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India angry but ASUS claims 30K ZenFone Max Pro sold in 2 minutes

We said this weeks ago. Asus needed to deliver on getting phones into the hands of the India consumers because the demand was going to be massive. If you believe Asus, they are saying “1st 30K sold in 2 minutes”. So that means in two minutes they sold 30,000 ZenFone Max Pro phones during the […]

ASUS confirms ROG phone – Unveil coming at Computex 2018

We’ve been on high alert regarding a gaming phone from Asus. We knew it was coming and Asus CEO Jerry Shen said we can “expect” something. Whelp, that something just got real. We have some suspicions on what to expect. We believe it to be a 5.7-inch model with AMOLED display although if refresh rate […]

Product page up, ZenFone 5Z inches closer to June release date

Asus just put up their snazzy product page for the ZS620KL aka ZenFone 5Z. We were wondering about the “z” and whether it was actually “Z” and now we have our answer. It’s uppercase! Asus so far has been precise with bringing the ZenFone 5 and ZenFone Max models to market as they promised. We […]

Vodafone India and ASUS partner up and offer deals for ZenFone Max Pro M1

Asus continues to make big strides in the India market. Flipkart was the first big partnership with the ZenFone Max Pro M1 and now we are seeing another announcement, this time with Vodafone. Here are the key deals and options: pre-paid customers get 120GB free additaional data at 10GB/month for a year and is available […]

In Taiwan, Asus sells 12,000 ZenFone 5 units in first 24 hours with other markets selling out

We’ve spoken recently about the mounting pressure Asus is facing internally on the ZenFone success. So for the company this is good news. Selling 12,000 ZenFone 5 units in the first 24 hours in Taiwan exceeded their expectations. More than just Taiwan, early indicators out of the Philippines were positive as well with their stocks […]