Asus ZenFone 3 Specs

8.5

Description

The Asus Zenfone 3 comes with a 5.5-inch IPS LCD display, which makes it about as large as its predecessor. Under the hood we find a Snapdragon 625 SoC, with 8 Cortex A53 cores running at up to 2.0 GHz and an Adreno 506 GPU. The chip is backed by up to 4GB of RAM and up to 64GB of storage. Asus also brags with the 16MP camera on the Zenfone 3. The snapper uses contrast-detection, phase-detection, and laser AF to set the focus in as little as 0.03s – on par with popular flagship smartphones. Keeping the frame steady is a 4-axis OIS system backed by a 3-axis electronic stabilization. The front-facing cam shoots 8MP selfies.

This device is also known as Asus ZE552KL

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Display

Size: 5.5-inch
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 px, 401 PPI
Technology: Super IPS+ LCD
Screen-to-body: 70.52 %
Colors: 16 777 216
Peak brightness: 500 cd/m2 (nit)
Features: Scratch-resistant glass (Corning Gorilla Glass), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Hardware

System chip: Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 8953
Processor: Octa-core, 2000 MHz, ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit
GPU: Adreno 506
RAM: 4GB (LPDDR3)
Internal storage: 64GB
Storage expansion: microSDXC up to 128 GB
OS: Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow), ASUS Zen UI
Device type: Smartphone

Battery

Capacity: 3000 mAh
Type: Not user replaceable

Camera

Rear: Single camera
Main camera: 16 MP (Sapphire crystal lens cover, OIS, Laser and PDAF)
Specifications: Aperture size: F2.0
Flash: Dual LED
Video recording: Yes
Features: Time-lapse video, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
Front: 8 MP (Wide Angle, HDR)
Dimensions: 6.01 x 3.05 x 0.30 inches
(152.59 x 77.38 x 7.69 mm)
Weight: 5.47 oz (155.0 g)
Materials: Back: Glass
Frame: Aluminum
Biometrics: Fingerprint (touch)
Features: Touch sensitive control keys, Soft keys
Keys: Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors: Black, Gold, Blue, White

Cellular

4G (FDD): Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800 DD)
3G: Bands 5(850), 8(900), 2(1900), 1(2100)
Data Speed: LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM: Yes
SIM type: Nano SIM, Micro SIM

Multimedia

Headphones: 3.5mm jack
Speakers: Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features: Album art cover, Background playback
Radio: FM

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth: 4.2
Wi-Fi: 802.11 b, g, n, ac, dual-band
MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct
USB: Type-C (reversible), USB 3.0
Features: Mass storage device, Charging
Location: GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
Sensors: Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers)
Other: Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Phone features

Notifications: Haptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Other features: Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Availability

Officially announced: May 30, 2016
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User Reviews

Overall User Rating
Build quality
9
Camera quality
8.5
Performance
9
Display
8.5
Battery life and charging
8
Rating breakdown (out of 10)
7
It's good, with a few qualifications.
Phone owned for less than 3 months

Let me get this out of the way first: this is a phone with flaws. The software's not great, the build, while sturdy, gives the impression that it could shatter if so much as a snowflake lands on it, and the camera provides a less-than-ideal experience.

The reason I put that like it's a disclaimer is that I really like the Zenfone 3. As someone who's tried a lot of phones, it's really hard to find much to fault with the Zenfone 3. Now, if you're reading this from the U.S., you can stop reading now, because where you are there are much better phones out there for the price. Phones like the Moto Z Play and OnePlus 3, the former providing outstanding battery life, and the latter providing the fastest experience on any Android smartphone out there as of writing. Both have amazing software, amazing build, and both are extremely well-rounded devices. The Zenfone 3 has none of that if you live in the U.S., where it costs $400 USD, the same price as those other two.

But here in Canada, the Zenfone 3 provides a very different value assessment. Here - where smartphones are usually a lot more expensive than they are in the U.S. - it competes with phones like the Moto G4 Plus and Blackberry DTEK50 at a price of just $430 CAD. This levels the playing field somewhat, letting the ASUS Zenfone 3 compete with phones more its speed. With its Snapdragon 625 processor, 3/4GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage, the ASUS Zenfone 3 handily beats out the competition on paper. In practice, though, things are a little more rough than that.

* The build quality is good, you can try to bend it without it flexing and it feels sturdy, but the glass back gives it the impression that you would be proven otherwise if you were to drop it.
* The camera is honestly pretty disappointing for me. Images turn out smudgy if you leave Auto HDR on, and the UI is pretty laggy. It's not bad, but I have to say it's not the best. One thing to note is that it does support RAW photo capture, but only through third-party apps.
* In everyday usage it's perfectly smooth. Only when gaming should you see a decrease in performance from a flagship, where the Adreno 506 GPU does hurt a bit.
* The display is pretty good, with one flaw: it ghosts terribly. This gives the illusion that the phone is less smooth than it is. It's a small thing, and something that probably only smartphone nerds like me would notice, but it's there.
* Battery life is pretty good too. 5-6 hours Screen on Time is usual for me with this phone with a mixture of gaming, web browsing and video streaming.
* The software is... divisive. I personally don't mind the ASUS-designed "ZenUI" skin, but it's certainly not very pretty to look at and it takes some time to get the unnecessary notifications to a minimum.

The only reason this phone doesn't get a higher score is because it's just not a very good deal - in the U.S., at least.

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10
Premium Mid Range Phone
Phone owned for less than a month

My unit is the 5.2 inch variant and all I can say is it's awesome. I'm using it for 2 weeks now and I've already got 3 software updates which improved the overall speed of the phone. A huge plus is that it's getting the Android 7 Nougat. I hope it will be updated until Android 8 or 9. Asus has done right with the zenfone 3. Totally recommended.

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