Dual SIM 4G VoLTE, khay SIM hybrid
- Android Oreo with ZENUI 5.0
ZenFone 5Z
- Snapdragon 845
- Up to 8GB / 256GB
- 3 different SKU’s
- 845 / 4GB / 64GB
- 845 / 6GB / 128GB
- 845 / 8GB / 256GB
ZenFone 5
- Snapdragon 636
- Up to 6GB / 128GB
ZenFone 5 Lite
- 6” Full HD+ IPS2160 x 1080
- 500 nit brightness
- Screen Ratio – Body 80.3%
- Snapdragon 630 or 430
- Up to 4GB / 64GB
- 16MP: F2.28MP: F2.2 Wide Angle of 120 degrees
- Delete Real-time Portrait fonts
- 20MP: IMX 376, F2.0, Flash LED,8MP: F2.2 Wide Angle of 120 degrees
Real-time Portrait - 3.300 mAh
- Micro USB802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0 /A2DP / aptX HD
- NFC (Support for Google Pay)
- Dual SIM 4G, SIM ‘2 + 1’
- Android Oreo with ZENUI 5.0
