Asus has launched two new exciting products at the CES 2017. One of them is the ZenFone AR, which is the world’s first Tango enabled and Daydream-ready smartphone, enabling on-the-go AR and VR experiences. The other is a ZenFone 3 Zoom, which has a 12X-zoom dual-camera system and is the world’s thinnest and lightest 5.5-inch phone with a 5000mAh battery. Read on for product wise features.
Asus Zenfone AR
The ZenFone AR is the thinnest and lightest Tango enabled device. This reduction in size and weight has been made possible by an innovative ASUS TriCam system. It is a tri-camera system consisting of a 23MP main camera, motion-tracking camera, and depth-sensing camera. Unlike three-camera systems in other devices, the design of the ASUS TriCam system clusters its array of cameras to reduce their footprint within the phone, enabling the entire phone to be thinner and lighter.
The ZenFone AR features a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor that is optimized for Tango, and is the world’s first smartphone with 8GB of RAM. A 5.7-inch WQHD Super AMOLED display and a new five-magnet speaker makes Daydream VR apps, games, and videos more immersive and entertaining. The Zenfone AR runs Android 7.0 ‘Nougat out-of-the-box.
The ASUS ZenFone AR is a next-generation smartphone that represents a significant advance in mobile virtual-reality (VR) and augmented-reality (AR) technologies. It is the first smartphone that will be Tango enabled and Daydream-ready. Tango is a set of sensors and computer-vision software by Google that enables unique AR user experiences on a smartphone, such as AR gaming, AR utilities, and indoor navigation. Daydream is Google’s platform for high quality, mobile virtual reality and supports Daydream VR apps. ZenFone AR was developed in close cooperation with Google to deliver the best Tango and Daydream experience.
ASUS ZenFone 3 Zoom
The ASUS ZenFone 3 Zoom is a 5.5-inch smartphone designed to excel at photography with a dual-camera system. Powered by a 5000mAh battery, it is also the world’s slimmest smartphone with such a big power source. The battery has been designed specifically to fit in the phone’s super-slim, 7.9mm full-metal body. The phone weighs 170 grams, and backed by an efficient Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor, provides users with up to 42 days of standby time. The high-capacity battery enables the phone to capture up to 6.4 hours of continuous 4K UHD video on a single charge. ZenFone 3 Zoom can also double as a high-speed power bank for charging other devices.
The ZenFone 3 Zoom’s dual-camera system comprises two 12MP cameras, one with a f/1.7-aperture, 25mm wide-angle lens and a second with a 59mm lens. Users can instantly switch from the 25mm primary camera to the 59mm camera, giving them a 2.3X optical zoom, ideal for portraits and capturing distant subjects. An improved TriTech+ autofocus system automatically chooses among three autofocus technologies — Dual Pixel PDAF, subject tracking autofocus, and second-generation laser focus —which latches on to its target in 0.03 seconds, even when photographing moving subjects.
ZenFone 3 Zoom is also the first ASUS smartphone with SuperPixel camera technology that enables it to focus incredibly quickly and capture clear photos at night or in low-light environments. The technology enables the camera on ZenFone 3 Zoom to have 2.5-times (2.5X) greater light sensitivity than Apple iPhone 7 Plus and 10-times (10X) that of an average smartphone.