Asus he's not doing so bad and last year the ZenFone 2 line of devices has taken its own, as has happened with other phones of this Taiwanese brand that launched several devices in that year. In this continuous evolution of different terminals and with the Mobile World Congress about to present the biggest bets of the most important manufacturers, Asus launched another smartphone in December last year and reintroduced it last month when using the CES in Las Vegas to show you in all its dimensions to try to gain the attention of the media as well as users who are attentive to all kinds of phones that usually have a good balance in specifications, design and price.
The ZenFone Zoom is the phone in question and it was launched in India not long ago as a phone with an interesting set of specifications. The terminal is now available for purchase in the United States and is priced at $ 399,99 exclusively through B&H Photo, after being available for reservation for some time. Among its most notable features we find a 5,5-inch 1080p (1920 x 1080) display IPS, 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal storage expandable through micro SD card up to 64 GB. A terminal that stands out more than for that huge disk located at the back where it hides the camera lens with 3x optical zoom and that places it as a terminal with a design different from many others.
With optical zoom on the rear
Aside from that 5,5-inch 1080p (1920 x 1080) IPS screen, 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal storage, you have to have a quad-core Intel Atom Z3590 chip clocked at 2.5 GHz and a 3.000 mAh battery.
On the back we find the most special thing about this phone with a 13 MP OIS camera lens (aperture f / 2,7- 4,8, lens 28-84 mm, laser autofocus) that offers 3x optical zoom. We are facing the greatest quality of this phone and with which it tries to differentiate and stand out from others so that the user can access an excellent photograph with those possibilities for zooming. A phone that differs from that large disk where it contains the camera lens and that can make many users pass by since it attracts a lot of attention and will be asked about that back part.
On the front it has a 5 MP camera (f / 2.0 aperture) and it has two SIM card slots. In terms of software, the Android version is 5.0 Lollipop as the basis for the Asus ZenUI layer. This is a layer that stands out for having a huge number of apps (here is your launcher) and have a status bar quite similar to the one that can be found in Touchwiz when it is expanded to activate GPS and other typical features.
A phone for photography
Regarding the dimensions, we are facing a smartphone that weighs 185 grams and is 158,9 x 78,8 x 12mm in size. On the design side, the ZenFone Zoom is characterized by an aluminum metal frame, while the back is made of leather and surrounds that disk where the camera is located. This leather will remind you of the LG G4 and that padding of the Galaxy S5.
Asus on this ZenFone Zoom has been decided by virtual keys to put aside the physical ones that if you have the Zenfone 2. The power and volume button are on the right side, a better location than those found on the ZenFone 2, which is the power button at the top of the terminal while those of volume in the rear part.
The Taiwanese manufacturer presents a terminal that arrives with a clear objective and is the photograph with that optical zoom that can attract the attention of that user who wants something more in this regard.