ASUS Zenfone 6, the flagship with an unusual camera

On May 16, a presentation of a new flagship from ASUS took place, this time the company decided to abandon the ingrained design and added something unusual. Non-standard camera, frameless display, as well as excellent autonomy, it all combines the new ASUS Zenfone 6. The back and front glass panels, on the sides of the metal frame, and the hinged camera unit are made of "liquid metal", which ensures smooth operation of the mechanism. As for the color range, the developers have settled on two colors: black and blue. The thickness of the smartphone is 9.2 mm, and the weight is 190 grams. We now turn to the main camera, because it is very non-standard and acts as a front camera. And all thanks to the folding mechanism, which raises the camera and can fix it in 18 positions. Developers have taken care of security, during the free fall, the smartphone will be able to quickly and safely fold the camera into its outgoing position. The camera itself consists of two lenses, the first Sony IMX586 with f/1.79 aperture, LED flash, laser autofocus and 2x zoom. The second module is a 13 MP wide-angle Omnivision with a viewing angle of 125 degrees and a f/2.4 aperture. The disadvantage of this design is the lack of optical stabilization. Responsible for the performance of the Snapdragon processor 855, 6/8 GB of RAM and 64/128/256 GB of permanent memory. It is possible to entrain memory with microSD up to 2TB, but the second SIM card will not have to be sacrificed, because a special slot is reserved for it. The device received an IPS-matrix with a brightness of 600 nits, 6.4 inches with a resolution of 2340x1080 pixels. The display itself takes 92% of the entire front, and protects its sturdy glass Gorilla Glass 6. The developers did not stint and allocated a capacious battery to the smartphone for 5000mAh, it should be enough for 2 full days and 26 days in standby mode. But that's not all, the manufacturer added support for quick charging Quick Charge 4.0. The device works on Android OS 9 Pie, and the company also promised updates to Android 10 and Android 11. Unfortunately, they didn’t deliver moisture protection, they left 3.5mm audio jack, the fingerprint scanner is on the back panel, there is an NFC module, Bluetooth 5.0, dual-band GPS. Sales will begin on May 23, in Europe for a modification of 6/64 GB will have to pay $557. That's all for now.