Asus Zenfone 5Z Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Asus Zenfone 5Z - controversial flagship

The company Asus is able to create high-quality, balanced smartphones, as we have already seen many times. However, the failure models in its history are. To consolidate success in the international market after not selling the fourth generation of the Zenfon line, the developer needs to release a flagship phone that can compete with modern leaders in all respects. Unfortunately, the hero of today's review is not so close to the ideal, as we would like.

The appearance of the novelty is good, but it lacks originality. The design of the front panel and the dual camera in the style of the iPhone X has already palled the audience, but here comes the help of the frameless 6.2-inch OGS-display , which occupies almost 90% of the surface, a fingerprint scanner and a small thickness of an attractive glass case. The last fact makes the device much more fragile, but what can not you go for the sake of beauty. The screen is bright, contrasting, has outstanding detail due to the resolution of 2246x1080 pixels . Curved glass is covered with a high-quality oleophobic coating.

The Snapdragon 845 top processor together with 6GB / 8GB RAM and video accelerator Adreno 630 brilliantly launches all resource-demanding games. The productivity of the bundle will be enough for the next five years, gamers definitely should pay attention to the phablet. 64 / 128GB ROM is allocated for storing applications, music and movies. To ensure the adequacy of memory, the manufacturer also installed a MicroSD-slot for cards up to 256GB.

The basic 12-megapixel modules Sony IMX363 are good at their duties, but they are far from the best cameraphones. Especially the lag is noticeable with the deterioration of lighting conditions. 8-megapixel "frontalka" is also not perfect, but to get a clear, detailed selfie more than possible. Somewhat summed up the autonomy. A modest 3300mAh battery thanks to the optimization of Android Oreo guarantees about six hours of active screen time, which is not always enough until the evening. NFC, LTE, OTG, USB Type-C are quite good additions to the list of gadget's advantages, but they are also characterized by rivals. Thus, we get a powerful, beautiful, but not the most long-lasting device, the price of which is also not impressive.