World’s Thinnest 3x Optical Zoom Phone Launching on Jan 22: Here Are The Details

By Vijaykumar

| Updated: Thursday, January 7, 2016, 14:49 [IST]

Asus, a day ago, announced that its camera-centric ZenFone Zoom smartphone will launch in the U.S. in the coming month and also said it will be launching in India later this month, ahead of U.S. launch.

Now the company has sent out invite for the ZenFone Zoom launch event, which is scheduled on January 22 and 23, 2016.

Asus To Launch Smartphone With 3x Optical Zoom on Jan 22 In India

The Asus ZenFone Zoom is a camera-focused smartphone and will pack a 13 megapixel primary camera with 3X optical zoom, laser auto focus, optical image stabilization and dual-LED Real Tone flash. Lets look at the smartphone features in detail, have a look at the slider below to know more.

Asus ZenFone Zoom

The ZenFone Zoom sports a 5.5 inch IPS HD display with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, that translates to 403ppi pixel density. The display also has a Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection.

Asus ZenFone Zoom

The handset is powered by a Intel Atom Z3580 chipset with 2.3GHz quad-core processing speed and also comes with another model that packs Intel Z3590 SoC with 2.5GHz quad-core processor. Both models have PowerVR G6430 GPU and paired with 2GB/ 4GB of LPDDR3 RAM respectively. It runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop with Zen UI on top.

In terms of storage the device comes with 16GB and 64GB internal memory with an option to expand memory up to 128GB using a microSD card.

Asus ZenFone Zoom

The ZenFone Zoom packs a 13 megapixel rear camera with optical image stabilization, 3X optical zoom, f/2.7 - 4.8 aperture, lase auto focus, real tone LED flash and has a 5 megapixel front-facing camera.

Asus ZenFone Zoom

The smartphone has a aluminium uni-body frame and a leather back cover. It measures 158.90 x 78.84 x 11.95 (height x width x thickness) and weighs 185.00 grams.