Jun 08, 2015 12:17 PM
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After three long years of my Samsung Galaxy S3 usage I had to change my SmartPhone as my S3 stopped working. I was looking for a phone ranging between 18, 000 - 20, 000 and Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML 32GB Model and One Plus One were in my final comparison list.
I was more attracted to the World's First 4GB RAM SmartPhone Model as this was 1st time in the history of SmartPhone Technology any Phone maker successfully created a SmartPhone with this much amount of RAM in it. On the other hand One Plus One gives 64GB Storage Option with Cyanogen/Oxygen OS with unlimited customization options.
Finally, I choose Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML 32GB Model over One Plus One and ordered from Flipkart.com with 10% Discount at 17, 999/-. It's been 2 weeks I'm using this phone and I can surely say the right decision was made on buying this SmartPhone.
I haven't noticed any issues as of now except these ones.few people may notice the Camera Quality of this phone is not upto the mark. but I would suggest them to wait for some time and then comment. It's for sure that this phone's camera hardware is same as Zenfone 6 or bit better, so it's a matter of time when Asus releases its OTA Update to fix the camera issue.
Other than Camera, heating would be the another issue which is due to Quick Charging(Charges 60% in less than 40mins.) which is acceptable when you are getting such an awesome and time saving feature.
The rest of the features and just amazing as below:
5.5" Full HD Screen 1080 x 1920 pixels(~403 ppi pixel density)
Intel Atom Z3580 Quad-core 2.3 GHz
4 GB RAM
3 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED(dual tone) flash
ZenUI - Double Tap to On and Off Screen
Latest Android OS - Lollipop 5.0
3000 mAh Battery - Enough for a day average usage.
In last two weeks I have received 3 OTA Firmware Updates which clearly state that Asus Development Team is working very Hard to make this device more and more and more stable day by day, so 10 on 10 to the Asus Developers.
I'm not a hardcore gamer actually I don't like playing games in Smart Phone but just to check its performance I downloaded and installed couple of High-end games and I noticed I can play 3-4 high-end games simultaneously without killing their processes. All because of 4GB RAM.
I noticed ZenUI bit fancy although it has huge customization features but it doesn't give Vanilla Android Look, so I downloaded my most favorite Nova Launcher which runs amazingly fast on this device without any lag. Actually I forgot what does'Lag' mean after using this Smart Phone - just kidding. This SmartPhone is super snappy and has rock solid Operating System.
About the Battery, It fantastically lasts more than a day on average use and also charges 60% less than a 40mins. It has inbuilt Power Saver Mode which works perfectly to keep the cell phone charged more than a day.
Design - while doing research on this model I found this model won the IF Design Award which I completely ignored before ordering this phone, but when I actually got a chance to handle this phone it feels very handy and nice and quite comfortable to hold in-spite to the big sized 5.5" screen. I also noticed this phone's body is almost similar to Zenfone 6 which has 5" display, so it actually means Asus managed to fit 5.5" Screen Size display in 5" Screen Size Phone Body which resulted to increase in Screen to Body ratio to 74%.
I would recommend this phone over 64GB Model as you can buy a 32GB Class 10 Memory Card in a less than Rs. 1000 and use it with this phone as it also has Memory expansion Slot and that supports upto 64GB Memory Card.
In case you have convinced with this review and finally decided to buy this model then do remember to Update you Asus Zenfone 2 with all OTA Updates before installing anything on it. Once you are done with update then do a Factory Reset and then start using as a daily driver. I have done the same and have not experienced a single'Force Close' issue with any of the installed applications.
