14 DAY TRIAL // ASUS released the ZenFone 3 Deluxe in July this year, and it seems that the smartphone is now available for purchase in Taiwan. In case you didn't know, the ZenFone 3 Deluxe is the first announced smartphone to pack the latest processor from Qualcomm, Snapdragon 821.
The ZenFone 3 Deluxe has a price tag of around $800, and two color options were made available. Gracier Silver will start shipping on September 12 while Shimmer Gold color version will arrive to customers starting September 23, according to GizmoChina.
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 821 was announced just days before the ZenFone 3 Deluxe was unveiled, and while it does bring some improvements over its predecessor, the Snapdragon 820, differences between the two processor models aren’t that striking.
ASUS ZenFone 3 Deluxe comes with 6GB of RAM and 256GB of internal memory
Snapdragon 821 comes with 10% increased performance over Snapdragon 820 and offers some fixes to issues in the previous model. Namely, Qualcomm has handled the overheating problem found in Snapdragon 820. ASUS ZenFone 3 Deluxe is also the only announced smartphone with SD 821, which surely makes it attractive on the market. SD821 has a clock frequency of 2.34GHz and 2.19GHz for each of its two pairs of cores.
The smartphone also comes with a 5.7-inch Super AMOLED 1080p display and 6GB of LPDDR4 RAM. In addition, it has 256GB of UFS 2.0 storage and comes with a 3,000mAh battery with Qualcomm’s Fast Charging 3.0. ASUS also announced a 4GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage variant and another model with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage.
Aside from this, the ZenFone 3 Deluxe also has a 23MP Sony IMX318 rear camera with OIS, laser autofocus, and RGB color sensor. Front camera capacity reaches 8MP, and the handset runs Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow with ASUS Zen UI 3.0 on top. It has a fingerprint scanner and dual-SIM support.