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Asus ZenFone Max Pro (M1) Review

Score: 73.1 / 100

Asus ZenFone Max Pro (M1) is a very high quality Android phone launched in May 2018, having a large 6-inches screen, an extremely powerful 1800 MHz Octa-Core processor, a 13 mega-pixels back-facing camera and an 8 megapixels front camera.

Asus did a very nice optimization job making this phone weight just 6.35 ounces. This phone body design is a combination of Aluminum and Plastic . The Asus ZenFone Max Pro (M1) has a wonderful design, with a thickness of just 0.33". The Asus ZenFone Max Pro (M1) is only 6.26" long and 2.99 inches wide, but it is still able to fit a a 6" screen. The Asus ZenFone Max Pro (M1) is available in 2 colors, black and silver.

Asus decided to power this phone with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 SDM636 system chip, including a very fast 1.8 GHz Octa-Core processing unit with a great 4 GB of RAM. This device comes with a impressive 64 GB internal storage and a slot for an external memory card, which allows you to store hundreds of apps without worrying about how much memory is left.

Asus designed this phone with a high-tech 6-inches display, and a resolution of 1080 x 2160 , making everything look brightful and colorful.

This phone is equipped with two cameras, a 13 mega-pixels back camera and an 8 MP front side camera. This cellphone also captures videos in 3840x2160 (4K) at 24 frames per second, and Full HD 1920x1080 slow motion videos at 60 fps (2 times slower than normal videos).

This phone provides wifi connectivity (which it can provide to other devices around, acting as a mobile hotspot), LTE (4G) fast internet connection and also HSPA+ internet connection, that is a lower speed 4G type and fast 3G internet connection, over HSDPA and HSUPA technologies. This phone uses 2 Nano SIM cards so it can to work with two different phone numbers at the same time.

This phone also includes many useful characteristics as Fingerprint ID, Biometric facial recognition, Bluetooth (5.0 ), GPS Navigation and Radio, and plenty of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Compass.

This phone features amassive 5000 mAh Li - Polymer non-removable battery providing this phone a great battery duration. An issue to take into consideration is that this cellphone's battery is not removable so you can't throw it away and buy a new one when it starts losing capacity, while with so much capacity you will probably buy a new phone before that happens.

Asus sells the Asus ZenFone Max Pro (M1) for 200 dollars, which is not so cheap for a cellphone this level. The Asus ZenFone Max Pro (M1) is probably the right one for you no matter if you are looking for a phone for playing games, want this phone to take lots of photos, want a work cellphone or want this phone majorly for internet broswing and social networks. The Asus ZenFone Max Pro (M1) is packed with Micro-USB cable, Documentation (user guide, USB power adapter, warranty card) , Ejector pin (SIM tray needle) and Max-Box.



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Specifications

Device Type:Phone
Brand:Asus
Operating System (OS):Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo
Also Known As:Asus ZB601KL
Dimensions:6.26 x 2.99 x 0.33 inchesMetric15.9 x 7.59 x 0.84 cmImperial
Weight:6.35 ouncesMetric180.02 gImperial
Colors:Black and Silver
Materials:Aluminum and Plastic
Scratch Resistant Glass:Yes
Accessories:Documentation (user guide, Ejector pin (SIM tray needle), Max-Box, Micro-USB cable, USB power adapter, warranty card)
Release date:2018-05-03
Price:$ 200.00

Display

Screen Type:IPS LCD
Size:6 inchesMetric15.2 cmImperial
Resolution:2160 x 1080 pixels
Pixel density:402 pixels per inchMetric158.27 pixels per cmImperial
Brightness:450 cd/m2
Touch screen:No

Hardware

Chipset:Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 SDM636
Processor:Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz)
RAM Memory:4 GB
Graphics Processor:Adreno 509
Internal Memory:64 GB
SD Card Slot:microSDXC (up to 1,95 TB)

Battery

Battery type:Li - Polymer
Removable:No
Capacity:5000 mAh

Camera

Back camera:13 megapixels
    Aperture:f/2.20
    Focal length:25mm (35mm equivalence)
Front camera:8 megapixels
Max video resolution:3840 x 2160 (24 fps) (4K)
Max slow motion video:1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD)

Networks

Wi-Fi:Yes
    Mobile Hotspot:Yes
SIM Card Type:Nano SIM
Dual SIM:Yes
LTE (4G) Bands:1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800 DD), 40(2300)
UMTS Bands:Bands 5(850), 8(900), 1(2100)
Technologies:LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA

Other Features

Bluetooth:Version 5.0
GPS:Yes
Fingerprint ID:Yes
Face Unlock:Yes
Radio:FM Radio
Sensors:Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor