TechnicalDog: 09/11/16

Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe with Snapdragon 821 Now available

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ZenFone 3 Deluxe with Snapdragon 821 is now available in Taiwan
Snapdragon 821-powered phone was launched in India at Rs. 62,999
It has been priced at TWD 24,990 (approximately Rs. 52,000)

The much-anticipated Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe has finally gone on sale in the company's home country, Taiwan. The Snapdragon 821 SoC-powered ZenFone 3 Deluxe has been priced at TWD 24,990 (approximately Rs. 52,000 or $800). The Asus Zenfone 3 Deluxe has now become the first commercial smartphone featuring the brand new Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 to be available in the markets.

According to GizmoChina, the ZenFone 3 Deluxe will be available in Glacier Silver, which will start shipping from September 12, and Shimmer Gold, which will be available from September 23.

Apart from the Snapdragon 821 SoC, the new ZenFone 3 Deluxe also packs a Massive 256GB of built-in storage. Rest of the specifications of the new ZenFone 3 are identical to the 'regular' ZenFone 3 Deluxe models. It features 5.5 inch full-HD Super Amoled display and packs a whopping 6GB of RAM and supports expandable storage via microSD card (up to 128GB). The rear camera sports a 23-megapixel Sony sensor with 4K video support and also packs an 8-megapixel front camera. There is 3000mAh battery on board. It measures 156.4x77.4x7.5mm and runs Asus Zen UI based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

Asus at the global launch in May had revealed pricing of the some ZenFone 3 models, the Asus Zenfone 3 (ZE552KL) was priced starting at $249 (roughly Rs. 16,800), the Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe (ZS570KL) priced at $499 (roughly Rs. 33,600), and the Asus Zenfone 3 Ultra (ZU680KL) priced at $479 (roughly Rs. 32,200). The Taiwanese company however had not announced the pricing for the Snapdragon 821-based ZenFone3 Deluxe back in May.

Recently, Asus India launched the Zenfone 3 series in the country. The ZenFone 3 (ZE520KL) was priced at Rs. 21,999, the ZenFone 3 (ZE552KL) at Rs. 27,999, the ZenFone 3 Ultra (ZU680KL) at Rs. 49,999, and ZenFone 3 Laser (ZC551KL) at 18,999. The high-end ZenFone 3 Deluxe (ZS570KL) starts at Rs. 49,999, with the Snapdragon 821 model priced at Rs 62,999.

Xiaomi Mi5s Specifications leaked : SD 821 ,6GB RAM & 256GB ROM

News of a Xiaomi Mi 5s was first reported about 5 months ago and the first detail leaked was of a curved display that supports 3D touch . Today we have another leak listing the full specs of the phone. The spec sheet which was posted on weibo says this is an exclusive version which means there will be other variants as well.

The Mi 5s will have a 5.15” screen with 3D touch, a snapdragon 821 processor clocked at 2.4GHz, Adreno 530 GPU clocked at 650MHz, and a 6GB LPDDR4 RAM.

Xiaomi is going the iPhone 7 route by offering 256GB of storage (UFS 2.0). The rear camera is a 16MP shooter with PDAF and 4-axis OIS. It can also shoot 4K videos at 30 fps.

There’s NFC, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, nano sim slots, and USB Type-C. The Mi 5s is powered by a 3490mAh battery with Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 3.0 on board. The phone will have a thickness of 7.25 mm and is said to weigh just 147 g which is just a tiny bit more than the Mi 5 which weighs 139 g.

There is still no news on price and official release date, but we presume the launch date is not too far off. Xiaomi has slashed the Mi 5 already, so if you are planning to get a new device without breaking the bank, you should consider it.

Top 10 Trending Smartphone this Week

The unveiling of the new iPhone 7 stirred things up quite a bit in our Top 10 trending phones chart. That's another way of saying it shot to number 1 from its pre-release 7th spot last week. But it's not alone either - big bro iPhone 7 Plus joins it in 3rd.

But splitting those two is one of the usual suspects - long-time champ Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016). Apparently, the Plus could only do so much.

The Redmi Note 3 is in 4th this week - the iPhones pushed it off its comfy 3rd spot it held for a while. The Galaxy Note7 drops one too, but the J5 (2016) and the J7 Prime have climbed up two notches together.

The Xperia XZ's presence on the podium was short-lived - 2nd last week, only to plummet into 8th now. Others are having a better week - the Moto G4 Plus and the Galaxy S7 edge re-enter the chart after a week or two of being on the sidelines