This smartphone’s unique selling point is the ability to make your live videos look much better with a dedicated app for the same. Here’s how the Asus Zenfone Live smartphone, which is priced at Rs 9,999, fared in our performance review.
The budget class is the most happening section in the domain of smartphones. You have full metal bodies, copious amounts of RAM and respectable camera sensors. However, a few years back, the budget smartphone category was littered with old, or low-cost processors, lack of essential features and extremely ugly as well as super bloated software interfaces. In a segment as messed up as that, ASUS was one of the manufacturers to disrupt the game with their offerings that had new-age specs, an appreciable build and a respectable software.
With the incursion of Chinese players, the segment turned into what we know it today. Giants of the smartphone industry are trying to keep up with the new competition through gimmicky features and ASUS is one of them. To battle the likes of Xiaomi and Motorola in the segment, ASUS’ latest handset in the budget category – the Zenfone Live. It is a product that carries a lot of high expectations for the brand to make space for itself. Does it deliver them as expected? Read on to find out.
Asus ZenFone Live camera performance
The ZenFone Live sports a 5-megapixel front facing camera with a selfie flash. For regular point and shoot duties, it packs a 13-megapixel camera at the back along with a single LED flash. The camera app is quite easy to use and there are lots of modes to choose from.
In our use, the phone focused quickly while shooting in daylight conditions. When clicking macro shots the phone did need a few taps to focus at the desired area. The output was acceptable and good enough for sharing.
In low light, the camera took slightly longer to focus and the output was dull and too grainy for our liking. There is the option to switch on low-light mode which bumps the ISO up and lowers the shutter speed. Also, in this mode, the resolution of the photo is restricted to 3-megapixel.
Specifications :
| Name | ZenFone Live ZB501KL | |
| Design | Premium-crafted metallic finish with 2.5D arc glass
Slim bezel: 2.36mm Light weight: 120g |
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| Display, Resolution | 5-inch High Definition (1280×720) IPS display 75% Screen-to-Body ratio Bluelight filter for eye protection |
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| PixelMaster Camera |
Front
Camera |
World’s 1st Livestreaming, real-time beautification technology
5MP with large 1.4µm Pixel Sensor for 2x light sensitivity |
| Rear
Camera |
13 Megapixel PixelMaster camera ƒ/2.0 aperture, 5P lens Single LED flash for natural skin tones |
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| Camera features* | 7 camera modes for the Front Camera:
Real Time Beautification, Night, HDR Pro, Effect, Low-light, Time Lapse, Auto 12 camera modes for the Main Camera: Real Time Beautification, Low light, Selfie, HDR Pro, Super Resolution |
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| Audio | Dual MEMS microphones for clearer voice quality & less noise
ICEpower enhanced 5-Masgnet Speaker for louder sound and less distortion Smart Amplifier technology for up to 4X sound volume Audio Wizard for enhanced audio experience |
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| Performance | Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ Quad-Core Processor
Adreno 305 GPU |
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| Memory | RAM / ROM* | 2GB RAM, 16GB ROM (MicroSD support up to 128GB SDXC) 100GB of Google Drive space for 2 years |
| Wireless | Dual SIM Dual standby (2G/3G/4G)
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi-Direct, Miracast, hotspot, Bluetooth V 4.0 LTE Cat. 4 GPS/AGPS/GLONASS |
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| Battery | 2650mAh Li-ion battery (non-removable) | |
| OS | Android 6.0 with ZenUI 3.0 | |
Front Camera for Amazing Selfies
The 5 MP front camera of the Asus ZenFone Live helps you take sharp and brilliant selfies in any lighting condition. The image sensor features large, 1.4 micrometre pixels. As a result, it improves the camera’s sensitivity to light by up to 200-percent when compared to regular smartphones. The 82-degree, wide-angle lens of the front camera helps you capture a wider view, so you can fit all your friends into the frame.
Our Take :
One of the biggest pro of this device is that it comes with a lightweight design and have a coupled good display and decent camera performance in broad daylight.
Prashant Chaudhary
An android fan and A Computer Engineer who fell in love with the world of Internet Marketing. Worked on different SEO techniques for small to large Internet properties at Initial days of my Career. I am in love with my passion for Blogging and running several blogs in variety of category.
