Asus ZenFone Zoom announced with 3x optical zoom and OIS

The Asus CEO Jerry Shen, took to the stage at CES with some interesting announcements. One of the interesting products the company had to show was the camera-centric Asus ZenFone Zoom.

The smartphone comes with a 13MP mobile camera, but its highlight is the fact that it features 3x of optical zoom. While this may not compare to a device like the Samsung Galaxy K Zoom, Asus manages to achieve this by keeping their device fairly stealthy compared to the chunky frame of the Galaxy K Zoom. Asus has managed to keep their camera-centric smartphone fairly compact, measuring at 158.9 x 78.84 x 11.95 mm, and weighing 185 grams.

Besides the 3x optical zoom, the 13MP rear camera has a 10-element lens and f/2.7 to f/4.8 aperture, along with optical image stabilization. You even get laser auto-focus, similar to LG G3, and a dual-color Realtone flash for a full point-and-shoot camera experience. Asus has also included some manual adjustments for the shutterbugs out there, like exposure and shutter speed.

The rest of the specs include a hearty 5.5 inch 1080p IPS-LCD display with 400 nits of peak brightness, a 5MP front camera for selfies, a 3000 mAh battery and a 64-bit quad-core Atom processor.



The Asus ZenFone Zoom can be yours for $399, which sounds like a decent asking price considering what you are getting in return. Any takers ?



source - Asus