Attention is turning to the devices and smartphones that will be arriving next year from Asus and recently the company released a video teaser for its CES 2017 press event dubbed Zennovation.
As the year draws to an end companies have started to put plans in place for the release of new devices in 2017. Asus the Taiwanese company has been trying to remain ahead of the competition by releasing several new phones every year, and it is expected that next year the company will release a device with a top of the line Snapdragon chipset.
There are even some indications that the upcoming device will have the Snapdragon 835 chipset. This particular chipset is rumoured to be running on a number of yet unreleased devices including the "P" smartphone being developed by Nokia. Asus will be live streaming the upcoming Zennovation event that is happening during CES 2017, and analysts have already started speculating about the devices that could be released.
However, the company has not publicized its plans for the device running the Snapdragon chipset and this has left many people wondering if it could be the Zenfone AR. Importantly, the outlines of two devices were seen in the video teaser which was released for the Zennovation press event which is due to happen on the second day of CES 2017.
Going by the outline of the devices, it is thought that Asus might be announcing two new smartphones on Jan. 4, GSM Arena reported. These devices could officially be part of the Zenfone 4 family which has been popping up in rumours and if this happens they will be follow up offerings to the ZenFone 3 devices of this year.
Given that there is a lot of mystery surrounding the two devices in the teaser, many analysts have been stating that they could refer to other smartphones. The other theories about the devices indicate that one is the ZenFone 3 Zoom, reported Phone Arena. The ZenFone 3 Zoom is rumoured to have dual cameras on its rear much like the iPhone 7 Plus which released this year.
Compared to the rumoured flagship with the Snapdragon 835 chipset from Asus, the ZenFone 3 Zoom is expected to run a watered down Snapdragon 625 chipset. Therefore, even if the phone does have a 5.5-inch display and 4 GB RAM it will not be able to match a flagship device in terms of specifications.
Teaser released by Asus for the Zennovation event happening during CES 2017