First Asus ZenFone Zoom promo video showcases the phone's 3X optical zoom camera
posted by Florin T.
/ Dec 15, 2015, 11:11 AM
Earlier this month, almost 1 year after it first announced it, Asus finally released the ZenFone Zoom, its very first smartphone to feature a camera with optical zoom (3X optical zoom, to be exact). While for now the handset is available only in Taiwan, Asus' home country, we assume that it'll soon be launched in other markets. That's because Asus today released a global promo video showcasing the smartphone.
Unsurprisingly, the promo video concentrates on the 13 MP rear camera of the handset, and the way in which it's been constructed to keep the device as thin as possible. The camera contains no less than 10 lenses, further featuring Optical Image Stabilization, laser auto focus, and a dual LED flash.
Running Android Lollipop (likely upgradeable to Marshmallow), the Asus ZenFone Zoom comes with a 5.5-inch 1080p display, LTE connectivity, 4 GB of RAM, microSD card support, and a 3000 mAh battery.
In Taiwan, the Asus ZenFone Zoom can be bought for as low as around $430 (64 GB model with 2.3 GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3580 CPU), or around $490 (128 GB model with 2.5 GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3590 CPU). Would you be interested in getting this device?
Asus ZenFone Zoom
Related phones
- Display 5.5" 1080 x 1920 pixels
- Camera 13 MP / 5 MP front
- Processor Intel Atom, Quad-core, 2330 MHz
- Memory
- Storage 64 GB + microSDXC
- Battery 3000 mAh
13 Comments
xperiaZlover
Posts: 202; Member since: Nov 15, 2015
Sony Z5 has 5 times clear Zoom.
posted on Dec 15, 2015, 11:18 AM 0
raerae
Posts: 56; Member since: Jul 30, 2015
Are you kidding? The 1st phone to feature Optical Zoom is Nokia N93.
posted on Dec 15, 2015, 11:53 AM 0
Pattyface
Posts: 1658; Member since: Aug 20, 2014
This is one ugly phone.. Asus isn't known for making beautiful phones though
posted on Dec 15, 2015, 12:39 PM 0
jellmoo
Posts: 2514; Member since: Oct 31, 2011
Honestly, it's not all that bad. It's certainly an improvement over the Zenfone 2. The faux leather doesn't look amazing, but I think I prefer it to brushed metal plastic. And thankfully they seem to have moved the power button form the terrible placement it had on top.
posted on Dec 15, 2015, 12:50 PM 3
rsiders
Posts: 1727; Member since: Nov 17, 2011
I just want to some real life samples of the image quality and the optical zoom. Looks interesting how they made the camera unit though.
posted on Dec 15, 2015, 12:51 PM 1
Lorenz
Posts: 3; Member since: Dec 09, 2015
There´s a taiwanese/chinese shopping-page (?) around the web where you can find nice sample pictures of this phone - maybe the first real-life test. I was on this page some days ago after searching for camera samples. The pictures there looked great.
posted on Dec 15, 2015, 1:59 PM 1
bugsbunny00
Posts: 2248; Member since: Jun 07, 2013
its gonna be 1 YEAR and this phone never see light its use LESS.
