Last week, Asus and flipkart has revealed its big partnership plan through a live event and also confirmed about the launch of new Zenfone Max Pro M1 on April 23 in India. As per the plan, today the company has debuted their Zenfone Max Pro (M1) successor smartphone in Indian market. The report says Asus has launched this handset to take down the Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 5 range smartphones.

At this launch event, Asus has also revealed the pricing and release date of this smartphone. The partnership confirms that this handset is exclusive to flipkart retailer. Right now the retailer has listed this handset and affirms the release date of this device as May 3. The launch price of 3GB variant will be Rs. 10,999 and the price of 4GB variant will be in Rs. 12,999. Let’s see the full specifications of this new arrival.

The zenfone max pro features 5.99-inch Full HD+ (2160 x 1080p) display, 2.5D curved glass front, dual nano sim slot and metal made body. To improve the performance, they’ve used Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 chipset and 1.8 GHz octa core processor. This device arrives in three variants – 3GB + 32GB, 4GB + 64GB and 6GB + 64GB. The highlight is all the three models have a dedicated slot for microSD card.

It will be pre-installed with latest android 8.1 oreo os, which has improved booting time, picture in picture mode and more are there. Like memory, the rear and front camera megapixels will also vary by model. For 3GB/4GB versions, the rear camera will be 13MP + 5MP while the front camera will be in 8MP. The high-end 6GB variant houses 16MP + 5MP back camera and 16MP upgraded front camera.

Other preloaded features face unlock, fingerprint sensor, wifi, NFC, 5-magnet speakers, bluetooth 4.2/5.0, Micro USB 2.0, 4G LTE and more. The most important selling part of this device is 5000 mAh battery which also compatible with quick charging technology. The available color options are black and gray.

After seeing the specs of Zenfone Max Pro (M1), we can surely tell that it will give tough competition to Redmi Note 5 series. Sadly the flipkart retailer didn’t listed the 6GB variant, but confirms the launch price as Rs.14,999. Currently the exact release date of 6GB memory for Indian market is unknown.