Asus ZenFone 5 reviews

Asus ZenFone 5 reviews
Last month horrendous Asus Android lovers in the country, with family Zenfone. With the official successive Rp 1, 2 and 3 million, respectively Zenfone has spec on the major vendors for a comparable price range. The third device is a device with an Intel Atom processor with Hyper-threading technology Yag clad outline the exact same design. After a review Zenfone 6 and 4, now turn to intermediate series of the most anticipated, namely Asus ZenFone 5. What is in this device, so that the phone is in an uproar? This is her main spec Asus ZenFone 5:

• Intel Atom Z2560 processor dual core 1.6 GHz
• 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage, micro SD slot up to 64GB
• Jelly Bean Android 4.3 (upgradeable to 4.4 Kitkat) interface with the Asus Zen
• Screen 5 inch IPS HD resolution (1280x720 pixels, 299 ppi) with Gorilla Glass layer 3 and ultra-sensitive panel for use with gloves
• The rear camera (Sony) PixelMaster 8MP with autofocus, aperture f / 2.0, a 2MP front camera
• 1080p video recording
• Dual SIM (DC-HSDPA +), WiFi, Bluetooth, Micro USB, GPS
• Non-removable 2050mAh battery

With such a promising spec listed above, as well as the official tag of Rp. 2.099 million, of normal that many people wait for Zenfone 5. But what about the performance in real life? Let us discuss one by one the advantages and drawbacks as well as impressions using Asus ZenFone below.

Package Sales

• Warranty Card
• Usage Guide
• charger
• Micro USB Data Cable

Impression Design and Materials
Seen shortly, maybe people will not think the price of Asus ZenFone only $ 5. 2 million. The bottom of the front bezel has a circular pattern and lustrous metallic, elegant design makes Zenfone be. While the side and rear casing material is a plastic material with a matte finish, which is relatively more classy than plastic with a glossy finish.

Such material also makes the grip when holding quite well, compared to the slick glossy plastic fast if your hands are sweaty. But for the white color as we review, carefully, because more easily seen if there is dirt. 5 Zenfone quite ergonomic when held, because the back is curved. However, the width of the phone include a 5-inch device size, with a fairly thick bezel. It's not a big deal, considering Zenfone 5 is not mobile. Another disadvantage of the design Zenfone 5, are the volume keys and the lock / power rather harsh.

The plastic rear casing can be opened. Unfortunately, the battery is not removable, except that there are two slots for a micro SIM card (GSM) and Micro SD card slot on the right side above. The casing can be changed, as an alternative if you are bored with the color Zenfone you buy. Broadly speaking, both in terms of design and materials, both third Zenfone Series 4, 5 and 6 is the same. Inpirasinya is of the Asus Padfone which came out last year., Especially for the part circular pattern.

The screen is one of the main selling Asus ZenFone 5. How could I not, at a price of Rp. 2 million, you can screen mobile HD 5 inch size. The screen display also was not in vain. Using IPS LCD, the quality and screen quality is very good. 5 Zenfone screen quality as if mocking another phone screen with price Rp. 2 million. Thanks to the highest pixel density compared to other Zenfone (299 ppi), 5 Zenfone screen also looks pretty sharp. The color is bright and pleasing to the eye, but still natural and not over-saturated. Nice point of view, as well as the level of contrast and color quality black. In short, we can guarantee that the 720p HD screen belongs to Asus ZenFone 5 is the best for mobile phones with prices below Rp. 3 million. Moreover, still reinforced with Corning Gorilla Glass 3, to ensure the durability of the screen against scratches better.

If you are not satisfied with Zenfone screen, there is an application called Splendid, which allows you to adjust the color temperature (white balance) and a saturation on the screen as you want. Three points that can be changed is the Temperature (blue to yellow), Hue (reddish to greenish) and Saturation (the higher the color the stronger). Saturation current is converted to its lowest point, the screen becomes black and white. Splendid is not setting from the Settings menu, but a default application from Zenfone Series.

Interface and Input Text
With a field of 5-inch screen, of course Asus ZenFone 5 is a better choice than the mainstream Asus ZenFone 6. One reason is that the width is more than reasonable for the purposes of daily active users. But the fact of the width can still be maximized so that the size of the thinner bezel. Frankly using Zenfone 5 (or 5 inch screen mobile in general) are less convenient to use one hand. What if used for typing? Apparently typing one hand can still be done. Not as comfortable as the two hands, but the important thing is still to be done. Unfortunately there are no features that simplify typing one-handed like a keyboard or a keyboard split two smaller and placed on the edge. In addition, the text input feature Zenfone 5 fairly complete. There swipe functionality, and ease of use to increase vocabulary in the dictionary. Also of course the usual features such as Auto capitalization, punctuation auto, auto spacing, and so on. Fast setting for the input language, voice keypress, auto correction appears with a click for your convenience.

As a default interface, Asus equip Zenfone series with Zen UI. Asus made original interface has a design that has the characteristics of a fun and relaxed, with icons colorful and flat, according to trends available today. Overall the interface is beautiful and refreshing Asus relative to the size of the Android smartphone. In the area of the lockscreen, as usual there is the time and date information, as well as the schedule of the three major shortcuts, ie, camera, calls and SMS. While the Home Screen displays 4 columns for application icons, where you can pinch the screen to adjust the direction of the each page of the Home screen. On the Recent Apps menu there is no default task manager for the management of RAM on Asus ZenFone 6.

The main menu can display all apps, downloaded apps and frequently used applications. In addition, each application icons can be hidden or given in the form of a password security. While the notification bar look more comical, with the Quick Settings icons round. There are a total of 12 Quick Settings along with owner information here. Of the 12 on the icon, you can hide a few as you like. Quick Settings is quite helpful, but unfortunately look round and flat even looks a bit confusing for us, especially for a small icon in the top three, which is instant access to Settings, Settings Quick access to settings and access to view the notification.

Asus equip Zenfone series with features that are quite abundant. As Do It Later, File Manager, Setup Wizard, Splendid, Super Note and What's Next. But what about the performance Zenfone 5? As expected, even though it includes fluid and smooth, but sometimes there is a reasonable lag when using Zenfone 5 with many applications in the background. The camera is also a bit slow in storing photos. But it's all still within reasonable limits, the performance is even better than most smartphones Rp. 2 million.


Camera
Asus stress enough artificial PixelMaster their technological capabilities for the camera on the device Zenfone. Especially in the dark, Low Light Mode technology (specifically Zenfone 5 and 6) allowing 4 pixels are assembled into one pixel brighter. Impact, 5 Zenfone the 8MP resolution (3264x2448 pixels) is reduced to about 1,5MP only (1600x900 pixels, the aspect ratio was forced into 16: 9), but in dark conditions the camera catches claimed much brighter than the full resolution. In addition, to help shoot better in low-light conditions, even a large aperture lens, the f / 2.0. Of course all of them promising, does not it?

In addition to the owl logo mode, still others the Auto Mode, Time Rewind, HDR, Panorama, Night, selfie, Miniature, Depth of Field, Smart Remove, All Smiles, Beautifications and GIF Animation. Also there are various features such as setting the brightness, GPS, white balance, ISO, exposure and so on. There is no manual adjustment mode like on the Nokia Lumia or HTC, which lets you set the shutter speed and manual focus. In general, the use of cameras at 5 Zenfone quite simple and easy, with symbols that are easy to understand layman. You even guided by the camera, with the recommending suitable mode for the shooting conditions. Setting photos and videos into one, separated by a clear category. You can use the volume buttons as a shutter, or as a digital zoom.

The camera is less satisfactory if you expect a lot, but for almost all conditions Zenfone 5 camera is quite unreliable. Issued color somewhat over-saturated, but the level of white balance can be accepted. In the dark mode, low light mode is quite helpful, though of course the noise generated quite a lot. Unfortunately flash is too centered on the midpoint of the course, so to shooting mode with a close object distance image produced will be too over-exposed. It also occurs in Asus ZenFone 6. To see the original photo file, download from this link.

There are several modes that can be used to record video ie Auto, Low Light, Miniature and Time Lapse for video recording. The results of the video recording is not good, its bitrate is also very low, early 4000 kbps, resulting in a file of 31MB for 1 minute of video. The video was smooth and not broken, but less stable when you do the movement. For video recording, use crop sensor camera, so the video recordings did not use the entire width of the lens on Zenfone 5 (power capture while recording video is not as wide when taking photos).


Photo Gallery and Video Players
Asus combines gallery for photos and videos into one. You can see the photos by '' all photos '', events wall (grouping photos in some photo shoots at a period not much different), Albums (folders) and people. Of course you can combine your multiple accounts such as Asus WebStorage, Drive, Dropbook, Facebook, Flickr, Google+ and One Drive. Asus default Gallery can also use face detection, and make thumbnail photos with faces in the middle of the thumbnail. One interesting feature is that you can easily view detailed images / icons exif data with arrows pointing up. The details of focal lens, ISO levels, shutter speed and aperture openings directly visible.

As Zenfone 6, the video player on Zenfone 5 somewhat less than the maximum. Only video mp4 and mkv are rotated (with 1080p resolution), while for the format wmv, avi and mov illegible. Likewise with .srt subtitle format. Whereas with a nice big screen, use Zenfone 6 to watch HD movies would have been nice. But in fact the solution is easy, simply install a third-party video player app like MX Player, Mobo and so on.

Music Players
Like his brother, Zenfone 6, the music player on Zenfone 6 predominantly bright green color. Songs that there can be grouped by Albums, Artists, Songs, Genres, Composer and Folders. There are no sound effects and equalizer settings at all on Zenfone. But there Music mode of Asus SonicMaster technology. Existing modes include Power Saving Mode, Music Mode, Movie Mode, Recording Mode, gaming mode and Speech Mode. Voice output via the loudspeaker loud and clear, but looking like a smartphone, dominated by treble.


Connectivity

• Dual SIM, 3G DC-HSDPA +
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n
• Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP
• Micro USB
• Micro SD
• 3.5mm audio jack

Web Browser
Asus ZenFone 5 using Google Chrome as the engine cyberspace explorers. The white color on the screen is nice and natural make relatively comfortable browsing. Performance when opening the desktop version of the website with a lot of content is fast and smooth, but when it's a lot of tabs, of the performance would be reduced. There are some standard features such as Incognito, Share, Find, and arrangements of standards such as privacy, accessibility, content and others.


Benchmark results

• Antutu: 19 459 points
• Quadrant Standard: 9123 points
• Nenamark 2: 60.3 fps
• Epic Citadel: 59.9 fps
• Multitouch Tester: up to 10 touch
• HTML5test.com: 465 out of 555 points

Battery Life

• Test Review and Screenshot: Within 178 minutes (2 hours 58 minutes) of the battery is reduced 54 percent
• Watch the HD video test: Within 2 hours / 120 minutes of battery was reduced from 42 percent to 10 percent

* condition screen brightness level of 50 percent, an active internet via WiFi, SIM card is not active, 1 piece active email account. Watch the video using a headset, a full volume


Conclusion
Zenfone series seemed destined to warn other vendors, that the good can be obtained with a relatively affordable price. Zenfone Zenfone 5 is the most popular series, because it is not like his brother's greatness and smallness, in other words the most fit in the hand and in the pocket. In the event that any performance Zenfone 5 does not disappoint. Of the few things still to be repaired by Asus, like a flash on the camera, and a few bugs that appear. Zenfone 5 will make the initial phone competition in the price range of Rp. 2 million will be hot, especially with the two competitors who will also be present such as the Motorola Moto G and Xiaomi Redmi. For major vendors such as Samsung, Sony, LG and HTC, I'm sorry, until now there is no comparable product with Zenfone them 5 at an initial price range of Rp. 2 million. Unfortunately the distribution Zenfone 5 stalled and delayed, Asus is expected to still be able to maintain consumer confidence in the affairs of this one.

excess

• Performance okay with Intel processors
• Screen HD high quality
• Micro SD slot
• The design, materials and finishing relatively okay for class
• Low Light mode on the camera
• dual SIM

shortage

• The battery is not removable
• Battery life is less than satisfactory
• LED lights flash on the camera is not good