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Setting the Standard for Low-Cost Smart Phones — New ASUS ZenFone 2

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

Anonymous Coward writes:

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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• Re:the great thing about standards is that there a Re:the great thing about standards is that there a (Score: 4, Funny) by jcross on Thursday May 28 2015, @08:48PM

  by jcross (4009) on Thursday May 28 2015, @08:48PM (#189321)

  That's exactly how I lost all my friends, you insensitive clod!

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• Re:the great thing about standards is that there a (Score: 4, Funny) by takyon on Thursday May 28 2015, @09:51PM

  by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Thursday May 28 2015, @09:51PM (#189348) Journal

  You're not standards-compliant!

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