Asus ZenFone 3 Max vs Asus ZenFone 4 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
	Aug 17, 2017
Prices (MSRP)
	$399

Design

Dimensions
5.89 x 2.90 x 0.34 inches 149.5 x 73.7 x 8.55 mm	6.12 x 2.96 x 0.30 inches 155.4 x 75.2 x 7.5 mm
Weight
5.22 oz / 148.0 g	5.82 oz / 165.0 g
Materials
	Back: Metal
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
	Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray	Black, Green, White

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 67.64% screen-to-body	5.5-inch, 71.47% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 400 nits	Super IPS+ LCD, 600 nits
Resolution
1280x720px, 282 PPI	1920x1080px, 16:9 ratio, 401 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	5 (Poor)

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Hardware

System chip
MediaTek	Snapdragon 630 (14 nm)
Processor
Quad-core	Octa-core 2200 MHz ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Mali-T720	Adreno 508
Memory
3GB/32GB 2GB/16GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 2000 GB
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat)

Battery

Type
4130 mAh, Li - Ion	3300 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
	Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Dual camera
Main camera
13 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.2	12 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 25 mm Sensor size: 1/2.55" Pixel size: 1.4 μm
Second camera
	8 MP Focal Length: 12 mm
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
Yes Time-lapse video, Picture-taking during video recording, Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps) Time-lapse video, Object tracking, Picture-taking during video recording, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
5 MP (HDR)	8 MP (Wide Angle)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.0, Yes	5.0
WLAN
b,g,n 802.11 b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C, microUSB
Sensors
Accelerometer, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
	Wireless screen share
Radio
FM	FM
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 17	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 28
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1	5, 8, 4, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A Cat 12 (600/100 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM, Micro SIM	Nano SIM
VoLTE
	Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
	Date approved: Sep 04, 2017 FCC ID value: MSQZ01KD
Measured SAR
	Head: 0.18 W/kg Body: 0.79 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.38 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.19 W/kg

Alternative variants

Memory	2GB/16GB

4G (FDD) Bands	1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD) Bands	40
3G Bands	5, 8, 1

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