Asus today launched the Zenfone 3 Max in India, in two variants. The Asus ZenFone 3 Max(ZC520TL) model sports 5.2 inches display and is powered by a MediaTek MT6737T SoC with 3GB RAM. This model is priced at Rs 12,999.
Asus Zenfone 3 Max
The Asus Zenfone 3 Max runs on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow based ZenUI 3.0. The Asus Zenfone 3 Max can be a good competitor for Coolpad Note 5, LeEco Le 2, Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 and YU Yunicorn. These devices also available in Indian market on same price.
Processor and Memory
The ZenFone 3 Max (ZC520TL) is powered by a 1.25GHz Quad-core processor which is very powerful and will give high speed. This phone may prove excellent in multitasking as it has 3GB RAM too. This handset comes with MediaTek MT6737T Chipset with Mali T720 GPU. it has 64 bit access 3GB RAM With 32GB Internal Storage capacity which will be expandable up to 128GB via micro SD card. Google drive gives 100GB free space for 2 year.
The ZenFone 3 Max (ZC553KL) is powerd by a powered by a 1.4GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 chipset coupled with 3GB RAM and Adreno 505 GPU. This Varriant has 32 GB internal Storage apacity which will be expandable up to 128GB via micro SD card. Google drive gives 100GB free space for 2 year.
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Display and camera
The Asus Zenfone 3 Max (ZC520TL) sports a 5.2 inches Screen. It has IPS touchscreen with 1280 x 720 pixels Resolution. The screen is also supports 5 point multi touch. Its screen can display 16 million colors. The Asus Zenfone 3 Max has 13 MP rear camera with 30 FPS and Exmor-R CMOS Image Sensor. It has autofocus, LED flash and geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, image stabilization, HDR and panorama. This Smartphone supports video recording and play 1080p videos. It has 5 MP front facing camera with LED Flash for shooting better selfies. Asus Zenfone 3 Max is a stylish phone. Its dimension is 149.5 x 73.7 x 8.55mm and weight is 148g.
The ZenFone 3 Max (ZC553KL) sports a 5.5 inches Full-HD(1080 x 1920 pixels). this Smartphone has a 2.5D contoured glass, Fingerprint and smudge-resistant oleophobic coating. it comes with 16MP rear and 8 MP front facing camera. it has 16 megapixels PixelMaster 3.0 camera with 1/3″ sensor size and Ultra-fast 0.03s instant focus and subject tracking TriTech AF system with Dual-LED real tone flash. Its dimension is 151.4 x 76.24 x 8.3mm and weight is 175g. The screen is also supports 10 point multi touch.
OS and Features
The both Zenfone 3 Max varriants runs on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow based ZenUI 3.0. It supports Java and browser flash. These Smartphones have Proximity, Ambient light sensor, Hall sensor, Gyro sensor, Ecompass, Fingerprint Scanner, Accelerator and Laser Sensor. this smartphone includes Calendar, Google Search, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk, Alarm, Calculator, Clock, and other Google sync apps. This Smartphone support different formats for videos : 4K/P4/ 3GP /3G2 /RM /RMVB /ASF /FLAC /APE /MOV, for Audio: MP3/ WMA/ FLAC/ APE/ WAV/ RA/ Ogg/ MIDI/ 3GP, for Ebook: UMD, TXT, PDF, HTML, RTF, FB2.
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Connectivity and Battery
The Zenfone 3 Max supports 4G LTE and 3G (GSM) networks. This phone has Wi-Fi 2.4GHz 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.0, FM Radio, GPRS and EGPRS or EDGE. The Asus Zenfone 3 Max powered by 4100 mAh battery. This phone provides talk time up to 10 hrs(4G) and standby time upto 320 hrs.
Pros and Cons of Zenfone 3 Max:
1. Powerful and high speed Processor.
2. Lots of RAM 3GB for multitasking and Lots of Memory.
3. 4G VoLTE support and very good battery backup.
4. latest Android version.
1. Doesn’t have a HDMI Connectivity.