ASUS launches Zenfone 3S Max in India for Rs 14,999/-, runs on Android Nougat out of the box

Strengthening its presence in Longer Battery Life Smartphones ASUS has today announced the Zenfone 3S Max in India for a price of Rs 14,999/-. ASUS Zenfone 3S Max will be available both offline as well as online from today itself in Sand Gold and Black colour variants.

ASUS Zenfone 3S Max

It is worth noting that in second half of last year ASUS launched Zenfone 3 Max phone with two variants with 5.2 inch and 5.5 inch display and other slight differences. The Zenfone 3 Max were priced at Rs 17,999/- and 12,999/-. Its courageous on ASUS's part to launch the successor device within a short span and intelligent to price it with atleast a 2K difference in price.

As you might already know the Zenfone Max series is known for its longer battery life, the last launched Zenfone 3 Max had 4100 mAh battery power to get you max from your phone while the latest Zenfone 3S Max comes with a massive 5000 mAh battery which is claimed to give 38 days of 4G standby time, 28 hours of 3G talktime, and 25 hours of Web browsing. As with the other Zenfone 3 models Zenfone 3S Max comes in all metal unibody design however the finger print sensor is placed on front this time and is claimed to unlock the phone in less than 0.5 seconds. The Zenfone 3S Max also comes with the familiar reverse charging feature using which you can also charge another phone from Zenfone 3S. 

Zenfone 3S Max comes with a 5.2 inch HD display which is claimed to have a brightness over 400 nits, the Display is covered with a 2.5D curved glass. The device is powered by a 1.5 GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6750 SoC and Mali T860 GPU coupled with 3 GB RAM. Zenfone 3S Max comes with 32 GB inbuilt storage which can be further expanded upto a whopping 2 TB via micro SD card. As for camera, the Zenfone 3S Max comes with a 13 MP rear camera with an f/2.0 aperture, 5P Largan lens, PDAF and dual LED real tone flash. The rear camera comes with familiar features such as super resolution, panorama, low-light, backlit HDR mode etc. On Front there is a 8MP camera with 85 degree wide angle lens and has beautification mode along with HDR and low light mode.

On connectivity front the device comes with a hybrid dual SIM (dual standby) and has connectivity options such as 4G LTE (CAT 4), VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS/A-GPS. Asus also claims that the ICEPower enhanced mono 5-magnet loudspeaker produces high quality loud sound while the dual microphone setup ensures noise cancellation. 

ASUS Zenfone 3S Max runs ZenUI 3.0 based on latest Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box. ZenMotion Touch Gesture helps users swiftly launch apps by writing a letter on the Zenfone 3S Max’s blank screen. Multi-window mode, provided by Android 7.0 Nougat, allows users to multitask by working on a split-window or effortlessly switching between apps. GameGenie helps enhance the gaming experience with its search function offering tips and the option to record and live broadcast gameplay via YouTube and Twitch