Asus Zenfone Max M1, Zenfone Lite L1 unveiled: Know price, specs, sale info

The Flipkart-exclusive Zenfone Max M1 and Zenfone Lite L1 will go on sale in upcoming festive season sale on the e-commerce platform at Rs 7,499 and Rs 5,999, respectively

Asus, a Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer, on October 17 launched the Zenfone Max M1 and Zenfone Lite L1 priced at Rs 8,999 and Rs 6,999. The Flipkart-exclusive smartphones will go on sale during the upcoming Festival Days sale, details of which would be unveiled later by the home-grown e-commerce platform. During the sale, the Max M1 and Lite L1 would be available at an introductory price of Rs 7,499 and Rs 5,999, respectively. The company has also partnered with Reliance Jio to provide Rs 2,200 instant cashback in the form of recharge vouchers with both the devices. Additionally, Reliance Jio would also be offering up to 50 GB additional data to Max M1 and Lite L1 customers. Both the phones will be available in gold and black colours.

Designed in metallic finish, the Asus Zenfone Max M1 and Zenfone Lite L1 have a 5.45-inch HD+ screen stretched in a modern 18:9 aspect ratio. Both the smartphones are powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 system-on-chip (SoC), paired with Adreno 505 graphic processing unit. While the Zenfone Max M1 comes with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, the Zenfone Lite L1 has 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage. Both the smartphones have a dedicated microSD card slot and two SIM cards. The phones support VoLTE and boots Android Oreo-based ZenUI 5 operating system out of the box. Powering the Zenfone Max M1 and Zenfone Lite L1 is a 4,000 mAh and 3,000 mAh battery, respectively. The Max M1 also supports reverse charging technology, which allows the phone to charge other devices using USB OTG.

Imaging is taken care of by a 13-megapixel camera of f/2.0 aperture in both the smartphones. The front camera, on the other hand, has different configurations. The Zenfone Max M1 has an 8MP camera for selfies of f/2.0 aperture and 1.12micron pixel size. The Zenfone Lite L1, on the other hand, has a 5MP selfie camera of f/2.2 aperture and 1.12micron pixel size.

Both the smartphones come with face unlock mechanism, which uses front camera to recognise face and unlock the device. However, the fingerprint sensor is there only in the Max edition.