While many new phones are using the pop-up camera to have a full-screen display, with Asus Zenfone 6, the company is bringing an exciting innovation – a flip camera mechanism that allows you to take selfies with the main camera. The rotation of the Liquidmetal camera is controlled by a stepper motor that allows users to stop midway and take pictures at interesting angles besides automatic panoramas.
Asus Zenfone 6 Features
- Snapdragon 855 Chipset (1×2.84 GHz Kryo 485 + 3×2.41 GHz Kryo 485 + 4×1.78 GHz Kryo 485 octa-core)
- 6.4-inch Nano Edge Display is an FHD+ full view display protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 6
- 6 GB / 8 GB LPDDR4 RAM and Adreno 640 GPU
- 64 GB / 128 GB / 256 GB UFS 2.1 internal storage
- 48MP Sony IMX586 and 13MP Wide Angled camera
- 5000mAH Battery
- 3.5-mm headphone jack and dual stereo speakers
- 64 GB / 128 GB / 256 GB UFS 2.1 internal storage
- Android Pie 9
Asus Zenfone 6 Is Getting Android Q Update
- Camera super night mode & HDR+ Enhanced mode (HDR++) performance improvement on image quality and processing speed
- Auto brightness sensor
- Added volume key functions to control flip camera rotation
- Volume key use as “Shutter, Zoom, Flip camera.”
- Enable MTS Volte/VoWifi, Taiwan Mobile Volte and KDDI/ Docomo/SBM Volte
- Improve camera rotation stability
- Usage of the smart key as a shutter to take pictures in camera mode
Already enrolled in Android Q Beta program, Asus Zenfone 6 will also be one of the first phones to be updated to Android Q once will be announced. Android Pie 9 is also upgradable to Android R on Asus Zenfone 6, however, until now, there is no information on any Android R updates. Available on Asus eShop, the Asus Zenfone 6 price starts at EUR 499 for the 6GB + 64GB going up to 6GB + 128 GB retailing at EUR 559 and finally EUR 599 for 8GB + 256GB.
Agnes is a technical writer, being in touch with reports to come up with the latest tech leaks.
