After a number of leaks in the previous months, ASUS has finally launched the ASUS Zenfone Go in India. This is an affordable smartphone priced at Rs. 7,999 and is cheaper compared to the Zenfone 2 Laser that costs Rs. 9,999. The smartphone will be available on Flipkart and ASUS’ offline retail stores.
ASUS Zenfone Go has a 5-inch HD LCD display with a 1280x720p resolution and 294ppi pixel density. It is powered with MediaTek’s MT6580 quad-core chipset, clocked at 1.3 GHz. It packs 8 GB of internal storage, which can be expanded up to 64 GB using a microSD card. However, there is also a bundled 100GB of free Google Drive storage for two years in case storage is ever an issue for you.
This phone features an 8 MP rear camera, a 2 MP front camera and a 2,070 mAh battery. It supports 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS and Bluetooth 4.0. It runs Android 5.1 Lollipop – based Zen UI and it will be available in three color options: red, black and white.
In order to break into the Indian market, the ASUS Zenfone Go has to face competition from Xiaomi Redmi Note 2, Lenovo A6000 and Yu Yuphoria.