Asus Zenfone 5 Review

Asus Zenfone 5 Review

The Good The Asus ZenFone 5's simple design and sturdy build impress. The Asus ZenUI comes with interesting new features that enhance the Android experience. The Bad The camera shutter is a little slow, even in bright daylight. The Bottom Line The ZenFone 5 is able to give other budget handsets such as Xiaomi's Redmi a challenge but in order to get the best from the phone, be sure to get the 2GB version to avoid any performance issues.

Myself Manjunath Lucky from Bangalore, i got new Asus Zenfone 5, When it comes to style and shape its sexy stylish and curvy with less price then any other 5" display, 8 MP main camera and 2 MP front, 2 Gb Ram and 1.6 GHZ with all kind of good features. when it comes to battery - u can use a day if u don't use much of Whatsapp and FB. I have a problem that the display light gets on automatically can anyone tell me whats the problem.

It's not a bad-looking interface either, and with our version of the Zenfone phone we found performance to be pretty good. Much like the Moto G 2014, there's no serious lag in operation. It's a blessedly low-stress phone. (We can't say whether the 1GB RAM version will offer the same experience, though.)

The Asus isn't anywhere near as fast as, for example, one of Samsung's top-end phones in shooting performance, and while its results are ok the colour saturation is over the top, there's apparent grain throughout and poor auto white balance. There's a bit of purple fringing - that purple "shadow" around areas of high light contrast - too.

The arrival of the excellent sub-£150, 5-inch Motorola Moto G2 makes it difficult to recommend the Zenfone 5, but after the disappointment of the more diminutive Asus Zenfone 4 this is a big step in the right direction for Asus. It’s one of the Taiwanese company’s first phones headed for the mainstream, and it’s a bit of a revelation.

You miss out on a few little higher-end hardware nods too. The trio of soft Android keys - use to navigate home, back and to current apps - don't light up, for example, which gets a bit annoying at night and means the front of the phone doesn't look quite as pure and simple as it could.

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The 2-megapixel f/2.4 front-facing camera is respectable too, having the exposure compensation chops to make indoor-lit selfies and video look clear enough. Don't expect the world from the cameras, but they do their job.

Like HTC's Sense UI, the built-in Asus apps, such as the calendar, email, phone and messages are color-coded. I'm not convinced the shading is useful, even in HTC's Sense UI, because there's almost no need to use a color to recognise the app you're using unless they're visually similar in layout (which they aren't). It does look nice, however.

Editors' note: After I encountered sluggish performance in my initial ZenFone 5 review model, Asus sent us a new unit with updated firmware and 2GB RAM (the retail model sold in Singapore). Due to the improved performance that rendered the previous issues moot, I've updated this review and the score accordingly.

Very Bad experience and bad buy 18 October 2014 2/5 stars By pasupula sankaraiah I will not recommend this phone. I am unhappy and sad for my buying with out seeing user reviews. purchased the phone thro flipcart seeing only specs. in the internet, 30 Hrs experience. Pros. top rated specs. Cons.-Severe battery draining with out use, not handy, does not appear user friendly. unhappy and sad experience. Please don't purchase. Puchased on the same day moto e also. I strongly recommend moto e. I am in a fix whether to keep this phone for my use or give it to my son. very pathetic situation. Was this review helpful? Yes No 2 out of 2 user(s) found this review helpful

The rear cover is removable, but the 2,110mAh battery is embedded. All you can do with the back cover off is access the dual SIM-card and microSD-card slots. Also on the handset's back are the audio speaker and the 8-megapixel camera.

The Asus ZenUI allows you to customise onscreen elements, such as the colour theme and level of transparency. The company has customised nearly all stock apps on the handsets including the Gallery and Music apps, adding more functionality. The Gallery app shows a timeline of images and videos, as well as the ability to sync them to any cloud service including the company's own Asus Webstorage. The default music player offers option to tweak equalizer levels even during song playback.

Other aspects of the screen are also great, given you can get on-board for as little as £150. Contrast and colours are strong but natural-looking fresh out of the box, and you even get a bit of control over how the display looks.

More advantages and less dis-advantages 09 May 2015 4/5 stars By Lucky Myself Manjunath Lucky from Bangalore, i got new Asus Zenfone 5, When it comes to style and shape its sexy stylish and curvy with less price then any other 5" display, 8 MP main camera and 2 MP front, 2 Gb Ram and 1.6 GHZ with all kind of good features. when it comes to battery - u can use a day if u don't use much of Whatsapp and FB. I have a problem that the display light gets on automatically can anyone tell me whats the problem. Was this review helpful? Yes No

The back of my review ZenFone 5 is finished in this rather fetching red, but it's also available in purple, white and black. Asus says the back feels like ceramic. It doesn't. It feels like what it is: fairly basic plastic.

The Zenfone 5 is the middle of the range of 3 Zenfones, all featuring slightly curved plastic backs, and is available in a handful of colours. As seen on its Zenbook laptops, and somewhat of an Asus signature look, the range also features a little metal lip underneath the screen with a shiny finish textured with concentric circles.

After a month with this terminal , I can advise you to your next mobile option . It is a complete mobile that reminds me of the iPhone , with its Zen UI interface . Your camera , despite being 8 mpx , is super full . It has several filters such as rewind time ( choose your best photo in a few seconds before and after photo) , HDR mode ( for better quality of colors) , panoramic mode , night shots in low light , selfie mode ( indicates the number of people who appear in the selfie , and when you recognize their faces will proceed to make several pictures) , embellishment , miniature, depth of field , intelligent removal (removes that person who crosses behind you automatically) , all smiles ( burst of photos, choose the one you like ) and gif animation mode . In video mode also will have the time interval mode to record videos with traffic lights and impressive . Surely your camera is amazing. And not just that , it's all together and great price.