Asus Zenfone 2 Pre-Release Review: Unleashing the Incredible

Asus has become one of the best smartphone manufacturers in a short span of time with its outstanding budget products, the Zenfone series. This time the tech giant is planning to unleash the incredible product of all times with specifications that’ll prove it the god of gods and king of kings, not only in the budget category but also in medium range smartphones.

The Asus Zenfone 2 is going to be launched on 23rd April 2015 in Gurgaon, Haryana in India. Indi-bloggers all over India are invited through a personal email invite and I am excited to see one in my inbox yesterday.

Technically speaking, Zenfone 2 is going to set new standards in the budget category mobiles with its high-tech and expensive hardware that’ll make you go bananas on your first hands-on experience.

Let’s take a look at the overview of Zenfone 2 specifications and key features which makes it the king of kings in budget smartphones.

Zenfone 2 comes with ergonomic arc design. It comes with iconic luxurious brushed metal finish on the back and concentric-circle on the front. The edges are 3.9 mm thin giving it a bold and elegant look. To facilitate the grip of the 5.5 inch display device, the volume rockers are placed right below the camera on the back. The edges look clean and fresh with no buttons or slots.

The 5.5 inch full HD IPS display is bit bigger compared to its predecessor version Zenfone 5, the 5 inch version. It covers 72% of the body remarkably and can render 1920x1080 pixel resolution with incredible 403 ppi density.

The performance of Asus Zenfone 2 is incredible. It comes with 64-bit Super Quad Core Intel Atom Z3580 Processor that runs at 2.3GHz clock speed and 4GB RAM with dual channel performance ability.

Another noticeable upgrade Asus has made to Zenfone 2 is the camera. The 13MP rear camera and 5MP front camera with f/2.0 uses the PixelMaster technology that merges pixels for low-light shots and gives 400% more brightness to photos. The rear camera comes with dual LED flash that helps capture lowlight shots with much clarity and low noise.

When we are talking about Zenfones, we should definitely talk about ZenUI. Asus ZenUI is made much simpler, faster and more customizable on Zenfone 2. You can switch it to Easy mode that makes the UI simple to use. Even Kids mode is also available where you can control the access to apps and allow time to spend on the device for your kids.

You can quickly access apps on Asus Zenfone 2 by drawing gestures on the locked screen. You can draw c to launch the camera, w to launch the web browser, o to launch calendar, e to launch email, z to launch Asus booster and v to launch dialer.

How to buy Asus Zenfone 2?

Zenfone 2 will be available on Flipkart from 23rd April 2015. You can register to get the notifications about its availability.

Meanwhile, you can engage in discussions about the Zenfone devices on their official Facebook fan page.