Asus Pegasus 4S announced in China; features 5.7-inch HD plus 18:9 display, 4,030 mAh battery and more

After a few months of waiting, Asus seems to have finally given into the trend of taller smartphone displays, by launching its Pegasus 4S smartphone. The USP of the device is clearly its taller HD+ display, something that has been missing from its smartphone range for long, but has been seen in competitor offerings lately. [caption id=“attachment_4193809” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] The Asus Pegasus 4S[/caption] Xiaomi was the first to pull off an almost edge-to-edge display with Samsung one-upping the Chinese smartphone maker with an almost-bezel-less Galaxy S8 and then the Note 8 this year. But while most of these taller displays (with an 18:9 ratio) have been reserved for the premium or flagship smartphone segment, devices from Chinese smartphone brands like Vivo ( Vivo V7+ ), Huawei ( Honor 9i ) and Oppo ( Oppo F5 ) gradually began to provide these as features in the mid-range. OnePlus too is working on a revamped OnePlus 5T with a taller display. With that said, Asus fans in India will finally have something new to look forward to. The Asus Pegasus 4S has been announced in China and it looks almost like a ZenFone Zoom S with the addition of a taller display on the front. The display is a 5.7-inch HD+ (720 x 1,440 pixels) unit with tiny bezels on the sides and even the top and the bottom. There’s also a 2.5D curved glass on the front, which adds to the premium look. As you may have noticed by now, the fingerprint reader now sits at the rear. Delving deeper, The Pegasus 4S packs in a MediaTek 6750T chipset with an octa-core architecture and the most powerful cores clocked at 1.5 GHz. The chipset is paired with 3 GB / 4 GB RAM options and will be available with 32 GB and 64 GB internal storage, respectively. [caption id=“attachment_4193813” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] The Asus Pegasus 4S[/caption] There’s a dual camera setup at the rear with a 16 MP sensor and an 8 MP sensor. Both camera units feature autofocus and come with an LED flash set up. The front-facing camera is an 8 MP unit. The device features the usual connectivity options including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, support for 4G LTE bands and more. It is currently only available in China, but could come as a re-branded ZenFone smartphone to India, as Asus has yet to announce its first mobile phone with a taller 18:9 display. The Asus Pegasus 4S will be available in Star Black and Gold finishes. Pricing details in China have not been announced.