If you have been reading my blogs I am sure you would know that I possess and use both Asus Zenphone 5 and Zenphone 6. I attended the Asus Zen launch last year and have been using both these smartphones since then. If I had to compare them with phones in a specific range and the newer ones launched by Samsung, LG, and HTC, I would say I quite like both of them for different reasons. 13 Megapixel camera (Zenmaster) is my favorite about Zenphone 6 and most of the pictures used on this website have been shot from it. The pixelmaster captures colors amazingly well and I am a great fan of it. My life as a blogger requires me to click a lot of pictures around me and I love rolling the camera every now and then. Its not feasible to carry the DSLR everywhere but a smartphone comes very handy whether you are eating out, roaming around with friends or attending an event. Above all, social sharing of pictures can also be done very conveniently through smartphones.
ZenFone 2 Deluxe
New ASUS smartphone
Asus Deluxe with the Zenpower pack (battery bank) was sent home for review and here is my account of using both of them. A new phone means many things from an user’s eye view and I would love to talk about it all- looks, feel, touch, themes, battery performance, charging, camera, accessories, overall experience and the additional offerings.
As I un-boxed it, the first thing that got my instant attention is its new back look with multi-faceted texture with uncountable polygons. I have always missed the metal finish about Asus but this one looked appealing. In illusion white, the crystals and the cuts looked amazing. It looked like a new accessory in my jewelry box. The grip felt easier and comfortable and the phone felt lighter to me. I was all excited to explore the new and powerful.
ZenFone 2 Deluxe is home!
Soon I was on my job, reading the specifications and navigating the touchscreen to check out for more. Some of the noticeable attributes are as below:
- Built-in 4G/LTE— This was much needed. Both Zenphone 5 and 6 have been lagging on this.
- Dual sim mode has always been there in Asus phones but Android 5.0 Lollipop is a nice experience.
- Since I use a 13 Megapixel camera already, I was excited about the 5MP front-facing camera with PixelMaster technology.
- The power button is on the top felt more convenient to me.
- To unlock one does not need to slide left to right but a slight slide from’top to bottom’
- 72% screen-to-body ratio makes for a large screen. I like everything bit and better on my phone.
- This new one is powered by Intel Atom Z3580 processor which is dual core hyper threaded part standing strong with 4GB RAM.
- There are nice themes and I was quick to use the pink one for myself.
- Grouping of Applications is a great idea. So you can see in the picture below, all the procutivity applications are present in one bundle. This way there is Apps4U, Tools, Personalization etc.
Amritsar Road trip using the Asus Deluxe
Last weekend I did a road trip to Amritsar and that was a perfect time to experiment with the new phone. I wanted to check if it really captured warm skin tones and accurate colors as claimed in the reviews of the phone. As a lifestyle blogger, I can’t let go the habit of clicking pictures from all angles and at all times of the day. Its hard to let anything escape the eye and I love bringing back the memories. This time I had a new phone and I explored all its modes and options in the day and night. Selfie is not my cup of tea and thus rear camera matters the most to me. All these pictures below have been taken from the 13 megapixel camera of the Zenphone deluxe.
I felt the touch focus and the face detection is definitely better with this one. I must mention that all these pictures are unfiltered and unedited. I was quite satisfied with the captures taken in the day. Even the night photography done at the Golden Temple is impressive. My friends were using different phone and at the end of the day when we compared the pictures, I had the best pictures of the Gurudwara and more.
10 Pictures from the Amritsar Trip that have been randomly captured by ZenFone 2 Deluxe
Back from the trip, I really had some great pictures in my kitty. The phone is available here.
As far as the power bank is considered, I tested it with my new Moto E smartphone.
The power bank is very light weight and it charges super fast. And with 10050 mAh, it seems it never goes dry. In the offered price range this one seems to be a good option if you are planning to buy one.
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Loving the Zenfone totally by it review you wrote. I’m in search of a new phone too I’ll try this.
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These phones have really changed the life of travellers. During most of the recent trips, I heavily used my mobile phone to click photographs. It definitely makes your travel light. I still carry my DSLR to all my trips but many times it’s convenient to use phone camera. And don’t know if you noticed, at times, photographs clicked with mobile phones look better in cloudy conditions (please note, I am talking about unprocessed photographs).
Lovely post !
Zenfone series rocks! camera experience is awesome with Zenfones 🙂
Absolutely love the ASUS Deluxe 2 ! The phone is amazing ! I too love the camera feature of ASUS phones ! Amazing pictures btw ! I think ASUS captures pictures which are way better than camera clicked pics!
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