First look of the design reminds me of SONY, flat square, shiny on the sides.
Feels on the hand, firm, rugged, and bold sensation. Although the screen and theme are actually the downside of the smartphone.
Screen display is only at HD 5 inch, which I would have to say, it doesn't have the best quality, but it will not cause you sore on the eyes as well. Just OK.
Theme is very simple, too colorful for me; with the dark color body finish, it doesn't really deliver the message of this phone being bold and rugged.
Performance wise, this smartphone is one of the monster phones these days, not the biggest baddest monster in town, but at least enough to brush away almost every phone is its price range.
Camera is just ok, standard. Nothing to brag about, for you who are selfie addicts, you won't be feeling too happy to upload the shots into the instagram.
Antutu Benchmark scored this phone with a very solid score of 40k+. On par with the likes of Galaxy S5.
It also has dual sim slot, with first sim can deliver up to 4G, second sim is only limited to 2G though.
Now for the best part of it... is the monstrous battery [3900mAh]. With a battery of this size, you are guaranteed one full day usage with no problem, most people are left with more than 30-40% by the end of the day.
If you are a person who travels in daily basis, and you hate carrying those heavy power banks, this phone is truly the one for you. Business people will be pleased with this phone *sans the pride of luxury.
The newly out Asus Zenfone 2 is considerably a monstrous phone with a friendly price, I have personally found that the smartphone is truly one of the best [price relative] in the world, yes, in the world, currently.
Not only it carries the biggest ram in the world, 4GB,
it also has dual sim with 4G support,
very good camera - front and back,
fantastic sound [the sound is literally loud and clear],
amazing screen [1080p Full HD],
sexy back [the backdoor battery cover is really sexy with metallic brush finish,
3000mAh [average stamina only], but with fast charging technology which actually works,
very snappy intel quad core hyperthreading processor [on par with the much more expensive snapdragon 800],
with the price range below 400USD.
The performance benchmark of this smartphone also shows a very promising score. It is basically on par, if not better, with the likes of Samsung Note 3 or Samsung S5. And it is definitely higher than the LG G3. Even though Intel is considerably new in the mobile phone cpu world, I would have to say that they are bringing a significant competition in the market, with a VERY notable improvement from year to year, generation to generation.
The first day, I personally was worried about the battery life, but after 3-4 days usage, with disciplined charging routine, the battery stamina significantly increased. [ what I did was for the first two days, I left it being charged for an hour after it reached 100%, an hour NOT MORE ]. After a while, the 3000 mAh battery felt stable, delivering 14 hours of normal usage. [You can actually extend the battery life significantly using wifi connection, at least 20% longer]
Camera showed a very nice detailed image, not excellent, but really good. And the flash has a dual natural Video recording is "standardly" good.
The 4G connectivity did not, however, drain the battery too much, personally I was not really bothered. Compared with H+ connectivity I almost did not feel the difference, ALMOST.
With the 4GB ram, the zenUI eats up to 1,7GB, leaving the free ram to apprx : 2,2GB fresh out of the box. That's the punchline of the smartphone, monstrous RAM. Multitasking is a piece of cake for the phone.
Gaming wise, the GPU is not something to brag, altough, it can easly run EVERY game there is in the market right now, fluently, smoothly, and with that big of ram, you can actually play multiple games SIMULTANEOUSLY. I cannot guarantee that the GPU can live up to the gaming standard for the next 2 years.
The features of the Lollipop based zenUI did not really impressed me, but nevertheless did not in ANYWAY disappointed me at all. Very fluid, has double tap wake up, gesture control [example: you write c on the off screen, and the camera function will automatically be turned on.
All in All, this phone is AWESOME. With the money you spend, you get the performance justly. In every way possible this phone is not a ripoff.
ASUS did well with this smartphone, and it can easily climb into one of the most popular phones in the world.
