ASUS ZENFONE 5 Description. Pros and cons of the smartphone

Asus, having released at a very attractive price, was clearly not going to stop on the achieved. After a month, it appeared - one of the most interesting phones of the price category "up to 20 thousand rubles". According to the same way, the ratio of the price and quality of Taiwanese and when developing the flagship - Zenfone 5Z. Smartphone with Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 for 36 thousand rubles? Officially - and not Xiaomi? Suddenly.

But in essence, this is the powerful version of the usual Zenfone 5, from which Z got the case of identical design (and dimensions), the same display (IPS, 6.2 inches), the same system of cameras and the same battery. The whole bet is on the power and speed of work. But the bet is very logical and fair.

Specifications

	ASUS Zenfone 5Z.		Huawei P20.
Display		6.2 inches, IPS, 2246 × 1080 Points, 402 PPI, Capacitive Multitach	5.8 inches, IPS, 2244 × 1080 Points, 430 PPI, Capacitive Multitach	6.28 inches, amoled, 2280 × 1080 Points, 402 PPI, Capacitive Multitach	5.99 inches, IPS, 2040 × 1080 Points, 403 PPI, Capacitive Multitach
Safety glass		Corning Gorilla Glass (version unknown)	No information	Corning Gorilla Glass 5	Corning Gorilla Glass 4
CPU		Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 (eight Kryo 260 nuclei, frequency of 1.8 GHz)	Hisilicon KIRIN 970: Four Arm Cortex A73 kernels, frequency 2.4 GHz + Four Arm Cortex A53 kernels, frequency of 1.8 GHz; Architecture Hiai.	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845: Four Kryo 385 Gold Cores, Frequency 2.8 GHz + Four Kryo 385 Silver Cores, Frequency 1.7 GHz	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845: Four Kryo 385 Gold Cores, Frequency 2.8 GHz + Four Kryo 385 Silver Cores, Frequency 1.7 GHz
Graphic controller	Adreno 630, 710 MHz	Adreno 509, 720 MHz	Arm Mali-G72 MP12, 850 MHz	Adreno 630, 710 MHz	Adreno 630, 710 MHz
RAM	4/6/8 GBB	6 GB	4 GB	6/8 GB	6/8 GB
Flash memory	64/128/256 GB	64 GB	128 GB	64/128/256 GB	64/128/256 GB
Memory card support	there is	there is	Not	Not	Not
Connectors	USB Type-C, Mini Jack 3.5 mm	USB Type-C, Mini Jack 3.5 mm	USB Type-C	USB Type-C, Mini Jack 3.5 mm	USB Type-C
SIM cards	Two Nano-Sim	Two Nano-Sim	Two Nano-Sim	Two Nano-Sim	Two Nano-Sim
Cellular communication 2G.	GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz	GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz	GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz		GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz CDMA 800/1900 MHz
Cellular communication 3G.	WCDMA 800/850/900/1900/2100 MHz	HSDPA 850/900/1900/2100 MHz	HSDPA 850/900/1900/2100 MHz	HSDPA 800/850/900/1700/1900/2100 MHz	HSDPA 800/850/900/1700/1800/1900/2100 MHz
Cellular communication 4G.	LTE Cat. 15 (up to 800 Mbps): Ranges 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28	LTE Cat. 12 (up to 600 Mbps): Ranges 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 40	LTE Cat. 18 (up to 1200 Mbit / s), ranges 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 28, 12, 20, 38, 28, 12, 20, 12, 23, 28, 12, 38, 23, 28, 3, 34, 38, 28, 2 40, 41.	LTE CAT.16 (up to 1024 Mbit / s): RAM 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 7, 2, 12, 25, 12, 28, 12, 02, 2 38, 39, 40, 41, 66, 70	LTE Cat. 18 (up to 1200 Mb / s): Ranges 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 12, 17, 20, 12, 28, 25, 28, 27, 28, 29, 30, 34, 29, 28, 29, 30, 34, 2 38, 39, 40, 41
Wi-Fi	802.11a / B / G / N / AC	802.11a / B / G / N / AC	802.11a / B / G / N / AC	802.11a / B / G / N / AC	802.11a / B / G / N / AC
Bluetooth	5.0	5.0	4.2	5.0	5.0
NFC.	there is	there is	there is	there is	there is
Navigation	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Beidou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Beidou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Beidou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Beidou, Galileo	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Beidou
Sensors		Illumination, approximation, accelerometer / gyroscope, magnetometer (digital compass)	Illumination, approximation, accelerometer / gyroscope, magnetometer (digital compass), IR sensor	Illumination, approximation, accelerometer / gyroscope, magnetometer (digital compass)	Illumination, approximation, accelerometer / gyroscope, magnetometer (digital compass), barometer
The fingerprint scanner	there is	there is	there is	there is	there is
Main camera	Double module, 12 megapixel, ƒ / 1.7 + 8 megapixel, ƒ / 2.0, phase autofocus on the main chamber, double LED flash	Double module, 12 meters, ƒ / 1.8 + 8 megapixel, ƒ / 2.0, phase autofocus, LED flash	Dual Module, 20 + 12 MP, ƒ / 1.6 + ƒ / 1.8, Hybrid Autofocus, Optical Stabilization, Double LED Flash	Double module, 16 + 20 megapixel, ƒ / 1.7 + ƒ / 1.7, hybrid autofocus, double LED flash	Double module: 12 mp, ƒ / 1.8 + 12 megapixel, ƒ / 2.4, phase autofocus, optical stabilization (with main camera)
Front-camera		8 MP, ƒ / 2.0, fixed focus	24 MP, ƒ / 2.0, autofocus, no flash	16 MP, ƒ / 2.0, fixed focus	5 MP, fixed focus
Food		Non-removable battery at 12.54 W · h (3300 mA · h, 3.8 V)		Failure battery: 12.54 W · h (3300 mA · h, 3.8 V)	Non-removable battery: 12.92 W · h (3400 mA · h, 3.8 V)
The size	153 × 75.65 × 7.7 mm	153 × 75.65 × 7.7 mm	149.1 × 70.8 × 7.65 mm	155.7 × 75.4 × 7.75 mm	150.9 × 74.9 × 8.1 mm
Weight	155 grams	155 grams	165 grams	177 grams	191 grams
Protection of housing	Not	Not	Not	Not	Splashing (IP54)
Operating system		Android 8.0 Oreo, Zenui Shell	Android 8.0 Oreo, Emui Shell	Android 8.1 Odeo, Oxygenos Shell	Android 8.0 Oreo, Miui Shell
Actual price	35 990 rubles per version 6/64 GB, 39 990 rubles per version 8/256 GB	27 990 rubles	41 880 rubles	34 500 rubles per version 6/64 GB, 38,800 rubles per version 8/128 GB, 46,990 rubles per version 8/256 GB	31 000-36,000 rubles for the "gray" option, 40,000 rubles for the official

⇡ Design, Ergonomics and Software

To say at least something about the design of ASUS Zenfone 5Z and at the same time not to repeat the word for the word said about Zenfone 5 - it is very difficult. Smartphones are identical - in fact, more powerful stuffing placed in the same case. All differences - inside.

And outside the glass - and in front, and behind, the taste is polished, plus aluminum face. Also in stock cutout for conversational speaker, front camera and lighting sensor at the top edge of the 6.2-inch screen.

And the rear, and the front windows do not cost without oleophobic coating, but they still have to wipe them often. Well, or use the case - in the kit there is a very good made of transparent silicone.

Smartphone is good, albeit damn like a notorious iPhone X. This sinner today is hardly for each. Get rid of its flagships from the cutout, only Samsung, OPPO and VIVO. Color solutions are two - silver and midnight blue (almost black).

At the same time, Asus Zenfone 5Z is 10 grams heavier than Zenfone 5, and this is quite good, it's about the difference between 155 grams and 165. Working with him is perhaps even more pleasant. This is still a two-hand gadget, but quite comfortable in use. Extracted screens with minimal frameworks are extremely promoted.

ASUS Zenfone 5Z cutout and hide it

It's funny that with the cut in the area of \u200b\u200bthe status row can now be fighting, "hiding" it with the help of black fill.

ASUS ZenFone 5Z, left face: SIM card slot and memory card, microphone

Functional elements without changes - on the left side of the SIM slot and memory card, on the right - hardware keys (turning on and adjusting the volume). Mini jack in stock - It is located below, next to uSB port Type-c.

The scanner is located behind, in the center, where he, in principle, the very place. It is very convenient to use the traditional capacitive sensor, it works quickly - and let it not be at the speed records, but does not cause disappointment.

There is a fashionable face recognition system with a front camera. The method is also quite worker, albeit not as safe as the print scanner (the front-line is deceived with simple photo). But compared to Zenfone 5, the quality of this system's work was noticeably improved - and at speed everything is more or less good, and it does not occur with the accuracy. For 10 seconds to keep the smartphone in front of the face, pressing the "Repeat" icon does not have to.

Zenfone 5z works based on Android 8.0 Oreo with Zenui 5.0 shell. With testing that Zenfone 5, which passed not so much time so that it happened in it any significant changes, even despite the regular and sometimes very annoying updates - for example, once the device downloaded fresh update Immediately after installing the previous one. The same navigation panel, which can be removed from the screen, branded fonts and icons, is still an extensive set of pre-installed software, albeit decreased on what was a year ago. Here both basic things, such as Yandex applications and specific programs: for example, there is a "mobile dispatcher", which gives access to a very detailed management of power saving modes, "smart" recharging system, which slows down the process of accumulator degradation. Asus also declares the active participation of artificial intelligence in the work of the device - however, it is not easy to notice in the practice of its manifestation.

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In general, the shell is not bad - it works quickly, quite consistent and has a huge stock for setting, which is typically for ASUS.

⇡ Display and sound

In Zenfone 5z, the same display is installed as in Zenfone 5: LCD with an IPS-matrix with a diagonal of 6.2 inches and a resolution of 2246 × 1080 points (format - 19: 9). The density of pixels, respectively, is 402 PPI - this is enough so that the fonts look smooth, and the pixelization in the pictures could be seen only if you look closely and especially. Once again, we note that Quad HD (not to mention Ultra HD) today is not at all mandatory permission even for formally flagship smartphonesDespite the unrestrained growth of diagonals. All these additional millions of pixels justify themselves exclusively when working with VR, and this script is relevant, to put it mildly, not for all users.

The "sandwich" of the display consists of a matrix, protective glass (Gorilla Glass not specified version), the sensory layer (capacitive, reacts to 10 simultaneous touchs), as well as polarization and oleophobic coatings.

Measurement results with an amendment on the error and some differences of matrices of one model, but different parties are the same. In addition to the standard settings set, it seems to scale the picture and font sizes here. It is proposed to configure color reproduction in a special SPLENDID program - including accurately set the blue filter level (which should take your eyes before bedtime) and the schedule of its work. There are, of course, work with a total color scheme, and as templates ("wide" and "standard", I measured the color reproduction with them both) and the ability to manually adjust saturation and shades.

The maximum measured display brightness is 527 cd / m 2. This is enough for free work with a smartphone in any atmosphere.

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Preliminary estimate

In ASUS developed an incredibly beautiful gadget, which, with the right pricing policy, can become a strong opponent in the arena of flagship models. However, it looks exactly as one famous smartphone.

Benefits:

• attractive view;
• excellent screen.

Disadvantages:

• not the most progressive "filling";
• it looks like a competitor.

ASUS used the international mobile technology exhibition 2018 (MWC 2018) as a site for the announcement of the new Zenfone 5 smartphone (not to be confused with the 2014 model) with a fresh, uncharacteristic for the company, design.

The device screen takes the entire space of the front panel, from top to which there is a cutout on the iPhone X - and everything is obvious that such a designer solution contributes to strong similarity with the Apple premium phone.

However, this does not mean that the device looks secondary. Taking into account the good characteristics, ASUS Zenfone 5 (along with Asus Zenfone 5Z) can be called one of the most remarkable exhibits of the international exhibition of the mobile technology of this year.

Sales date and price asus Zenfone 5.

Buy the phone will not work soon. Announcement took place at the MWC 2018, but Zenfone 5 will go to the shops no earlier, and the senior Zenfone 5Z configuration is in June.

We know that the smartphone will be sold in Europe, but there are no data on regional markets in other countries. The exact cost and other details are also not disclosed, so it is not possible to make an assessment yet.

Screen and design

Zenfone 5 has an impressive design, but when you saw the phone for the first time, we thought that we were iphone X. Good or bad - to solve you.

The front side is located 6.2-inch Full HD + IPS display with the aspect ratio of 19: 9. Brightness is amazing (more than 500 NT), and the screen itself takes 90% of the front panel area.

The phone has the same dimensions as the previous 5.5 "ASUS models, so that it does not create a feeling of a cumbersome device. But it does not blow it too: the mass of the novelty is 155 grams. The cut-down sheltered the camera modules and face recognition. Rear wall made from glass.

In the center of the rear there is a fingerprint scanner. It seemed to us comfortable to unlock with one touch, but you can hardly use this method with an activated face recognition function.

Location rear camera Copies the iPhone X again. Therefore, becoming the owner of ASUS Zenfone 5, get ready for surprise questions from others about how you managed to install Android on the Apple device.

When choosing a case, you will be offered dark blue or silver options. But both look perfectly and made in bold colors. The lid when lighting beautifully dispels light over the entire surface.

Characteristics

Asus announced several configurations (5 Lite, 5, 5Z) within the new line, but we managed to try out only the main model Zenfone 5. It is based on the SNAPDRAGON 636 medium performance chipset developed by Qualcomm and is equipped with 4 GB of RAM. The platform is focused on artificial intelligence, so you should expect many cases of machine learning to improve the camera work and performance optimization.

The flagship configuration - ASUS ZenFone 5Z - however, will contain the newest SNAPDRAGON 845 chipset in combination with 8 GB of RAM. As we noticed, this particular processor is used in the most progressive smartphones like Samsung Galaxy S9, so you can expect from sz increased productivity. The older model in the line also has an enlarged memory capacity: 128 GB as standard, while Zenfone 5 is default the drive is limited only 64 GB.

Otherwise, the difference between phones is a bit: and in that, and in another case you will get the same design and equal set of functions. Their number includes the preset version of Android 8 OREO - so all the innovations of the Google operating system are immediately available "from the box".

As for the camera, the ASUS Zenfone 5 has a 12-megapixel Sony module with aperture F / 1.8. Next to it is present and the second lens for the creation of widescreen shots. With simultaneous operation, two chambers provide a 120-degree viewing angle. The option will be useful when you want to accommodate all your friends in one frame or make a beautiful photo of the landscape.

Like smartphone Huawei. Mate 10, in software The intelligent recognition feature of objects is built. It will determine that you are going to take a picture, say, a dog or a flower - and to achieve the best quality, the picture will automatically change the optics settings.

So far, we did not have time to fully test this feature. But if it will be no worse than similar opportunities on the models of competitors, it will be a useful assistant when creating snapshots in automatic mode.

There is also a frontal 8-MP "Selfie" camera with an F / 2.0 aperture value. It uses the recognition technology of persons used to unlock the phone instead of entering a password or touch of the fingerprint scanner.

ASUS Zenfone 5 is powered by a battery capacity of 3.300 mAh. This volume is typical, but thanks to the built-in function "Intellectual" charging autonomous work It may be slightly higher than that of competitors. It automatically adjusts the process of replenishing the energy under the user's preferences, which ultimately reduces the battery wear. So far it is difficult to say how well this technology works.

Preliminary estimate

It is impossible not to take into account the fact that ASUS Zenfone 5 and Zenfone 5Z look like an iPhone X. Top cut, screen, camera location - everything sends to the design of the Apple smartphone. However, this decision will suit users who want to get a device with external view iPhone.But working running Android.

Not having data about the final price is difficult to say whether ASUS Zenfone 5 will be one of the best smartphones of the year. But we hope to find out this in the near future.

Smartphones, which manufactures ASUS, have already managed to establish themselves from the best side. Thus, these devices found the fame of reliable, stylish, functional phones, which are also available at a low price. It is at the expense of this that they have gained so high popularity in the market.

In today's article we will talk about not the "fresh", but still present in the license line of the gadget - ASUS Zenfone 5 16GB. The model that we will discuss will be subject to deep technical analysis and to some extent - criticism. As a result, we hope to find out what positive and negative qualities the device is endowed with, in which its strengths and weaknesses are concluded, and what, in fact, it should be calculated to the buyer who acquires this smartphone. At the end of the review, we hope you will have your own impression of the read about the device.

general characteristics

Let's start the presentation of the smartphone from its overall description. The device was presented at the end of 2014, and after it was presented a whole line of Zenfone devices. Nevertheless technical characteristics It remains quite relevant (for the budget class) and meets the requirements of the market as a whole. At a price of $ 200 (during the debut, it probably reached $ 250-300)) the device is suitable even for a demanding buyer (at the time of the output is accurate). And the technical parameters presented by the developer, taking into account the cost, are an explanatory basis for such a rigorous interest in the telephone from the public. A large number of reviews and recommendations are the brightest confirmation.

The model has 2 GB of RAM, the average quality of the camera, the Snapdragon 400 processor and a good screen, the resolution of which is 1280 x 720 pixels.

However, we will not run in advance and create a false impression of readers that the model works with outdated systems. No, in fact, the device is functioning simply and dynamically, due to the high level of optimization of the entire system consisting of software and hardware components.

However, in order to present you a model in a more complete light, we prepared this review, to which we move directly.

Equipment

The phone comes in a familiar, classic box made of dense dark cardboard. On the top cover, as it is headed, an image of a smartphone is banging, as well as inscriptions with his name and company name.

Inside the box, we detect the device itself, the charger (represented from the cord to connect to the PC and the adapter with the "fork"), as well as the standard headset. According to ASUS Zenfone 5 16GB devoted to ASUS, the sound quality is pretty good, given that this is a factory accessory. By definition, they should differ from what can buy the buyer "on the side".

In addition to the above, the smartphone described by us can be found instructions.

Design

The appearance of the device is made in the classic for ASUS style - this design will be a little later demonstrated on ASUS Zenfone 2 - a ruler consisting of three devices.

The facial part of ASUS Zenfone 5 16GB A501CG is visually "composed" of two segments - a glass-covered screen, and a pseudometallic plate, which casts into the light. Between them are physical buttons - navigation elements available on each Android device. At the top of the apparatus, the dynamics will be seized, as well as the developer logo.

Side faces of the apparatus are covered back coverwhich united "casing" flaps them together with the back. Surprisingly, there is no difficulty in removing it - it can be easily and without difficulty. On the right side The smartphone can be seen metal button lock buttons, as well as the volume control. The upper face has become a place for an audio connector, and the bottom is for the charging port.

On the back of the phone, the chamber's eye is visible, under which you can find a flash and again the name of the brand.

Zenfone 5 16GB due to its budget is made of plastic. True, it is not necessary to underestimate because of this: his matte texture is very pleasant to the touch, which is why it is easier to work with the device - it does not slip at all during the conversation.

Connectors to access SIM cards and a memory card slot are under the back cover. Immediately you can notice a non-removable device battery.

Screen

The display of the device has a diagonal of 5 inches - this is a normal size for a smartphone of this class. According to the reviews related to ASUS Zenfone 5 (2) 16GB, this screen makes the phone quite convenient for working with basic functions and is not too cumbersome in terms of mobility.

The quality of the picture shown on the display can also be called high. The resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels contributes to the fact that the screen density is about 290 dpi. In practice, this is expressed in the fact that, if you wish to see the effect of "grainies", it is possible, but for this it will be necessary to really thoroughly concentrate vision at one point.

With other indicators at the ASUS ZenFone 5 16GB screen, everything is good - here are decent viewing angles (thanks to which the image does not lose its color and saturation as a result of the rotation of the device), capacitive multitouch (capable of reading up to 10 simultaneous presses).

Also praise the display can also be taking into account the characteristics of the glass that covers it. According to the technical data, it is made from capable of confrontation of impacts and scratches of the material. In addition, there is a qualitative thanks to which the traces of the user remains on the screen.

CPU

The smartphone operates on the basis of a processor consisting of two nuclei. Each clock frequency is up to 1.6 GHz, which is quite enough to work with most applications presented in the catalog Google Play..

In parallel, the developers have endowed a device with two options for RAM - 1 and 2 GB. Due to this, it can be argued that the second version of ASUS Zenfone 5 16GB will be able to demonstrate greater performance. And, of course, it will be positively displayed on everyday tasksah facing the phone.

Memory

The lack of space on the smartphone is most likely not notice. The developers equipped the model of 16 GB of the internal space and, in addition, the memory card module was connected with which you can even more extend the space for the loading of personal data. Thus, the ASUS ZenFone 5 16GB A501CG smartphone can be bought to those who like to work with a large amount of content without the need to take care of the place on the device.

Battery

Another key factor showing the level of comfort when interacting with the telephone is the ability of the smartphone to work on a single charge. This is the autonomy of the model, its "endurance".

In the case of ASUS ZenFone 5 16GB A501CG worry about how the device works for a long time, it is not worth it. The latter is equipped with a battery, the capacity of which is 2110 mAh. This means that when "normal" use of the device (consisting in performing everyday tasks), the battery charge is enough for one day. If you wish, you can use the cost-effective operation mode, which is expressed in disabling the data exchange mode when it is unrequisite. It will give the opportunity to "stretch" work with the device for a couple of days. Also an alternative solution can be the acquisition of a portable battery (Power Bank).

It is best about how the battery behaves in practice, ask the buyers themselves - those who have directly engaged in the "tests" of the smartphone. We will give their opinion at the end of the article, as well as offer a simple, but effective way of saving charge.

Communication

Smartphone ASUS Zenfone 5 (2) 16GB A501CG (Black) is able to maintain the operation of two SIM cards. In this, in fact, he does not differ from most modern Android devices. After their installation, the system asks the user to choose which of the cards is a priority. After that, you can change this setting by using the corresponding menu item.

We spent test and aSUS review Zenfone 5 16 GB has shown that the volume of the spoken speaker, the stability of the connection and the ability to "catch a signal" here are presented at the height, due to which it is possible to praise the communication features of the model. Reviews that the device "lost communication", as it often happens to some Chinese devices, we failed to detect.

Operating system

The Asus ZenFone 5 LTE 16GB based on the Android version 4.3 is described by us (it was an urgent modification at the time of the release of the smartphone). Today, apparently, version 6.0 is available, to be updated to which you can with Wi-Fi connections.

The graphic shell here is designed individually under this model is Zenui, which in the future will also be present on the second generation mentioned above. It entered it, for example, ASUS Zenfone 2 Lazer 16GB. The 5th version at the same time is its predecessor in the model range.

The new interface looks, in our opinion, more attractive than the standard "shell" from Android. The functions that are offered by the user of the smartphone are presented here in more. convenient video. In addition, of course, new icons, graphic substrates and transitions between different phone menus are developed, which also gives some kind of visual "freshness" for those who are used to working with "naked" Android.

Camera

The device is equipped with two modules for shooting on the facial and rear parts of the device. The main chamber has a resolution of 8 megapixels, while the front is equipped with a matrix by 2 megapixel. As noted by the describing ASUS Zenfone 5 16GB A501CG Black reviews, the quality of the pictures can be quite competing with photos created with more expensive models of smartphones. Partly this is the result of the work of high-quality hardware component. On the other hand, the developers have achieved such effect due to optimized software basics. As noted earlier, the device is equipped with an outbreak.

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.

But thanks to the distortion of the Russian office of ASUS, now, directly on the day of the premiere, we have the opportunity to tell about it in detail about, perhaps the most interesting representative new Series - "Central" smartphone in the lineup, a five-fashioned ASUS Zenfone 5. This smartphone has attracted this smartphone - there are many responses on the Internet, people discuss the model with interest, are waiting for 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 *, internal 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, point access Wi-Fi
• 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: a large charger (output current of 1.35 A), headphones headset with a thin wire wire and a vacuum-type gel incubusers, as well as a connecting USB cable and user manual , made in the form of a fine 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 rear panelBut 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 this additional space, it is not completely clear: there are no items on it - the sensory buttons are located above, 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.

The Micro-USB connector here has a standard location in the lower end, but why ASUS engineers fameded to add support for connecting external devices to the USB port (OTG), remains a mystery - in all the 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. The physical dimensions of the display are 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, using third-party utilities, the maximum brightness can be enhanced up to 395 kD / m², which improves the situation somewhat. 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 index of the approximating power function is 2.86, which is noticeably above standard value 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 person of ASUS continues to implement this feature in its mobile devicesah with screen (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 Default is present special utilityallowing manually to correct the color balance by adjustments of color temperature, saturation and shade (and 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, use this utility There is no point. 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. There is also an opportunity here. staffing 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 phone application supports Smart Dial, that is, during a set telephone number Immediately, the search first letters in contacts. 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 works in this moment On the Google Android software platform is no longer the latest version 4.3, but the developers firmly promise upgrade 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 program interface and sound effects. In addition, the settings added special section called "individual settings asus" It contains additional settings that 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 test smartphone platform, spend standard set 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 of benchmarks (this is done only for a visual assessment of the resulting dry numbers). Unfortunately, within the same comparison, it is impossible to submit results from different versions Benchmarks, therefore, many decent and actual models remain "behind the scenes" - due to the fact that they at one time passed their "obstacles' bands" on previous versions of 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 the 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:

oK not excellent not oK not excellent not

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 marks indicate possible problems associated with playing 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 ASUS Zenfone 5 is small for a modern smartphone 2110 mAh. 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 from 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 - a configuration is possible with a 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.

What did not like

Lufts, sketches, nevertheless annoying, also the battery sits quickly, but a bunch of modes of saving it. Also, dimensions, nevertheless he is too big (

What did you like

Fast charging, powerful and does not lag (including interface, applications, games at maximum graphics, in general, all at the height), branded and a lot of Zenui functional shell, materials are pleasant to the touch, covered with the strongest glass Gorila Glass 3 , the sound quality (it is in the headphones just at the height, although at max. Makes dirty, but solved by the equalizer), the sound quality of the speaker is slightly above the average, the volume is also medium.

What did not like

internet, through Chrom, other VKontakte applications freezes, do not literate photos, neither down

What did you like

Cool, stylish phone, many useful functions

What did not like

fast powerful photo good

What did you like

quiet speaker Bad quality Vidio

What did not like

Battery, Camera, Ned Button Backlight.

What did you like

Design, speed, materials, screen.

What did not like

i bought the phone on January 17, the first day everything worked, the night passed, the system was updated, all Wi-Fi does not connect, nothing wants to do 3G too completely cut off, in general I will donate, I bought in vain, everything praised, really a terrible phone .. .

What did you like

please tell me there are different melodies on this smartphone? Ie for each subscriber your melody?

What did you like

highly good phone All super

What did not like

Battery. The sound of the speaker is quiet, but enough.

What did you like

Brand, appearance, excellent HD Super IPS screen, 2 GB operatives, processor, shell, camera, 2 SIM, support, filling Intel.

What did not like

There is no preferential player. The rest of the minuses have not yet been discovered.

What did you like

Original shell, design. It does not slow down, the screen quality for such money is just excellent. Very good camera, even in night mode, very decent photos are obtained. The back cover is syrched, so it does not slide in the hand. The speaker for me is normal, heard quite loud. Music in headphones sounds too without distortion. As for the battery: eats quickly when downloading applications, media files, Bluetooth transmission. In the lock mode for the whole night, 1% of charging takes place when viewing a 40 minute movie series on almost maximum screen brightness - about 10%. This is my first ASUS Zenfone and I am delighted.

What did not like

Slim when it is sizes - it is not convenient to keep it, you have to make a little finger with a bottom to substitute, whatever slipped out of the hand (the first slipped and fell by the upper right angle to the asphalt. The screen burst. Repair 80% of the cost of the phone - sold for 1000 r. On spare parts) . It is not clear why designers made glass to the very top of the phone? In general, you need to handle the phone like a newborn baby! Either immediately with the phone to buy "leather case for ASUS Zenfone 5. Dev32330" or "pad on rear part For ASUS Zenfone 5 Rugged Case Original ". (The latter slightly increases the size of the phone, but it protects it from all sides) and protective film., or safety glass. Silent speaker and vibration (applications for increasing the sound helped to strengthen the sound). It can not hear it in a bag or in your pocket of the jacket. They managed to add only to the player and alarm clock. On SMS / MMS, mail and "calendar - a reminder (birthday)" does not add. Factory rhngtones quiet and consist of 5 - 6 notes. Because of this is skipped information alert. Battery: If you do not use the Internet, then there are three days. With the Internet - about a day (with a connected application "Battery saving" and unknown function disconnected. When charging, you need to control the process. (To charge only when the battery is discharged to 15%, and turn off immediately as it charges (no longer stop at night Charge, no protection from recharging). After upgrading to version 4.4 (came through the air), the phone was illuminated. In those support advised to make a reset to factory settings. I will try.

What did you like

I bought the second in September 2014 for 7000 rubles. A good screen (I look at it MTS TV), the cameras are removed perfectly, the assembly is good, the battery keeps the bolts, 2 sims, 16 GB. Internal memory and + put another 16 GB. Big functionality, a licker works, the price at that time.

What did not like

Battery I. mobile Internet

What did you like

All is well, especially for the money!

What did not like

Battery is the only minus.

What did you like

Everything on the perfectly screen, processor, the camera is good, the phone costs all your money.

What did not like

The flash is weak, the processor is weak, for the money you can good Samsung buy