Asus ZenFone 2 ZE500CL vs Asus ZenFone 3 ZE520KL
| Type | Touch | Touch |
| Dimensions | 148.10 x 71.50 x 10.90 mm | 146.87 x 73.98 x 7.69 mm |
| Weight | 155.00 g | 144.00 g |
| Display size | 5.00" | 5.20" |
| Display | Color / IPS TFT 16M colors 720 x 1280 px (5.00") 294 ppi | Color / IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 x 1920 px (5.20") 424 ppi |
| Display protection | Corning Gorilla Glass Buy screen protector
 | Corning Gorilla Glass Buy screen protector
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| Additional display |  | |
| Protection of the secondary display | | |
| Talk time (max.) | 2G: 1680 min. (28.0 h) |  |
| Stand-by (max.) | 3G: 360 h. (15.0 days) | |
| Standard battery | Li-Po 2500 mAhBuy powerbank
| Li-Ion 2650 mAhBuy powerbank
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| Quick battery charging | | |
| Wireless battery charging | | |
| Internal memory | 16 GB | 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB |
| RAM memory | 2 GB | 3 GB, 4 GB |
| Memory cards |  microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC up to 64 GBBuy memory card | microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC up to 2000 GBBuy memory card |
| Operating system | Android 5.0 Lollipop | Android 6.0 Marshmallow |
| Interface | - | Zen UI 3.0 |
| Processor | Intel Atom Z2560 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 8953 |
| Processor clock | 1600 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| GPU | PowerVR SGX544 MP2 @400 MHz | Adreno 506 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| DualSIM | | |
| SIM cards standard | SingleSIM(microSIM) | DualSIM(microSIM, nanoSIM) |
| DualSIM mode | nd | dual standby |
| Hybrid DualSIM | nd | nanoSIM, microSD |
| Announced | 1Q 2015 | 2Q 2016 |
| Other names | Z00D | - |
| GSM frequencies | 850 900 1800 1900 | 850 900 1800 1900 |
| UMTS | 850 900 1900 2100 | 850 900 1900 2100 |
| LTE standard | | FDD LTE: 2600, 2100, 1900, 1800, 900, 850, 800 TDD LTE: 2600, 2500, 2300, 1900 |
| CDMA | | 850 |
| Standard TD-SCDMA | | 1900 2000 |
| UMA | | |
CAMERAS - BACK
| First camera | | |
| Photo matrix | 8 Mpx | 16 Mpx |
| Resolution | 3264x2448 px | 5312x2988 px |
| Optical zoom | | |
| Flash | LED | 2x LED |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | 1+1 |
| Video resolution | | 3840x2160 px |
| Video formats | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 |
| Additional | AF | AF, Laser AF, EIS, OIS, f/2.0 |
CAMERAS - FRONT
| First camera | | |
| Photo matrix | 2 Mpx | 8 Mpx |
| Resolution | 1600x1200 px | 3264x2448 px |
| Optical zoom | | |
| Flash | | |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | |
| Video resolution | | 1920x1080 px |
| Video formats | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 |
| Additional | FF | FF, f/2.0 |
SENSORS
| Accelerometer | | |
| Proximity | | |
| Light | | |
| Magnetometer | | |
| Gyroscope | | |
| Barometer | | |
| Altimeter | | |
| Gravity | | |
| Hall-effect | | |
| Iris scanner | | |
| Fingerprint scanner | | |
| Thermometer | | |
| Hygrometer | | |
Data transfer
| xHTML | | |
| WAP | v2.0 | v2.0 |
| HSCSD | | |
| HSDPA | 42.00 Mbit/s | 42.20 Mbit/s |
| HSUPA | 5.76 Mbit/s | 5.76 Mbit/s |
| HSPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| LTE DL | - | - |
| LTE UP | 51.00 Mbit/s | 51.00 Mbit/s |
| WIMAX+ | | |
| GPRS | | |
| EDGE | | |
| Bluetooth | v4.0 | v4.2 |
| A2DP Profile | | |
| HDMI | | |
| WiFi | v802.11 b/g/n/ac | v802.11 b/g/n/ac |
| WiFi frequencies | 2,4 GHz; 5 GHz | 2,4 GHz; 5 GHz |
| WiFi Direct | | |
| WiFi Display | | |
| DLNA | | |
| Miracast | | |
| WiFi hotspot | | |
| IrDA | | |
| USB | v2.0 | v2.0 Type-C |
| GPS | | |
| A-GPS | | |
| GLONASS | | |
| Beidou | | |
| NFC | | |
COMMUNICATION AND MESSAGING
| Call waiting | | |
| Conferency | | |
| Call forwarding | | |
| Push To Talk | | |
| Instant Messenger | | |
| SMS | | |
| EMS | | |
| MMS | | |
| Dictionary | XT9 | T9 |
| Swype | | |
| e-mail client | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP |
| Hardware QWERTY keyboard | | |
| RSS Reader | | |
Multimedia
| Radio | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Stereo speakers | | |
| Audio Jack | 3.5 mm | 3.5 mm |
| HD Voice | | |
| Sound formats | | AAC, AAC+, AMR, WAV, eAAC+ |
| Polyphony | 64 voices | |
| Video ringtone | | |
| Ring composer | | |
| Games | | |
| Java | ART | ART |
| Videophone | | |
| DVB-H television | | |
| TV-Out | | |
PIM AND ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
| Watch | | |
| Stopwatch | | |
| Alarm | | |
| Calculator | | |
| Currency converter | | |
| Organizer | | |
| Calendar | | |
| Flight mode | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Data and fax | | |
| Screensaver | | |
| Themes | | |
| Interchangeable covers | | |
| Voice dial | | |
| Speakerphone | | |
| Recorder | | |
| Vibrations | | |