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Asus Zenfone 3 Max ZC553KL

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Asus Zenfone 3 Max ZC553KL

Asus Zenfone 3 Max ZC553KL

Plum Compass LTE

Plum Compass LTE

Asus Zenfone 3 Max ZC553KL

Plum Compass LTE

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100; HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100, 800 - Brazil, Taiwan; HSDPA 850, 900, 2100 - India

HSDPA 850, 1900, 2100
4G network

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800); LTE frequency band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 5(850), 6(900), 7(2600), 8(900), 18(800), 19(800), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 41(2500) - Taiwan, Brazil; LTE frequency band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 40(2300) - India

LTE frequency band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 17(700)
HSDPA speed

42.2 Mbps

-
HSUPA speed

5.76 Mbps

-
LTE speed

LTE, Cat4, 150 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload

LTE, Cat4, 150 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload
GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Availability
Oficially announced

2016-11

2017-11
Status

2016-11

2018-1

Design
SIM

Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Height

151.4 mm

150 mm
Width

76.2 mm

71.6 mm
Thickness

8.3 mm

9.3 mm
Weight

175 g

146 g
Colors

Glacier Silver, Rose Pink, Sand Gold, Titanium Gray

Black, Gold, Gray, Rose gold, White

Display
Display type

IPS capacitive touchscreen

TN TFT capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

5.5 inches

5.0 inches
Resolution

1080 x 1920 pixels

480 x 854 pixels
Pixel density

401 ppi

196 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

Oleophobic coating

-
Multitouch

Yes, max 10 fingers

Yes

Hardware
CPU

Octa-core 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A53

Quad-core 1.3 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
Chipset

Qualcomm MSM8937 Snapdragon 430

Mediatek MT6737M
GPU

Adreno 505

Mali-400
Memory RAM

2, 3, 4 GB

1 GB
Internal storage

32 GB

8 GB
Memory card

microSD(uses second SIM slot)

microSD
Memory card max

256 GB

32 GB

OS
OS

Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)

Android 7.0 (Nougat)

Main camera
Main camera

16 MP, f/2.0

8 MP
Primary camera resolution

-

3264 x 2448 pixels
Primary camera video

1080p@30fps

720p@30fps
Primary camera Autofocus

phase detection & laser autofocus

-
Primary camera flash

dual-LED (dual tone) flash

LED flash
Camera features

1/3" sensor size, HDR, face detection, geo-tagging, panorama, touch focus

Geo-tagging, face/smile detection, touch focus

Selfie camera
Selfie camera

8 MP, f/2.2

5 MP
Selfie camera resolution

-

2560 x 1920 pixels

Sound
3.5mm jack

Yes

Yes
Loudspeaker

Yes

Yes
Notifications

Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Multimedia
Radio FM

FM radio

FM radio

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n

Wi-Fi 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n
WLAN WiFi Hotspot

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

Yes

Yes
USB

microUSB 2.0

microUSB 2.1
USB On-The-Go

Yes

-
Bluetooth

v4.1

v4.0
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

-
GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

Yes

-
BDS

Yes

-

Features
Messaging SMS

SMS(threaded view)

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

MMS

MMS
Messaging Email

Email

Email
Messaging IM

IM

IM
Messaging Push Email

Push Email

-
Java

No

-
Sensors

Fingerprint, accelerometer, compass, gyro, proximity

Accelerometer

Browser
HTML

HTML5

HTML5

Battery
Battery type

Li-Ion

Li-Ion
Battery capacity

4100 mAh

2100 mAh
Battery removable

Non-removable

-
Talk time 3G

17 h

5 h
Standby time 3G

912 h

200 h

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