iPhone 6 Plus vs Asus ZenFone 2 Review: Specs, Features, Price Comparison - 2 Phones With Great Designs

A comparison between the similarly sized iPhone 6 Plus and the Asus ZenFone 2 is a tough one, even though the device from Asus wins in terms of specs and pricing.

Comparing their design, the iPhone 6 Plus has the familiar design elements from Apple, including its premium aluminum body. On the other hand, the Asus ZenFone 2 has a brushed metal body and a curved back that tapers down to thin edges. A major advantage for the iPhone 6 Plus is its Touch ID fingerprint sensor which the ZenFone 2 does not have.

As for their displays, the ZenFone 2 has a 5.5-inch IPS screen with a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels and a density of 403 pixels per inch. The iPhone 6 Plus, on the other hand, has a similar sized 5.5-inch LED-backlit IPS LCD screen with a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels and a density of 401 pixels per inch. Comparing their screen-to-body ratio, the iPhone 6 Plus comes with 67.8 percent while the ZenFone 2 has 70.1 percent.

The platforms on the phones are miles apart, with the recently released ZenFone 2 featuring the Intel Atom Z3580 chipset along with a Quad-core 2.3 GHz CPU and PowerVR G6430 GPU. Compared to this, the iPhone 6 Plus has an Apple A8 chipset, a dual-core 1.4 GHz Cyclone CPU and a PowerVR GX6450 GPU. A major advantage with the ZenFone 2 is that it will be sold either with 2 GB or 4 GB of RAM while the iPhone 6 Plus only has 1 GB of RAM.

Coming to microSD slots, the iPhone 6 Plus, like other Apple devices, does not have one, while the ZenFone 2 has a slot which supports up to 64 GB of external memory.

Finally in terms of price, the 16GB iPhone 6 Plus is priced at $299 with a two-year contract. As for the ZenFone 2, its 2 GB RAM version will be priced at $199 without a contract, while the pricing for the 4 GB version has yet to be announced.