Asus has announced that it has advanced the sales of the smartphone on Flipkart, which is now available for purchase starting from today. Asus recently announced that it received 30,000 pre-orders for its new Zenfone lineup, soon after the pre-order, and the Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 received 10,000 pre-orders on the third day of the pre-order.
The Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 has a 5.5-inch HD screen, is powered by a Snapdragon 410 SoC, 2GB RAM and 16GB of internal storage. It also comes in a 3GB RAM variant with Snapdragon 615 SoC.
Dual SIM device runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Zen UI 2.0 out of box. on camera it comes with 13MP rear camera with f/2.0 aperture and 5MP front-facing camera with 85-degree wide-angle lens .Asus Zenfone 2 Laser supports 4G LTE / 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS and packed by a 3000mAh battery.
Asus is also selling the Zenfone 2 Laser 5.0 (ZE500KL) on Flipkart at a price of Rs. 9,799 for the 8GB variant and Rs. 9,999 for the 16GB variant, which is costly since the Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 (ZE550KL) with a larger screen and a bigger battery is available for the same price.
Regarding the response for its new Zenfone series in India, Peter Chang, Regional Head – South Asia & Country Manager – System Business Group – ASUS India, said:We are humbled with the kind of response we have received from the consumers in India. Being a new entrant in the market, consumers have accepted the brand with such great enthusiasm that we have to reset the sale date of our latest offering. Our endeavour has always been to ‘empower luxury to everyone’ and Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 is priced in a way that targets masses with its high-end features. Today we have a reach in 660 cities through Flipkart and we aim to achieve 5% market share in the country by next year.
- 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display with 72% screen to body ratio, Corning gorilla glass 4 protection
- 1.2 GHz Quad-Core Snapdragon 410 processor with Adreno 306 GPU
- 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
- Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Zen UI 2.0
- Dual SIM
- 13MP rear camera with f/2.0 aperture, Real Tone flash, Laser Auto Focus
- 5MP front-facing camera, f/2.0 aperture and 85-degree wide-angle lens
- Dimensions: 152.5 x 77.2 x 10.8~3.9 mm; Weight: 170g
- 4G LTE / 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
- 3000mAh battery
Asus Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 (ZE550KL) comes in Pure Black, Ceramic White and Glamour Red colors and is priced at Rs. 9,999. Check out our review of the Asus Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 if you are planning to get one. At the launch event Asus announced that it will sell 3GB RAM variant of the smartphone with an Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 processor in future for Rs. 13,999
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