Asus Takes Us By Surprise With No Antenna Lines, Unibody Metal Phone

In the race to deliver sleek, metal unibody smartphones with no visible antennas, we expected to see results from HTC, Huawei, Meizu and Apple, of course. To be honest, it didn’t cross our minds that Asus was going to beat them all to the punch! Yet, the company just released ZenFone 3 Deluxe, an undeniable proof that first place has been taken #mobilemagic

ZenFone 3 Deluxe is the first smartphone with an aluminum unibody free of the restraints that antenna lines imposed on design. LG G5 could havetaken the title, only the detachable bottom means it can’t really qualify at the unibody category. That said, this isn’t the only thing the flagship phone should be congratulated for. Asus enabled it with Snapdragon 820 processor with Adreno 530 graphics, a 5.7-inch Super AMOLED display with over 100% NTSC color gamut, up to 6GB of RAM, a fierce rear camera of  23 megapixel Sony IMX318 with f2.0 aperture, 4-axis optical image stabilization, and 4K video. Plus, customers will benefit from a TriTech autofocus system (laser autofocus, phase detection autofocus and contrast detection autofocus get a 0.03 seconds focus).

As recharging and connectivity goes, ZenFone 3 Deluxe comes with an USB Type-C connector and Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 support, as well as a five-magnet speaker and Hi-Res Audio support.

As impressive as it sounds, this is not the only handset Asus prepared for its fans. The other two devices took into account financial means and display needs.

The basic model, ZenFone 3

• aluminum frame body with 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass on the front and back
• 5.5-inch 1080p Super IPS+ display
• 16 megapixel rear camera with TriTech autofocus
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
• 4GB of RAM
• fingerprint sensor on the back

The phablet, ZenFone 3 Ultra

• 6.8-inch 1080p display
• Tru2Life+ Video technology
• two five-magnet speakers, Hi-Res Audio support, 7.1 channel surround sound
• 23 megapixel rear camera
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 with up to 4GB of RAM
• 4600mAh battery with Quick Charge 3.0 support

How much will each model cost? ZenFone 3 is listed at $249, Deluxe version will cost $499 and Ultra phablet, $479.