ASUS ZenFone 2 Spotted At SM Megamall

Yesterday, one of our contributors spotted one of the most highly anticipated handsets in the country today – the ASUS ZenFone 2 – and it’s being sold for Php10,430USD 178INR 15,067EUR 169CNY 1,294 in of the retailer stores at SM Megamall Cyberzone.

The model of the ZenFone 2 being sold at Sm CyberZone (E2 Power Gadgets to be exact) is the ZE500CL. For those who are not familiar, ASUS has released different variants of ZenFone 2. These models varies slightly from one another in terms of model of Intel processor used, how much RAM is in it, battery capacity, as well as the screen size and resolution.

The ZenFone 2 ZE500CL we spotted, as far as its specs is concerned, is the most modest of all the ZenFone 2 siblings. It sports a 5-inch display with 1280 x 720 resolution and with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 laid on top of it for protection against scratches.

Unlike its more capable brethren, the ZE500CL only rocks a dual-core Intel Atom Z2560 clocked at 1.6GHz with 2GB of RAM. The said processor is similar to the one found inside the crowd-favorite ZenFone 5 (some versions of it at least) and its bigger brother the ZenFone 6.

ASUS ZenFone 2 (ZE500CL) specs:
5-inch IPS LCD display, 1280 x 720 @294ppi
1.6GHz Intel Atom Z2560 dual-core processor
PowerVR SGX544MP2 GPU
2GB RAM
Expandable 16GB internal storage
64GB via microSD
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
LTE
Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP and EDR
8MP Autofocus rear camera w/ LED flash
1080p video recording @30fps
2MP front-facing camera
2500mAh battery
Android 5.0 Lollipop
148.1 x 71.5 x 10.9 mm
155 grams

As mentioned earlier, the ASUS ZenFone 2 ZE500CL is being sold at E2 Power Gadgets located at the 4th floor of SM Megamall for Php10,430USD 178INR 15,067EUR 169CNY 1,294. Bear in mind though that the ZenFone 2 units being sold there are just parallel imports, therefore does not have an ASUS local warranty.

We were told that the store provides one year service warranty for the handset and seven days replacement for factory defects. The service warranty only covers the labor costs, and consumers will have to shoulder the cost of the components that will be replaced if anything happens to it.

Ronnie Bulaong

This article was written by Ronnie Bulaong, a special features contributor and correspondent for YugaTech. Follow him on Twitter @turonbulaong.

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9 Comments

rain says:

10 years ago

READ: Service Warranty = NO WARRANTY

If you have to pay for the part(s) to be replaced due to defect, then there is really no warranty considering that the labor cost is pretty much minimal. Usually nga libre na ang labor sa mga cellphone repair shops at piyesa na lang ang binabayaran.
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JAMES says:

10 years ago

Choose Zenfone 5 over this one. Don’t just try to be one of the first Zenfone 2 users. Php3,440.00 doesn’t even equate to an upgrade of LTE + 400mAh battery capacity nowadays. That’s almost another capable droid handset in the local scene.
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Mogs says:

10 years ago

sana the ZE550ML comes out over here
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Gian says:

10 years ago

I’m warning you about E2 Power Gadgets, Megamall. Their quality control and service is extremely poor. My experience with them brought a lot of stress and hassle. A year ago I bought a Sony phone and it broke down 3 months after. I am well aware that the warranty that came with the phone is only a store warranty (meaning The Sony company is not liable for any damage). It took them another 3 months to work on my phone and at the end they weren’t able to fix my phone informing me to just bring it to Sony’s service center. They weren’t also communicative with the customers. I literally had to go to the store multiple times to inquire about my phone because they never answered to calls. Plus what really irked me was the fact that they “lost” my receipt upon returning my phone and so I had no means to file complaints or perform legal action. I felt like my customer rights were thrown out the window. So to be safe and sure, purchase from an established company rather than buying from stores that sell products for cheaper rates.
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Eagle Eye says:

10 years ago

Gray Market .. No warranty
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jabon says:

10 years ago

thank you for sharing your feedback regarding E2 Power Gadgets. Makes me think twice to buy that a phone from that store now.
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