Smartphone Asus Zenfone 6

Smartphone Asus Zenfone 6 - Today more and more large-sized tablet. Already tablet, jumbo anyway. One of the latest is the Asus Zenfone 6. As the name implies, Zenfone 6 is a phablet Android 4.3 with a screen size of 6 inches. Phablet This, together with brother Zenfone her, Zenfone 4 and 5, arguably kicked off the smartphone market today, because speknya which includes wah, call it: an Intel Atom Dual Core 2GHz, 2GB RAM and a 13MP camera, but has a price of $ 229.95, which in fact there under market device with a comparable spec. This is the other main spec:

·         Intel Atom Z2580 dual core 2GHz

·         2GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage, a micro SD slot up to 64GB

·         Jelly Bean Android 4.3 (upgradeable to 4.4 Kitkat) with interface Asus Zen

·         6-inch IPS screen HD resolution (1280x720 pixels, 245 ppi) with a layer of Gorilla Glass 3 and ultra-sensitive panel for use with gloves

·         The rear camera (Panasonic) PixelMaster 13MP with autofocus, aperture f / 2.0, 2MP front camera

·         Video recording 1080p

·         Dual SIM (DC-HSDPA +), WiFi, Bluetooth, Micro USB, GPS

·         non-removable 3230mAh battery

Is Zenfone 6 performance as good as promised by speck? Consider the full review below.

Impression Design and Materials, Quality Screen

In line design, the third Zenfone same Series. Inpirasinya is from Asus Padfone which came out last year. Especially from the bottom of the front bezel, which has a circular pattern and lustrous metallic, making Zenfone be elegant design. While the side and rear casing material is a plastic material with a matte finish, which is relatively looks more upscale than the plastic with a glossy finish.

In the white color of our review, you must be careful because if dirty will be quite difficult to clean. The plastic casing can be opened but it is quite hard. Unfortunately the 3230 mAh battery on Zenfone 6 is not removable. Two SIM card slots and a micro SD slot is present behind the battery cover.

Plastic materials used have a matte finish, so the device is not slippery when you sweat. Moreover, the rear casing can be changed. If you buy a red color and was tired after a while, you can buy the yellow color casing for example. Asus also complementary accessories Zenfone with a sort of Smart Cover, to replace the system chassis. Zenfone ergonomic enough when gripped, although the side a bit stiff, but the back is slightly curved quite comfortable. The downside of the design according to our Zenfone 6 LED notification is too small, and volume buttons and lock / power pretty hard.

Adopting a screen size of 6 inches, the screen is very satisfying connoisseurs Zenfone video or mobile games. Because not only large, but also the quality. Coated with Corning Gorilla Glass 3, screen Zenfone claimed ultra-sensitive, so it can be used when you are wearing gloves. The color quality is bright and pleasing to the eye, but do not get stuck into unnatural. This is because the use of IPS screen on Zenfone 6. Black color is quite good, while the screen looks natural, but still vibrant and pleasing to the eye, and has very good viewing angles.

You feel less natural Zenfone screen? Or even less kicking? There Asus Splendid technology, which allows you to adjust the color temperature (white balance) and saturation on the screen according to what you want. Three points that can be changed is Temperature (blue to yellow), Hue (reddish to greenish) and Saturation (the higher the color the stronger). Saturation current is converted to its lowest point, the screen becomes black and white. Splendid this is not the setting of the Settings menu, but a default application of Zenfone Series.

Regarding sharpness, screen Zenfone 6 did not disappoint, although large (6 inches) but it looks pretty good, and does not have negative effects such as striped, which occur in other middle-class 720p phones. Overall not as good as juniors, Zenfone 5, which has the same resolution but smaller 1-inch screen, but on the whole screen Zenfone 6 is better than the average mobile phone in a similar price range.

Interface and Text Input

Zenfone series using Zen UI. Asus-made interface has a design somewhat similar to Asus countrymen vendors, namely HTC with Sense UI. The difference, Zen UI looks more fun and relaxed, with icons of colorful and flat. Overall the interface is beautiful and refreshing Asus relative to the size of the Android smartphone.

In the area lockscreen, as always there is information about the time and date, as well as the schedule of three main shortcuts, ie camera, calls and SMS. While the look is more amusing notification bar, with icons Quick Settings round. There are a total of 12 Quick Settings along with owner information here. From 12 the icon, you can hide a few as you like.

No special or odd homescreen on Asus Zenfone 6. Pinch the screen inwards to set up each page of the Home screen. In the Recent Apps menu no default task manager for the management of RAM on Asus Zenfone 6. The main menu can display the entire application, downloaded applications and applications that are used frequently. In addition, each application icons can be hidden or given in the form of password protection.

Needless to say that typing in Zenfone 6 with one hand is not possible because a large enough size. In addition, the default keyboard is quite comfortable when used for typing. There swipe functionality, and ease of use to increase vocabulary in the dictionary. Also of course the usual features such as Auto capitalization, punctuation auto, auto spacing and so on. Unfortunately there are no features that simplify the typing of one hand as two separate keyboard or keyboard smaller and placed on the edge.

Asus equips Zenfone series with features that are quite abundant. Such as Do It Later, File Manager, the Setup Wizard, Splendid, Super Note and What's Next. Overall, the performance is very satisfactory compared Zenfone 6 devices in a similar price range. 2GB of RAM is very helpful, as well as an Intel processor, although dual core but the performance was not much different than the quad-core processors belonging to other middle-class phones.

Needless to say that typing in Zenfone 6 with one hand is not possible because a large enough size. In addition, the default keyboard is quite comfortable when used for typing. There swipe functionality, and ease of use to increase vocabulary in the dictionary. Also of course the usual features such as Auto capitalization, punctuation auto, auto spacing and so on. Unfortunately there are no features that simplify the typing of one hand as two separate keyboard or keyboard smaller and placed on the edge.

Asus equips Zenfone series with features that are quite abundant. Such as Do It Later, File Manager, the Setup Wizard, Splendid, Super Note and What's Next. Overall, the performance is very satisfactory compared Zenfone 6 devices in a similar price range. 2GB of RAM is very helpful, as well as an Intel processor, although dual core but the performance was not much different than the quad-core processors belonging to other middle-class phones.

Camera and Video Recorder

The camera is one of the excellent features on the Asus Zenfone Series. For Zenfone 6 Asus provided him with the best camera compared to other Zenfone ranks. With a large aperture of f / 2.0 and Low Light mode with Pixel technology Asus dared to challenge Merging make another phone to take pictures in the dark. Low Light mode combines 4 pixels into one. Combined with the image optimization algorithms, the images become brighter.

However as the impact of the merger of 4 pixels, the resolution of the images is reduced from 4096x3072 pixels (13MP) to 2048x1152 pixels. Not only the Low Light mode on the camera Zenfone. Other modes are Auto, Time Rewind, HDR, Panorama, Night, selfie, Miniature, Depth of Field, Smart Remove, All Smiles, Beautifications and GIF Animation. Also there are various features such as setting the brightness, GPS, white balance, ISO, exposure, and so forth.

The use of the camera is quite easy, as if you would be led to make a good photo. Software will recommend the required mode, for example, if the condition of the room was dark, there will be an icon Low Light to quickly switch modes with ease. To switch to Burst Mode is also easy, there are quick access buttons' Turbo '' near Tombo virtual shutter. But the resolution to burstmode lowered to 2048x1152 pixels. Setting both photos and videos into one, separated by a clear category. You can use the volume button as a shutter, or as a digital zoom.

The camera is mostly good, but sometimes it is not natural. In some circumstances, the image processing software is too aggressive in generating images. This can be minimized by turning off Optimization feature in the settings menu. Lack of good on the images LED flash Zenfone 6 is less spread out, so that the picture becomes too bright in the middle of the course and be unused. HDR mode on Zenfone 6 is quite useful in an image in which the object of the source of light, although the impact is less natural result, but the picture looks good.

As for the video recording of its less abundant than the camera. There are only mode Auto, Low Light, Miniature and Time Lapse for video recording. Low Light mode for video recording reduced resolution of 1920x1080 pixels be 1280x720 pixels. The results of good and clear video recording, somewhat less natural, but good, the color is vibrant and clear. The existence of the pause button is quite useful in recording the moment you want it. The absence of OIS make the video recording rather rocking, but frankly not too intrusive.

Photo Gallery and Video Players

Nothing special from the photo gallery on Asus Zenfone 6. You can synchronize with Google Drive account, Google and other cloud-based services, such as the Asus WebStorage, Facebook, Flickr and so on. Asus congenital gallery can also use face detection, and make thumbnail images with the face in the middle thumbnail. One interesting feature is that you can easily see the details of the photo / exif data with the icon of an arrow pointing upwards. Details of focal lens, ISO levels, shutter speed and aperture openings directly visible.

The video player Zenfone 6 arguably less than the maximum. Only video mp4 and mkv are rotated, while the format wmv, avi and mov unreadable. Likewise, the subtitle format .srt. And with a large screen and nice, use Zenfone 6 for watching HD movies would have been nice. The solution is easy, simply install the third-party video player application like MX Player, Mobo and so on.

Music player

The music player on Zenfone 6 dominated by the color green. Songs that there can be grouped by Albums, Artists, Songs, Genres, Composer and Folder. There is no sound effects and equalizer settings completely on Zenfone. However there Music Mode which uses technology from Asus SonicMaster. Existing modes include Power Saving Mode, Music Mode, Movie Mode, Recording mode, gaming mode and Speech Mode. Sound output via loudspeaker loud and clear, but looking like a smartphone, is dominated by the treble.

Connectivity

·         Dual SIM

·         DC-HSDPA 3G +

·         Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n

·         Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP

·         Micro USB

·         Micro SD

·         3.5mm Audio Jack

Web Browser

To explore the virtual world, Asus Zenfone 6 users can use Google Chrome as a web browser engine. White color on the screen nice and natural make relatively comfortable browsing. Performance when opening the desktop version of a website with a lot of content is still fast and smooth. There are some standard features such as Incognito, Share, Find, and arrangements of standards such as privacy, accessibility, content and others.

Benchmark Results

·         Antutu: 22 859 points

·         Quadrant Standard: 9655 points

·         NenaMark 2: 60.4 fps

·         Multitouch Tester: a maximum of 10 touches

·         HTML5test.com: 293 of the 555 points

Battery Life

A.   Review and Screenshot (screen constantly lit): Within 188 minutes (3 hours 8 minutes) the battery indicator decreased 44 percent

B.   Watching video 720p movie (.mkv): the battery indicator decreased 4 percent in length movies play 2 hours (flight condition mode, the screen brightness to 50 percent)

* lit display with a brightness level of 50 percent condition. Internet using Wi-Fi, cellular inactivity, normal mode power saving mode is not available on this phone

Conclusion

As a device with a price tag of $ 229.95dalam about 6 Zenfone performance had almost no commensurate opponent in the same price range. Only fellow Intel Inside is better, the Lenovo K900 which has come down in price, and even then the difference is still significant with Zenfone 6, which is $ 229.95. The other, in terms of performance Zenfone 6 is relatively better than the LG Optimus Vu, LG G Pro Lite Dual, Sony Xperia C, Lenovo S820, Lenovo P780, Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos. Compared with some of the top smartphone vendor with a tag above $ 229.95 was Zenfone 6 has a more exciting performance. In terms of design, use of materials and finishes well give the impression of not cheap at this phablet. If you have a $ 229.95 budget and are looking for a large sailing Android devices with design and performance style upscale, then Zenfone 6 was the answer.

Advantages :

• Large screen quality

• Performance okay with Intel processor and 2GB RAM

• Micro SD slot

• The design, materials and finishing relatively okay

• Low Light mode on the camera

• Dual SIM

Deficiency :

• The battery is not removable

• Battery performance is mediocre

• The camera sometimes not natural