ASUS has just unveiled the three new smartphones in the ZenFone 3 lineup – the ASUS ZenFone 3, ZenFone 3 Deluxe, and the ZenFone 3 Ultra. While the most powerful of three is the ZenFone 3 Deluxe, the other two are not bad at all, especially when you see them power packed with specifications for the price at which they are being sold.
Let’s talk about how all the three phones differ, when it comes to specifications. One of the only important similarity between all of them is with the OS and UI they run, i.e. ZenUI 3.0.
Display
- ZenFone 3: 1080p 5.5-inch Super IPS+ LCD with 77.3% screen to body radio
- ZenFone 3 Deluxe: 1080p 5.7-inch Super AMOLED with 79% screen to body ratio
- ZenFone 3 Ultra: 1080p 6.8-inch IPD LCD with 79% screen to body ratio
Build Quality
- ZenFone 3: Front and rear Corning Gorilla Glass panels with 2.5D contoured edges and metal frame
- ZenFone 3 Deluxe: Full aluminum alloy unibody with “invisible antenna”
- ZenFone 3 Ultra: Full aluminum alloy unibody with “invisible antenna”
Processor, GPU and RAM
- ZenFone 3: Qualcomm Snapdragon 625, Octa-core, 8×1.4GHz ARM Cortex-A53, Adreno 506 GPU, 3GB/4GB RAM
- ZenFone 3 Deluxe: Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, Adreno 530 GPU, 6GB RAM
- ZenFone 3 Ultra: Qualcomm Snapdragon 652, Octa-core, Adreno 510 GPU, 4GB RAM
Fingerprint sensor
- ZenFone 3: Sensor on the back, 5-finger registration, 360-degree recognition
- ZenFone 3 Deluxe: Sensor on the back, 5-finger registration, 360-degree recognition
- ZenFone 3 Ultra: Below screen sensor, 5-finger registration, 360-degree recognition
Rear camera
- ZenFone 3: 16MP, Sony IMX298 sensor, f/2.0, 0.03 second TriTech autofocus, 4-axis OIS, 3-axis EIS, Dual-tone flash
- ZenFone 3 Deluxe: 23MP, Sony IMX318 sensor, f/2.0, 0.03 second TriTech autofocus, 4-axis OIS, 3-axis EIS, Dual-tone flash
- ZenFone 3 Ultra: 23MP, Sony IMX318 sensor, f/2.0, 0.03 second TriTech autofocus, 4-axis OIS, 3-axis EIS, Dual-tone flash
Battery
- ZenFone 3: 3000 mAh battery
- ZenFone 3 Deluxe: 3,000mAh with Quick Charge 3.0
- ZenFone 3 Ultra: 4,600mAh with Quick Charge 3.0
Similarities between the three variants
- All the three phones have the same 8-megapixel front-facing camera
- Bluetooth 4.2 and USB Type-C connectivity on all of them
- The phones have Android 6.0 Marshmallow with ZenUI 3.0 interface
- There is 802.11ac Wi-Fi: 5G/2.4G, MIMO on all the three variants
- All the phones have two SIM slots, of which the second one is hybrid slot
