Asus Expects ZenFone India Sales to Cross 200,000 Units by September-End

Asus on Thursday has announced that India sales of its recently launched ZenFone smartphone series will surpass 200,000 units by the end of September in India. The company also said that it has sold the 20,000 units of ZenFone 5 on Flipkart in few hours on Wednesday.

"Asus presently has 4 variants which have received path breaking response from the Indian market. The company is constantly acting in order to meet the demand and also to cater to all their requirements with the firmware updates," said Asus.

Last month, the company also had brought in 20,000 ZenFone units, which it had claimed were sold out in few hours, but didn't detail the time. Ever since the new Asus ZenFone series - ZenFone 4, ZenFone 5, and ZenFone 6 - debuted in India via Flipkart, there have been multiple instances that the handsets have gone 'out of stock' and come back 'in-stock'.

Asus had recently announced a firmware update (1.17.40.16) for the ZenFone 5 and ZenFone 6 smartphones bringing USB OTG (on-the-go) support to ZenFone 5 (Review | Pictures) and ZenFone 6 (Review | Pictures), while the ZenFone 4 (Review | Pictures) already supported the function.

The detailed changelog for the minor firmware update for the ZenFone 5 and ZenFone 6, included a new skin brightening feature for the Beautification mode; the ability to adjust front camera's skin tone; the addition of two new resolution options for rear and front cameras that allows shooting in 3-megapixel and 2-megapixel; support for the Asus Unlock app, enhanced third-party app compatibility, and improved system stability (modem).