Asus Zenfone Max meets your need for Bigger Smartphone Battery! But, What About Competition?

Taiwan-based handset maker Asus has finally launched their battery focussed smartphone in the Indian market at a price of Rs. 9,999. Dubbed as Zenfone Max, this device was announced earlier at the ZenFestival in India back in August 2015.

This device comes with a leather kind of back cover and can be used to charge the device On-The-Go (OTG).

Moving on to the specifications, this device sports a 5.5-inch display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels with Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection. This device is powered by a 1 GHz Quad-Core Snapdragon 410 processor with Adreno 306 GPU under the hood.

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On the storage front, the Asus Zenfone Max is employed with 2GB RAM, 16GB of ROM with an expandable option up to 64GB via microSD card slot. The Zenfone Max is shipped with Android 5.0 Lollipop on top of Zen UI 2.0.

Further, this device is employed with 13MP rear camera with Real Tone flash, Laser Auto Focus, 5MP camera on the front, with 85-degree wide angle lens. It also supports connectivity options include 4G LTE / 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS. It is powered by a 5000mAh battery.

The so-called Asus Zenfone Max comes in Black and White variants at a price of Rs. 9,999. You can get your hands on Amazon.in and Flipkart starting from January 15th.

Anyhow, this is not the only smartphone in the industry that is focussed on battery. There are handful of devices available in the market and let's see the rivals of the Zenfone Max.

Lenovo

5.5-inch display
Octa-core Snapdragon 615 SoC
2GB RAM
13MP/5MP camera
5000mAh battery

Gionee

5.5-inch display
Quad-core MediaTek MT6735 SoC
3GB RAM
16GB inbuilt memory, with expandable option up to 32GB
13MP/5MP camera
6020mAh battery

Gionee

5-inch display
Quad-core MediaTek MT6735 SoC
2GB RAM
8MP/5MP camera
5000mAh battery

Elephone

5-inch display
Octa-core MediaTek MT6592
2GB RAM
16MP/8MP camera
5350mAh battery

Intex

5-inch HD screen
Octa-core MediaTek processor
2GB RAM
16GB inbuilt memory, with an expandable option
13MP/5MP camera
4000mAh battery

Lava

5-inch HD IPS display
Quad-core processor
1GB RAM
8GB inbuilt memory, with an expandable option
10MP/2MP camera
4000mAh battery

Intex

5-inch display
Octa-core MediaTek MTK6592M processor
1GB RAM
8GB inbuilt memory, with an expandable option up to 32GB
8MP/2MP camera
4000mAh

Lenovo

5-inch HD IPS LCD display
Octa-core MediaTek MT6752
2GB RAM
16GB inbuilt memory, with an expandable option up to 32GB
13MP/5MP camera
4000mAh battery

Huawei

6-inch IPS-NEO LCD display
Quad-core HiSilicon Kirin 950 SoC
3GB/4GB RAM
32GB/64GB/128GB inbuilt, expandable up to 128GB
16MP/8MP camera
4000mAh battery

Oppo

6-inch AMOLED display
Quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615
3GB/4GB RAM
32GB/64GB inbuilt memory
13MP/8MP camera
4100mAh battery