It is raining smartphones in the Indian market and true to my presumption, the enormous market size and lower middle-class people's obsession for sophisticated smartphones have dragged foreign investors like Motorola, Samsung, and HTC to try their luck here, the latest entrant in the list being Taiwanese giant ASUS. It has certainly created a stir with its triple explosion in the form of Zenfone 4, 5 & 6. With Motorola already having tasted its share of success, it's time people savored the flavor of these high-end budget phones. Zenfone 6 being a phablet belongs to a different family as it sports a wider 6 Inch screen, but here I am going to talk about Zenphone 5 in this review.
The phone has everything in it sought by a smartphone consumed user and it won't burn a hole in your pocket either as it is priced below 10k. The only competition Zenfone 5 faces now is from Chinese iPhone killer (yeah but only a bit by looks) Xiaomi MI3, which has run riots with its unprecedented sale through the South Asian e-commerce giant Flipkart. But this phone from ASUS has its own edge over MI3, yeah you got it right here, it is dirt cheap.
OUTLOOK AND APPEARANCE:
If one goes by it's looks, it is damn sleek and so smooth that your gaze will glide past it in a moment. The slight contour of its back acts as an adhesive to the palm and makes for a firm grip of the phone. Oh yes! Guys out there with smaller hands better get a feel of it before placing an order online, as it is huge and won't make you Comfortable until held with both hands. It's 10.3 mm thickness isn't bad either. The 5 color variants available in India are Charcoal Black, Pearl White, Cherry Red, Sky Blue, and Solar Yellow. A 2 MP front camera and sensors stand tall above its 5 Inch IPS HD screen. You are certainly going to love its metallic look side buttons that control it's sound shortcut keys and unlock/ lock system.
FEATURE AND SPECIFICATIONS:
Well the phone is embodied with exceptional specifications which are usually found in a phone of 20k category, Zenfone 5 features a 5-inch IPS HD (720x1280-pixel) screen with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 for protection which makes it tough and robust, screen’s 294 PPI density accords it with superior clarity but certainly doesn’t withstand the 329 PPI as far as Moto G is concerned. If you take a sneak peek at its inner specs it has 2 GB RAM support, houses 8/16 GB internal storage which can be furthered up to 64 GB with microSD card, and the device is powered by dual-core 1.6 GHz Intel Atom Z2560 processor with what Intel calls Hyper-Threading technology, which allows each core to execute two instructions at a time and is remarkable accomplishment in itself. It supports dual SIM (micro sim), the 2110 mAh battery supplies it with more than enough power surge which towers over other phones of this range. It has 8-megapixel autofocus rear camera with a f/2.0 aperture lens, LED flash and a 2-megapixel front camera and all those latest photo shooting modes which are an asset to those buyers who have the camera in mind when they go out buying a smartphone. And that is not all, the makers have stuffed gadget with pixel master technology which combines software, hardware, and optical design to deliver best results. Well the back panel is replaceable but the battery can’t be detached, two SIM card slot shows up the moment you pull the back panel off and to top it all the flashing Intel logo at the bottom of the back panel makes the beholder aware about the guardians of chipset designing technology.
VERDICT:
This gadget has everything that an entry level buyer would ever ask for lest we all know that scope for betterment is endless and so are our fantasies. But this phone is power packed and gives its colleagues a run for their money who are placed in the same price bracket. Clarity of screen part is little bleak when compared to Motorola's flagship phone Moto G. It's camera's placement at the back makes it a little vulnerable as far as the lens is concerned that too because of the repeated drubbing it has to suffer when kept face upfront on a hard surface. The high reflectivity of its screen may prompt you to switch to a better brightness level when you step into the sunlight which is indeed a hustle for the users.
Makers from ASUS has stuffed an additional gloves mode which is a candy point for e-book readers, as readers can certainly touch and get a response from the screen while wearing a glove. Zenfone 5 has been provided with the separate buttons for back, home and recent which scores over Moto G which fashions virtual keys. ZenUI enables you to customize the UI according to your taste and further enhance the viewing experience which happens to be one exceptional technological advancement you got to watch out. Now as far as the appeal of UI is concerned it certainly lacks the teeth when seen abreast with Moto G.
Plus we have all the account, music and photo sync system which can certainly concord a supporting hand in safeguarding our vital data. When tested it gave a seamless performance while running heavy games like Asphalt 8, an NFS. Well, continuous and rigorous use can heat up any given device and the same goes with Zenfone 5 too but as far as running multiple apps. and another multi-tasking is concerned it certainly is a standout achiever, thanks to the hyper threading technology by Intel.
Overall I see a potent competitor in Zenfone 5 to dethrone Moto G. So if I had 10k bucks in my wallet and had to buy a smartphone I would certainly put my money on this masterpiece from ASUS.
Watch the video of ASUS Zenfone 5 here.
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