Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks

Taiwanese smartphone company, Asus recently sent out media invites for an event to be held on October 17 in New Delhi. Until now, there has been no confirmation from the brand on what it’s going to launch, but it has now revealed officially on Twitter that two new Asus Zenfone smartphones will make their debut in India. Notably, these are ‘India First’ smartphones from the company, meaning Asus is holding a global launch of the two upcoming smartphones in India. Also, both the phones will be exclusive to Flipkart in the country, meaning they’ll be priced aggressively to take on the competition. That being said, we must rule out the fact that the Zenfone Max Pro M2 will be launched at the event as Asus will build a lot of hype around the smartphone because it’s the company’s most successful smartphone till date.

Two New Zenfones Incoming: What to Expect?
As mentioned above, it’s unknown what Asus will be launching on October 17 event, but we might see the much-awaited Asus Zenfone 5 making its way to the Indian market finally. The Zenfone 5 was launched back at the MWC 2018 event in Barcelona, but it did not reach Indian shores, thanks to the Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1. The Asus Zenfone 5 features a gorgeous glass sandwich design and has the powerful Snapdragon 636 chipset, clubbed with up to 6GB of RAM. The phone also rocks dual cameras on the rear side along with a single front-facing camera.
Asus did not launch the Zenfone 5 in India due to some unknown reasons, but we might see the phone making way to the country on October 17. Asus will likely make up for the late arrival with its aggressive pricing.
In the teaser image posted by Asus on Twitter, there’s a device in the background with rounded corners, metal frame and possibly an 18:9 display. Again, we’re not sure what Asus is bringing to the country.