ASUS Zenfone 2

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ASUS is a company with a tradition of making tablets, smartphones not mandatory. By Zenfone series last year, Taiwanese giant attempted to perform hybrid between Android tablets and the Padfone and Fonepad ranges, devices that have failed to find a concrete identity in the market. Zenfone 2 is the second generation of Android 100% from Asus, the company are trying to prove that cheap phones can be powerful and handsome, despite competing offer.

 

 

Details, construction, design, ergonomics

 

Zenfone 2 manages to keep most elements of design of the previous generation. The front is constructed largely from a large piece of glass from Corning Gorilla 3 covering the display and illuminated houses three capacitive buttons, speaker and camera calls the front. At the bottom was kept a piece of plastic with a radial texture, which reminds Related Series notebook, Zenbook.

 

The back of the device has a slightly rounded, not very different from what we find on competing terminals HTC One and LG G3. This means that Zenfone 2 is thicker in the middle than at the edges, providing an ergonomic shape, very pleasant to use. The phone adapts to the user's hand practical, offering a comfortable experience in most situations. The back is covered by a plastic cover which is painted entirely in brushed metal model.

 

Zenfone 2: Volume buttons are located behind the phone

 

The top of the lid are some very important elements smartphone. The highest place is dual-LED flash tones, camera, centrally placed, and below it a button with two contacts used to up or down the volume of the sound. At the bottom is a grid intended main speaker. Although it covers almost the entire width of the phone, there is a single mono speaker on the left, the rest of the grid is covered with adhesive tape factory.

 

Since the volume buttons have been moved on the back, sides not include distinctive elements. At the top we find but audio jack for connecting stereo headphones, microphone, secondary and Power button located on the center. Positioning the controller is at least strange, since we are talking about a device large screen of 5.5 ", which does not encourage pushing the top, especially when used with one hand. No button is very slim that does not help, by far the biggest drawback of the phone in terms of design. At the bottom is centrally located micro-USB port used for charging and data transfer and the main microphone, facing left.

 

 

Despite the plastic back is removable, ASUS chose to carry a smartphone with integrated battery that can not be replaced without disassembly. Once you remove the cover, the battery is visible but inaccessible. Above they are two places for micro SIM card and microSD card abode. The cap is integrated NFC module, which comes integrated way in official accessories ASUS products.

 

Despite the fact that ASUS has opted for a housing entirely made of plastic, Zenfone 2 do not provide the feeling of a cheap smartphone. Perhaps the closest comparison is within G3 model from LG in terms of quality of construction and the design. To target price segment, the Taiwanese company has achieved objectives, providing a flagship smartphone in 2014 compared to the outside and with performance equivalent to the price of mid-range 2015.