Asus Zenfone AR

A leakage of information that comes from the latest posting Evan Blass with @evleaks containing a device that will be released by Asus, which will be called the Asus Zenfone ar. As reported by of Androidheadlines, this smartphone will be ready to be introduced by Asus on January 4, 2017 at CES event 2017.

In a press release that announced by Asus, noted that there are two points that were stressed by Asus i.e. announcement about ZenFone AR, and second points noted from this announcement is that the Asus Zenfone AR is a smartphone that supports Tango and Daydream.

This is in accordance with the statement of the CEO of Asus previously provide confirmation in November 2016, which mentions that the Asus Zenfone AR would be the smartphone that is also compatible with VR platform Google, Daydream.

In fact, the Qualcomm has also confirmed that the latest Asus smartphpone is supported by the processor Snapdragon 821, and the smartphone is the smartphone berprocessor Snapdragon 821 first Tango-enabled world. Meanwhile, Lenovo phaB 2 Pro is the first Tango-enabled smartphone in the world, but Lenovo phaB 2 Pro it is a smartphone that is powered by Snapdragon 652. That means that while the phaB 2 Pro has the features of Tango, on the other hand is not ready with a Daydream.

Unlike the Asus Zenfone AR very well, and can be an excellent choice, a choice which makes it a very attractive and viable for anyone who is interested to enjoy the content of augmented reality (AR), or virtual reality (VR), or both. In terms of image, it should be noted that the ZenFone AR do not adopt the design very similar to the previous ZenFone offerings, despite the big differences are in part the inclusion of extra cameras needed to utilize the functionality of Tango.



Unofficial preliminary specifications.



GSM / HSPA / LTE
Network Technology
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EMEA
  HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - USA
4G bands LTE
Speed HSPA, LTE-А (2CA)
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes


Launch Announced Not announced yet
Status Rumored


Body Dimensions -
Weight -
SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)


Display Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 6.0 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (~490 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes


Platform OS Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 821
CPU Quad-core (2x2.35 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo)
GPU Adreno 530


Memory Card slot microSD, up to 256 GB
Internal 64 GB, 4 GB RAM


Camera Primary 16 MP, phase detection autofocus, depth & motion tracking sensors
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps
Secondary 8 MP


Sound Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
 - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic


Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Radio No
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector


Features Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
Browser HTML5
Java No
 - Project Tango

- Fast battery charging

- MP4/H.264 player

- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player

- Photo/video editor

- Document viewer


Battery   Non-removable Li-Ion battery


Misc Colors Black

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