128GB Variant of the ZenFone 2 Comes To India

Taiwan's major tech giant Asus launched the latest ZenFone 2 lineup last week in India, making it clear that company's is ‘here to stay'.

Apparently, during the launch event the company did not inform that they would soon add the 128GB version of the popular ZenFone 2. Now the 128GB variant of the ZenFone 2 has been listed on Flipkart at a price of Rs. 29,999, a slight bit more expensive than the 64GB, which retails for around Rs. 23,999 in the Indian market.

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At the time of filing the story, the high-end 128GB variant of the ZenFone 2 mentioned as 'coming soon', confirming that it might get released in the next 15 to 20 days.

It would be the first time 128GB variant of the ZenFone 2 has been listed in India ahead of other markets, reflecting the firm's desire to battle growing competition from cheaper Chinese-made rival such as Xiaomi and Huawei.

The decision to bring this special high-end variant came after rival Xiaomi reported a record opening sales numbers for its Mi4i handset. As per the latest sales figures, Xiaomi sold a whopping 40,000 units of its Mi4i in just 15 seconds.The Mi4i, unveiled in Delhi last week, is Xiaomi's first global launch of a new product outside of China.

In other news, Asus on Thursday said that it has started rolling out the first firmware update for its new ZenFone 2 lineup. The new update brings volume key for camera bug fix; improve memory usage; system stability improvement, and improves Wi-Fi compatibility.