Mobile Phones & Tablets

ASUS Zenfone 3 Deluxe introduced – World’s first full metal smartphone

By Teenaesh Vijee

May 31, 2016

Alongside all the laptops ASUS have introduced, we must not forget the most awaited series that we all have been waiting for. ASUS introduced their very new addition to the Zenfone family, the ASUS Zenfone 3 series.

The first introduced during the event will be the Zenfone 3 Deluxe. This smartphone comes with a 5.7-inch display and the ASUS Zenfone 3 Deluxe will be the first smartphone will full metal body with even the antenna being invisible. Say goodbye to the ugly rubber antenna lines that comes on all flagship phones.

The ASUS Zenfone 3 Deluxe comse with 23MP camera with a Sony IMX 318 sensor. It comes with laser autofocus and PDAF focus combined with the video capturing supports up to 4K. The selfie camera is a wide-angled 8MP shooter.

Under the hood, there’s Snapdragon 820 processor, 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. Not to forget, there’s fingerprint scanner on the back while the battery capacity is capped at 3000mAh. The ASUS Zenfone 3 Deluxe comes with Quick Charge 3.0 while enabled the user to charge from 0%-60% within just 30 minutes via USB Type-C port. Last but not least, this is a dual SIM device that comes with Hybrid SIM slot which means you can use one of the slots as for the SIM card or the micro SD card.

The ASUS Zenfone 3 Deluxe will be priced from US $499 and most probably will be reaching Malaysia during August or earlier. Let’s hope for the best and I cant wait to own one for myself!