Design & Build qualityThe general design of the phone is not anything special to get excited about, it is just an average designed smartphone, but the build quality is over the top.
Zenfone 5 has got a simple design that some people may say boring, but is good enough to turn some eyes.
Zenfone 5 comes with capacitive buttons on front, and not the now common on-screen buttons. These buttons are placed a little bit in weird positions, the two buttons rest on the extreme edge, contrary to what you can find in most other smartphones. But don’t worry you’ll get accustomed to this positioning once you use this phone for some days. Under the capacitive buttons, Asus have provided a metallic looking trim, which adds beauty to the phone.
The position of the physical buttons is similar to what we can see on most of the other phones out there. The volume rockers and power buttons are placed on the right. The buttons felt very sturdy and clicks very well. The buttons even have a great pattern on it and is great to have.
The phone is fully built with plastic but it doesn’t feel like cheap plastic at all (Samsung, Ahem!). It has got the ultra premium look and finish at the budget price, and it looks like it can withstand some drops and bumps.
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Asus Zenfone 5 is a 5 inch 720p display, which comes with Asus Truvid technology that offers better color reproduction. There is no change with display, this is the same old display that we found in the previous models (not the Lite model, which came with only a 540p display). The display is good and it provides good color reproduction and is pretty bright. The screen of this phone provides good outdoor visibility, the auto brightness also works very well. The viewing angles are also great, it is much better than other phones at this price range. The display sports a scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass.