Asus ZenFone Max Pro M2 Launched in India For Rs 12,999

ZenFone Max Pro M1 was a significant launch for Asus and helped it confront the budget king, Xiaomi, and regain lost ground over the past couple of years. The smartphone sold similar hotcakes and still is, still, its successor – ZenFone Max Pro M2 – has today made its much-awaited debut in India and in that location's a lot to like here.

Price and Availability

The base variant (3GB+32GB) of the ZenFone Max Pro M2 has been priced at Rs 12,999, whereas the 4GB + 64GB version is priced at Rs 14,999, and the highest-end variant with 6GB RAM and 64GB storage is priced at Rs 16,999.

The ZenFone Max Pro M2 comes in either Blueish or Titanium colors, and will exclusively be available online via Flipkart from Dec eighteen.

ZenFone Max Pro M2 Specs

The ZenFone Max Pro M2 isn't an iterative upgrade like its arch-nemesis Xiaomi's Redmi Note 6 Pro but instead, brings along quite a lot of changes in tow. The smartphone now dons a glass-like finish on the back and features a notched display on the front.

The ZenFone Max Pro M2sports a half-dozen.iii-inch Total-HD+ IPS LCD screen, with a resolution of 2280×1080 pixels and 94 percentage NTSC color gamut. And equally Asus has been touting, this device comes with Gorilla Glass 6 protection and that's impressive in its price segment.

The smartphone is powered by the Snapdragon 660 chipset, which is a step up from the Snapdragon 636 SoC on the ZenFone Max Pro M1, paired with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage.

ZenFone Max Pro M2 includes a dual rear-camera module, witha 12MP (f/1.eight) primary sensor and a 5MP secondary sensor, forth with a 13MP (f/2.0) selfie photographic camera. There'southward an LED wink available both on the forepart and rear.

Asus has kept the two things that made its previous Max Pro smartphone a winner intact with this successor and it's the stock Android feel (Android viii.1 Oreo, this fourth dimension around likewise) and the huge 5,000mAh battery. It's the aforementioned as its predecessor and should quite easily last yous nigh 2-days on a unmarried charge.

At that place'southward your usual set of connectivity options and a fingerprint sensor on the rear likewise. To sum it all up, yous can check out the complete specs of the ZenFone Max Pro M2 in the tabular array fastened below:

Dimensions	157.9 10 75.5 ten viii.5 mm
Weight	170 grams
Display	half dozen.26-inch Total-Hard disk+ IPS LCD Gorilla Drinking glass half dozen
Processor	Snapdragon 660
RAM	up to 6GB
Storage	64GB, expandable up to 2TB
Rear Cameras	12MP + 5MP EIS, 4K
Front end Photographic camera	13MP (f/2.0) with wink
Operating Arrangement	Android 8.1 Oreo
Battery	5,000mAh 5V 2A Charger
Connectivity	rear-mounted fingerprint, WiFi 802.eleven b/g/n, Bluetooth iv.two, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, three.5mm audio jack

Beebom'southward Take

As you can plainly come across in our first impression video below, the ZenFone Max Pro M2 brings a number of positive and likable changes in tow. Be it the modern design, a powerful new chipset, or improved cameras, this smartphone is certainly a step ahead of what we saw earlier this year.