Official ZenFone 5 Thread

[tmfwy]

Hi thanks for your insight. Looks like i might be getting the phone afterall.

The reduction in clockspeed for CPU is not as important compared to the reduction in RAM and storage space... but still at $199 its a good deal.

But of course, at $249 i will look elsewhere, especially with the Xiaomi Note coming soon which blows both out of the water.

Yah. At $249, Asus better give us the upclocked version
XiaoMi note, i will reserve my comments until it is officially launched. Later hunger marketing.....

 

[knightshaz]

Xiaomi will no doubt continue their way of sales. Turn off for me too.

 

[ngbc]

Hands On: Asus Zenfone | Techgoondu

 

[PeachGal]

lthere is even the 32 gb version...

 

[kyleongwl]

Zen5 at 199 is a gd price... (had ezprwss interst of 3units)
Redmi is a nice unit...but due to availability, it tends to fustrated buyers...there r places selling it near 200

 

[stillgottheblues]

I thought this is a new creative phone named under the Zen product line.

 

[uncle168]

i register but not buying

they will bring in many sets thinking got demand

but nobody buy then the price will drop to $168

keekeekee

 

[uncle168]

creative wanted to be like mediatek

now it is hoping for a windfall sueing samsung and apple

they should change the ceo

 

[macburger09]

the magic word is "pre-order"

Deliver is expected to be end of May for Taiwan pre order... Quite worth it (~$208) when compared to $199 for double the storage n RAM...
Quite interested to get it....

 

[tmfwy]

i register but not buying

they will bring in many sets thinking got demand

but nobody buy then the price will drop to $168

keekeekee

Unless they over forecast like the Samsung Galaxy Watch, i doubt so ba..

I would go along the lines of

$199 to clear stock of underclocked ZF5
Then when launch
USD 99 (RM 325) for ZenFone 4,
USD 149 (RM 489) for ZenFone 5 and
USD 199 (RM 653) for Zenfone 6

Though it seems Singapore has a $50 premium when compared to Malaysia / Indonesia?
Going by the above prices, the SG prices might be $129 or 149 / $199 or $249 / $299 or $349
Going by the fact that electronics in ASEAN countries are generally similar in pricing, the only reason i can think for the the SG premium, is a margins issue on the side of the telcos.

If S$299, i'll ditch my ZF5 pre-order for the ZF6.
I'm still guessing that $249 is for the Z2580 ZF5 while $199 is for the Z2560. Doesn't matter as the Z2560 works mighty fine on my Fonepad ME372CG. $50 extra is too expensive a premium for my taste.

OH YAh. forgot
One thing the ZF5 has over the XiaoMi offerings is the support for up to 64gb MicroSD... Wooot..

 

[thewiseone]

One important factor to consider IMO is that ZF5 supports 3G on BOTH SIM slots whereas Redmi only supports 3G on ONE PARTICULAR SIM slot. If u intend to travel with this phone, it will be more convenient and less of a hassle with the ZF5. U dont need to pry open the back cover to swap SIM cards during your flights/trains/whatevers.

 

[8-lane]

According to the register interest page, the only telco option available is SH so sld be SH exclusive. Also from what i read on their FB page, the register interest will go on till end of the month n the phone will only be on sale from next month. Telco sale will most likely follow suit(i.e. next wkend onwards).

Thanks for the info

 

[Advancer]

Is there any link between creative and asus for the zen branding?

 

[Golden_Fox]

Is there any link between creative and asus for the zen branding?

yes, their bosses are Chinese ethnicity. If Caucasian, maybe they will call it amen phone.

 

[wwf]

How to buy from asus china or taiwan and ship here. Anyone try?

 

[macburger09]

How to buy from asus china or taiwan and ship here. Anyone try?

Only Taiwan is available for pre-order NT4990 for 16Gb 2Gb RAM model.
For China, their website only show 8GB model for sale (Coming soon @ 799)
ASUS ?? Zenfone 5 ( ?? )

Also thinking of getting from Taiwan... but tried login and pre-order in Taiwan site, seems like only deliver to local sites only...

Register my interest in ASUS SG, but with ~S$8 more (ASUS Taiwan), i get 2X storage and RAM... very worth it...

 

[knightshaz]

Review from HWZ MY for the Intel 1.6ghz model
ASUS ZenFone 5 - Attaining Balance - HardwareZone.com.my

 

[tmfwy]

Hmm

Malaysia's pricing

Zenfone4 RM299
Zenfone5 RM599
Zenfone6 RM899

All give 16gb SDHC..

 

[knightshaz]

$19 cheaper for RRP ZF5

 

[thewiseone]

Anyone knows if China's ZF can be used outside of China? I do see WCDMA listed in its specs but usually this is not supported by their domestic models.