Asus ZenFone 6 With Flip Camera 3if Snapdragon 855 SoC, 5,000mAh Battery Launched: Price, Specifications

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By Gadgets 360 Staff | Updated: 17 May 2019 13:31 IST

Asus ZenFone 6 With Flip Camera, Snapdragon 855 SoC, 5,000mAh Battery Launched: Price, Specifications

Asus ZenFone 6 price starts at EUR 499 (roughly Rs. 39,100) 6z271v

Highlights

Asus ZenFone 6 houses a dual camera setup in the rotating module
The ZenFone 6 runs on Android 9 Pie with Zen UI on top
The new Asus phone will be offered in two colours

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Asus ZenFone 6 is official. The Taiwanese computing giant on Thursday unveiled the new ZenFone 6 smartphone at a press event in Spain. Set to be a successor to the company's last year's flagship ZenFone 5Z, the Asus ZenFone 6 is the company's first smartphone with a rotating 'flip' camera. In an effort to reduce bezels and provide an all-screen front, the company has opted for a flipping camera. There is a dual camera setup in the phone, which normally resides on the back, but rotates when needed to become a selfie shooter. Asus seems to be following in the footsteps of Samsung, which had also launched a rotating camera smartphone in the form of Galaxy A80 last month. The smartphone thanks to its affordable pricing is set to compete with the OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro, rather than more flagships from Samsung and Apple.

Unlike Samsung's rotating camera implementation in OnePlus 7 Pro's pop-camera retracts.

Asus ZenFone 6 comes with a rotating dual camera setup

Asus ZenFone 6 sports a full-screen front covered with Corning Gorilla Glass 6 and back featuring a 3D-curved glass. It isn't a particularly attractive smartphone and looks like a giant slab of metal and glass.

Asus ZenFone 6 vs OnePlus 7 vs OnePlus 7 Pro

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Asus ZenFone 6 price starts at EUR 499 (roughly Rs. 39,100) for the 6GB + 64GB variant, while the to 6GB + 128GB version will retail at EUR 559 (roughly Rs. 43,800), and finally, the top-end 8GB + 256GB variant is priced at EUR 599 (roughly Rs. 47,000). It Is now available via the Asus eShop, and will start shipping from May 25. There's no mention for now about when it will arrive in India. Asus has revealed that the phone will be offered in two colours – Midnight Black and Twilight Silver.

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The dual-SIM (Nano) Asus ZenFone 6 runs on Android Pie with the company's Zen UI 6 on top, with a promise to Android Q and Android R. The company has also ed the Android Beta programme. The phone features a 6.4-inch full-HD+ (1080x2340 pixels) IPS screen with 19.5:9 aspect ratio, 92 percent screen-to-body ratio, 600 nits peak brightness, and 100 DCI-P3 colour gamut. The ZenFone 6 is powered by octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SoC, paired with up to 8GB of RAM and Adreno 640 GPU.

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On the imaging front, as we mentioned earlier, the phone packs a dual camera setup, which houses a 48-megapixel primary shooter with f/1.79, laser focus, and dual-LED flash as well as a 13-megapixel secondary ultra-wide-angle camera.

Asus ZenFone 6 comes with a fingerprint sensor on the back

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Asus has included a massive 5,000mAh battery with for Quick Charge 4.0. There are dual speakers onboard as well with dual smart amplifiers and 3.5mm audio jack. The phone packs up to 256GB of inbuilt storage (UFS 2.1), which can be expanded using a dedicated microSD card slot (up to 2TB).

Other specifications of the ZenFone 6 include USB Type-C, NFC, Wi-Fi 802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5), Bluetooth 5.0, and GPS connectivity options. The dimensions of the new Asus phone are 159.1x75.11x8.1-9.1mm and it weighs 190 grams. The company is also touting the presence of stereo speakers (top and bottom), and a notification LED light.

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KEY SPECS
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Display 6.40-inch

Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 855

Rear Camera 48-megapixel + 13-megapixel

RAM 6GB

Storage 64GB

Battery Capacity 5000mAh

OS Android 9 Pie

Resolution 1080x2340 pixels

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