Asus ZenFone 5 is a mid-end Android phone released back in 2014, packed with a good size 5 inches capacitive touch-screen, an extremely fast 2 GHz Dual-Core CPU, and 2 cameras, an 8 mega-pixels back facing camera and a 2 megapixels front facing camera.
This cellphone is offerred in a variety of colors: black, purple, red, white and gold. Asus made an amazing design job making this phone as lightweight as 5.11 ounces. The Asus ZenFone 5 is just 5.83" long, but it manages to hold a 5" display. This phone's thickness of 0.41" is a little far from nowadays standards, but it still feels quite right in the hand.
Asus designed the Asus ZenFone 5 with a very good 5" screen, and a 1280 x 720 (HD) resolution, making everything look very good. This screen uses IPS LCD capacitive technology, and is multi-touch enabled.
This cellphone is equipped with an exceptional 2 gigahertz Dual-Core CPU, included in a Intel Atom Z2580 chip with a large 2 GB of RAM. A nice point of this phone is its quite large 8 GB internal memory and a slot for SD memory cards, allowing the user to store a couple hundred applications and games without worrying about space.
This cellphone is equipped with two cameras, an 8 megapixels back camera and a 2 MP front side camera. This cellphone also films videos in Full HD 1920x1080. In addition, the camera features a couple of interesting features like auto-focus, flash, digital image stabilization and geo tagging.
This cellphone packs a big 2110 mAh Li-Polymer removable battery that provides this cellphone an average battery life.
This cellphone features wi-fi capability (although it can't be provided to other devices around, as a mobile mobile hotspot), 4G HSPA+ connectivity, that is not as fast as LTE-A or LTE 4G networks and the fastest 3G connection type, supported by HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS and EDGE technologies. This phone works with a Micro SIM card for GSM carriers.
The Asus ZenFone 5 also comes with some useful features like Bluetooth (4.0, EDR) and GPS, and plenty of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer and Compass.
Asus sells this phone for 89 dollars, which is a quite high price for this kind of device. The Asus ZenFone 5 is definitely the right choice for you no matter if you are looking for a cellphone to play tons of games, want a phone for work or are looking for a social cellphone.
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Specifications
| Device Type: | Phone |
| Brand: | Asus |
| Operating System (OS): | Android 4.4, 4.3 |
| Variant: | 8 GB See other variants reviews |
| Dimensions: | 5.83 x 2.87 x 0.41 inchesMetric14.81 x 7.29 x 1.04 cmImperial |
| Weight: | 5.11 ouncesMetric144.87 gImperial |
| Colors: | Black, Gold, Purple, Red and White |
| Scratch Resistant Glass: | Yes |
| Release date: | 2014-01-06 |
| Price: | $ 89.00 |
Display | |
| Screen Type: | IPS LCD |
| Size: | 5 inchesMetric12.7 cmImperial |
| Resolution: | 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) |
| Pixel density: | 294 pixels per inchMetric115.75 pixels per cmImperial |
| Touch screen: | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
Hardware | |
| Chipset: | Intel Atom Z2580 |
| Processor: | Saltwell (Dual-Core 2000 MHz) |
| RAM Memory: | 2 GB (533 MHz) |
| Graphics Processor: | PowerVR SGX 544MP2 |
| Internal Memory: | 8 GB |
| SD Card Slot: | microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) |
Battery | |
| Battery type: | Li-Polymer |
| Removable: | Yes |
| Capacity: | 2110 mAh |
Camera | |
| Back camera: | 8 megapixels |
| Aperture: | f/2.00 |
| Flash: | Yes |
| Front camera: | 2 megapixels |
| Max video resolution: | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
| Camera features: | Auto-Focus, Digital Image Stabilization and Geo Tagging |
Networks | |
| Wi-Fi: | Yes |
| SIM Card Type: | Micro SIM |
| UMTS Bands: | 850, 900, 1900, 2100 |
| GSM Bands: | 850, 900, 1800, 1900 |
| Technologies: | HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM |
Other Features | |
| Bluetooth: | Version 4.0, EDR |
| GPS: | Yes |
| Sensors: | Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |