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Specifications
- 6.2 inch IPS LCD screen with 2246 x 1080p FHD + resolution protected by Corning Gorilla Glbad (unspecified version) with 404 ppi.
- Dimensions: 153 x 75.7 x 7.9 mm
- Octa-core chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 (4 x 2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold, 4 x 1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) with Adreno 630 GPU .
- 6GB LPDDR4x RAM and 64GB UFS 2.1 Flash Memory [19659005] Hybrid SIM / SD card slot (up to 512GB). Two nano-SIM cards or a SIM card and a micro SD card
- Android 8.0 Oreo with a personalized user interface Zen UI
- 12 MP RGB with an opening f / 1.8 (24mm, 1 / 2.55 ", 1.4 μm PDAF (primary)
- 8 MP wide angle sensor with f / 2.0 (12mm, 1/4 ", 1.12μm without PDAF (secondary)
- 8 MP with f / 2.0 aperture (24mm, 1/4", 1.12 μm) (selfie)
- Fingerprint Sensor and Unlocking Face
- 3.5mm Headphone Jack and Active Noise Suppression with Dedicated Microphone
- 4G VoLTE with HSPA 42.2 / 5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac, NFC, Bluetooth 5.0, USB Type C (2.0)
- Battery 3300 mAh with fast charging [19659015] Design ” title=”” clbad=”sliderImg image_listical”/>
Design
The Asus ZenFone 5z is a flagship smartphone and smartphone design is the same: a glbad-metal-glbad sandwich sandwich made of aerospace aluminum and an undisclosed version of the prote Corning Gorilla Glbad with 2.5D finish. the back, t The smartphone has a concentric pattern, which changes with the light and looks beautiful. As the smartphone has glbad on both sides, it is prone to cracks and so the company has also included a soft silicone case in the retail package. The ZenFone 5z is a fingerprint magnet and you can use the free silicone case to protect the smartphone from it.
In terms of ports and buttons, the ZenFone 5z features two vertical cameras at the back with a single LED flash with a color temperature sensor sandwiched into a single circle. The smartphone has three microphones. And the 3.5mm headphone jack and USB Type C ports are placed in the bottom of the smartphone. The power button and the volume button are on the right corner and finally, the dual SIM card slot is on the left of the smartphone.
This latest smartphone from Asus has a dual camera vertical configuration and a fingerprint sensor on the back, which is easily accessible. The smartphone also has a small Asus logo on the screen.
Display
The Asus ZenFone 5z uses a 6.2 inch IPS LCD screen with an image size of 19: 9. The phone has a "notch", which houses the earpiece, selfie camera face to face and a couple of sensors. The notch can be disabled from the settings, but it will not make much difference in the battery life since the smartphone has an LCD screen.
The ZenFone 5z has one of the best LCD IPS screens we've seen on any smartphone. which is no less than an OLED display. It can offer a maximum brightness of 500 lumens. In reality, the smartphone has a screen that is visible even in the sunlight and it can also become very dim at night. In addition, the smartphone has a Blue Light filter, which reduces the pressure on the eyes by changing the color temperature of the display.
The ZenFone 5z screen offers a 100% DCI-P3 color gamut more vivid and punchy colors. In addition, the display on the ZenFone 5z also supports HDR (on YouTube, Amazon Prime, NetFlix, etc.) to deliver realistic images with stunning detail and stunning graphics. Note that the Asus ZenFone 5z is the most affordable smartphone that offers an HDR display.
The smartphone has a color temperature sensor at the back that runs parallel to the AI to provide an ambient color profile and brightness dependent on external factors. The display becomes brighter in outdoor conditions and it also offers cooler colors in low light with ambient brightness. It works pretty well and the phone goes from one setting to the other in just a few seconds.
We thoroughly enjoyed the games and videos on the Asus ZenFone 5z. As all apps and videos are not compatible with the 19: 9 slot design, there was a gap (around the notch) using most games and videos, which made us a little weird. However, games and apps like Asphalt 9 Legend and Google Maps have used the full display to deliver an immersive user experience. Overall, the Asus ZenFone 5z has an excellent screen for multimedia consumption.
Sound
The majority of smartphone manufacturers are trying to neglect this feature and the Asus ZenFone 5z scores points on the same. Although it is a flagship smartphone priced aggressively, the company has included high quality in-ear headphones, which sounds amazing and the DTS Headphone X feature will help you change your sound profile.
The Asus ZenFone 5z has a 5-speaker magnetic configuration and also supports stereo sound, where the earpiece acts as a secondary speaker. The ZenFone 5z is one of the best smartphones, which offers impressive sound quality without distortion, even at 100% volume. This same functionality will also enhance the gaming experience on the smartphone, as the sound is directly launched to the user. There is a dedicated external mode, which increases the volume of the two speakers to compensate for external sound factors.
Camera
The Asus ZenFone 5z features a dual camera configuration with a 12 MP sensor and an 8 MP sensor. The 12 MP sensor can take beautiful pictures in almost any condition. Whether it is a dim or even artificial light, the phone takes great pictures using the main camera. Features such as 1080p slow motion and 4K video recording at 60 fps are the icing on the cake.
The Zen UI camera offers a wealth of options and supports automatic HDR function. The smartphone lacks physical image stabilization (OIS) and the EIS does a good job at stabilizing images even in 4K videos taken at 60 frames per second. The shutter takes less than a split second to click on an image and the AI will detect scenes like nature, food, animals to improve the image, which also works good for most. Even when the image is enlarged, the details are pretty crisp, which is taken from the main camera.
The portrait mode is obtained using software and it is either hit or miss situation. Sometimes the phone takes very good pictures with the background blurred. However, the edge detection sometimes seems very artificial, making these images unusable.
Wide angle lens
However, the same can not be said of the 8 megapixel wide angle camera (secondary rear camera). As its name indicates, it's a wide-angle camera, which can capture a larger image. However, the video recording on the wide angle lens is limited to 1080p and the pictures lack detail and look soft.
Selfie camera
The selfie camera 8 MP can record 1080p video and supports portrait mode. Compared to the main camera, the selfie camera takes better portrait photos and AI beauty mode enhances selfies.
Performance
The smartphone has high-end technical features and functions as a charm to specific tasks. The device is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset, Qualcomm's most powerful mobile processor coupled with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. Unlike most flagship smartphones, the ZenFone 5z supports storage expansion via a micro SD card slot up to 500GB.
Even in terms of synthetic benchmarks, the smartphone is in ahead of the game and offer only the best. Tests like Geekbench 4 and AnTuTu are just one representation of the power of the Asus ZenFone 5z
Geekbench Benchmark 4
On Geekbench Benchmark 4, the device scores 2457 points on a single core and 8757 points on the multi-core benchmark. If a device can score more than 2,000 points on Geekbench, the device will support the most CPU-intensive tasks. In fact, the ZenFone 5z scored more than the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, which costs twice as much as the ZenFone 5z
AnTuTu
On the AnTuTu benchmark, smartphones get 268721 points and are at top List of 10 smartphones At all tasks, the smartphone can offer an impressive performance at any time.
Use in the Real World
In our review, we had 20 applications open in the background and none of these apps were reloaded when we selected them in the recent tray, this which is a good sign in terms of memory management. The ZenFone 5z also offers battery mode and users can choose between different settings to choose their needs.
Applications load faster and the smartphone can handle any game or application. Even when we tried out games like Asphalt 9 Legends, PUB-G, and Clash of Clans, the device offered an impressive performance on all these games and there was no frame loss or slowness
19659003] The Asus ZenFone 5z runs on Android 8.0 Oreo (not the latest Android 8.1 Oreo) with Zen UI 5 at the top. Considering this as a flagship smartphone, the company could have offered Android 8.1 Oreo out of the box which has several advantages.
The Zen UI, like most third-party interfaces, has its own style in the application bar, notification panel and the settings menu. It offers support for themes and there is also a larger theme library. Compared to the previous iteration of Zen UI, this version seems a little cleaner. However, it is far from the Android stock. Apps like Facebook can not be uninstalled and the smartphone also offers a bunch of Asus apps.
Although we can hide the notch, the space on either side of the notch is unused in most applications even though the extended display has been turned on . The support of gestures like the double touch to wake up and the other gestures work well for most.
The company has promised to update the Asus ZenFone 5z to Android P in the future. As Android P offers native support for notch display, the overall experience of the software can be high on Android P.
Battery
The smartphone has a battery 3300 mAh sealed Li-Ion with USB Type C for charging and data synchronization. The smartphone supports fast charging and the company has included a fast charger of 18W in the retail box, which can charge the Asus ZenFone 5z in less than 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Coming to use the battery, the smartphone can offer more screen from 6 o'clock to the hour on a single charge. The device can last a full working day on a single charge without any problem. The battery also comes with AI modes, where the smartphone will reduce the performance of the device to offer extra hours of screen and it works fine.
Overall, the smartphone has a good battery life and the fast charger charge the device from 0 to 50% in less than 45 minutes using the proprietary charger from the company.
Connectivity and Call
It offers all modern connectivity options like support for 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz Wi-Fi, NFC and Bluetooth 5.0 bands. The smartphone also supports Bluetooth Apt: X which offers high quality sound via Bluetooth devices.
The Asus ZenFone 5z provides incredible call clarity even in congested areas because the smartphone is equipped with an active noise canceling microphone. ambient noise (outside). Smartphones support dual VoLTE (we can use two SIM cards compatible with 4G LTE and VoLTE on both slots.)
Arrived at the network reception, the smartphone has a very good network connectivity. loss there are few network antennas
What is missing?
Like all other smartphones, the Asus ZenFone 5z is not a perfect smartphone because it lacks some major features. like Asus to include these features on the successor of the Asus ZenFone 5z
- Although the smartphone has a glbad bottom, the smartphone does not support wireless charging .
- damaged when there is contact with water.
- The high-resolution wide-angle lens will do justice to the concept of wide-angle shots
- The flash for the frontal selfie camera is missing
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Verdict
Even with these flaws, the Asus ZenFone 5z is still one of the best flagship smartphones that one can buy in India. Especially, if someone is looking for a multimedia smartphone, then the ZenFone 5z ticks almost every box. It has an excellent display with HDR support, stereo speakers, a great camera and a headphone jack. In addition, the phone also has a support for micro SD card, which is missing in the competition.
If you have a budget of about 30,000 Rs, then the Asus ZenFone 5z is a stellar smartphone that is currently available in the market.
