ZENPHONE 6 TO BE LAUNCHED AS 6Z IN INDIA

New Delhi, June 9: Amidst legal trouble over patents, Asus has been forced to rebrand Zenphone series. Now, the smartphone maker will be selling Zenphone 6, which is now set to be launched on June 19, as Asus 6z in India, according to reports.

A new banner on the ecommerce portal Flipkart show the smartphone Asus 6z as coming soon.

A company called Telecare Network had recently petitioned the Delhi High Court stating that Asus infringed on its ZenMobile trademark, and the court sided with Telecare, banning Asus from using its familiar ZenFone branding in India.

As a result, Asus is renaming the ZenFone 6 to ASUS 6Z, with the phone slated to make its debut on June 19. The team appears to have taken the High Court judgement in their stride quite quickly as the renewed launch date happens to be just three days after the originally scheduled launch date.

Aside from the name change to ASUS 6Z, the phone itself is unchanged from the standard version of the ZenFone 6.

In terms of specs, The device will sport the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SoC, 6 GB or 8 GB of LPDDR4x RAM and 64, 128 or 256 GB of UFS 2.1-based storage.

The phone will also have a 5,000 mAh battery for what the company promises is 2-day battery life. The phone also supports Qualcomm’s QuickCharge 4.0 tech (18 W) for fast charging. The 6.4-inch display is notch free and available in an FHD+ resolution and 19.5:9 aspect ratio. Unlike the OnePlus 7 duo, this is an IPS LCD display, which means it’s not likely to be as contrasty.