The successor to the Zenfone 2 could be just around the corner and may be coming sooner than expected in 5.5-inch and 5.9-inch sizes.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Possible-Asus-Zenfone-3-smartphones-spotted-on-GFXBench.158418.0.html
"...Moving away from Microsoft...", I suppose there should be Intel.