At Computex 2015, Asus has unveiled a dream flagship, a new Zenfone that is dedicated to taking the best selfie shots. You are right, it has been leaked over the internet for the past couple of days: the Asus Zenfone Selfie. Though the press release did not reveal details about its launch, according to Asus CEO Jerry Shen, the smartphone can be available starting July, 2015. Hopefully we will have Asus Zenfone Selfie Philippines soon this year.
Asus Zenfone Selfie: See the perfect you
As the name suggests, Zenfone Selfie packs 13MP cameras on the front and back. The selfie shooter comes with a number of face-enhancing features such as real-time ‘beautification’, dual real-tone flash and laser focus for sharper face snaps. Also, this is the world’s first smartphone to have laser auto focus for selfies. Asus says that these features are ideal for “capturing life moments”, planning to make their fans amazed!
“I’m not the only narcissist in this room, we all want to be beautiful, right?” Asus’s design director, Jen Chuang, shared at the press release, just before she held up the device and snap a selfie of herself.
“At night or in a party, you might not usually be able to capture anything, but with our colour-merging tech, we can increase light sensitivity by 400 percent,” added Chuang. “Macro focusing goes as close as 6cm to bring all the details out you don’t see” – perhaps she is knowing the customers’ concern too well!
Asus ZenFone Selfie: Asus Zenfone 2 with enhanced cameras
In term of specs, the ZenFone Selfie is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor, not Intel Atom processors like other Zenfone 2 series. Other Zenfone Selfie specs are pretty much the same from Zenfone 2. The new device features 5.5-inch IPS display with 1080 x 1920 pixels, LTE, 2GB RAM and updated Android Lollipop.
Asus ZenFone Selfie specs
| Device | Asus ZenFone Selfie |
| Display | 5.5”, 1080×1920 pixels, IPS capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors. Corning Gorilla Glass 4, oleophobic coating |
| Thickness | 10.8mm |
| Weight | 170g |
| Camera | REAR=FRONT: 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, laser autofocus, dual-LED flash |
| Processor | Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615, Quad-core Cortex-A53 & Quad-core Cortex-A53 |
| RAM | 2/3 GB |
| Storage | 16/32GB expandable up to 64gB |
| OS | Android Lollipop, v5.0 |
| Battery | Li-Po 3000 mAh battery |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
| SIM | Dual SIM |
| Color options | Pure White, Chic Pink, Aqua Blue |
For now, we don’t know anything about Asus ZenFone Selfie Philippines price yet. But compared to other variants of the Zenfone 2, we assume the Zenfone Selfie price won’t be more than $300, which is around 13,5K in our currency. Also, keep in mind that, there is no news about in which countries the device will be available, but we hope to have Zenfone Selfie Philippines one day in the near future.
How much would you pay for this new smartphone?
