ASUS ZENFONE SELFIE: A Bliss For Selfie Lovers

Zenfone Selfie : Various Multi-Color option.

Asus has slowly and steadily picked up its pace and has become on of the go to brands when it comes to budget phone with mammoth features. This time Asus brings in a phone with the thing todays generation is crazed about “Selfies”!! As the name goes Zenfone “Selfie” is focused towards proving world class selfies, however this shouldn’t put a cloud to its other features which this phone has to offer.

Coming to the main thing first the Zenfone selfie has a 13Mp camera both on the back as well as the front. It also houses dual led flash on both the sides. The camera has Toshiba sensors and Largan lens. Laser focusing is becoming one the major features for a great camera phone and the Zenfone Selfie has this which helps in faster focusing of the camera. The camera app comes with a lot of different shooting modes such as the Beautification, Hdr, Manual, Night, Low Light And Depth Of Field.

Zenfone Selfie : Front Camera Sample

The front camera comes with Asus pixelmaster technology that’s helps to capture great images. The front camera has an 88-degree-wide-angle lens and you can easily fit in lot of people in the frame. The image taken from the front camera were very good in the day light but not so good in low light or night conditions.

The rear camera has the same image quality as the front but the Depth of Field option works really well with the rear camera and gives great images. The camera takes better images than the front one, in low light conditions. The phone however takes a lot of time to process these images so that’s one thing which may cause a bit of trouble while taking quick shots.

Zenfone Selfie : Rear Camera Sample

Moving to other aspects the phone has a 5.5 inch screen which a bit difficult for one hand use, bu the asus one hand feature make it somewhat convenient. The viewing angles aren’t that great, but the brightness and contrast level are pretty good. The phone is clocked at 1.7 Ghz of processor and 3Gb ram with a storage capacity of 32 Gb. Zenfone Selfie is able to handle all apps and games thrown its way. Even heavy games like Asphalt 8 do not stress the chipset, as it handles the resource hog with ease. Unlike the Snapdragon Xiaomi Mi4i, the smartphone does not heat up much.

 Let’s take a look at some of the basic specification of the phone:

Features	Details	Remarks
Screen	5.5 inch IPS capacitive display.	The display is good and sturdy, with a ppi of 403.
Os	Android 5.0	The 3Gb ram works really fast and performs well.
Camera	13 Mp back and 13Mp front	The main USP of the phone is camera and give quality image from both the front and back camera.
Battery	3000 mAh	The battery life is good, but falls short of being Great
Connectivity	4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot, Bluetooth and NFC	The phone packs in all the connectivity features.

Asus has given a few options personalization options, like customizing what toggles to show when you bring down the notifications bar. You can also select what long-pressing the Tasks key will do: take a screenshot, show menu, or do nothing. The software also lets you choose where to store apps when you download them: internal storage or microSD card.

Let's have a look at the Pros and Cons of the Zenfone Selfie:

Pros: •Great Selfies With Front Camera. •Primary Camera Shoots Excellent Picture. •Gorilla Glass 4. •Sluggish free Gaming experience. •Decent Battery Backup.

Cons: •Bulky design. •Lacks Quick Charge Feature.

Final verdict:

Asus has provided a new option to the Selfie Lovers, by offering such great camera phones under Rs. 20000, and has upped the competition for OnePlus One, Xiaomi Mi 4 and its own sibling Zenfone 2.  If you are considering buying this selfie smartphone, then you would be more than satisfied with the performance.