ASUS has launched its Zenfone V with model no. V520KL exclusively with US carrier Verizon. The smartphone has already been listed on the company website, but the carrier is yet to make an official announcement. It will ship in Sapphire Black only.
According to the website listing, the ASUS Zenfone V sports a 5.2-inch full-HD display AMOLED display with 1080 x 1920 pixel resolution and is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass. It is powered by a 2.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 820 SoC coupled with 4GB of RAM and 32GB ROM which is expandable up to 256GB using a microSD card. It runs on company’s ZenUI 3.0 wrapped under Android 7.0 Nougat.
The highlight of the Zenfone 5 is its 23MP rear camera with f/2.0 aperture, 4-axis OIS, EIS and laser autofocus. For selfies, the device has an 8MP snapper with an f/2.0 aperture.
On the connectivity front, the smartphone has include Bluetooth 4.2, Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi direct, GPS, A-GPS/GLONASS, 4G support and USB Type-C port. It is fuelled by a 3000mAh battery with support for PowerDelivery 2.0.
