Asus Zenfone 3: Specs leak indicates Snapdragon 820 SoC, 4GB of RAM and 23 MP camera

Taiwanese PC and smartphone maker ASUS will reveal its third instalment of Zenfones this year with the Zenfone 3 series, the specs for which were recently leaked online. A teaser released by Asus had already confirmed that the Asus ZenFone 3 will be unveiled on 30 May and there will be three different versions of the phone, the Asus ZenFone 3, Asus Zenfone 3 Deluxe and the Asus Zenfone Max.

A recent AnTuTu benchmark leak on Chinese social media site Weibo has, however, revealed the specs for the unreleased device. The leak shows a particular model of the Asus Zenfone 3 series listed with model name Z016D. It is not known which of the three versions this will be but it packs a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor coupled with 4GB of RAM.

The model will run on the latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow version and sport a full-HD display along with a 23-MP rear camera and a 8-MP front snapper. The Weibo user who posted the leak has claimed the unreleased ZenFone 3 scored 1,35,000 on AnTuTu's benchmark listing.

Of the three models, ZenFone 3 Max is expected to comprise more than 60% of the total shipments planned by the company. While the premium set will feature the Snapdragon chip set, the remaining units may feature a MediaTek chip set. Also for the first time Asus will be ditching the Intel chipset it usually uses on its smartphones.