Will ASUS offer this smartphone here?
China is the current battlefield for the ultra-affordable, high spec devices that was pioneered by Xiaomi, and Taiwanese manufacturer ASUS has decided to throw in their hat in the ring with the Pegasus X002. If you thought that this new phone is part of the company’s Zenfone lineup, you’d be wrong – there’s no Zenfone branding anywhere on the new device, and as far as we know it’s up on sale only in China as of the moment.
ASUS Pegasus X002
- 1.5GHz Mediatek MT6732 quad-core processor
- 2GB of RAM
- 5-inch IPS display, 1280 x 720 resolution
- 16GB of internal storage, expandable via microSD
- 8-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash
- 5-megapixel front camera
- Dual SIM
- 3G, LTE
- WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, A-GPS
- 2500mAh battery
- Android 4.4 KitKat with ZenUI
The new device uses MediaTek’s newest 64-bit, MT6732 SoC clocked at 1.5GHz which gives the device 4G LTE. The device uses a 5-inch HD touchscreen display, 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 5-megapixel front camera, rather generous 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage that can be expanded further using a microSD card.
The Pegasus X002 is priced at RMB 799, or Php 5742. That’s even cheaper than ASUS’ non-LTE Zenfone Lite model which we unboxed earlier.