Evaluation background: With the launch of Red Rice Note, it seems that Xiaomi is more like Xiao Feng. You can let major manufacturers gather in Juxian Pavilion to discuss the plan to destroy Xiaomi. Among them, Lenovo, Huawei and TCL have launched targeted products one after another, and ASUS is unwilling to be lonely. ZenFone 5 is also known as a mobile phone with cost performance and quality beyond Red Rice Note. One of the posters read: Bet on ASUS, whose dignity is full of confidence. And what is ZenFone 5' s ability and who is it?
"hardware configuration overview
From the first poster: betting on ASUS's dignity and …, ASUS has launched several posters in succession. The content mainly involves the hardware indicators such as the processor, screen, camera and quality of ASUS ZenFone 5. At the beginning of the article, as usual, let's take a look at the hardware configuration of ASUS ZenFone 5 and decrypt who is who.
"The main parameters of ASUS ZenFone 5.
operating system
Deep customization of Zen UI based on Android 4.3 system
Network standard
WCDMA+GSM dual card dual standby
Fuselage size
148.2*72.8* 10.34 mm
weight
145g (medium)
screen
5 inch 1280*720 resolution screen ips material Corning Gorilla 3rd generation glass.
camera
8 million pixels+2 million pixels
processor
Intel Z2560 dual-core four-thread 1.6GHz processor
Body memory
Ram: 1GB ROM: 8GB (expansion supported)
eigenfunction
hall sensor
battery
2 1 10mAh (non-replaceable)
Fuselage color
Black/white/red/gold
listed price
"unknown
Through the hardware parameter table, we can find that the biggest highlight of ASUS ZenFone 5 is that it is equipped with a dual-core four-thread Intel Z2560 processor with a main frequency of 1.6GHz, which also shows that this mobile phone is deeply customized by ASUS and Intel. Who is Intel? In terms of configuration, ASUS ZenFone 5 has been at the same starting line as mobile phones such as Redmi in terms of screen, camera, running memory and battery. The highlight of ZenFone 5 is that it is equipped with ASUS's brand-new Zen UI. In terms of sensors, we also found that ZenFone 5 is equipped with a Hall sensor that is only supported by high-end models. With this sensor, it can sense the magnet in the holster, thus automatically closing the screen.
"Business is business.
The ASUS brand has always focused on quality, and its slogan "ASUS quality is rock solid" is no stranger to everyone. In terms of design, Asustek also focuses on business introversion, and widely uses metal or metal elements for design, which makes people feel very reassured about the quality of the whole machine. ZenFone 5 is also such a well-designed mobile phone. In this part of the article, let's take a look at what ZenFone 5 looks like.
On the positive side, ASUS ZenFone 5 is equipped with a 5-inch 1280*720 resolution screen, and adopts full-fit technology to eliminate the air between the protective glass and the screen, making the display effect better. ASUS ZenFone 5 adopts Corning Gorilla 3 glass, which is one of the best protective glasses for mobile phones at present. After nearly a week's use, this glass does not appear any scratches, and the protective effect is still very good.
At the top of the fuselage, it is mainly equipped with a 2 megapixel camera, light and distance sensors and earpiece speakers.
At the bottom of the fuselage, the Hall sensor is hidden under the lower left corner, which can automatically turn off the screen when used with the leather case. ASUS ZenFone 5 uses three virtual buttons. And after entering the application, the menu key will appear in the lower right corner of the screen. The bottom of the fuselage is also equipped with decorative strips with concentric metal wire drawing texture, which makes the whole machine more commercial.
On the back of the fuselage, ASUS uses an arc-shaped rear fuselage, and the plastic matte material feels good. And ASUS ZenFone 5 will be available in four colors: black/white/red/gold.
At the top, it is equipped with an 8 megapixel camera. Although it does not reach 6.5438+0.3 million pixels in pixels, the ASUS ZenFone 5 camera is quite powerful in software algorithm. Photographing supports PixelMaster technology, and the official claims that it can increase the light intensity by 400% in dark conditions. In fact, this function is optimized by Intel processors, and similar applications also appear on other mobile phones equipped with Intel processors. What is the specific effect? We will explain it to you in detail in the photo experience.
The bottom of the fuselage is equipped with speakers and printed with intel LOGO, which proves that this phone is dirty with intel "core".
The power button and integrated volume button on the side of the fuselage also adopt the same concentric drawing style as the decorative strip at the bottom of the front. soft feel
The top and bottom are equipped with 3.5mm headphone jack and microUSB data jack, among which the data and charging jack does not support OTG expansion. Speakers are equipped at the top and bottom to reduce noise and make calls.
Inside the fuselage, equipped with a 2 1 10mAh battery, and built-in power saving mode, the standby time is good. ZenFone 5 adopts dual card dual standby system, which supports Unicom 3G network and mobile/Unicom 2G network. The fuselage comes with 8GB storage space, supports 32GB microSD card, and expands the storage space of the fuselage.
In general, ASUS ZenFone 5 adopts a business style. At present, the price of ZenFone 5 has not been exposed. If it is really cost-effective, it will definitely be priced at around 1,000 yuan. For mobile phones in this price range, the design of ZenFone 5 is quite eye-catching. However, there is no narrow frame design, which may be a little regrettable considering the anti-fall performance of the whole machine.
"Screen+performance analysis
If last year, the screen of thousand yuan smart machine was one of their shortcomings, then this year, it has the characteristics of full fit, low temperature polysilicon and IPS. Once only high-end models were available, but now thousands of machines can be used. In this part of the article, let's take a look at the 5-inch 1280*720 resolution full-fit screen effect of ASUS ZenFone 5.
By comparison, we can see that there is still a clear gap between the display effect of Huawei ZenFone 5 and the display effect of mobile phones without full-fit screen in normal light. Thanks to the full-fit screen, the display effect of ZenFone 5 is more transparent. What's more worth mentioning is that ASUS ZenFone 5 adopts ASUS's exclusive splendid technology, which was once applied to ASUS notebooks and ASUS monitors to improve the display effect of the screen.
Through the demonstration of screen remake, I think everyone can understand how Jinxiu software works. Past color temperature, saturation, contrast, etc. Most mobile phone screens are adjusted by mobile phone manufacturers themselves, which leads users to buy mobile phones just like buying lottery tickets. It is not up to them to decide whether to cool or warm the screen. After using Jinxiu software, users can adjust the color temperature, hue and saturation by themselves, and preset a bright mode. After the adjustment, the effect is still quite obvious.
In terms of hardware, ASUS ZenFone 5 adopts dual-core and four-thread Intel Z2560 processor, and its main frequency reaches 1.6GHz, 1GB running memory. In this part of the article, we first look at the performance level of ZenFone 5 through hardware operation.
Through Ann Bunny's running score, we can see that the final score of ASUS ZenFone 5 is close to 20,000, and its performance is between MediaTek MT6582 and MediaTek MT6592. However, due to the adoption of SGX544MP in GPU, it has achieved good results in 2D and 3D display.
Through Vellamo software, we can see the performance of ASUS ZenFone 5 in the browser. In the Html5 test, I got a score of about 1700, while in the metal test, I got a score of about 600, and my strength is still between MT6582 and MT6592.
Through several hardware testing softwares, we finally see that the overall performance of ASUS ZenFone 5 is between Redmi and Red Rice Note.
"The new Zen UI.
Why in terms of hardware, Redmi series mobile phones are not far from other competitors, but they are still the hottest mobile phones below 1,000 yuan? MIUI invisibly increases the added value of red rice mobile phones. It is enough to see how much the UI of a mobile phone affects consumers' purchase of mobile phones. In fact, the customized UI of Android presents the situation that Samsung, HTC, Sony and other first-line brands are fighting for each other, while domestic brands are learning from and imitating MIUI. However, Zen UI on ASUS ZenFone 5 really made the author shine.
ASUS ZenFone 5 is equipped with Android 4.3 system. Customization begins with unlocking the interface. The weather and time plug-in consists of flat lines, and a What's Next plug-in is customized on the right side of the screen. The main interface is also equipped with three quick-start plug-ins, such as photo, phone call and SMS.
After unlocking the system, you can see the complete weather time plug-in, which is not as complicated as Samsung materialization, but the real-time temperature and the weather of the week are also panoramic, and the flat line design is very simple. A notification bar will be displayed in the upper left corner of the screen and a shortcut button will be displayed in the upper right corner of the screen. The shortcut menu button has also been redesigned, and the overall style of Zen UI has remained unified.
In terms of application drawers, ASUS ZenFone 5 has designed all the program icons that come with the system, and the flattening+cartoon design will be concise to the end. However, it is a pity that the programs downloaded by users have poor adaptability, which leads to inconsistent styles of software icons.
In terms of built-in programs, ASUS ZenFone 5 also has built-in calculators, cloud notes, cloud storage (users can get 5GB of cloud storage space for free), music mode, power saving mode, ASUS housekeeper and other applications. In general, ASUS Zen UI has completely built an ecological chain combining end-pipe and cloud, which can be regarded as a mature system. And more flat and linear design is adopted in the interface, which makes the overall UI look very simple. The most important thing is that the overall effect of Zen UI is very smooth, even smoother than the eight nuclear Red Rice Note of 1.7GHz. It seems that after optimization by ASUS and Intel, ZenFone 5 is quite good in experience.
As mentioned earlier, ZenFone 5 adopts Intel Z2560 dual-core and four-thread X86 architecture processor, which is different from the ARM architecture processor commonly used in Android phones at present. In fact, Intel processors have been used in Android phones for a long time. From the earliest Lenovo K800 to today's ZenFone 5, compatibility has always been a concern. In this part of the article, we will briefly test the compatibility of ZenFone 5 for you. We downloaded software commonly used in various applications, including WeChat, Weibo, QQ, QQ Music, Public Comment, Wocha, Meitu Xiu Xiu, Taobao, Youku, Duokan, Palm Reading, sogou Input Method, Ctrip, etc., and found no incompatibility of the software. In fact, according to the explanation of Intel engineers, if a software is correctly written according to the standards given by Google, then the mobile phone equipped with Intel processors will not encounter incompatibility. At present, almost all excellent Android apps are written according to the specifications given by Google, that is to say, there is little difference in compatibility between Intel processors and ARM processors.
As we said before, there is no incompatibility problem when ZenFone 5 runs software. How does ZenFone 5 perform in the face of the game? Let me show you with a video. When running mainstream WeChat games, you won't feel stuck. As for large-scale games, I tested real racing 3, which is a large-scale Android game with a volume exceeding 1GB, and found that ZenFone 5 can also run smoothly, but in a few complicated light and shadow scenes, it will drop frames slightly, which is satisfactory for a thousand-yuan smartphone.
"Photo experience+summary"
As we mentioned earlier, ASUS ZenFone 5 uses an 8 megapixel camera. Although it doesn't literally reach the13 million pixels or even16 million pixels adopted by the mainstream flagship at present, with the powerful function of Intel processor, it has the night shooting function of PiexlMaster, which makes the photos taken at night clearer and brighter. This is part of the camera function of ZenFone 5. To evaluate this part of the article, let's first look at the camera ability of ASUS ZenFone 5.
Through the screenshot, we can see that ASUS ZenFone 5 supports a variety of camera modes, including night mode, HDR mode and depth of field mode. Even compared with flagship models such as Samsung and HTC, ASUS ZenFone 5 is not inferior. Next, let's look at the quality of taking pictures through proofs.
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▲ HDR is not turned on.
▲ open HDR.
By comparison, we can see that when ZenFone 5 turns on HDR mode, the brightness of the picture is improved a lot.
▲ Take photos in normal mode.
▲ Take photos in depth of field mode.
By comparison, we can see that ASUS ZenFone 5 blurs the unfocused object through software algorithm after turning on the depth of field mode, so as to achieve the effect of depth of field, but the edge of the object will appear tailing phenomenon, and the experience is not very good.
▲ Take photos in normal mode.
▲ Take photos in night mode
Taking pictures at night is the shortcoming of all smart phones at present. Due to the limitation of the area of the photosensitive element of the mobile phone camera, taking pictures at night makes many mobile phone manufacturers talk about it. Major manufacturers improve their night shooting ability through different methods. For example, HTC introduced Ultrapixel technology, Nokia introduced pureview technology, all of which improved the photosensitive area of a single pixel, while iPhone mostly used software algorithms to make up for the lack of hardware. ASUS ZenFone 5 is more about improving the clarity and purity of the picture through software algorithms. Through the comparison of proofs, we found that after turning on the night mode, the brightness of the picture did improve a lot, but the details were also lost.
"Assessment summary:
Although ASUS ZenFone 5 has not been released yet, according to Weibo's tone, ASUS ZenFone 5 should be a smart phone within 1,000 yuan. If the price is 999 yuan, that's normal. If the price is 899 yuan, the price is high. If the price is 799 yuan, it should be called great value. I have to say that the industrial design of ASUS ZenFone 5 is good and the system is smooth among the mobile phones below 1000 yuan. However, it is not without its shortcomings. The performance of Intel Z2560 processor is not as strong as the mainstream real eight nuclear processor. But it is enough for any daily application. To paraphrase ASUS Weibo's words, "Bet on ASUS's dignity and …", it can be said that ZenFone 5 is indeed a sincere cooperation between ASUS and Intel.