Asus Zenfone 2 to be launched in India today

Asus’s upcoming flagship device, the Zenfone 2, will be launched in India on today. The device will come in three variants (based on storage) in India. In terms of specifications, the Asus Zenfone 2 sports a 5.5-inch full HD display. The device has 72 per cent screen-to-body ratio. The rear side of the Zenfone 2 is rounded in a way that it is thin around the edges and is at its thickest in the center region on the rear side. The rear cover comes with a brush metal finish. It is powered by a 64-bit Intel Atom processor codenamed Z3580 which is clocked at 2.3GHz. The Zenfone 2 comes with a whopping 4GB of RAM. It will be available in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB storage variants and has an option to expand the memory via a microSD card slot. Apart from this, users will also get 5GB of free Asus web storage. The Zenfone 2 comes with a new version of the Zen UI that is built atop Android 5.0 Lollipop. On the camera front, it sports a 13MP rear camera with f/2.0 aperture and 5MP front facing camera. It features Real-Tone flash to ensure warm skin tones and accurate colours. On the battery front, it will feature a 3,000mAh Li-polymer battery along with fast charging technology, which claims to charge the phone from 0-60% in 39 minutes according to Asus. In terms of connectivity, the device supports HSPA, 4G LTE Category 4 (FDD and TDD), WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, micro USB, GPS/A-GPS, GLONASS and USB OTG.