Isn't she pretty? The ZenFone 3 comes encased in scratch-resistant 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass on both its front and rear.
The glass body is a considerable upgrade to the ZenFone 3’s premium look - the preceding ZenFone 2 used a plastic body instead.
The phone uses ASUS’s Zen design for aesthetics. It focuses on its signature concentric circle patterns, and a tactile experience offered through its spun-cut etchings.
The 5.5-inch phone has a 6.16mm-thin metal frame and its 0.18mm diamond-cut chamfered edges enhance its subtle, classy look.
The screen is a Full HD (1,920 x 1,080 pixels) IPS display with 2.1mm-thin bezels. It’s capable of brightness levels up to 600 nits.
It’s an Android OS 6.0 device, but it’s skinned by ASUS’s proprietary ZenUI 3.0.
The fingerprint sensor sits on the rear, and the latest tweaks allow it to unlock a phone in 0.2 seconds.
The ZenFone 3 is a dual-SIM (micro SIM on first slot, nano SIM on second), dual-standby phone configured with 2G, 3G, and 4G support on both slots, though only one slot can connect to a 3G or 4G network at any time. The second slot doubles up with microSD support (expandable up to 2TB).
The phone uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 SoC - this processor is built using the same manufacturing process that brought us the flagship Snapdragon 820.
The 16-megapixel rear camera is supported by ASUS TriTech autofocus – this technology combines laser, phase detection, and continuous autofocus, and it lets the ZenFone 3 focus on subjects in 0.03 seconds.
The rear camera uses a Sony IMX298 sensor and it’s packed with both optical image stabilization (4-axis) and electronic image stabilization (3-axis). With a phone this thin, that hump is probably unavoidable.
ZenFone 3 uses a USB Type-C port for charging and file transfers.
The ZenFone 3 is now officially available in Singapore - pricing and other key information can be found here.