Asus Zenfone 5 A501 with 2GB RAM and 1.2GHz Z2520 processor launched in India for Rs. 7999

Asus has unveiled a latest variant of the best-selling ZenFone 5, known as ZenFone 5 (A501CG-2B509WWE), with a price tag of Rs. 7,999. The latest ZenFone 5 variant is exclusively available for purchase on Flipkart, starting from today.

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Interestingly, there are few differentiating features of the latest ZenFone 5 variant, such as, it is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2520 processor with Intel Hyper Threading Technology. On the contrary, the original ZenFone 5 (A501CG) was powered by a 1.6GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2560 processor.

Until now Asus has launched four ZenFone 5 models in India (including the latest launch), the other three were ZenFone 5 (A501CG), ZenFone 5 (A500CG), and ZenFone 5 (A502CG) – Although they were similar in terms of outlook, but were a little different in terms of specifications, mainly in chipsets and screen resolutions.

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The Asus ZenFone 5 (A501CG-2B509WWE) includes 2GB of RAM, which proves to be the highlight of the device, given the price. It has 8GB of internal storage. Rest of the specifications of the new variant are almost similar to the 8GB model of the original ZenFone 5 (A501CG).

The ZenFone 5 (A501CG-2B509WWE) comes with a 5-inch HD (720×1280 pixel) IPS display with an 8-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front facing camera. It has an inbuilt storage of 8GB, which can be further expanded up to 64GB via microSD card. The device is backed by a 2110mAh battery, which is touted by the company to provide up 18 hours of talktime and 353 hours on standby mode. Following the legacy of the ZenFone series phones, the ZenFone 5 (A501CG-2B509WWE) runs on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean (upgradable to Android 4.4 KitKat) with Asus’s in-house ZenUI. The connectivity options include, Dual SIM card slots, 3G support, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth,