Asus Zenfone 3 Deluxe With Snapdragon 821 SoC Coming To India Soon

Asus is all set to launch its first Zenfone 3 smartphone in India soon. The company had recently launched the series at Computex 2016 held in June this year.

According to some industry insiders, the company will be launching the Zenfone 3 Deluxe smartphone in India. TOI Tech has learnt that Asus will be launching the variant that runs on Qualcomm’s latest processor, Snapdragon 821 . For those unaware, the Taiwanese tech giant also has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor variant of the handset. It is worth mentioning that the particular Zenfone 3 Deluxe model is the world’s first to run Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor.

On the specifications front, Zenfone 3 Deluxe comes with 6GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage. Rest of the specs remain the same as the regular Zenfone 3 Deluxe with Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor.

The handset flaunts a metal unibody design and will come in Titanium Gray, Glacier Silver and Sand Gold colour options. It features a 5.7-inch Full HD display with 1080×1920 pixel resolution.

Zenfone 3 Deluxe offers dual-sim functionality and sports a 23MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, along with an 8MP front snapper. It also has TriTech auto-focus system which automatically selects the second-generation laser and phase detection and also supports 4K video recording.

The smartphone runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system and offers 4G, LTE, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and USB Type-C as connectivity options. It also incorporates a fingerprint sensor and is backed by a 3,000 mAh battery with Qualcomm Quick Charge support.

Although there are no leads on the Indian pricing of the Asus Zenfone 3 Deluxe (Qualcomm Snapdragon 821) model, the firm has priced it at $775 globally.