The ASUS ZenFone Max Pro was strangely absent when the ZenFone 5 (2018) series was announced. Today, however, the flagship of the ZenFone Max series has arrived. The ASUS ZenFone Max Pro M1 comes with the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 as the ZenFone 5 with a larger 5,000mAh battery.
The ASUS ZenFone Max Pro doesn’t come with a notch but it does have a 5.99-inch screen with an 18:9 aspect ratio with a 2160 x 1080 resolution. The screen is also capable of displaying a maximum brightness of 450nits, a contrast ratio of 1500:1, and an 85% NTSC color gamut.
To push all the pixels on its display, the smartphone comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 with an Adreno 509 GPU together with 3GB of DDR4 RAM and 32GB of internal storage.
The ASUS ZenFone Max Pro M1 won’t be called branded a “Max” smartphone if it didn’t have a long battery life. Inside its shell is a 5,000mAh battery that promises 11.3 hours of gaming while on-the-go.1
In terms of imaging, the ASUS ZenFone Max Pro with a dual rear camera setup with the primary shooter having a 13MP f/2.2 lens while the secondary camera is a 5MP wide-angle shooter. At the front, meanwhile is an 8MP f/2.0 shooter.
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 |
| Screen | 5.99-inch IPS, FullHD+ (2160 x 1080), 18:9, 450nits, 1500:1 contrast ratio, 85% NTSC color gamut, |
| RAM | 3GB |
| OS | Android 8.1 Oreo (planned Android 9.0 update) |
| Rear Camera | 13MP f/2.2 primary, LED Flash; 5MP wide-angle secondary |
| Front Camera | 8MP f/2.0, LED Flash |
| Storage | 32GB expandable up to 256GB via microSD slot |
| Network | Triple-tray, Dual SIM, 4G LTE |
| Connectivity | WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, |
| Others | microUSB (USB 2.0), 3.5mm jack, Fingerprint Scanner, Face Unlock, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, 5-finger recognition, 5-magnet speaker |
| Battery | 5,000mAh |
| Colors | Meteor Silver, Deep Sea Black |
ASUS is partnering with Lazada to bring the ASUS ZenFone Max Pro to the masses. The smartphone will go on sale on June 25 exclusively via Lazada for PhP 9,995. Both parties will also be allowing interested buyers to pre-register starting June 8, 2018.
