The ASUS Zenfone 5Z Is Just Another Shameless iPhone X Clone With Louder Speakers

Since the release of the iPhone X, we've seen a growing number of phone manufacturers release new devices that either slightly resemble Apple's flagship or have a similar notch in the display. Well, today, Asus announced its new line of ZenFone 5 smartphones at MWC and they are basically clones of the latest iPhone X. The smartphone offers AI-enabled features an "all-screen" 18:9 display that deliver a 90% screen-to-body ratio, and dual camera systems. The display also supports the DCI-P3 colour gamut and comes with Asus' Blue-light eye care filter, seen on previous handsets. It even has ZeniMoji, the company's own take on Apple's Animoji. Asus has designed the ZenFone to have a near edge-to-edge display. © ASUS The dual-SIM ASUS ZenFone 5Z runs Android 8.0 Oreo out-of-the-box, with the company's new ZenUI 5.0 skin atop. It is powered by the octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC, coupled with 6GB of RAM and the Adreno 509 GPU. It will be available in two inbuilt storage variant - 64GB / 128GB which is expandable via MicroSD. The main camera is made up of a 12-megapixel sensor with huge 1.4 μm pixels and an f/1.8 aperture and a secondary 8-megapixel sensor with 120-degree wide-angle lens. On the front, we have an 8-megapixel selfie snapper for all you selfie lovers. © ASUS It comes with a fingerprint sensor on the rear panel that's capable of detecting damp fingerprints and unlocks the phone in as little 0.3 seconds. It runs on a 3300mAh battery that supports AI Charging tech. Asus is also touting audio features on the smartphone, including dual 5-magnet speakers with dual NXP smart amplifiers, a PMIC internal dual amplifier, triple internal microphones with noise reduction, Hi-Res Audio support, as well as DTS Headphone: X support. Full availability details for Asus Zenfone 5 Series have not yet been announced. However, Asus did say that the Zenfone 5Z will arrive on shelves sometime in June priced at "less than $500".