Our friends from Asus have pretty much confirmed that the new Zenfone Zone 3 will be launched in April 2017 here in the Philippines.

ASUS Zenfone 3 Zoom (ZE553KL) specs:

• 5.5-inch Super AMOLED display @ 1920 x 1080 pixels
• 2.0GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 octa-core CPU
• Adreno 506 GPU
• 4GB RAM
• 64GB internal storage
• Expandable via microSD, up to 128GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
• Dual 12MP laser AF rear camera (2.3x optical zoom) w/ dual-LED flash, OIS
• 13-megapixel front-facing camera
• Dual SIM
• 4G LTE
• Wi-Fi 802.11ac
• Bluetooth 4.1
• GPS w/ A-GPS
• Fingerprint scanner
• USB Type-C
• 5000mAh battery w/ fast charging
• Android 6.0 Marshmallow w/ Zen UI 3.0
• 154.3 x 77 x 8 mm
• 170 g

We’re still waiting for any word on how much the Asus Zenfone 3 Zoom would retail here in the country. I am willing to hazard though that it would be in the same price range as the first version of the Zenfone Zoom.