ASUS ZenFone 3, ZenFone 3 Ultra and ZenFone Deluxe

The ASUS ZenFone 3 Deluxe comes with an all-metal body which looks elegant, thanks to the matte finish on the rear. ASUS has also ensured that the antenna cuts are not visible, thereby calling it the first phone with invisible antenna lines. We could not see them anywhere on the rear. The phone, despite having a metal build, does not feel as heavy as expected.

The volume rocker and power/standby buttons are located on the right hand side and the SIM Card tray is on the left. There’s a 3.5mm audio jack up top and the USB Type-C connector at the base. The speaker grille is on one side of the USB Type-C port. On the rear, you have the ASUS branding in the lower half. And on the top half you have the 23MP rear camera module, beside which are the dual LED flash units and the laser AF mechanism. Just under the camera module is the fingerprint scanner, which is like a standing rectangle. Your index finger naturally rests there.

Chipset, RAM, Storage

The ASUS ZenFone 3 Deluxe sports a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chipset along with 6GB of RAM and up to 256GB storage. The ASUS ZenFone 3 comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 chipset along with 3GB RAM and up to 64GB of storage.

Camera

ASUS has paid a lot of attention to the cameras on the three phones, with the ZenFone 3 Deluxe and the ZenFone 3 Ultra sporting 23MP Sony IMX318 sensor-based cameras. The ZenFone 3 has a 16MP sensor. The ZenFone 3 Deluxe and ZenFone 3 also support 4-axis optical image stabilisation (OIS) for shooting stills and 3-axis electronic image stabilisation (EIS) for shooting videos. All smartphones support 4K video recording. All the three phones come with 8MP front-facing cameras.

OS and Battery Life

In terms of battery life, the ZenFone Ultra comes with a 4,600mAh battery and the ZenFone 3 and ZenFone 3 Deluxe both come with 3,000 mAh batteries.