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posted by martyb on Thursday May 28 2015, @07:37PM   Printer-friendly
from the laptop-in-your-pocket dept.

The recently released ASUS smartphone zenfone 2 has hit a new price/perf benchmark point with an MSRP of $199 but mid-high range specs:

-4G LTE
-Quadcore x86 processor
-5.5 inch IPS 1080P screen with gorilla glass
-2GB of RAM
-16GB storage
-3000 mAh battery

The low price is in part because Intel has been desperately trying to get a foothold in the mobile market and likely playing contra-revenue games. Unlike past low-cost options like the oneplus phone, this phone has wide release being sold at online retailers like Amazon.

Is this setting a new standard in low-cost, high-performance phones, or is this a temporary ploy until Intel starts charging for their SoCs? Will this lead to a price war between Mediatek, Qualcomm, and Intel? All of which have already released phones this year for the North American marketplace supporting the 4G spectrum. How low-priced can these smartphones with laptop-like specs go?

Reviewed here: http://anandtech.com/show/9251/the-asus-zenfone-2-review


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by frojack on Thursday May 28 2015, @08:33PM

    by frojack (1554) on Thursday May 28 2015, @08:33PM (#189308) Journal

    You don't have to see a battery life. Just the battery size indicates this will guzzle power.

    But that said, modern phones are designed to get you through a day (when new). There is no point in developing a phone that gets 6 hours, because you will have no customers. They will size the battery according to what the market demands.

    Samsung S6 has a 2,550mAh battery.
    HTC M8 Battery capacity (mAh) 2600.

    This phone: 3000mAh.

    So it appears they've already baked in the difference in efficiency. (And intel is not as laughable as it use to be in this regard).

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