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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: 4, Informative) by jmorris on Thursday May 28 2015, @08:42PM

    by jmorris (4844) on Thursday May 28 2015, @08:42PM (#189316)

    Nice specs but a fast look at the ASUS forums show lots of complaints about overheating and reliability problems and a it looks like it has a locked bootloader. So apparently Intel still isn't quite ready to play in the big leagues when it comes to the small world.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by frz on Thursday May 28 2015, @09:56PM

    by frz (4910) on Thursday May 28 2015, @09:56PM (#189353)
    Locked bootloader on a non-carrier phone. What a sad joke to play. I wouldn't take one as a gift.

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