Asus ZenFone 3 Variants Spotted in Benchmark Listings

We may still be months away from the unveiling of the third-generation ZenFone smartphone series from Asus, but there's no stopping of leaks related to the handset. Possible ZenFone 3 variants have been spotted at GFXBench listing tipping specifications of the handsets.

Two Asus ZenFone 3 models dubbed Z010DD and Z012D have been listed on the GFXBench listing.
According to the GFXBench listing, the Asus Z010DD features a 5.9-inch HD display; sports a 12-megapixel rear camera, and a 5-megapixel front camera. The handset is seen packing a Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 octa-core processor clubbed with 3GB of RAM clubbed with 32GB of storage. The listing claims that the Asus Z010DD runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow and will possible feature ZenUI on top.

The Asus Z012D, on the other hand, is seen listed with a 5.5-inch full-HD display and is powered by a hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 processor with 3GB of RAM. There is 32GB of storage and much like the Z010DD, the Asus Z012D is also listed with Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The GFXBench listings were first reported by Pocket Now.

Previously, a report claimed that the third-generation of ZenFone smartphones would be the company's first set of devices featuring fingerprint recognition technology and will launch in May-June 2016. Considering that Asus in past launched the ZenFone and ZenFone 2 series in early 2014 and the first-half of 2015 respectively, we can expect the ZenFone 3 devices to launch in H1 2016. Asus had back in October also claimed that the new lineup of ZenFone smartphones will include USB Type-C ports.