As spotted previously on ASUS’ Russian website, the ZenFone Max Plus M1 is now official in Malaysia today, it is the first ASUS smartphone to sport a 18:9 display and since it belongs to the Max family, the phone comes with a huge 4130mAh battery under the hood that offers close to a month of standby time. ASUS says that the ZenFone Max Plus M1 won’t be part of the ZenFone 4 line up, but rather it is a series of its own known as the ZenFone Max series.
The ZenFone Max Plus M1 has a 5.7-inch HD+ display fitted on to a typical 5.2-inch phone form factor, which offers an impressive 80% screen to body ratio though it still has visible top and bottom bezels. The phone is powered by a Mediatek MT6750T Octa Core processor, and unlike the one we reported earlier, the Malaysian model has 4GB RAM and 32GB internal storage configuration, there’s a dual camera system that takes standard and 120 degree wide angle photos at 16-megapixel, the front facing camera will also take high resolution selfies at 16-megapixel. Furthermore, the phone also offers facial unlock as an additional security feature over its fast 0.3 seconds rear fingerprint scanner, ASUS also provides a 10W charger out of the box that will provide the phone 3 hours of talk time with 15 minutes of charge time.
