Asus Zenfone 2 Official Launch: All Prices and Specs from the Launch Event in Taiwan

We have very good news for all Asus Zenfone 2 fans. Asus officially released the new Asus Flagship, the Zenfone 2 today in Taiwan in front of more then 1000 Zenfans in the National Taiwan University Sports Center in Taipei.

The Zenfone 2 just won the prestigious IF Design Award and now we finally know all specs. Especially the Zenfone 2 4GB RAM price was long awaited, and Asus does not disappoint!
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Asus’s Chairman Jonney Shih introduced the Zenfone together with Intel Vice President Kapan Robert Swinnen and Asus CEO Jerry Shen. Mr Shinh said about the Asus Zenfone 2 “The ZenFone 2 series will build on the resounding success of the ZenFone,”, further he said “ZenFone 2 embodies every aspect of the ASUS brand spirit—In Search Of Incredible—and we look forward to introducing this empowering luxury worldwide with upcoming launch events in China, Hong Kong, France, Russia, Japan, Indonesia, India, and the United States.” In Malaysia the Zenfone 2 is launching in April 2015, same as India and more countries.

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Everything about Asus Zenfone 2 you need to know

As we reported earlier Asus will release 3 versions of their new Asus Zenfone 2. The Standard Version Asus Zenfone 2 ZE550 ML will come with 5.5″ HD display, Intel Atom Z3560 clocked at 1.8Ghz and 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal memory. Additionally Asus will launch their Premium Asus Zenfone 2 Version, the Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML. The Asus Zenfone 2 with 2GB RAM scores already more then 50.000 points on Antutu

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The Asus Zenfone 2 in its highest configuration comes with Intel Atom Z3580 clocked at 2.3GHZ, 4GB LDDR3 RAM and 32GB of internal memory.In our earlier reports we also mentioned that Asus will launch a smaller 5″ Asus Zenfone 2 Version and Asus officially confirmed this today. The cheaper Asus Zenfone 2 ZE550CL comes with 5″ HD display, Intel Atom Z2560 clocked at 1.6 Ghz, 2GB of LDD3 RAM and 16GB internal memory. The cheaper Zenfone Version will be priced at 4990 Taiwanese USD, that is 159USD or RM583.

As you can see Asus especially mentioned the 13MP Shooter with Asus’s low light technology and the 5MP Front Shooter in their presentation. And according to our first Zenfone 2 Camera Samples especially in low light the Zenfone 2 Camera is really amazing.

And of course Asus compared to the Zenfone 2 in other categories as the Intel CPU to the newest Snapdragon CPU’s. Also Asus showed that the Screen to Body Ratio on the Asus Zenfone 2 can actually beat the Apple iPhone 6 Plus.

Also Asus will release additional colors for the Zenfone 2 in their Asus Zenfone 2 Illusion Series. And as we reported earlier they also have a Zenfone Powerbank and FlipCovers.

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And now we have the news that you all have waited for – we think very good news for Asus Fans. The Zenfone 2 proofs that all other phones are too pricey. As we expected the Asus Zenfone 2 2GB RAM Price will be 6990 Taiwanese Dollar, which translates to 222USD or RM816. The Zenfone 2 4GB RAM Version Price is 8990 Taiwanese Dollar, that is 285USD or RM1050. The Asus Zenfone 2 will officially launch in more countries like Malaysia in April. 

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