Asus introduced the ZenFone Go in India at its ZenFestival event. The company has now officially launched the ZenFone GO in India. The phone runs Android 5.1 Lollipop and comes with an enhanced ZenUI user interface with features like ZenMotion and ZenUI Instant updates.
Asus ZenFone Go features 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display and is powered by 1.3GHz MediaTek MT6580 processor, further aided by Mali 400 GPU and 2GB LPDDR3 RAM. On-board storage is 8GB, further expadnable via microSD cad up to 64GB.
For imaging, it sports 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and f/2.0 aperture. On the front sits 2-megapixel camera. Connectivity options include dual-SIM support, 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS. It is fueled by 2070mAh battery and comes in Pure Black, Ceramic White and Glamour Red colors.
It also comes with 100GB of
Google Drive storage, which will be free for 2 years.
Asus ZenFone Go is priced at Rs. 7,999 and will be available via Asus exclusive stores, retail outlets and Flipkart starting today.
At its ZenFestival 2015 event in India, Asus showcased the company's first smartphone to be powered by MediaTek
processor, the ZenFone Go.
Asus have been using Intel Atom processor on ZenFone series since it was first introduced at CES 2014. Earlier this year Asus CEO Jerry Shen revealed that it plans to introduce ZenFone 2 series phone with Snapdragon and MediaTek SoC. The Snapdragon variant was for the mass market while the MediaTek powered ZenFone was for India. “For 3G phones that are popular in markets like India, the company plans
to launch a MediaTek-based ZenFone in the second half of 2015 as the
successor to the current Intel-based models,” wrote Focus Taiwan citing Jerry Shen.
Coming back to Asus ZenFone Go, it is a dual-SIM handset that runs Android 5.1 Lollipop with ZenUI on top and supports 3G connectivity. Unfortunately 4G LTE is not supported.
ZenFone Go features 5-inch HD (720 x 1280 pixels)
IPS display which works out into 294ppi and is powered 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6580 processor
with 2GB RAM and Mali-450 MP2 GPU. It comes in two storage options 8GB
or 16GB, expandable via microSD card up to 64GB. Camerwise, ZenFone Go sports 8-megapixel auto focus
rear camera with dual-LED flash and 2-megapixel front shooter.
Connectivity options include 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth and A-GPS connectivity. It is fueled by 2070mAh
battery and comes in Pure Black, Ceramic White or Glamour Red flavors.
Asus ZenFone 2 is expected to come with a price tag starting from Rs. 9,999. Availability details are not out yet.
Asus is planning to announce another affordable model of it ZenFone 2 lineup which is already confusing, later this month. The mobile device is dubbed ZenFone Go ZC500TG. (via : mobiltelefon.ru). This is the same site that previously outed the existence of ZenFone 2 Selfie.
ZenFone Go is said to have 5-inch HD (720 x 1280 pixels) display and will be powered by quad-core MediaTek processor with 2GB RAM. Asus currently uses Intel processors on its phones except ZenFone Selfie (uses Snapdragon 615 SoC).
Onboard storage is 8GB with no word on storage expansion. It sports 8-megapixel rear camera and 2-megapixel front facing camera. The handset will support 3G, unfortunately there will be no 4G LTE support and off course it will be an Android device.
