Taiwanese handsets maker Asus has launched today lower-end variant of ZenFone Go – ZC451TG, which is a 3G- enabled smartphone with 4.5 inch display in India. Aimed at the budget segment, the phone will be available on Flipkart, and in ASUS Exclusive Stores as well as other offline stores from the second week of January 2016 onwards, for a price of Rs. 5,299. The phone will also be available on other e-commerce portals later on. This phone will be available in 4 colours – Charcoal Black, Pearl White, Rouge Pink and Flash Blue.
You may recall that Asus had launched ZenFone Go in the month of September at Rs. 7,999 with 5 inch HD display( http://www.techvorm.com/asus-launches-zenfone-go-at-rs-7999/). Compared to the earlier version, the new ZenFone Go Variant sports a 4.5 inch FWVGA display with resolution of 480 x 854. It is powered by Quad-CoreMediaTek MT6580M processsor clocked at 1.3GHZ combined with 1GB RAM and 8GB ROM, extendable to 64GB via microSD card. It also comes bundled with 100 GB of Google Drive storage, free for a period of 2 years.
The ZenFone Go Variant is equipped with a 5 MP primary camera with auto-focus, F2.0 aperture and a 0.3 MP front camera. It is packed with a 1600mAh Polymer battery, which is removable. It runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop OS with Zen UI on top.
Commenting on the launch, Mr. Peter Chang, Regional Head – South Asia & Country Manager – System Business Group – ASUS India, said, “ZenFone Go wraps up an extremely successful year for us in India. We are elated to see the response that we received through the year for our ZenFone range of smartphones and are sure that our offering for the budget segment packed with features at an affordable price, will be appreciated by our users as well.”
Key Specifications :
Display | (4.5) 480 x 854 (FWVGA) resolution |
Processor | MediaTek MT6580M(Quad-Core @ 1.3GHZ) |
Storage | 8 GB ROM, ASUS WebStorage 5GB (lifetime), Google drive 100G free space (2year), Micro SD card support up to 64GB |
Memory | 1GB RAM |
Main Camera | 5 Mega-Pixel, Auto Focus, F2.0 Aperture |
Front Camera | 0.3 Mega-Pixel, Fix Focus |
Sim Card & SD Slot | Dual SIM, Dual Stand by (SIM1 Support 2G/3G, SIM2 Support 2G/3G) |
Connectivity | 802.11b/g/n; Bluetooth V 4.0 |
GPS | Support GPS, aGPS |
Battery | 1600mAh Polymer battery-removable |
Sensor | Accelerator, E-Compass, Proximity, Ambient light sensor |
OS | Brand-new ASUS ZenUI with Android 5.1 Lollipop |
User Interface | ASUS ZenUI 2.0 with over 1000+ software enhancements like What’s Next, ZenLink, ZenMotion, Quick Access, ASUS Splendid, Kids Mode, Snap View, Themes ( customize your zenfone 2 theme from many different templates), etc |