New smartphone Asus Zenfon. Rubric "Overview of all ASUS Zenfone models

Specifications

• Case Materials: Metal and Glass Corning Gorilla Glass
• Operating system: Google Android 7.1.1
• Network: GSM / GPRS / EDGE, FDD-LTE CAT 12/13 (Bands 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 32), two characters (NAN + NANO)
• Processor: 8 cores, 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 630/660
• RAM: 4/6 GB
• Memory for data storage: 64 GB + memory card up to 2 TB
• Interfaces: Wi-Fi B / G / N / AC with MIMO technology, Bluetooth 5, MicroUSB connector (USB 2.0) for charge / synchronization, 3.5 mm for headset
• Screen: Capacitive, Super IPS OGS 5.5 "" with a resolution of 1080x1920 Points
• Camera: 12 mp (F \u003d 1.8); 8 mp (f \u003d 2.2) 120 degrees Viewing angle; Frontal 8 MP (F \u003d 2.0), 84 degrees View angle
• NAVIGATION: GPS, AGPS, GLO, BDS, GAL
• Sound: 2 stereo speakers, audio format support 192 kHz / 24 bits, DTS HEADPHONE: X and FM radio technology
• Optional: NFC, fingerprint scanner (unlocking for 0.3 s, Support 5 prints), acceleration sensor, electronic compass, gyroscope, approximation sensor, light sensor, Hall sensor
• Battery: non-removable, lithium-polymer (Li-POL) capacity of 3300 mAh
• Dimensions: 155x75x7,5 mm
• Weight: 165 g

Contents of delivery

• Smartphone Zenfone 4.
• Headset ASUS.
• USB Cable Type-C
• Stud for extracting tray for SIM-cards
• Charger with USB connector (S630 / 10 W)
• Documentation (User Guide, Warranty Cover)
• Silicone Case

Introduction

ASUS must pay due: the presentation of the novelties team prepared thoroughly. Approximately two months before the date of the event with observers, ASUS employees were associated and told about where the event would be held, which documents for this important thing should be prepared.

The global presentation was held in the ancient "city on seven hills" Rome, which is located on the left bank of the Tiber River. In the "Eternal City" there are such historical sights as Colosseum, the Capitolian Hill, Piazza Navona, Trevi Fountain and many other amazing buildings.

Our group consisting of 27 people was settled at the Sheraton Roma Hotel Hotel in the Urbanist Territory called "World Exhibition of Rome". This is a major complex of business buildings built by order of Benito Mussolini in 1935-1943 in the southwest of Rome as part of preparation for the World Exhibition. By the way, she never took place ... Unlike the Presentation of ASUS!

The meeting place was chosen by the grandiose: the impressive size of the Roma Convention Center building, located between the National Ethnographic Museum of Luigi Pigorini and the Palalottomatom Sport Palace.

Immediately before the main event for journalists and specialists in the field of IT, a mini press conference was held on the topic mobile cameras. We were told about the technical intricacies of Zenfone 4 and 4 Pro cameras.

In an hour later, the main presentation of the entire zenfone smartphones began on the main scene. They spoke in essentially, and therefore the event went fast enough, but fruitfully: many large editions (including Mobile-Review) were invited to interview with ASUS tops, where the present and future technologies in the world of wearable devices discussed.

Returning to the topic of review. I managed to use the Zenfone 4 smartphone formerly all the other Russian journalists and bloggers, so on our site there was a "first look", as well as pretty detailed roller About the device. With a gadget, I have for more than three weeks, so there is something to tell about the fourth version of Zenfone.

If briefly, the device is positioned as a cameraphone in a medium-high price category with good technical specifications. Judge: Two cameras - the usual (F / 1.8 diaphragm and optical stabilization) and wide-angle, 4/64 GB of memory, Wi-Fi Standard AC and Bluetooth version 5.0, fingerprint scanner, NFC chip, two speakers for stereo sound, Google Android 7.1.1 With updating to Android 8.

On the this moment The price of ASUS Zenfone 4 is 33,000 rubles.

Design, dimensions, control elements

ABOUT appearance The devices have recently to speak more and more difficult, since almost all smartphones are similar to each other. The ASUS Zenfone 4 apparatus is not a copy of some "tube", but its design does not carry anything new: a durable metal routing, glass Corning on the front and back panels. The only chip is a corporate "drawing" (in the form of rays coming from the inscription center "ASUS") on the back of the gadget, which is pretty playing in the light.

Another question is quality. With the new ASUS company in this regard, everything is super: in almost a month of testing, neither glass or scratches remained on the metal. Of course, there are small kings, but this manifestation is quite normal.

There will be three colors on sale: "Star Black", "Moon White" and "Mint Green". I would choose something torture, that is, the last two color solutions, since they will be less visible fingerprints, and the palette is somewhere more fun. The oleophobic coating is both in front and rear.

The shape of the housing is rectangular, the angles are slightly, the edges are rounded. The hand is not bad at the expense of not the largest width (75 mm) and quite comfortable thickness (7.5 mm). Weighs Zenfone 4 165 grams. The gadget is non-slip, but easily fit and gets from jeans pockets or jacket.

The metal frame is semi-shaped, on the edges it has a grinding, smoothly moving on the glass. From above and below, two partitions of antennas can be seen.

From above on the front panel there are front camera, lighting and approximation sensors, an indicator of missing events, speech speaker. He is a loud, the interlocutor is heard clearly and picking up, the timbre is pleasant, closer to medium and low frequencies. Echo and other extraneous sounds did not appear. By the way, it should be noted that the speech speaker is also a speaker speaker, and if more precisely, it transmits high frequencies, and the speaker on the lower end is medium and low frequencies.

Under the display there are two touch buttons "Back" and "Menu" (various actions can be assigned to this button), Dactyloscopic sensor (it is "home"). The speed of response is slightly above the average.

In the lower end - standard 3.5 mm audio output on headphones, a USB Type-C connector, a microphone and speaker speaker (one of two). An additional microphone for noise reduction and stereo recording is top.

On the left end - the combined Slot Nano + Nano or Nano + MicroSD. On the right are the power button and the "swing" volume.

On the back area from above - two chambers modules in a chassis with a case (seamless), flash and special RGB sensor for accurate definition White balance.

ASUS Zenfone 4 and 4 Max

ASUS 4 and MEIZU PRO 7 Plus

ASUS 4 and Meizu Pro 7

ASUS 4 and HUAWEI P10 Plus

Display

The ASUS Zenfone 4 apparatus is installed, the diagonal of which is 5.5 inches. Physical size - 68x121 mm. Frames are relatively thin: from above - 16 mm, bottom - 17 mm, and on the right and left - 3.5 mm. Of course, there is an effective anti-reflective coating. Under the sunny rays, the display behaves well.

The matrix of this smartphone is performed using the Super IPS + OGS technology, that is, there is no air layer here, so the colors are more saturated, and the picture seems like lying on the surface of the screen. Display resolution - FullHD, i.e. 1080x1920, Pixelization Impermount (400 ppi), but the picture is clear.

The average brightness is 562 units, black color - 0.36 units, contrast - 1600: 1. Very good indicators of brightness and contrast!

The viewing angles are maximum, no purple, no yellow shades - signs of high-quality IPS matrix. Below are screenshots of measurements.

Settings

Battery

The ASUS Zenfone 4 smartphone uses a capacity of 3300 mAh battery. It is built-in. Official data on work:

• up to 23 days in standby mode
• up to 30 hours in talk mode
• up to 18 hours when watching sites on Wi-Fi

If the device is not very often used, but constantly being in Wi-Fi network with all social networks, mail and other applications, it is worth counting on 1.5 days. With quite active mode - approximately 16 hours, in ultrarezhim (4G network, photo record and video, active correspondence on social networks and so on) - 11-12 hours. At the maximum brightness of the backlight, the phone lives 4 - 4.5 hours (screen glow). Approximately 16 hours in conversation mode.

I think this time of work is quite good, most of these devices in my conditions showed the values \u200b\u200bof 3 - 3.5 hours of the glow and 11-12 hours at ordinary load.

During testing there were no questions for energy consumption. The senior model with the Snapdragon 660 processor is equipped with a quick charge (36 minutes and 50%), the youngest - the usual 5V - 2a. Zenfone 4 is charging from a regular network adapter about 2.5 hours.

Communication capabilities

The device is equipped with two slots under Nano format symcards. The device supports LTE networks (LTE CAT 12 return - 150 Mbps / Cat 13 Reception - 600 Mbps) with bends 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 32 ( Version with NFC). Both SIM card slots support 3G WCDMA / 4G LTE standards, but only one of the SIM cards can be connected to the 3G WCDMA / 4G LTE network, and not two simultaneously.

Gadget functions with Wi-Fi AC Mimo, Bluetooth version 5.0, and there is a full NFC chip in it. From navigation - GPS, AGPS, GLO, BDS, GAL.

Memory

The younger model is equipped with 4 GB of RAM, and the older is 6 GB of RAM. Integrated memory is always 64 GB. Read speed - 240 MB / s, recording speed - 190 MB / s. There is a slot to a microSD memory card up to 2 TB.

Cameras

In fact, at the presentation in Rome almost all the time were given precisely cameras, and the slogan of the entire campaign was "we love a photo!", Where the word "love" was replaced by two smartphones located relative to each other at an angle of 90 degrees - in the form of a heart.

The main chamber of Zenfone 4 is a Sony IMX362 sensor (the lens consists of six elements, a diaphragm F / 1.8, a focal length of 25 mm):

• Resolution of 12 meters
• Size of the sensor 1 / 2.55 inches
• Pixel size 1.4 μm
• Phase autofocus with DualPixel technology

In addition, the main module is equipped with an optical stabilization (4 steps), and a special RGB sensor is used to adjust the white balance. The same sensor boasts HTC U11, Moto G5 Plus / Z2 Play and even inexpensive Meizu M6 Note.

Additional module - wide-angle. It has an angle of 120 degrees, that is, 12 mm in terms of 35 mm. Resolution - 8 mp, autofocus is absent.

Considering that we were in a unique historical place, then sin was not to take pictures of local beauties, but at the same time test the camera capabilities. I will frankly say that almost all photos I did on a wide angle for two reasons: the first - such sights need to be imprinted as much as possible, so that all the details of buildings, landscape, and so on, are visible in the frame (try filing large structures to "short" angle - nothing good will not come out of this); Second - quality picture.

The image quality to the main chamber fully satisfied me: thanks to the light optics, it is easy to get silent photos at night, and optical stabilization helps to increase the shutter speed up to 1/8 seconds. As you understand, during the day, almost all the chambers of this level remove the plus minus equally. The only nuance is the correct HDR mode that works is simply wonderful: all objects remain uniformly highlighted, even at night - it is strong side Main Camera!

Picture on "Shirik" is pleasant, although it has a narrow dynamic range. The quality is approximately the same as on LG G6. However, I have not yet seen smartphones with wide-angle cameras, where the quality would be steeper Zenfone 4 or the same G6 from LG. The juice is a big coverage of space. While the people clicked several frames on their Apple iPhone. 8 Plus, I and Zenfone 4 did only one frame, which also dwells and colleagues and sights of Rome.

"Shiriks Museum" in the Vatican Museum: Narrow Corridors, Small Halls, Large-Card "Gallery of Maps" and gorgeous tapestries - all this was given Zenfone 4 without any problems.

In the new firmware for the device, a distortion was a little corrected, the image became more natural, with minimal distortions. However, distortions are present on mirror apparatus with expensive optics.

The Zenfone 4 video is able to write in the maximum UHD resolution (3840 x 2160 pixels). The quality is very good. Also, the gadget "knows" about FullHD 60 K / s. In this case, this mode needs a lot of light.

A wide-angle camera writes rollers in FullHD resolution. The picture is not bad, but DD is narrow. Electronic stabilization is used. In any case, shoot on a wide angle cooler than the usual. During the shooting, you cannot switch between cameras.

Front Camera on 8 MP (F / 2.0) with a wide angle and quite normal photo quality. Writes excellent quality videos in fullHD resolution. There is electronic stabilization.

For lovers of the rear plan blur in the device there is a "portrait" mode. At this stage, it works not quite adequately, blurring many details in the frame.

In the settings there is "Pro" mode (for both cameras) - these are manual parameters of the focus, excerpts (1/10,000 - 32 seconds), ISO (25 - 3200), exposure and white balance (2750K - 7500K). As you can see, the parameters are impressive, especially ISO from 25 and temperature in 250k increments. And during the shooting video, you can choose white balance, ISO value and focus! Exposure is installed in advance. Of course, there is a RAW format.

Examples of photos on the main lens

Examples of photos on a wide-angle lens

Examples of photos on the front chamber

On the exhibition MWC. 2018 ASUS.

ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. (Kit. 華碩 電腦 股份 有限公司 Huáshuò Diànnǎo Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī is commonly called Asus (/ EɪSUːS /)) - Located in the Republic of China, a company producing a variety of computer equipment (both components and ready-made products). The name of the ASUS brand is derived from the word Pegasus (Pegasus). Wikipedia

Brought replenishment in the Line of Mobile Phones Zenfone: Zenfone 5 Lite, Zenfone 5 and Zenfone 5Z.

Zenfone 5 Lite Zenfone 5 Lite received a 6-inch display (2160 × 1080, 18: 9), Snapdragon 430/630 processors, a battery capacity of 3300 mAh and four cameras: Home on 16 megapixel and frontal 20 meters with Sony sensor

Sony Corporation, Sony (Yap. ソニー 株式 株式 Sonya: Kabushiki-gayzka) - Japanese transnational corporation with headquarters in Tokyo, formed on May 7, 1946. Specializes in the production of home and professional electronics, gaming consoles and other high-tech products. In addition, Sony is one of the world's largest media component, owning the Sony Music Entertainment sound record, film studios of Columbia Pictures and Tristar Pictures, as well as the full archive of MGM films (together with Comcast); Provides financial services. Wikipedia

IMX376, each of which is complemented by a wide-angle module. Mobile phone is equipped with the NFC module and three slots: two SIM cards and one microSD memory card.

Zenfone 5 (2018) is a 6.2-inch mobile phone (2160 × 1080, 19: 9) with the Snapdragon 636 processor, 6 GB of RAM and 3300 mAh batteries. The camera on the back of the device received a Sony IMX 363 sensor and a double module: the main one by 12 MP (F / 1.8) + wide-angle. The permission of the front chamber is 8 megapixel.

The aspect ratio of the 19: 9 of the display is explained by the asus's desire to avoid truncation of the image in landscape mode. "Loking on the side" Zenfone 5 reproduces the video in a full-fledged format 18: 9.

The position of the flagship in the line will take Zenfone 5Z. - "Charged" version of Zenfone 5 with the flagship processor SNAPDRAGON 845, 4/6/8 GB of RAM, 64/128/256 GB ROM. Special attention to the presentation was given to the updated branded Zenui 5 brand shell, in many aspects of which artificial intelligence penetrated. AI can: distinguish 16 shooting scenarios, selecting the camera settings for the user; automatically adjust the volume of the ringtone, relying on the noise level in the surrounding space; Control mobile phone charging to improve the life expectancy of the battery. The latter function is to establish the device charging threshold at night. In other words, the AI \u200b\u200bwill allow mobile phone Board up to 100% just before your awakening.

When new Zenfone go on sale:

• Zenfone 5 Lite - March, the price is not specified;
• Zenfone 5 April, the price is not specified;
• Zenfone 5z - June, from 479 euros (~ 33 thousand rubles).

Perhaps the most interesting representative of the budget line of the Taiwanese company smartphones

About preparing for the release of smartphones Asus Zenfone The world community has already found out enough of a new lineup of the Taiwanese company at the very beginning of the year, during the CES 2014 exhibition in Las Vegas. In the Asian region, sales of these devices have already started, but to our market, smartphones were reached only now. It was today that the Russian premiere will be held in Moscow, during which the head of Johnny Shi (Jonney Shih) will personally prevent his new smartphones in Russia for this purpose.

We, thanks to the distillation of the Russian office asus, already, directly on the day of the premiere, we have the opportunity to tell about, perhaps, the most interesting representative of the new series - the "central" smartphone in the lineup, a five-fashioned ASUS Zenfone 5. This smartphone is even before you exit Sale liked many - about Tom testify numerous responses on the Internet, people are discussing the model with interest, waiting for the start of sales. In principle, it is not surprising that it is the "five" in this series causes the greatest interest of users: perhaps, this is the most balanced apparatus in all senses from the whole of the Trinity.

Zenfone 5 does not apply to the category of top smartphones, as, however, and his entire line, but the device has several qualities attracting buyers. First of all, this is a ratio of good declared hardware characteristics with a low cost for such characteristics. And, of course, the popularity of the brand makes itself felt. At this place it is worth noting that the model "number five" itself is represented by the whole series of smartphones, because in nature there are simultaneously several completely different modifications of the apparatus with the name of ASUS Zenfone 5. In particular, the developers have repeatedly mentioned that the model can Not only one, but also two gigabytes of RAM, and this is a completely tangible difference. Not to mention that the hardware platform itself can be different: while in most official presentations appears SOC Intel Atom Z2580, the smartphone that visited us on testing works on another model SOC Intel - Atom Z2560, with a lower frequency Processor cores (1.6 GHz against 2.0 GHz at Atom Z2580). However, this is not all. It is also reported that the ASUS ZenFone 5 modification and the support for LTE networks will be made, and that device will also be built on the Intel Atom platform, but to SOC Qualcomm, since Intel systems have not yet made friends with 4G networks. However, this modification of ASUS ZenFone 5 is still known, and it was presented much later - during the Computex 2014 exhibition in Taiwan.

Be that as it may, one of the basic versions of the ASUS Zenfone 5 smartphone has arrived at the editor's editorial office and has already passed proper testing in our laboratory. So today, readers will be able to appreciate themselves, is it interesting to be interested, so loudly sneaking with Taiwanese, or the hopes were in vain - we present to your attention one of the first in Russia detailed smartphone test reviews called ASUS Zenfone 5.

The main characteristics of ASUS Zenfone 5 (model T00J)

	ASUS ZENFONE 5.	ASUS Padfone E.	Fly ENERGY 4	Lenovo S660.
Screen	5 ", IPS	4.7 ", IPS	5 ", TN	4.7 ", IPS
Resolution	1280 × 720, 294 ppi	1280 × 720, 312 ppi	854 × 480, 196 ppi	960 × 540, 234 ppi
SOC.	Intel Atom Z2560 (2 kernels) @ 1.6 GHz	Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 (4 kernel ARM Cortex-A7) @ 1.4 GHz		MediaTek MT6582 (4 Arm Cortex-A7 kernels) @ 1.3 GHz
GPU.	PowerVR SGX 544mpmp	Adreno 305.	MALI 400 MP.	MALI 400 MP.
Oz	1 GB *	1 GB	1 GB	1 GB
Flash Memory	16 GB	16 GB	4 GB	8 GB
Memory card support	microSD.	microSD.	microSD.	microSD.
Operating system	Google Android 4.3.	Google Android 4.3.	Google Android 4.2.	Google Android 4.2.
Battery	non-removable, 2110 mA · h	non-removable, 1820 mA · h	removable, 4200 mA · h	removable, 3000 mA · h
Cameras		rear (13 megacles; video 1080p), frontal (1.2 Mp)	relean (8 mp; video 1080p), frontal (2 MP)	relean (8 MP; video 1080p), frontal (0.3 mp)
Gabarits.	148 × 73 × 10.3 mm, 145 g	140 × 70 × 9.1 mm, 126 g	144 × 72 × 10.5 mm, 197 g	137 × 69 × 9.9 mm, 151 g
average price	T-10663656.	T-10686990.	T-10818364.	T-10725079.
ASUS Zenfone 5 offers	L-10663656-10

• Soc Intel Atom Z2560, 1.6 GHz, 2 kernels
• GPU PowerVR SGX 544MP
• Operational android system 4.3
• Touchscreen IPS, 5 ", 1280 × 720, 294 ppi
• RAM (RAM) 1 GB *, inner memory 16 GB
• MICROSD memory card support up to 64 GB
• Communication GSM GPRS / EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
• Communication 3G WCDMA 850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz
• HSPA + data transfer rate up to 42 Mbps
• Support two Micro-SIM SIM cards
• Bluetooth 4.0.
• Wi-Fi 802.11b / g / n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Access Point
• GPS / GLONASS
• Camera 8 MP, Autofocus, LED-Flash
• Camera 2 MP (Frontal)
• Battery 2110 mA · h
• Dimensions 148.2 × 72.8 × 10.3 mm
• Weight of 145 g

* It should be noted that the retail version of ASUS ZenFone 5 is presented with the same T00J model number, but with 2 GB of RAM.

Contents of delivery

Asus Zenfone 5 goes on sale in a small packaging of classical dimensions sufficient to accommodate the smartphone alone and a small set of necessary accessories. A box of solid smooth cardboard is performed, the packaging is neat and high-quality. The role of the lid protrudes the case of a thin cardboard that is stretching over the box, in which several holes coincide with the pictures on the box itself are cut. It looks all together enough fresh and stylish.

In the interior branches, there are many three pieces here, there is a poor accessories set: large charger (Output current 1.35 A), headset headset with a thin round wire and gel enclosures of a vacuum type, as well as a connecting USB cable and a user manual made in the form of a thin paperbook.

Appearance and ease of use

The design and shape of the Asus Zenfone 5 smartphone amazingly resembles the smartphones of Taiwanese HTC - the exception that the manufacturer's materials here are simply used here. If the smartphone body would be made of aluminum, it would be difficult for him to distinguish it from the smartphones of the HTC One series, both in front and rear. At the same time, the creators themselves believe that they attached their new smartphones with fresh and increhensible design, and even gave him his own name: Zen Design. Although if you look objectively, then in the appearance of smartphones of the new Zenphone series, common parallels with previous products of the company are not traced, including those belonging to the Zen family. True, the developers have added a small metal strip to the front panel with concentric "zen-circles", but that's all. It's amazing that for this secondary in the general design, in which there is nothing special, Zenfone ruler managed to get one of the most prestigious design awards - Reddot Award 2014.

The entire body, in addition to the front glass, is entirely covered with a solid plastic casing that fits not only the rear panel, but also all the side faces. The lid has a sliding back and rounded corners And the face - it has been streamlined from all sides and very simple in shape. The lid is traditionally attached on plastic latches and removed with great difficulty - it has to make a lot of effort, and sometimes - even use additional tools. All side buttons are mounted directly on the lid, so when the casing is removed, it is impossible to control the smartphone.

On the matte surface of the plastic almost the fingerprints are almost no fingerprint, so that the body of Asus Zenfone 5 due to the absence of a gloss turned out to be non-commercial and non-slip. The smartphone has quite large sizes, and with this nothing can be done - in the pocket pocket or in the breast pocket of the shirt, such a device is placed with difficulty. In general, the issue of saving space, apparently, did not care about the developers in this case, because with such a large screen with a diagonal of five inches of the frame around it was done very thick. On the sides, the thickness of the frames is at least 5 mm, but in fact it looks worse. And this is at a time when all manufacturers are easy to minimize the number of numbers as possible. Everything is not at all like this, and Asus Zenfone 5 can not boast of subtle frames - and the elegant dimensions in general.

On the back of the smartphone, all elements are set up in their usual. Here you can find a round window of the chamber without any framing, the peephole of a single LED flash, as well as the pickup dynamics grid, made in the form of an array of small round holes. The dynamics grille partially falls on the back surface, so the sound is not too much muted by the surface of the table. A flash running pre-installed software is able to function as a flashlight, including in an alarm mode with a flashing.

Under the lid, you can find three slots for cards: two for SIM cards and one for microSD memory card. Both SIM cards here are used by the "Micro" format; All cards are easily inserted and extracted from their slots due to spring-loaded capture mechanisms. SIM slots are equivalent in their capabilities, it is only necessary to remember that at the same time two cards will not work in 3G mode - one of them will have to be switched in 2G.

SIM card slots are unusually located, stretching into one line along the vertical, and the battery under them is tightly closed with an additional protective cover and is not available for user manipulations. The memory card slot is embedded in the side end on the right face of the device.

Not the entire front panel is covered with a protective glass Gorilla Glass 3 - there is enough enough free space under it, and it is not busy. This sector is covered with a metal thin plate with concentric circles "Zen" traditional for mobile products. Why is it left here additional space, It is not entirely clear: there are no elements on it - the sensory buttons are set up higher, and they also occupy a decent place on the front panel. It is very sad that these buttons do not have no backlight and in the twilight already become completely not visible.

But in the upper part above the screen, in addition to the usual eye of the sensors and the front camera, as well as the dynamics of the dynamics, can be observed. useful elementas a LED event indicator. This is a fairly large and noticeable round point, which is constantly luminous with a non-light light at the time of charging the smartphone.

Mechanical hardware keys on the sides of the device are only two, and both are located next to each other on one, right face. It is not very convenient that the blocking key is located above the volume keys: it is pressed much more often, and it is not so convenient to reach it. For most manufacturers, with such an arrangement, the lock key is in the middle, and the volume key is raised above.

The buttons are metallized, large enough, but they are not too noticeably discharged outside the housing so that they can be comfortably fascinated. In addition, they have, perhaps, too hard move, but these may be the problems of a specific test sample. In any case, such things need to be checked individually at the time of purchase - someone may not give any meaning at all.

Micro-USB connector here has standard location In the lower end, but why ASUS engineers are fighting Add support for connecting external devices to uSB port (OTG), remains a mystery - in all smartphones of the Padfone series, for example, such support is. The headphone jack (3.5 mm) is located on the contrary - on the upper end, next to the second, an additional microphone.

There are no plugs and additional lids on the connectors of the device, as the Asus Zenfone 5 smartphone is not provided with moisture and dust protection. Do not find on its housing and fastening for the strap.

It comes on sale immediately in several color versions, and this is one of the most noticeable moments when positioning a new line. The color palette of the ASUS Zenfone series makes a variety, and here everyone can choose a color to her soul. Only Zenfone 5 has been released entire five options: in the interpretation of the creators themselves, this is black coal, pearl-white, cherry-red, dusk-purple, and cream-gold.

Screen

The ASUS Zenfone 5 smartphone is equipped with an IPS sensory matrix. Physical dimensions The display is 62 × 110 mm, diagonal - 5 inches. The screen resolution at points is 1280 × 720, the density indicator of the inches points reaches the value of 294 PPI.

The brightness of the display has both manual and automatic adjustment, the latter is based on the operation of the lighting sensor. There is a smartphone and an approximation sensor that blocks the screen when making a smartphone to the ear. Multitouch technology allows you to handle 10 simultaneous touches.

The smartphone screen is covered with a protective glass of Corning Gorilla Glass 3, resistant to the appearance of scratches. In the Special Settings section, you can enable the screen mode in gloves (glovetouch), then the display becomes more sensitive to touch and does react to fingers in gloves. However, on the touch of other items, such as the tip of the stylist pencil, the screen, contrary to expectations, does not react.

The results of the detailed examination of the ASUS Zenfone 5 display using the measuring instruments, we will imagine a little later, when our specialist Alexey Kudryavtsev will return from vacation.

Detailed examination with the use of measuring instruments was conducted by the editor of the "Monitors" and "Projectors and TV" sections of Alexey Kudryavtsev. We present his expert opinion on the screen of the sample under study.

The front surface of the screen is made in the form of a glass plate with a mirror-smooth surface resistant to the appearance of scratches. Judging by the reflection of objects, the anti-glare properties of the screen is not worse than the Google Nexus 7 (2013) screen (hereinafter simply Nexus 7). For clarity, we give a photo on which the white surface is reflected in the screens (left - Nexus 7, on the right - ASUS Zenfone 5, then they can be distinguished by size):

The screen at ASUS Zenfone 5 is even slightly darker (brightness of photographs 106 against 108 in Nexus 7). Two reflected objects in the Asus Zenfone 5 screen is very weak, it suggests that there is no air gap between the screen layers (more specifically between the outer glass and the surface of the LCD matrix) (OGS-One Glass Solution). Due to the smaller number of boundaries (type of glass-air) with highly different refractive ratios, such screens look better in conditions of strong external illumination, but their repairs in the case of cracked exterior glass costs much more expensive, since it accounts for a whole screen. On the outer surface of the screen there is a special oleophobic (fat-repellent) coating (very effective, even better than Nexus 7), so traces from fingers are removed significantly easier, and appear at a lower rate than in the case of conventional glass.

When manually controlled brightness and when displaying a white field, the maximum brightness value was about 320 kD / m², minimum - 19 cd / m². The maximum brightness is not very high, but, given the excellent anti-reflective properties, readability even on a sunny day outside the room will be quite good. In this case with third-party utilities The maximum brightness can be enhanced up to 395 kD / m², which somewhat improves the situation. In complete dark, brightness can be reduced to a comfortable value. In the presence of automatic brightness adjustment over the illumination sensor (it is located on the left of the slot of the front loudspeaker). In automatic mode, when changing external light conditions, the screen brightness is rising, and decreases. The operation of this function depends on the position of the brightness adjustment slider. If it is 100%, then in complete darkness, the automatic brightness adjustment function reduces the brightness of up to 25 cd / m² (normally), in conditions lit by artificial offices (about 400 LC) sets 120 cd / m² (just time), in very Bright environment (corresponds to the lighting clear outside of the room, but without direct sunlight - 20,000 LCs or a little more) increases to the maximum 395 cd / m² (which is required). The brightness slider by 50% is the following: 19, 50 and 340 kD / m², by 0% - 19, 26 and 215 kD / m². It turns out that the automatic brightness adjustment function works adequately. At any level of brightness, the backlight modulation is practically absent, so there is no screen flicker.

This smartphone uses an IPS type matrix. Micrographs demonstrate a typical structure of subpixels for IPS:

For comparison, you can familiarize yourself with the micrographic gallery of the screens used in mobile technology.

The screen has good viewing angles without a significant shift of colors, even with large deviations of the view from the perpendicular to the screen and without inverting (except the most darker, with the rejection of the left) shades. To compare, we give the photos on which the same images are displayed on the ASUS ZenFone 5 and Nexus 7 screens, while the brightness of the screens is initially installed by about 200 kD / m² (on the white field in full screen), and the color balance on the camera is forcibly switched to 6500 to the camera. . Perpendictively to the screens White field:

Note good uniformity of brightness and color tone of the white field. And test picture:

The color rendition is good and color saturated from both screens, but the color balance is somewhat different. Now at an angle of about 45 degrees to the plane and to the side of the screen:

It can be seen that the colors did not change much from both screens, but ASUS Zenfone 5 contrast decreased to a greater extent due to the strong flames of black, and the blue was somewhat added (on the other diagonal, the color shift is slightly less). And white field:

The brightness at an angle of the screens has decreased (at least 5 times, based on the difference in exposure), and decreased approximately the same. The black field during the diagonal deviation is highlighted strongly and acquires a purple or red-violet shade. Photos below are shown (the brightness of white areas in the perpendicular plane of the directions of the direction is approximately the same!):

And at a different angle:

With perpendicular view, the uniformity of the black field is very good:

Contrast (approximately in the center of the screen) is high enough - about 870: 1. The response time when switching a black-white-black is 25 ms (15 ms incl. + 10 ms off.). The transition between halftons of gray 25% and 75% (for the numerical color value) and back in sum occupies 38 ms. Constructed by 32 points with an equal interval in the numerical value of the shade of a gray gamma curve did not reveal in neither lights or in the shadows. The indicator of the approximating power function is 2.86, which is noticeably higher than the standard value of 2.2. At the same time, the real gamma curve is greatly deviated from the power dependence:

Due to the aggressive dynamic adjustment of the brightness of the backlight in accordance with the character of the displayed image (more than the detected clear pattern) the resulting brightness dependence on the shade (gamma curve) does not correspond to the gamma-curve of the static image, since the measurements were carried out with a consistent output of shades of gray almost All screen. For this reason, a series of tests - the determination of contrast and response time, comparing the illumination of black at angles - we were performed when withdrawing special templates with consistently medium brightness, and not one-photo fields in full screen. In general, such and the inappropriate brightness correction is nothing but harm, since the constant shift of the brightness of the screen at least may cause some discomfort. However, the manufacturer in the face of ASUS continues to implement this feature in its mobile devices (exception - Google Nexus 7 2013).

Color coverage from a practical point of view is SRGB:

The spectra show that the matrix light filters to moderately mix the components to each other:

As a result, visually colors have natural saturation. The balance of shades on the gray scale is good, since the color temperature is not much higher than the standard 6500 K, and the deviation from the spectrum of absolutely black body (ΔE) is less than 10, which is considered a good indicator for the consumer device. In this case, the color temperature and Δe change little from the shade to the shade - this has a positive effect on the visual assessment of the color balance. (The darkest areas of the gray scale can not be considered, since there the balance of colors does not matter, and the measurement error of the color characteristics on the low brightness is large.)

In this device, the default is a special utility that allows manually to adjust the color balance by adjustments of color temperature, saturation and shade (and on the mode Vivid Mode.).

The graphs above presents the result (data signed as Ts. \u003d + 7), received after our attempt to adjust the flower temperature, for which I had to resort to several iterations, as a result we stopped at the meaning +7 (which corresponded approximately 6500 K on the white field). And visual representation:

It cannot be said that in such a correction there is a special need, besides, as a result, ΔE has grown a bit. That is, considering and so good balance, there is no point in use this utility. Note that the correction does not work in the case of hardware playback of the video. But what happens if you turn on the mode Vivid Mode.:

The saturation (color contrast) is zout to the limit, from the naturalness of the image there is no trace - another useless function.

Let's summarize. The screen has a sufficiently high maximum brightness and has good anti-glare properties, so the device is most likely, without any problems, it will be possible to use outdoors even a summer sunny day. In complete darkness, brightness can be reduced to a comfortable level. It is permissible to use the mode with an automatic adjustment of the brightness that works adequately. The advantages of the screen should include an effective oleophobic coating, no air gap in the layers of the screen and flicker, excellent uniform of the black field, as well as the color coverage of SRGB and a good color balance. To significant disadvantages - the low stability of black to reject the view from the perpendicular to the screen plane and the aggressive non-disconnected dynamic adjustment of the illumination brightness. However, taking into account the importance of the characteristics for this class of devices, the screen quality can be considered high.

Sound

In terms of sound, ASUS Zenfone 5 stars are missing. The sound remains clean throughout the frequency spectrum, but compared with real top smartphones, this sound is still enough faded, and the maximum volume does not reach. When telephone conversation, the voice of a familiar interlocutor, the timbre and intonation remain recognizable, the conversation is quite comfortable.

The device uses SonicMaster's corporate technology - a set of hardware and software to improve sound quality. You can perform independent settings and select modes using the preset AudiowIZard utility.

The smartphone is pre-installed a voice recorder that serves to create sound notes. Also here is the opportunity to record telephone conversations from the line. To do this, it is enough to press the special "REC" button in the lower right corner of the phone application screen, and the conversation is automatically recorded in the device's memory. FM radio in the smartphone is also available, it does not have the ability to record the ether.

The main, rear camera is equipped with an 8 megapixel module, developers are also mentioned by the ASUS Pixelmaster branded technology, which is currently implemented in new Zenfone smartphones, as well as Padfone. Judging by the description, the technology can automatically increase the pixel size of up to 400% and includes a set of features and modes as low light mode (LOW-Light Mode), the possibility of serial shooting up to 20 frames / s, intelligent definition of smiles, the ability to remove unwanted Objects from frame and much more.

The camera can shoot video with a maximum resolution of 1080p (30 fps), an example of a test roller is presented below.

• Roller №1 (60 MB, 1920 × 1080)

The main chamber removes with a maximum resolution of 3264 × 2448. When controlling shooting in the activated camera state, the volume key can be used as a shutter button. Next, we present test snapshots made on the ASUS Zenfone 5 chamber, with our comments in quality.

	Sharpness is not bad, foliage merges only on distant plans. But with the color of the chamber problem.
	Significant Peresvet and strange colors speak of a weak firmware.
	Macro is sharp enough, and throughout the field frame.
	Good sharpness in the focus area. However, the program somehow strange handles small details.
	Text camera can be fine.

Camera snapshots cause confusion. The efforts of good optics negates whether the sensor is software treatment. Perhaps the camera driver itself incorrectly interprets the signal from the matrix, but something is clearly not so. With close-ups, the camera copes well, but something difficult for general plans is happening. Most likely, this problem is solved by updating the firmware, and since the hardware component at the camera is quite good, there is hope that it will be able to shoot quite well. For the large plans, the camera will fit in the current state.

Telephone part and communication

Smartphone standard works in modern 2G GSM and 3G WCDMA networks; Support for fourth generation networks (LTE) No. The data transfer rate is limited by the HSPA + mode to 42 Mbps. The communication capabilities of the device are implemented without excesses: no Wi-Fi range of 5 GHz is not supported here, nor NFC technology. Unlike the smartphones of the Padfone series, no external devices are supported here and the USB port (USB Host, OTG) port. You can standardly organize a wireless access point through Wi-Fi or Bluetooth channels. The navigation module can work both with GPS and with domestic system GLONASS.

Spontaneous reboots / shutdowns during testing were not observed, as well as slow-moving or system hangs. Drawing letters and numbers virtual keyboards It is quite comfortable for control. Layout and location of the keys Standard: Language switching here is carried out by pressing a special button, also in the presence of a selected row with numbers - very convenient, there is no need to switch the layout each time. The telephone application supports Smart Dial, that is, during the dialing of the phone number immediately, the search first letters in contacts are immediately performed. There is also the possibility of entering text with a blindfold slip of the finger from the button to the button (SWYPE).

The smartphone supports working with two SIM cards, and in general, working with them in the menu is organized by a familiar principle: you can assign a major for organizing voice calls, data transmission or sending SMS messages to any of the SIM cards; When the number is dialing, you can also select the desired card in the context submenu. With 3G networks, a SIM card can work in any slot, but at the same time in this mode only one of the cards can work (the second will only work in 2G). To change the settings of the slots of the card, you do not need to change places - it can be done directly from the phone menu. Working with two SIM cards is organized by the familiar DUAL standard SIM Dual. Standby, when both maps can be in active standby mode, but simultaneously work cannot be - a radio module here is only one.

OS and Software

Asus Zenfone 5 is currently running on the Google Android software platform is no longer the latest version 4.3, but developers firmly promise to update up to 4.4. The standard system interface was replaced by the corporate identity, and he even gave him its own name - of course, Zenui.

Serious changes have affected the notification panels: it is completely redrawn outwardly, added the quick access menu, you can quickly change the brightness of the screen, turn on the flashlight, etc. The program menu is complemented by sorting capabilities, a separate managing section of two SIM cards is added to the settings menu, added Miracast support, modified camera interface and sound effects. In addition, the settings added special section Under the name "Individual ASUS settings". It collected additional settingswho were not in the original Android OS.

Performance

The ASUS Zenfone 5 hardware platform is based on a dual-core CPU Intel Atom Z2560 with a frequency of 1.6 GHz. RAM in the device 1 GB, and the repository affordable to the user for downloading its own files is about 10 GB from nominally designated 16 GB - the rest went to the system itself and applications. Memory can be increasing at the expense of MicroSD cards, but to connect the flash drive through the OTG adapter will not work - the device This mode does not support.

To get an idea of \u200b\u200bthe performance of the platform of the test smartphone, we will carry out a standard set of tests.

All the results obtained by us when testing the smartphone in the most recent versions of popular benchmarks, we are conveniently reduced to the table. The table usually adds several other devices from various segments, also tested on similar recent versions Benchmarks (this is done only for visual assessment of the resulting dry numbers). Unfortunately, within the same comparison, it is impossible to submit results from different versions Benchmarks, so many worthy and actual models remain "behind the scenes" - due to the fact that they at one time passed their "obstacle bars" on previous versions test programs.

Test results have shown that the two Intel Atom Z2560 kernels of the ASUS Zenfone 5 apparatus were able to withstand the four ARM Cortex-A7 cores with a frequency of 1.4 GHz in Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 (ASUS Padfone E configuration). The results turned out to be similar, and in general, in the question of hardware performance, the novelty looks quite worthy. We would say - unexpectedly worthy for the price where the smartphone is offered on sale.

In general, according to the results of all tests, the ASUS Zenfone 5 smartphone can be safely attributed to the category of devices with an average (even slightly above average) performance. At the moment, the hardware performance of this smartphone should be enough to perform most tasks that can deliver any games or other applications from Google Play. Store.

Test results in MobileXPRT, as well as the latest versions of Antutu 4.x and Geekbench 3:

When testing the graphics subsystem in the 3DMark cross-platform test for the most productive smartphones now it is possible to run 3DMark in Unlimited mode, where the resolution of the rendering is fixed to 720p and is disabled VSYNC (due to which the speed can rise above 60 FPS).

The results of the testing of the graphics subsystem in the Epic Citadel game test, as well as Basemark X and Bonsai Benchmark:

	ASUS ZENFONE 5. (Intel atom z2560, 2 coders @ 1.6 GHz)	ASUS Padfone E. (Qualcomm Snapdragon 400, 4 Arm Cortex-A7 @ 1.4 GHz)	Fly ENERGY 4	Lenovo S660. (MediaTek MT6582, 4 kernel ARM Cortex-A7 @ 1.3 GHz)
Epic Citadel, High Quality	59 FPS.	57 FPS.	53 FPS.	59 FPS.
EPIC CITADEL, ULTRA HIGH QUALITY	50 FPS.	33 fps	no support	no support
Bonsai Benchmark.	47 FPS / 3321	25 fps / 1779	27fps / 1923.	24fps / 1681.
Basemark X, Medium Quality	3189	4579	4830	4790

Video playback

To test "omnivities" when playing video (including support for various codecs, containers and special capabilities, such as subtitles), we used the most common formats that constitute the bulk of the content available on the content network. Note that for mobile devices it is important to have the support of hardware decoding of videos at the chip level, since to process modern options due to the processor nuclei are most often impossible. Also, it is not necessary to wait from the mobile device of decoding everything, since the leadership in flexibility belongs to PC, and no one is going to challenge it. All results are reduced to a single table.

According to the results of testing ASUS Zenfone 5, it turned out to be equipped with all the necessary decoders, in this case the sound, which are necessary for the full play of the majority of the most common files. To successfully play their playback, you will have to resort to the help of a third-party player - for example, MX Player. True, and it will have to first change the settings by switching from hardware decoding to software or in a new mode called Hardware +. (not supported by all smartphones) - only then sound will appear. All results are reduced to a single table.

Format	Container, video, sound	MX Video Player.	Full video player
DVDRip.	AVI, XVID 720 × 400 2200 Kbps, MP3 + AC3	reproduces normal	reproduces normal
Web-DL SD	AVI, XVID 720 × 400 1400 Kbps, MP3 + AC3	reproduces normal	reproduces normal
Web-DL HD	MKV, H.264 1280 × 720 3000 Kbps, AC3	Hardware +.
BDRip 720p.	MKV, H.264 1280 × 720 4000 Kbps, AC3	reproduced normally with decoder Hardware +.	video is reproduced normally, no sound
BDRip 1080p.	MKV, H.264 1920 × 1080 8000 Kbps, AC3	reproduced normally with decoder Hardware +.	video is reproduced normally, no sound

¹ Sound in MX Video Player was played only after switching to software decoding or new mode Hardware +.; the regular player does not have such a setting

The MHL interface, like the Mobility DisplayPort, we did not find in this smartphone, so I had to restrict ourselves to testing the display of the video files on the device itself. To do this, we used a set of test files with one division by the frame with an arrow and a rectangle (see "Methods for testing the playback devices and displaying the video signal. Version 1 (for mobile devices)"). Screenshots with shutter speed in 1 C helped to determine the nature of the output of video files with various parameters: resolution ranged (1280 per 720 (720p), 1920 at 1080 (1080p) and 3840 at 2160 (4K) pixels) and frame rate (24, 25, 30, 50 and 60 frames / s). In tests, we used the MX Player video player in the "hardware" mode. Test results are reduced to the table:

well no excellent no well no excellent no

Note: If in both columns Uniformity and Pass Green estimates are exhibited, it means that, most likely, when viewing the films of artifacts caused by uneven alternation and passage of frames, or will not be seen at all, or their number and notice will not affect the preservation of viewing. Red markers point to possible problemsrelated to playback of relevant files.

In general, on the output criterion, the quality of video files on the screen of the smartphone itself is very high, since frames (or frames) can be output with more or less uniform intervals of intervals and without frames. When playing video files with a resolution of 1280 to 720 pixels (720p), the image of the video file is displayed one-in-one, exactly along the border of the screen. The clarity (during hardware playback) in the vertical direction (of course, during landscape orientation) is equal to the original, but in the horizontal direction the clarity decreases to such an extent that the world with vertical strips through the pixel merges in the gray field. However, in real images such a decrease in clarity is difficult to notice. The brightness range displayed on the screen corresponds to the standard range of 16-235 - in the shadows and in the lights are displayed all gradations of shades - which is required to correctly play typical video files.

Battery life

The capacity of the lithium-ion battery installed in the ASUS Zenfone 5 is small for modern smartphone 2110 MA · h. According to the results of tests, the subject demonstrated very weak indicators in the plan of autonomous work, to boast here a new smartphone ASUS, unfortunately, with a completely nothing.

	Battery capacity	Reading mode	Video mode	3D game mode
ASUS ZENFONE 5.	2110 mA · h	8 h. 20 m.	5 h. 10 m.	3 h. 10 m.
ASUS Padfone E.	1820 mA · h	15 h. 20 m.	7 h. 10 m.	3 h 50 m.
Samsung S4 mini.	1900 mA · h	16 h. 40 m.	10 h. 30 m.	4 h. 40 m.
LG L90.	2540 mA · h	15 h. 20 m.	10 h. 00 m.	4 h 50 m.
Motorola Moto G.	2070 MA · h	15 h. 20 m.	8 h. 00 m.	4 h. 20 m.
ZTE Nubia Z5 mini	2300 mA · h	11 h. 05 m.	8 h. 00 m.	3 h 50 m.
Alcatel Ot Idol X	2000 mA · h	10 h. 00 m.	6 h. 40 m.	4 h. 00 m.
Fly Luminor IQ453	2000 mA · h	10 h. 00 m.	7 h. 00 m.	4 h. 10 m.

Uninterrupted reading in the FBReader program (with a standard, bright theme) with a minimum comfortable level of brightness (the brightness was set per 100 cd / m²) lasted until the battery rank is 8.5 hours. With unlimited viewing video with YouTube in high quality (HQ) with the same level of brightness through home wi-Fi network The device lasted about 5 hours, and in 3D-games mode - almost 3 hours.

Outcome

As for the cost of ASUS Zenfone 5, then it is about 7 thousand rubles in our market now or even a little less. Money, in general, not so big, but also obvious advantages at the smartphone, as it turned out, little. The hardware platform, built on the basis of Soc Intel Atom, was really very much to the place, showed himself from the best side, and as a result, there are no complaints about ASUS Zenfone 5 - especially with regard to the price of this smartphone (of course, it is necessary to understand that this far from the flagship indicators). In addition, we have a simplified version of the device on testing - it is possible to configure with more powerful Intel Atom Z2580, which has the frequency of processor cores above, as well as more of the amount of RAM.

However, it is almost all. The design of the device is secondary (although it can be configured without any stretching), the case materials are premium in any way, the screen and the camera are far from the top level, the battery life is not at the height. Such negative little things as wide frames around the display and a harsh block of mechanical controls are also not related to the number of pluses of the device. In addition, it does not have to talk about support for LTE, NFC, USB OTG, Wi-Fi (5 GHz). The smartphone is very simple, and its only really strong trump card, besides a successful hardware platform, this is a good view of the manufacturer, which has developed recently not only in the Asian market, but also from us. Perhaps this factor will help sales, but still a little sorry that the as many souls and effort did not invested in his new line of smartphones as it was invested in the Padfone series, which at one time really liked.

In conclusion, we suggest you to see our ASUS Zenfone 5 smartphone review.

Asus is among the most recognizable in Russia and in the world of brand-producing mobile electronics. The company supplies high-quality, stylish and multifunctional devices to the market. What can be attributed asus smartphone than noteworthy this device? What do his owners say on the fact of obtaining the experience of using them?

Specifications

The first aspect in which we can explore "Asus Zenfon 5" - characteristics. Among the key:

• dual-core processor with a frequency of 1.6 GHz, equipped with an accelerator PowerVR SGX544MP2;
• android operating system in version 4.3 Jelly Bean, there is a Zenui sheath;
• 5 inches display, resolution - 1280 per 720 pixels (type HD), manufactured using IPS technology, equipped with glass 3, displays 16 million colors;
• RAM - 2 GB;
• built-in flash memory on 16 GB, it is possible to install additional modules microSD;
• communications: uSB cable 2.0, Bluetooth in version 4, Wi-Fi;
• battery capacity 2110 mAh.

The user, judging by the characteristics, is provided with a sufficiently productive and technological smartphone. But do you share this point of view? Mobile gadgets themselves?

Features: User reviews

According to a number of users, the frequency of 1.6 GHz is not enough to fulfill modern tasks. However, in this case, the defining role plays another - the technology of the Atom Z2560 chip. The specifics of this chip consists in the ability at a relatively low frequency to quickly process 3D graphics. Thus, the processor in this case is the high productivity factor of the smartphone.

Regarding the remaining characteristics, users generally estimate them quite positively. And it is not surprising, because the device is equipped with a HD display made by modern technologyCompetitive indicators on RAM and flash memory, and also supports the main communication standards.

The overall view of users about the characteristics of the device we studied. Consider now the specifics of the design of the device.

Design

The phone "Asus Zenfon 5" has a plastic case. It can be noted that a small metal part is also present - at the bottom. Among the remarkable design solutions implemented in the device, it is possible to mark the placement of the audiootum of 3.5 mm in the upper part of the case. SIM connectors are located under back cover Devices. Despite the sufficiently large thickness of the device, his design visually makes the smartphone very compact.

What does "Asus Zenfon 5" look like? The photo of the device is presented below.

In the design of the device, there are no clearly pronounced sharp corners, looks pretty strictly and solid. In general, the concept is at the level of leading solutions from the brand. It is interesting to look a plastic insert, located under the sensory buttons: when the light falls on it, it turns beautifully.

Key buttons - "Return", "Home", as well as that causes recent applications, are located at a fairly large distance. It is convenient, since it is likely to miss the necessary option and use another minimal. It should be noted, many users are familiar with a lower distance between the corresponding sensory elements of the control.

The rear panel, as well as the end elements of the device of the device are made of rubberized plastic, which is characterized by resistance to pollution.

On the left side of the device there is a sound level control key, as well as a device's turning button. It can be noted that the material of their manufacture is similar to the one that is involved in the production of marked plastic inserts, which is just below the touch buttons. That is, the keys about which are in question, can also be blurred to light.

Many users and specialists in the field of mobile electronics note how well the smartphone "Asus Zenfon 5" is assembled. Reviews indicate that there are no noticeable hollows and gaps in the elements of the case, all parts are fixed very securely.

Display

The "Asus Senfon 5" phone is equipped with a 5-inch display, which has a resolution of 720 per 1280 pixels, which complies with HD standard. The phone screen is made according to modern IPS technology. Display density display indicator - 294 PPI. Thus, the screen graininess is almost imperceptible.

The display brightness is estimated by specialists and users as quite sufficient. Viewing angles are large. The display is comfortable to use even with glare. There are thanks to which the screen surface is easily cleaned. With the same comfort, you can browse on the display of the smartphone "Asus Senfon 5" photo, video, run games and various applications.

The maximum brightness of the device display is 315 kD / sq. M. At the same time, the actual comfort of using the device depends on the level of brightness of the image. Screen contrast ratio is 755: 1, it can be considered quite typical for the corresponding hardware component, which is made using IPS technology.

The smartphone screen, as is the one that is installed on many other modern devices, has the "Multitach" function and processes 5 simultaneous touchs.

Users mark the high definition of the image on the screen that the Asus Zenfon 5 smartphone possesses. Reviews of mobile gadgets include very positive assessments of the display quality of the display when viewing text with small font. It can be noted that for reading lovers in the smartphone is provided special regime. When activating it, the white color becomes a bit yellowish, and the color range of other interface elements is softer. As a result, the load on the eyes of a person who reads is significantly reduced. electronic bookusing the phone "Asus Zenfon 5". Device owners reviews include very positive estimates of this option.

It is noteworthy that the phone you can use, putting gloves. Setting up the Asus Senfon 5 smartphone in terms of activation of the corresponding option is very simple. You just need to enter the interface menu item in which the screen parameters are set. True, the sensitivity of the sensor in the case of using the device in gloves is significantly lower. But it is enough to answer incoming call Or read SMS.

Performance

In the modifications of the phone intended for deliveries to the Russian market, the ATOM Z2560 processor is installed, which functions at a frequency of 1.6 GHz. It may seem that this characteristic of the microcircuit looks modestly against the background of many competitive solutions. However, the practical results of tests conducted by experts and users show that the device is very productive. Popular games and applications are started quite correctly, without special braking.

"Heavy" games

Many users managed to use the Asus Senfon 5 smartphone (reviews about the relevant features are also present in the expert environment) to launch games and applications that are traditionally classified as "heavy" and requiring powerful "iron" in the devices. Not every budget device is characterized by a similar productivity.

Camera

The next noteworthy aspect in which we can explore the "Asus Senfon 5", - the characteristics of the chamber. The appropriate hardware component, which is equipped with a device, has a resolution of 8 megapixel. It can be noted that the brand-producer of the smartphone provides the owner of the device the ability to use a convenient and functional software when using the camera. Thus, among the remarkable modes of operation of the corresponding program - "Time Control", in which the device can make a series of 31 photos for the installed interval so that they can subsequently select the best frames.

Users and experts highly appreciate the work of the camera, which is equipped with a smartphone "Asus Zenfon 5". Reviews of mobile electronics lovers indicate that this hardware component provides excellent picture quality, both at day and night lighting. What other notable capabilities have a chamber that is equipped with a smartphone "Asus Zenfon 5"? Photos in Macro mode, for example, are obtained when using the device is simply excellent. The smartphone is also equipped with an additional camera with a resolution of 2 MP. It can be used for Selfie or Skype communication.

Soft

The device runs on Android OS in version 4.3. The firmware "Asus Zenfon 5" at the same time branded. Users and specialists note the convenience of using the appropriate interface and the speed of operation of the device management elements. The "Asus Zenfon 5" firmware is also possessed by stylish and modern design.

The device interface allows you to quickly access any user you are interested in options. In order to use the "Asus Senfon 5" settings in terms of camera or communications, it will be necessary to spend literally a few seconds. Difficulties with the installation of third-party applications from the Google Play store and its analogues users practically do not fix.

Sound

Another important aspect in which we can explore the Asus Senfon 5 smartphone, the device characteristics in terms of sound. The quality of the work of the conversational dynamics in users does not cause special complaints. The speech of the interlocutor is heard perfectly. The functioning of headphones, which join the device by means of a standard connector of 3.5 mm, is also evaluated by experts and users are quite positive. But it does not work out loud, according to some specialists, the external speaker located on the rear panel of the device. Although, as many mobile electronics enthusiasts noted, the corresponding hardware component of the smartphone in practice is used, as a rule, not too often.

Communications

The phone supports the main modern communication standards. We are very easy to use in practice. How to configure "Asus Zenfon 5" in part Wi-Fi or Bluetooth? Such questions are practically not rising on thematic online portals, where mobile electronics lovers communicate. Similarly, there are no problems with connecting the device to a computer via USB wire. Immediately after connecting the device and the PC, through this Windows cable, the Asus Zenfon 5 smartphone detects. Instructions that would disclose the nuances of the appropriate device involvement, users are not required.

Phone memory

The amount of efficiency of the device is 2 GB. This indicator is enough to start most modern programs adapted for the Android platform. The volume of the built-in flash memory of the smartphone "Asus Zenfon 5" - 16 GB. If necessary, it can be increased due to additional MicroSD modules. Supported "hot" replacement of memory card data at which it is not necessary to turn off the device.

Battery

The battery, which is equipped with a device, is distinguished by a non-removable type, its capacity is 2110 mAh. It may seem modest to many. However, in practice, users manage to achieve more than decent results in terms of the autonomous operation of the device. Thus, in the video viewing mode in high quality and at the maximum level of brightness of the battery resources of the "Asus Zenfon 5" phone (reviews of many specialists indicate similar results) is enough for about 4.5 hours. In the reading mode, the device can work without recharging about 9 hours. With the average intensity of using the device, it should be enough for about a day.

But if necessary, one of the energy saving modes can always be used, which are implemented in the device. So, among the most effective - reducing the frequency of the processor. You can also make the necessary setup of applications in order to increase the autonomous operation of the device.

Using two SIM cards

In the Smartphone "Asus Zenfon 5" (users testify that the corresponding option is extremely demanded) is supported at once 2 SIM cards. At the same time, the radio module in the device is only one. Therefore, if a person talks using one SIM card, the second temporarily loses functionality. Users praise the SIM card control interface. So, you can always quickly choose the one with which it is desirable to call a number of number, for example, due to the fact that the current tariff is adapted to call subscribers of a particular operator.

Summary

Phone "Asus Zenfon 5" (reviews of many experts characterize it this way) does not have direct competitors in their price segment. The device, therefore, can be considered to some extent a unique copy for the Russian market.

With this smartphone, the owner gets the opportunity to enjoy the advantages of HD-display, do great pictures and videos, as well as, which is very important, run "heavy" games and applications. At the same time, the device belongs to the category of budget.