Processor & Memory of Asus Zenfone 5The
new Asus Zenfone 5 is powered by the dual core 1.2 GHz Intel Atom Z2520 Processor. This is the same SoC that we saw in other phones in Zenfone series (Zenfone 4, Zenfone 4.5 & Zenfone 5 Lite). The processor is a down step from the 1.6 dual core processor in the original Asus Zenfone 5 A501CG. Even though it is lower powered, the phone doesn’t even feel like it is lower powered and it performs well in daily tasks.
Asus Zenfone 5 comes with 2 GB of RAM, which is the same as that of the previous models, with exception of the Zenfone 5 Lite, which had only 1 GB RAM. This phone has an internal memory of 8 GB, which can be expanded by micro SD card up to 64 GB. Out of the 8 GB internal memory, only 4.4 GB is available to user. One good thing to note that is, the apps and games can be transferred to the external memory (Gamers rejoice!).
Android and UIAsus Zenfone series comes with their own custom UI, named ZenUI. Similar to Samsung, HTC and LG, Asus chose to design their own custom UI and ship their phones with this UI on top of Android. ZenUI is an awesome skin that is light on resources and provides much more features and looks great. It comes with Android KitKat 4.4.2 (even though it was mentioned in flipkart that the phone comes with 4.3 Jelly Bean).
Other apps and features of Asus Zenfone 5 A501CGThe stocks apps included in ZenUI are good and useful. They include Asus Weather, Do it later, Asus’s own file manager and many more. Other than these, the stock apps such as Dialer, Contacts, Calender, etc. are also skinned. The recent panel is almost stock Android-like, but has an added ‘clear all’ button on the bottom. It also has a file manager app, which looks great. The stock browser is replaced by Asus’s own modified browser, which actually loads fast, but you can always go for other browsers such as UC, Chrome, Dolphin etc.
Camera
Asus Zenfone 5 comes with 8 MP back camera, which Asus touts to be enhanced by its PixelMaster technology. PixelMaster is a combination of software and hardware optimizations that Asus made to fully enhance the camera and image quality of the phone. It has been one of the main selling points of Asus phones. The camera performs well and has won so many awards for being the best budget camera phone last year. Take a look at the shots taken with the Zenfone 5 camera. The quality of the images is pretty good for the price.
The camera interface is straightforward and simple. But it is actually different from the stock Android and unique. The app offers many image enhancement options are available, such as Auto, Time rewind, HDR, Selfie, Beautification and many more. Overall, I can really say this phone is a great offering in the camera department.
The front camera is also the same 2 MP camera we saw in the previous version. The front cam also does a great job in capturing amazing selfies.