ASUS ZENFONE 4

ASUS ZENFONE 4 SMARTPHONE WAS LAUNCHED IN AUGUST 2017. THE PHONE COMES WITH A 5.50-INCH TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY WITH A RESOLUTION OF 1080 PIXELS BY 1920 PIXELS.

QUALCOMM SNAPDRAGON 630IT COMES WITH 4GB OF RAM. THE PHONE PACKS 64GB OF INTERNAL STORAGE THAT CAN BE EXPANDED UP TO 200GB VIA A MICROSD CARD. AS FAR AS THE CAMERAS ARE CONCERNED, THE ASUS ZENFONE 4 PACKS A 12-MEGAPIXEL PRIMARY CAMERA ON THE REAR AND A 8-MEGAPIXEL FRONT SHOOTER FOR SELFIES.

THE ASUS ZENFONE 4 RUNS ANDROID 7.0 AND IS POWERED BY A 3300MAH NON REMOVABLE BATTERY. IT MEASURES 155.40 X 75.20 X 7.50 (HEIGHT X WIDTH X THICKNESS) AND WEIGH 165.00 GRAMS.

THE ASUS ZENFONE 4 IS A DUAL SIM (GSM AND GSM) SMARTPHONE THAT ACCEPTS NANO-SIM AND NANO-SIM. CONNECTIVITY OPTIONS INCLUDE WI-FI, GPS, BLUETOOTH, NFC, HEADPHONES, FM, 3G AND 4G. SENSORS ON THE PHONE INCLUDE COMPASS MAGNETOMETER, PROXIMITY SENSOR, ACCELEROMETER, AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR AND GYROSCOPE.

NETWORK	TECHNOLOGY	GSM / HSPA / LTE

LAUNCH	ANNOUNCED	2017, AUGUST
	STATUS	AVAILABLE. RELEASED 2017, OCTOBER

BODY	DIMENSIONS	155.4 X 75.2 X 7.7 MM (6.12 X 2.96 X 0.30 IN)
	WEIGHT	165 G (5.82 OZ)
	BUILD	FRONT/BACK GLASS (GORILLA GLASS 5), ALUMINUM FRAME
	SIM	HYBRID DUAL SIM (NANO-SIM, DUAL STAND-BY)

DISPLAY	TYPE	IPS LCD CAPACITIVE TOUCHSCREEN, 16M COLORS
	SIZE	5.5 INCHES, 83.4 CM2 (~71.4% SCREEN-TO-BODY RATIO)
	RESOLUTION	1080 X 1920 PIXELS, 16:9 RATIO (~401 PPI DENSITY)
	MULTITOUCH	YES, UP TO 10 FINGERS
	PROTECTION	CORNING GORILLA GLASS 3
		- ASUS ZENUI 4.0

PLATFORM	OS	ANDROID 7.1.1 (NOUGAT)
	CHIPSET	QUALCOMM SNAPDRAGON 630 QUALCOMM SDM660 SNAPDRAGON 660
	CPU	OCTA-CORE (4X2.2 GHZ CORTEX-A53 & 4X1.8 GHZ CORTEX A53) OCTA-CORE (4X2.2 GHZ KRYO 260 & 4X1.8 GHZ KRYO 260)
	GPU	ADRENO 508 ADRENO 512

MEMORY	CARD SLOT	MICROSD, UP TO 256 GB (USES SIM 2 SLOT)
	INTERNAL	64 GB, 4/6 GB RAM

CAMERA	PRIMARY	DUAL: 12 MP (F/1.8, 25MM, 1/2.55", 1.4 µM, OIS, DUAL PIXEL PDAF) + 8 MP (12MM, NO AF), PHASE DETECTION AUTOFOCUS, DUAL-LED DUAL-TONE FLASH
	FEATURES	GEO-TAGGING, TOUCH FOCUS, FACE DETECTION, HDR, PANORAMA
	VIDEO	2160P@30FPS
	SECONDARY	8 MP (F/2.0, 24MM), 1080P, HDR, PANORAMA

SOUND	ALERT TYPES	VIBRATION; MP3, WAV RINGTONES
	LOUDSPEAKER	YES, DUAL SPEAKERS
	3.5MM JACK	YES
		- 24-BIT/192KHZ AUDIO - ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION WITH DEDICATED MIC

COMMS	WLAN	WI-FI 802.11 A/B/G/N/AC, DUAL-BAND, WIFI DIRECT, HOTSPOT
	BLUETOOTH	5.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
	GPS	YES, WITH A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
	NFC	YES
	RADIO	FM RADIO
	USB	TYPE-C 1.0 REVERSIBLE CONNECTOR

FEATURES	SENSORS	FINGERPRINT (FRONT-MOUNTED), ACCELEROMETER, GYRO, PROXIMITY, COMPASS
	MESSAGING	SMS(THREADED VIEW), MMS, EMAIL, PUSH EMAIL, IM
	BROWSER	HTML5
		- FAST BATTERY CHARGING - MP3/WAV/EAAC+ PLAYER - MP4/H.264 PLAYER - DOCUMENT VIEWER - PHOTO/VIDEO EDITOR

BATTERY		NON-REMOVABLE LI-ION 3300 MAH BATTERY

MISC	COLORS	MOONLIGHT WHITE, MINT GREEN, MIDNIGHT BLACK
	PRICE	ABOUT 480 EUR

DUAL-LENS PHONES ARE THE NEW IN THING, AND YOU DON'T NEED TO BUY AN IPHONE X OR SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 8 TO GET ONE, AS THE FEATURE IS STARTING TO MOVE FROM HIGH-END HANDSETS TO MID-RANGERS, LIKE THE UPCOMING ASUS ZENFONE 4 AND ASUS ZENFONE 4 MAX, BOTH OF WHICH HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR THE UK.

THE ZENFONE 4 WILL SET YOU BACK £449 AND COMES WITH A 12MP F/1.8 APERTURE MAIN CAMERA WITH OPTICAL IMAGE STABILISATION, PAIRED WITH AN 8MP WIDE-ANGLE SECONDARY LENS, WITH THE LATTER LETTING YOU FIT MORE IN YOUR SHOT THAN A TYPICAL SMARTPHONE CAMERA CAN MANAGE.

THE ZENFONE 4 ALSO SPORTS AN 8MP FRONT-FACING CAMERA AND A 5.5-INCH 1080 X 1920 AMOLED SCREEN. IT’S POWERED BY A MID-RANGE OCTA-CORE SNAPDRAGON 630 CHIPSET AND 4GB OF RAM, THERE’S 64GB OF STORAGE, PLUS A MICROSD CARD SLOT, AND IT RUNS ANDROID NOUGAT.

THERE’S ALSO A REASONABLE SIZE 3,300MAH BATTERY, A FINGERPRINT SCANNER AND DUAL SPEAKERS FOR STEREO SOUND, ALL WRAPPED UP IN AN ALUMINIUM AND GLASS BODY.

BIGGER BATTERY, SIMILAR SCREEN

THE ASUS ZENFONE 4 MAX MEANWHILE IS ODDLY NEITHER LARGER NOR MORE POWERFUL, IN FACT WITH A 5.5-INCH 1080 X 1920 LCD SCREEN IT’S THE SAME SIZE (THOUGH THE BODY DIMENSIONS DIFFER SLIGHTLY) AND WITH AN OCTA-CORE SNAPDRAGON 430 CHIPSET AND 4GB OF RAM IT’S LESS POWERFUL.

IT DOES HAVE SOME THINGS GOING FOR IT THOUGH, INCLUDING A MASSIVE 5,000MAH BATTERY – WHICH IS THE ACTUAL REASON FOR THE MAX IN THE NAME.

IT ALSO HAS A 13MP DUAL-LENS WIDE-ANGLE CAMERA, WHILE THE OTHER SPECS AND FEATURES ARE SIMILAR TO THE STANDARD ZENFONE 4, INCLUDING AN 8MP FRONT-FACING CAMERA, A FINGERPRINT SCANNER, 32GB OR 64GB OF STORAGE, A MICROSD CARD SLOT, ANDROID NOUGAT AND A METAL BODY.

THERE’S NO WORD YET ON THE PRICE OF THE MAX, NOR AN EXACT RELEASE DATE FOR EITHER PHONE, BUT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO BUY THEM SOON.

·         THE MOTO E4 PLUS HAS A HUGE BATTERY TOO