The Asus ZenFone AR which was announced at CES 2017, now the company has launched the device in India.
First let’s talking about the USP of this phone, Asus Zenfone AR became the first phone in the World that comes with Google Daydream VR as well as Project Tango enabled. Right now only Google Pixel & Pixel XL is Daydream enabled and Lenovo Phab 2 Pro is the only Project Tango enabled smartphone. So this phone became the future proof smartphone with these two features. Now back in January 2015 i.e. two years ago, Asus became one of the first company who launched Asus Zenfone 2, the first phone with 4GB of RAM.
Now coming 5o other specs also this phone is a beast. The Asus Zenfone AR has a 5.7” QUAD HD 2k AMOLED display and 79% screen to body ratio, perfect for daydream. Under the hood is Snapdragon 821 chipset that will be a solid SoC with that massive 8GB of RAM.
Regarding camera as it’s a tango smartphone it has 3 camera sensors on back. The first one is the motion tracking camera sensor, second one is room mapping camera sensor and the third one is depth tracking camera sensor. The primary sensor used in this setup is 23MP Sony IMX 318 sensor with the support of OIS & EIS. Regarding fingerprint sensor, by looking at the image we can clearly see that the fingerprint sensor is located at the front home button.
Regarding software as it’s Daydream enabled, this phone is obviously running on Android 7.0 nougat out of the box.
Full specs of the device:
- 5.7 inch super AMOLED display with Gorilla Glass 4 and Blue light filter
- 2560 x 1440 pixels resolution
- 2.3 GHz Snapdragon 821 quad core processor
- 8 GB RAM
- 23 megapixel PixelMaster 3.0 with f/2.0 aperture, 6P lens, 4-axis Optical Image Stabilization, EIS, Depth of Field, 4K video recording, laser auto focus, PDAF and dual-tone LED flash
- 8 megapixel with f/2.0 aperture and screen flash
- 128 GB internal storage (UFS 2.0) also with 100 GB free Google Drive storage for 2 years
- Expandable upto 2 TB via microSD card
- 4G LTE and VoLTE connectivity
- Fingerprint scanner, IR scanner, Daydream VR, Tango AR, 5-magnet speaker with NXP Smart Amp, DTS Headphone:X ™ virtual 7.1 surround sound, Dual internal mic with ASUS Noise Reduction Technology
- 3300 mAh battery with Power Delivery 2.0, Quick Charge 3.0 and 18W Fast Charging
Pricing and availability of the device:
- It is priced at ₹49,999.
- The device will be exclusively available on Flipkart.
Launch offer:
- ₹2,500 off on Google Daydream VR headset along with this smartphone from Flipkart.
- No EMI cost offer.
- Upto 100 GB additional 4G data along with complementary Prime membership to Jio users.
So, what’s your thoughts about the device???
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