ASUS ZENFONE 2 REVIEW


Asus launched its  smartphone in India namely Zenfone 2 (Dual Sim) sold via Flipkart @ 16,999/-(2GB RAM variant) & 19,999/-(4GB RAM variant). It is available in Black, Grey, White, Red and Gold shades.

DESIGN, BUILD QUALITY & DISPLAY
The design of this phone is good. It has corning glass 3 on front and a plastic on the back and feels pretty good in hands. It is slim at 10.9mm and weighs 170gms. The 4GB RAM variant has 5.5 inch Full HD IPS LCD display resolution of resolution 1920X1280 with 401ppi and the 2GB RAM variant has 5.5 inch HD IPS LCD display resolution of resolution 720X1280 with 267ppi. The viewing angles and sunlight legibility of the display is very good. It runs on Zen User Interface. The display supports 10 multi-touch points and the brightness of the screen is Very good.

STORAGE, MULTIMEDIA & CONNECTIVITIES
It has 16GB(2GB RAM Variant) & 32GB(4GB RAM Variant) of internal storage which is further expandable upto 64GB. The device features dedicated multimedia apps like google play music for songs and a stock gallery and a video player which are good. FM radio comes pre-installed too. Conductivities like 2G, 3G speeds upto 42.2mbps download & upto 5.76mbps upload, 4G speeds upto 150mbps download & upto 50mbps upload, Wifi b/g/n, Wifi hotspot as well as Bluetooth 4.0 LE (Low Energy) also has USB OTG too.

CAMERA & VIDEO RECORDING CAPABILITIES
It has a 13MP rear camera with autofocus which features Simultaneous image and video recording, Geo-tagging, Touch focus, Image stabilization, HDR etc. The camera clarity is pretty good overall. Daytime the images are pretty good and has fine details respectively but in the night is where the noise starts to become more visible and to get better details at night HDR mode images with bit of steady hands helps to produce slightly better images still image quality at night is pretty fine. It does Full HD 1080p@30fps video recording with video stabilization and stereo sound having bit-rate of 16-18 mbps and stores in mp4 format. The video recording clarity is very good overall. Daytime the video clarity is good and has fine details respectively but at night video clarity is Pretty fine. It has a 5MP front facing camera for selfe's which does 7 .

SOFTWARE, HARDWARE, PERFORMANCE & BENCHMARKS
It runs Android (OS) 5.0 Lollipop out of the box. The 2GB RAM variant has an Intel Atom (Z3560) 64-Bit SOC (System On Chip) running a Quad-Core processor clocked at 1.8 GHZ (ARM Cortex A53 architecture) with 2GB RAM and PowerVR G6430 (500MHZ Single-Core) GPU. The performance is Great which provides number of graphic intensive games and multitasking run well enough and there is no lag at all.
QUADRANT : 20751.
ANTUTU : 48430.
NENAMARK 2 : 57.9fps.
The 4GB RAM variant has an Intel Atom (Z3580) 64-Bit SOC (System On Chip) running a Quad-Core processor clocked at 2.3 GHZ (ARM Cortex A53 architecture) with 2GB RAM and PowerVR G6430 (500MHZ Single-Core) GPU. The performance is Great which provides number of graphic intensive games and multitasking run well enough and there is no lag at all.
QUADRANT : 18620.
ANTUTU : 44760.
NENAMARK 2 : 59.1fps.

BATTERY LIFE PERFORMANCE
It has a non removable Li-Po 3000 mah battery. The battery life is average in 4GB RAM varient and pretty good in 2GB ram variant which is given below.
4GB RAM Variant
BROWSING : upto 5:15H.
VIDEO WATCHING: upto 6H.
TALKTIME : upto 15H(2G) / upto 13H(3G).
STANDBY TIME: upto 410H(2G) / upto 400H(3G).
2GB RAM Variant
BROWSING : upto 7:30H.
VIDEO WATCHING: upto 8:30H.
TALKTIME : upto 18H(2G) / upto 16H(3G).
STANDBY TIME: upto 450H(2G) / upto 430H(3G).

PROS
*Very Good build quality.
*Very Good display and viewing angle.
*Great Performance.
*Pretty good camera and video recording clarity.
*USB OTG Support.
*Pretty good battey life.
*Very good pricing.

CONS
*Non-Removable Battery and battery life could have been better for 4GB RAM variant.
*No NFC Support.
*Power button placement could have been better.
*No Dedicated camera key.

OVERALL PRODUCT RATING° : 9.1/10.
°overall product rating refers to all the aspects including the price, performance, overall quality, features, etc., based on individual product.

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