India is battling with one of the worst outbreaks of COVID-19. With millions of infected citizens and several thousand deaths, a lot of activities are at a standstill. In light of this, ASUS India has announced that it will be delaying the launch of the Zenfone 8 series in the country.
The announcement was made on Twitter by Dinesh Sharma, who is the Business Head Commercial PC and Smartphone, for ASUS India. He said that the launch has been postponed till the situation improves.
While the world is excited for the launch of our new smartphone, we at ASUS India have consciously decided to defer the launch till the current scenario improves. Our thoughts n prayers are with those affected with Covid #stayhomestaysafe, n emerge stronger! #IndiaFightsCOVID19
— Dinesh Sharma (@sharmadinesh) May 10, 2021
ASUS is not the only manufacturer that has had to postpone a launch event due to the pandemic. Realme was supposed to have a launch event on May 4 but announced a week before the event that it has been postponed. A new date is yet to be announced.
The Zenfone 8 series launch will still hold on May 12/May 13 in other countries. ASUS will announce two phones – the Zenfone 8 and the Zenfone 8 Flip. The former is a 5.92-inch smartphone with a punch-hole display and dual rear cameras while the latter keeps the flip camera design of the Zenfone 6 and Zenfone 7 series. Both phones will have a Snapdragon 888 processor powering them and have support for 30W fast charging. They will also run Android 11 out of the box.
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