Besides the standard ZenFone 5, Asus also unveiled the ZenFone 5Z in what marked the first time Asus was making a major presence at an MWC event. The Taiwanese company paid homage to the highly successful ZenFone 5 that was unveiled in 2014, christening its 2018 launch event #Backto5.

The ZenFone 5Z is the flagship handset in the new ZenFone 5 series, which also has the ZenFone 5 Lite, and it also sports a fancy design with an iPhone X-like notch on a bezel-less 6.2-inch 2246 x 1080 LCD display, packs a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC with 4/6/8GB RAM and 64/128/256GB storage, a dual 12MP camera on the back, an 8MP shooter for selfies, a 3300mAh battery unit, Android 8.0 Oreo and the likes of USB-C, rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, NFC and a 3.5mm audio jack.

The ZenFone 5Z pricing starts at $499 for the base model of 6GB RAM and 64GB storage.