Asus 6Z 48-megapixel flip camera scores 104 points on DXOMARK, details

Asus on Thursday announced Asus 6Z had achieved an overall DXOMARK Camera score of 104 points. Asus 6Z was also leading the DXOMARK Selfie charts with a score of 98 at the time of the announcement, Asus said. With the flip camera design on Asus 6Z, Asus in its statement claimed 'all-round performance.' In the photo category, Asus 6Z achieved DXOMARK sub-scores of 107. In the video category, Asus 6Z achieved sub-scores. In the Photo category, DXOMARK Camera's tests evaluate Exposure and Contrast, Color, Autofocus, Texture, Noise, Flash, Artifacts, Zoom and Bokeh under low light, indoor and bright light conditions. In the photo section, appears to have earned points for autofocus capabilities, noise control in bright or low light conditions and color reproduction.

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Flash photos achieved accurate target exposure and white balance, Asus said. Asus 6Z achieved results in the Video category tests with a score of 99 and received praise for retaining 'high levels of detail with well-rendered texture in all lighting conditions.' The Flip camera module on Asus 6Z is equipped with 48MP Sony IMX586 sensor primary camera and 13MP 125-degree ultra-wide camera. The module can be flipped 180 degrees. Flip Camera has features like Free-angle mode to let users capture 'unique-angled' shots. It also supports motorised panorama shot, so you need not take panoramic shots manually, reducing chances of blurry images.

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Asus 6Z features and specifications

Asus 6Z sports 6.4-inches 1080p+ HDR10 screen featuring Corning Gorilla Glass 6 protection. Powering the handset is Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 7nm Mobile Platform coupled with Adreno 640 GPU for graphics. Asus 6Z comes in three memory configurations - 6GB RAM with 64GB storage, 6GB RAM with 128GB storage and 8GB RAM with 256GB storage. The internal storage can further be expanded up to 1TB. Asus 6Z phone runs ZenUI 6 on top of Android 9 Pie. In terms of photography, it features a 48MP flip camera, in addition to a 13MP secondary camera. Design-wise, it measures 9.2mm in thickness and weighs 190g. Asus 6Z packs a 5,000mAh battery under the hood with QuickCharge 4.0 fast charging.