Although released in 2015, the Asus Zenfone Zoom still goes strong. It features a 5.5-inch display with a resolution of 1080 x 1920. At the price, I would say that the display is totally worth it. It is also protected using Corning Gorilla Glass 3 so you won’t get those ugly scratches. The Asus Zenfone Zoom price in Kenya starts from Kshs 20,000.
The Asus Zenfone Zoom measures 158.9 x 78.8 x 12 mm and weighs 185 grams. I would consider it a little bit too heavy for my liking. However, since it is 5.5 inch, you can elect to overlook that. The rear camera is 13MP and has various features such as autofocus, geotagging and smile detection. You will find these features really helpful especially if you love taking photographs.
Asus Zenfone Zoom runs on Intel Atom Quad Core 2.3 Ghz and has a RAM od 2GB. Therefore, you get high end performance in this smartphone. Just like the iPhone, this device comes with PowerVR GPU, this means better performance when it comes to games and other visual tasks. In the internasl storage department, the smartphone ships with 16GB of internal storage. If you like, you can expand this to 64GB using an external memory card.
When it comes to the battery, the Asus Zenfone Zoom comes with 3000mAh that will last you the whole day on average usage.
Specifications
General
- Announced: January, 2015
- Dual SIM: yes Micro SIM
- Year: 2015
Design
- Dimensions: 158.9 x 78.8 x 12 mm
- Weight: 185 g
- Colors: Meteorite Black, Glacier White
Display
- Type: Color IPS screen, 16M colors
- Touch: yes Multitouch
- Display size: 5.5 inches, 1080 x 1920 pixels
- Pixel density: 401 ppi
Camera
- Camera resolution: 13 MP
- Features: Face detection, Smile detection, Geo tagging, Autofocus, Panorama, Touch to focus, HDR, Laser AF, Dual LED flash, OIS
- Secondary camera: 5 MP
- Video: yes 1080p@30fps
Technical
- Operating system: Android OS v5.0 (Lollipop)
- Processor type: Quad Core
- Processor speed: 2.3 GHz
- Chipset: Intel Atom Z3580
- GPU: yes PowerVR G6430
- RAM: 2 GB
- Internal memory: 16 GB
- Card slot: yes Up to 64 GB
Connectivity
- 3G: yes Up to 42.2 Mbps Download, 5.76 Mbps Upload
- 4G: yes Up to 150 Mbps Download, 50 Mbps Upload
- GPRS: yes Up to 85.6 kbps
- EDGE: yes Up to 236.8 kbps
- WiFi: yes Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct
- Bluetooth: yes v4.0
- USB: yes MicroUSB v2.0, USB Host
- GPS: yes A-GPS, GLONASS
Battery
- Battery type: 3000 mAh, Li-Po
Other Features
- Sensors: Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass
- Music player: MP3, WAV, eAAC+, AC3, FLAC
- Video player: MP4, DivX, XviD, WMV, H.264, H.263
- FM radio: no
- 3.5 mm audio jack: yes
- Additional features: Corning Gorilla Glass 3