CES – Next onto the stage, the ZenFone 2

With a catchy codename of ZE551ML this is perhaps better revealed using a rather beautiful introduction by the ASUS PR department, who tell us..

It’s an engineering marvel in the palm of your hand. The ASUS ZenFone 2 features all-new ergonomic luxe design with graceful curved case, ultra-slim edge, and 5.5-inch Full HD IPS display with 72% screen-to-body ratio

That’s better isn’t it?

Featuring a quad-core 64-bit CPU running at 1.8GHz / 2.3GHz (depending on the model), it also runs Android 5.0 with an ASUS UI called “ZenUI”. There’s 2GB or 4GB of RAM (model dependent) and a microSD slot for another 64GB plus 16, 32 or 64GB of ROM with 5GB of cloud storage which you can keep. That screen is a 5.5″ 1920×1080 full HD unit at 403ppi and there’s a 13 megapixel camera with f/2.0 aperture and a 5-element auto-focus lens with a flash that shouldn’t make your mates look like Casper the Friendly Ghost. Up front there’s a 5 megapixel shooter for your selfies and it’ll go up to 150Mbit/s 4G (LTE 4) with a fast-charging 3000mAh battery, WiFi, GPS, NFC and Bluetooth 4.0

It’s also going to be available in a range of rather lovely colours…

More on pricing and availability as soon as we get it, but for now here’s the specs..