Asus launched its latest flagship smartphone, the ZenFone 6 at an event in Valencia, Spain on the 16th of May. The device boasts of a modern design with unique camera setup. Unfortunately, the company did not announce when the handset will be announced for the Indian market at the time of its announcement. Now, Flipkart, an Indian e-commerce website has listed the ZenFone 6 which insinuates its launch in India is imminent.
Asus ZenFone 6
The Asus ZenFone 6 is the latest flagship offering by the company as mentioned above and will succeed the ZenFone 5Z. It measures 159.1 x 75.44 x 8.4mm and weighs 190g. The smartphone has a glass design on the front and back with a metal chassis for reinforcement. It has a 6.4 inch LCD display with a resolution of 2340 x 1080 px. The screen to body ratio of the device stands in at an impressive 92 percent which is achieved by implementing a flip up camera mechanism. Like the Samsung Galaxy A80, the ZenFone 6 has a rotating camera setup which can be used to take pictures from the rear as well as the front. For biometric security and rapidly unlocking the handset, it has a rear mounted fingerprint scanner and supports face unlock technology.
Under the hood, the ZenFone 6 is kitted with the 7nm Snapdragon 855 SoC which is comprised of an Octa-core CPU and the Adreno 640 GPU. In terms of optics, the smartphone has a dual camera setup which consists of an f/1.8 aperture equipped 48MP primary sensor and a secondary f/2.4 aperture equipped 13MP Ultra wide angle sensor. As mentioned before, the device uses a flip camera mechanism to click pictures at different angles. For memory and storage, the handset may be launched in the following variants.
- 6GB RAM and 64GB ROM
- 8GB RAM and 128GB ROM
- 8GB RAM and 256GB ROM
The Asus ZenFone 6 is powered by a massive 5000 mAh battery which supports 18W fast charging. It has a unique Google Assistant button on the top right which can also be configured to open any application based on the user’s choice. In terms of connectivity, the handset supports Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.0 and NFC, 3.5 mm jack and bottom mounted USB Type C port. It is available in two colours, namely Twilight Silver and Midnight Black.
Pricing & Availability
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The Asus ZenFone 6 is expected to be launched in the following weeks in the Indian market. It will be exclusively available online on Flipkart and offline in select retail stores across the country. While the company has not revealed its Indian pricing yet, it is expected to cost starting at Rs. 40,000 for the variant with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. The variant with 8GB RAM and 128GB of onboard memory may cost Rs. 44,000; while buyers may have to shell Rs. 47,000 for the version with 8GB RAM and 256GB Internal storage.
The Black Shark 2 picks up a fair share of design aspects from its predecessor. The smartphone measures 163.61 x 75.01 x 8.77 mm and weighs in at 205 grams. It features a 6.39 inch AMOLED display which is surrounded by thin bezels on all sides. The smartphone’s display has a resolution of 2340 x 1080 px and a pixel density of 403 ppi. The display panel can reach brightness levels of upto 430 nits and has an aspect ratio of 19.5:9. The AMOLED display is pressure sensitive, which can offer a variety of implications while playing games on the device. Biometric security options include an in-display fingerprint sensor.
The right side of the smartphone houses the power button and a “shark slider” which when toggled turns on gaming mode for game-focused performance. The left side of the handset houses the volume rockers. The bottom of the device accommodates the USB Type-C port. Since it is a gaming device, it has a vapour cooling chamber to regulate high temperatures while intensive gaming sessions. 
Under the hood, the Black Shark 2 runs on the Snapdragon 855 SoC which consists of an Octa-Core CPU and the Adreno 640 GPU. The smartphone is powered by a 4,000 mAh battery which supports fast charging upto 27 W. Connectivity options on the device include 802.11 ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0, Dual 4G VoLTE and GPS.
The rear of the Black Shark 2 has a unique design with green coloured decals that run along the sides. The rear panel also houses the brand logo and a dual camera setup, which consists of a 48 MP sensor, 12 MP sensor and an LED Flash. The camera can capture 2160p videos at 30 fps. For selfies, it has a 20 MP front-facing camera which is placed in the bezel above the display. The front camera can also capture 1080p videos at 30 fps.
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As stated by the Executive VP of the company, Samsung’s new advanced pixel technologies will enable considerably thin devices to house top-of-the-line image sensors so as to enhance the level of photography. The South Korean company claims that its 64 megapixel image sensor features Tetracell technology (where four pixels are merged to work as one to increase light sensitivity) and the Remosiac algorithm (which is used to generate full resolution images in bright light conditions). Furthermore, the sensor is claimed to support HDR (High Dynamic Range) of up to 100 decibels. 
As mentioned previously, the second announcement by the company is the ISOCELL Bright GM2 48 megapixel image sensor, which adopts similar technologies to the ISOCELL Bright GW1 sensor. Additionally, both the sensors sport DCG (Dual Conversion Gain), which covers the light received into an electric signal which is dependant on the illumination of the surroundings. 
The laptop features a 15.6 inch Full HD IPS display with 300 nits of brightness. It runs on the 8th Gen Intel Core i7 (i7-8565U) processor, which is bundled with up to 12GB of RAM and up to 512GB PCIe SSD for storage. As mentioned previously, the Ideapad S540 features NVIDIA’s latest mobile graphics chip, the GTX 1650. It is based on the Turing architecture, which provides higher performance than its predecessors while consuming lesser power.
As per reports, the performance levels of the GTX 1650 are almost 70 percent better than the GeForce GTX 1050 graphics card. The 4GB GDDR5 GPU chip features a total of 896 CUDA cores with a base clock speed of 1485 MHz and a turbo boost up to 1665 MHz. It does not require it’s separate power source, instead, it consumes power from the 75W power input from the PCIe bus. The company claims that the laptop provides a power backup of up to 12 hours. The Lenovo Ideapad S540 weighs at 1.8 kilograms. 
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