Asus’ latest flagship phone, the Asus ZenFone 5Z, is now available for pre-order in the U.S (via GSMArena). The smartphone was first shown off way back at MWC 2018 in February, and was launched in India earlier this month, but it’s heading to the U.S. on August 13.

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The 6.2-inch device costs $499 on Amazon with full U.S. warranty, and it’s available in Midnight Blue (no sign of its grey color variant yet). It’s packing premium hardware like the Snapdragon 845 chipset, 6GB of RAM, and 12MP+8MP rear cameras, and it looks great.

With the wealth of high-quality Android smartphones we’ve seen since MWC, however, it might be hard for Asus to get folks excited about the 5Z at this point in the year — even with its smart features and impressive audio.

ASUS ZenFone 5Z (ZS620KL) Display All-screen 19:9 aspect ratio

6.2" Full HD+ IPS display, supports DCI-P3 color space

Capacitive touch panel with 10-point multitouch (supports Glove Touch)

Blue-light eye care filter Processor 10 nm, 64-bit, Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 with Qualcomm Artificial Intelligence Engine (AIE) GPU Qualcomm Adreno 630 RAM 6GB/8GB Storage 64GB/128GB/256GB

microSD expansion up to 2 TB Cameras Main Rear: 12MP Sony IMX363 image sensor with f/1.8 aperture



Second Rear: 120° wide-angle camera with 6p lens



Front: 8 MP AF sensor, f/2.0 aperture with 84° field of view Battery 3300mAh capacity with ASUS BoostMaster & AI Charging

Non-removable Network Slot 1: 3G/4G Nano SIM card

Slot 2: 3G/4G Nano SIM card

Both Nano SIM card slots support GSM/GPRS/ EDGE,

WCDMA/HSPA+/DC-HSPA+, FDD-LTE, and TD-LTE DSDS network

bands. Both Nano SIM cards can connect to VoLTE 4G calling service.

But only one can connect to FDD-LTE, and TD-LTE data service at a

time. Connectivity WLAN 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

Bluetooth 5.0

Wi-Fi Direct

NFC with Google Pay

USB Type-C

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BDSS

Authentication Rear fingerprint sensor, 0.3-second fingerprint unlock, supports 5 fingers, 360° recognition, damp fingerprint recognition Audio Dual 5-magnet speakers with dual NXP smart amplifiers

PMIC internal dual amplifier

Triple internal microphones with ASUS Noise Reduction

Hi-Res Audio 192kHz/24-bit standard output with HRA-certified earbuds

DTS Headphone:X™ support

Audio CODEC integrated into PMIC

FM radio

AudioWizard+ with listening profile Video 4K UHD (3840 by 2160) video recording at 60fps for main rear camera

1080p Full HD video recording at 30 / 60fps

3-axis electronic image stabilization for front and rear camera shakefree

videos

Take still photos while recording video Software Android Oreo with new ASUS ZenUI 5.0 Weight 163 g Colors Midnight Blue, Meteor Silver

We’re still yet to fully review the new ZenFone, but you can check out our original hands-on coverage here. If you want to pre-order the phone, hit the button below.

Pre-order now: Asus Zenofone 5Z on Amazon