The affordable smartphone is priced at Rs 7,999, and is available on Flipkart as well as Asus’ offline retail stores.

Asustek Computer Inc (華碩) yesterday launched its first “affordable” smartphone in India in a bid to enter the nation’s low-cost smartphone market and expand the firm’s reach there. The phone augments its storage via the cloud: the company is offering 100GB of Google Drive storage free for two years. It is driven by a 1.3GHz MediaTek MT6580 quad-core processor paired with 2GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage extendable to 64GB via microSD card. On its camera front, Zenfone Go sports 8MP Autofocus rear camera and 2MP of front-facing camera.

ASUS has just revealed the low cost ZenFone Go handset in India, carrying a budget ranged hardware. The Asus Zenfone Go runs the Android 5.1 Lollipop operating system with Zen UI 2.0.

This phone supports Dual-SIM with Dual standby and also offers other connectivity options of 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, and Global Positioning System etc. It doesn’t support 4G connectivity. It features a 5-inch HD (720×1280 pixels) IPS display.

Few days back, Asus unvieled its Zenfone Go variant smartphone on the ZenFestival 2015 at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. It measures 144.5x71x9.98mm and weighs 135 grams.

The unannounced Asus Zenfone Go was spotted last month at Flipkart, but the Taiwanese handset maker did not confirm the upcoming release of the smartphone. The ZenFone Go comes with an accelerometer, e-compass, proximity, and ambient light sensors.