Recently, a new Asus smartphone was spotted in the Chinese certification website, TENAA, which will carry a hefty 4,850 mAh battery and the latest Android Nougat firmware. The new smartphone, dubbed as Asus X00GD, passed TENAA certification while running the Android 7.0 Nougat firmware. The said mobile phone is predicted to be a part of Asus's Zenfone series.
Many of the phone's specs and features are revealed on the certification site, particularly its large 4850mAh battery. According to its TENAA listing, the Asus X00GD smartphone features a 5.2-inch HD (720x1280 pixels) display. The device has dimensions of 149.5 x 73.7 x 8.85 mm and weighs 169 grams.
As per its internal chassis, the smartphone is powered by a 1.5GHz octa-core Mediatek MT6750 processor. NDTV reported that the phone will come in various RAM and built-in storage options, particularly 2GB RAM/16GB, 3GB RAM/32GB, and 4GB RAM/64GB. All three models can be expandable into bigger memory via a microSD card. In its optics department, the Asus X00GD carries a 13-megapixel rear camera, alongside a dual-tone LED flash, and a front-snapper with 8-megapixel camera.
According to The Tech Portal, recent reports suggest that the latest security suite, a fingerprint sensor, will be embedded on the phone's Home Button at the face of the device. Also, the phone will be released in different color options, such as Luxury Gold, Black and Rose Gold colour variants.
Recent images leaked spotted on websites reveal a Rose Gold variant with curved corners sporting a candybar design. As of today, details regarding the pricing and availability of the Asus X00GD are not specified on the phone's listing.
On another note, Asus recently launched its ZenFone Go (ZB450KL), also known as the ZenFone Go 4.5 LTE, smartphone in India last December 2016. The smartphone features a 4.5-inch FWVGA (480x854 pixels) display with a brightness of 380 nits and a blue-light filter, while its internal chassis boasts a 1GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 SoC coupled with 1GB of LPDDR3 RAM. The device is pegged at a price of Rs. 6,999.
Beforehand, Asus confirmed its showcasing event at CES 2017 next week, where new ZenFone handsets and the Asus X00GD may be revealed.