Hardly a day passes when we hear the launch of a new smartphone or smartphones either by a Chinese company or an Indian company, although both are made in China, with litttle bit tweaks here and there and with new model name and number. In such a scenario, the budget customer gets confused what to buy when so many products are available in the market, which appear quite impressive as far as specifications are concerned. If you are planning to buy a new smartphone then you must take care of few points which are whether the considered device fulfills all your requirements and it really delivers what it vouches for.
To elucidate above concern of a prospective buyer, I would like to share my personal experience. Being in this field of technical journalism, we get chances to see many smartphones being launched almsot everyday. We have the opportunity to see many smartphones first hand at the launch events and use them for few minutes to see their working. Here, we are focussing our attention on those smartphones, which are sub Rs. 10,000 category. We have seen that majority of the phones in this category are being manufactured in China and are being marketed by different companies in different series and with different tweaks. Majority of these phones come in plastic body and show you moon, but most of them unfortunately do not perform to the desired level.
On the other hand, Asus of Taiwan has better solution for you in this segment. Their Asus Zenfone 5 is made of good plastic with tinkling of metal in the body. The power button and volume rocker on the right side of of the smartphone have a touch of the metallic design. In the front, there is a metallic strip featuring concentric semi-circles just below the screen, which is also the feature of Asus ZenBook laptops. This small strip enhances somewhat the design of the phone, which otherwise is quite simple.
The Asus Zenfone 5 also has a respectable CPU running the device. It is driven by an Intel Atom Z2560 processor, which is a dual-core 1.6GHz CPU. Despite an Intel processor, the phone works without any glitch; the apps runs fast and switching of apps is quite fast. The web browsing is quite commendable and the battery of this smartphone is also powerful. You can send emails, browse social media, send messages, make phone calls, play games and watch videos on the go and your work will not be interrupted for want of juice in the battery. It can last for a whole day for such type of work.
Courtesy its 5 inch inch screen and HD resolution, it is enjoyable to play games of your choice and watch HD videos. This device can handle also high-powered games with minor glitches, but that is passable and will not ruin your gaimg experience. One must not forget that this is not a high-end device and still works like such in majority of functions.
Asus Zenfone 5 is equipped with other pretty-good hardware features such as 2 GB RAM and 16GB internal storage, which can be further expanded up-to 64 GB via microSD card support. This type of storage is quite sufficient for loading majority of required apps, downloading and other useful day to day work. For connectivity, this phone offers options such as 2G, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and microUSB 2.0. The Asus ZenFone 5 is Dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) smartphone and supports Micro-SIM. You can use this device both for your personal and official use.
The other significant function, which Zenfone 5 performs quite well is its imaging capabilites. For this, you may refer to our other article http://www.techvorm.com/can-capture-brighter-sharp-images-asus-zenfone-5-myasuszenfone/
With Zenfone 5 (#MyAsusZenFone), you will have a feeling of proud owner and this device is good value for money unlike many other low-cost brands which are good on paper but not in actual use.
