ASUS officially presents its new ZenFone AR

ASUS announces the availability on the market of ZenFone AR, the latest generation smartphone capable of bringing users important advances in mobile virtual reality and increased reality as well as the first smartphone to guarantee simultaneously compatibility with Google Tango and Daydream platforms.

ASUS ZenFone AR is a particular smartphone that is among the lightest and slim smartphones compatible with the Tango platform thanks to the innovative ASUS TriCam system, a complex system consisting of three different cameras that, unlike other devices, are you are engineered and grouped to reduce the size.

In this case, the device is made up of a 23MP main camera, an auxiliary camera to trace the motion, a third to detect the depth of space, in compliance with the strict Tango specifications to provide the most sophisticated reality experience augmented on smartphones.

Technically, the main camera adopts a Sony IMX318 sensor, is certified PixelMaster 3.0 and offers a resolution of 23 megapixels in order to detect the surrounding environment in an extremely clear and accurate way. The motion-tracing camera allows instead to track the position of the smartphone when moving in three-dimensional space, while the depth-sensing camera determines the distance from objects by measuring the time taken by an infrared laser beam to return to the phone when it comes reflected by the same objects.

For the rest, the new ASUS ZenFone AR has a 5.7-inch Super AMOLED matrix display with a WQHD resolution of 2,560×1,440 pixels that can be viewed at any time of the day but also and above all in any place even outdoors in the light of direct sun. Not only because that resolution allows you to use it with Daydream, allowing you to explore new virtual worlds using applications like Street View or even dive into a virtual movie room with various streaming video services such as Netflix, YouTube or anything else.

The smartphone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 Octa-Core processor with 2.4GHz clock and 14nm production process. An Adreno 530 graphics card and 6GB of RAM have been added to the processor, which can always get control of the device even in major stress situations.

Internal 128GB UFS 2.0 memory. Do not underestimate the presence of all the latest generation connectivity such as Wi-Fi Dual Band but also the 4G LTE module with cat. 13, then the fingerprint sensor on the Home button, Bluetooth 4.2, second-generation USB Type-C.

		ASUS ZenFone AR
OS		Android 7.0 Nougat with ASUS ZenUI 3.0
Processor		Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 4 x Kryo @ 2.4 GHz
RAM		6 GB
Display		Super AMOLED 5.7″ WQHD
Resolutions		2,560 x 1,440
Storage		128 GB
Cameras	Back	23 MP OIS PDAF + 2 cam AR Flash Dual-LED Video 4K
	Front	8 MP Wide angle 85°
Connectivity		4G LTE cat.13 Wi-Fi 802.11ac dual-band Bluetooth 4.2 GPS / A-GPS / GLONASS NFC
Ports		USB Type-C Audio Combo 3.5mm
Battery		Li-Ion 3,300 mAh Quick charging
Dimensions		158.7 x 77.4 x 4.6 ~ 8.9 mm
Weight		170 g

To ensure the most evolved and addictive virtual reality experience, ZenFone AR boasts a sophisticated audio compartment with exclusive ASUS SonicMaster 3.0 technology and five magnets speaker powered by the powerful NXP Smart AMP Amplifier to reproduce a sound clean, clear and crystalline but at the same time powerful and free of distortion, under any condition of fruition.

As mentioned three are the cameras of this new ZenFone AR of which a 23MP main with the presence of optical image stabilizer OIS as well as 3-axis electronic EIS stabilization for video. Other cameras are for motion and depth detection and accompany the main. On the other hand there is an 8MP camera at a 85° angle of shooting. Multiple features specially designed to ensure the highest photographic quality :

• Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) and Electronic Image Stabilization (EIS) – Take pictures and shoot sharp, crisp videos.
• ASUS TriTech System – Exclusive Auto Focus Technology TriTech integrates the Phase Detection Auto-Focus (PDAF) for instant subject detection, the Subject-Tracking Auto-Focus, which constantly traces the subject and provides a reading always accurate, and Auto-Focus Laser, to capture the smallest variations in distances and light, ensuring total ultra-sharp focus in just 0.03 seconds. The result is extraordinary: photos and videos are always sharp and perfectly focused, day or night, outside or in closed environments, with any lighting condition.
• Super Resolution Mode – Allows you to get images with an exceptional 92MP resolution by combining four 23MP native shots to produce a single image of amazing clarity and incredibly rich details.
• Support for RAW files – ZenFone AR lets users have the freedom to take and archive images in RAW format. RAW files save the full picture data captured by the camera sensor and are ideal for subsequent image processing with editing software, which lets you view the most extreme details in shadow areas or correct over-exposed areas at multiple points lit, with a loss of image quality much smaller than JPEG file editing.
• 4K UHD High Definition Video Recording – ZenFone AR delivers incredibly sharp video up to the extraordinary Ultra HD or 4K resolution with the ultimate detail.
• Professional manual mode – Experienced enthusiasts or photographers can access a wide range of advanced parameters to directly affect white balance, exposure value (EV), ISO settings with exposure time selection and focus, for shots by true professionals.