The big news here is the use of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 636 processor, designed for premium mid-range smartphones, in a device at this price level. It’s no surprise that this is the same processor that Xiaomi chose for its Redmi Note 5 Pro. It is also interesting to note that Asus is using the same processor in its lite flagship ZenFone 5 ( 2018) . We were expecting this phone to launch in India around now but it’spositioned in a much higher product segment so we’ll have to see how that plays out now. As a sidenote, we can now also see why Qualcomm decided tointroduce a Snapdragon 700 series to fill the gap between this segment and the flagship Snapdragon 845.
The other big highlight on the ZenFone Max Pro M1 spec sheet is a 5000mAh battery. Asus has used the Max name for phones with big batteries before, so this is a fitting continuation. This explains the phone’s relative bulk and weight, and considering how impressed we were with the Redmi Note 5 Pro’s battery life, we hope this phone blows us
You can choose between two variants of the ZenFone Max Pro M1: one has 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage priced at Rs. 10, 999, while the other - priced at Rs. 12, 999 - has 4GB and 64GB respectively. In terms of pricing, we’d say that this is pretty unbelievable value, beating the benchmark set by Xiaomi in this price segment.