ASUS Booth Tour at CES 2016: 10G Switches, External GPU Dock, USB-C Monitor and more
by Ian Cutress on January 19, 2016 9:00 AM ESTASUS ZenFone 2 Deluxe Special Edition
If you caught our review of the CUBOT H1 smartphone, you may have read the paragraph where I (Ian) was interested in the ZenFone 2 for a long time as a potential upgrade device from the HTC One max. When the ZF2 was announced, at $200 for 2GB/16GB with a quad core Bay Trail-based Atom processor and 5.5-inch 1080p screen with dual-SIM functionality, I was certainly interested. Unfortunately, the availability of the 128 GB ZenFone 2 Deluxe model was spotty outside of India and Brazil at best, and even here in the UK my attempts to purchase the right model for a family member ended up in the Chinese version being delivered. Fast forward a few months, and it turns out there is a reason why the 128 GB model didn’t have a big reach – ASUS is now producing an even higher up model.
The ZenFone 2 Deluxe now gets the Special Edition treatment, featuring a more powerful processor in the Z3590 (quad core, up to 2.5 GHz) as well as 256 GB of storage. The 4 GB of DRAM and other specifications stay the same, with the same color styles as the ZF2 Deluxe, but I’m pretty sure that most users will never need more storage in their phone after this, negating the need for a micro-SD card.
Prices and dates were not said, though I’d imagine this to be north of $350 when it hits the shelves. There was another model next to it for which I forgot to take pictures, called the ZenFone 2 Max, which a larger 5000 mAh battery but Snapdragon 410 and only a 720p screen. I’m all for larger batteries, and this one sounds like a direct competitor to my CUBOT. GSMArena has the device listed as due on shelves in January.
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pixelstuff - Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - link
Or for $530 at Netgear GS728TX-100NES which gives 4 10GB ports and 24 1GB ports.http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OZCFVVC
thewishy - Thursday, January 21, 2016 - link
The D-Link DGS-1510-28X is even cheaper. This goes with an SFP+ approach rather than copper 10GBaseT - but given the power consumption and latency for 10GBaseT, that's no bad thing.Fibre is cheap, SR SFP+ is cheap. Direct Attach Copper is cheap. As long as you're not trying to reuse existing structured cabling, it's the logical route right now.
nils_ - Sunday, January 24, 2016 - link
SFP+ DA is cheap? I think the last time I had to pay around 60 EUR for a 3m cable...pixelstuff - Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - link
What I am really hoping to see in the near future are 10G ports on all the Mini-ITX boards. I have been trying to make all my new computers builds with Mini-ITX if at all possible (to get a tiny case) and I don't want to give up the graphics card slot for higher networking speeds.nils_ - Tuesday, January 26, 2016 - link
PCIe lanes may still pose a problem there, although with DMI 3.0 there are now more options.azrael- - Thursday, January 21, 2016 - link
No C236 motherboard? ASUS, I am disappoint!06GTOSC - Thursday, January 21, 2016 - link
I don't understand why they don't come out with a standard port that wires to into the PCI-e lanes specifically for external graphics. This way we get standardized enclosures and connections and it will support any GPU. External graphics have been an idea for over a decade. Yet they have not done this.Murloc - Thursday, January 21, 2016 - link
because not enough people need it enough to pay for it.Laptop gamers are a minority, those who aren't happy with laptop performance and know the difference between one video card and another and care enough about performance yet they don't buy a normal tower computer because they don't care about the ergonomics or have to move around THAT often are an even smaller minority.
newcracksoftware - Monday, February 1, 2016 - link
thanks for the one who had created this article.Lieuchikaka - Thursday, June 2, 2016 - link
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