The latest version of the Asus ZenFone 3 series has been launched in India - ZenFone 3S Max by the Taiwanese company. It will be available through offline and online retail channels in Black and Gold color variants according to Gadgets 360.

The official Twitter account of Asus India has announced their latest smartphone via a tweet on Tuesday shared by Hindustan Times.

The device is designed with an aluminum unibody with a fingerprint scanner that the company claims to unlock the smartphone in under 0.5 seconds. It should give you three days of normal use with its massive 5,000mAh battery and features reverse charging which means the device can be used as a power bank.

The ZenFone 3S Max is running the latest Android 7.0 Nougat with ZenUI 3.0 which features ZenMotion Touch Gesture, Bluelight filter, Audio Wizard and GameGenie. It sports a 5.2-inch HD display with 1280 x 720 resolutions and 2.5D curved glass. The device is powered by a 1.5GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6750 SoC with 3GB of RAM and Mali T860 GPU. It is also capable of dual SIM standby.

For its camera, the device has a 13MP rear camera which features super resolution mode, low-light mode, panoramic mode, beautification mode and backlight HDR mode. It also has an 8MP front-facing camera with an 85-degree wide-angle-lens that features the same modes of the rear camera.

Lastly, the device comes with an internal storage capacity of 32GB and expandable via microSD card up to 2TB. Connectivity options include 4G LTE, Bluetooth v4.0 and Wi-Fi 802.11ac. The device is 8.mm thick and weighs 175 grams.

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