Asus Zenfone 3 Zoom ZE553KL
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- 05 Apr 2017
AnonD-292864, 04 Apr 2017You made suggestions to Asus through Gsmarena ? Lol. What m... moreWell, I guess Asus reads theae comments
. Asus, in charge of Japan gave new their smartphone for free to the man who broke his Asus phone and posted about that on Twitter. Companys use specific SNS or web site for marketing.
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- AnonD-591738
- mcB
- 05 Apr 2017
It has the same camera like G5 plus, which took only one month to be available to the market, and asus after 4 months still we don't even know when will be available. So... really disappointed....
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- 05 Apr 2017
Anonymous, 03 Apr 2017And, by the way, the question of price. Afair, the price fo... moreFor some reason Fry's listed this a few weeks back for $399.99, there's a pointer on the price
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- 04 Apr 2017
Nathan, 23 Mar 2017As people said already Oppo F3 plus catch the Indian Market... moreYou made suggestions to Asus through Gsmarena ? Lol. What makes you think Asus is reading Gsmarena comments ?
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- 03 Apr 2017
And, by the way, the question of price. Afair, the price for the entry model was calculated with around 399.- US $ ...
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- AnonD-113400
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- 03 Apr 2017
There is quick launch bar on top of notification bar. No way to disable it. You have to put at least 4 useless things up there which is very pointless and stupid.
Notification bar icons very big, no way to make them smaller.
Keyboard is very stupid when you type, on left corner bottom they put settings icon which should be next to space bar, i often accidentally touch settings in order to change characters and this killing me when typing. I downloaded new keyboard but nothing can be like original.
Back space touch pad on left side which i couldn't get used to it. Should be customizable or right hand.
When you change simcard, simcard slot very stupid. If you face with your phone screen and take simcard slot out, all sims and sd cards dropping down cuz they made slot reverse. They tried to make difference but screwed up.
Bottom of phone touch pad, back space, show desktop and menu options, no light when you use phone at dark places. If you use your phone at dark places pressing those touch pads killing me. Can't even see anything.
Screen is round. So if you use temper glass its not totally reaching to corners which is very dangerous if you drop phone even with back cover. %90 lcd screen could be broken. So using temper glass even useless to protect screen.
With such 5000mah battery, apps optimization not good. Screen on time under any conditions not more than 9-10hrs. Standby time of phone very bad. Around 100hrs. If you fully charge phone and leave it on normal standby mode till morning, sometimes i have seen battery comes to %92 after 8 or 9 hours. Sometimes %96 during all night. Its very terrible. You have to activate battery saver mode which temporary disables networks. Then battery only down %1 during all night. But cuz of disabling networks can't get any urgent whatsap msgs untill you wake screen and also if any vpn connected at background automatically drops and awaiting to reconnect till you wake your screen.
Also i have seen camera is not that good. Camera draining battery very fast. Obviously not well optimized. And for pictures i compared with my friend's LG G6, for details maybe zoom shows abit more details in close shots but generally G6 camera seems much better than zoom camera. I dunno what they did smth wrong but i totally dislike camera. Not like original Sony, seems like fake. Btw after taking photos to browse phone doesnt let you zoom pictures too much only few times zoom. Samsung phones letting you zoom picture too much which makes you see quality of camera. This asus phone name is zoom but not letting you much zoom in photos. Crap..
Outside speakers good enough but ear phone sound is not that strong. Max sound is abit less which causes you to hear outside noise. Even cheap model of LG X Power max ear sound louder than zoom.
There is Asus Customize option on settings but totally crap. Only few classic options in it.
Phone doesnt recognize any other quick charge 3.0 header. You must use it's own charge header. Otherwise charging time up to 5hrs.
Generally phone looks good but after you use it for a while you clearly see some annoying stupid things.
I dont suggest you guys to buy this phone. I dislike it.
Also dont forget that, I sent email to asus typed everywhere about those issues, more than 2 weeks no reply. Very bad service from asus.
If you wanna buy similar midrange phone, consider about C7 pro. Smaller battery but well optimized, abit lower quality cam but still better than average. Rest of all much better than asus.
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- maykelbembibre
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- 03 Apr 2017
AnonD-591738, 02 Apr 2017Hi, more then 4 months lost waiting for nothing, What pho... moreSince this phone is taking too much time to be released, I would't buy anything. S7 is much worse than the Zenfone 3 Zoom. It has much more little battery and it hasn't got such a good sound system. I have the Zenfone Max which lasts for one whole week withouth charging and I would never change it for an S7, which with difficulty would reach three days.
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- 02 Apr 2017
Hi, more then 4 months lost waiting for nothing,
What phone would u recommend instead? S7 or Moto z maybe?
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- Dan
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- 01 Apr 2017
Anon, 31 Mar 201712x zoom is rubbish, just a marketing gimmick. It is just n... moreThe optical zoom is 2.3x THEN you go into digital zoom if you like. That is one of the cameras which is 59mm. The other camera is 25mm and it is f/1.7, they also work in unison in some cases. Then there's also a front camera. I do appreciate the 2.3x (59mm) because sometimes you don't want a wide angle shot and that is not digital zoom.
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- Anon
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- 31 Mar 2017
12x zoom is rubbish, just a marketing gimmick. It is just normal digital zoom. Basically you only have 25mm and 59mm. Battery life 9-10 hours screen on time although 5000mah, similar SOT to moto z play 3510mah stock nougat updated. Probably same old issue with zen ui is not fully optimized.
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- AnonD-591738
- mcB
- 28 Mar 2017
Shity marketing, After 4 months in Europe still wil not arrive, Total silence from ths "great" Asus
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- 28 Mar 2017
Kilo, 26 Mar 2017Last time i checked, asus wanted to improve better zoom 3, ... moreIn Philippines, it will be on sale on April 6 with a lot freebies worth PHP 4800
Updates Made by ASUS is updating the OS from v6 to v7 Nougat out of the Box
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- 28 Mar 2017
Am my, 25 Mar 2017They (manufacturers) don't care about (our opinions) us ~ M... moreyah right
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- AnonD-113400
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- 26 Mar 2017
i have tested phone.
below review was very good. but battery life is terrible with such big battery.
screen drains battery too much.
wifi also draining battery too much.
i did everything but cant increase result. so generally battery socores here below,
standby time: 100hrs
web browsing: 9hrs - from 100 to 0 (screen brightness was auto and in the middle)
youtube video also similar: around 10hrs
if you use camera non stop around 4 hours can be used
So as a result, what is written on asus website, 25hrs of web browsing or 6 days standby or whatever all fake. never trust
Dont believe in company result. Use by your own. So if you compare with samsung C7pro with such 3300mah smaller battery giving much better results then asus zoom.
Asus this time made very good phone with crap battery life.. so with such crap battery life no need to buy this phone.
btw i used first time Lg G5 battery fast charger 3.0. But phone charged toooo slow around 5 hours. so didnt recognize another fast charger. But battery life was similar after i used. So been charged properly.
Then i used original charger,charge time was around 2.5hrs and usage of battery web browsing exactly same around 9 hours not more than that.
So dont trust this phone when you go out and use your phone browser often all day.
LG G6 has similar browsing results 8.5hrs but its real result no draining battery. i knew it from G5. it says 7.5hrs and i got same result each time.
So asus made battery consumption very terrible.
Phone running android 6.0.1 now
how i made battery life test,
no simcard. wifi is on, listen music at background and browse website or instagram
screen brightness auto and in the middle
After 10 hours till phone no juice i have seen that wifi used total of 1000mah of battery which was totally horrible
ahh btw forgot to tell you, havent found any standard music player on phone widgets. Very funny tho
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- Kilo
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- 26 Mar 2017
Last time i checked, asus wanted to improve better zoom 3, so they delayed it until q2. Til today, several countries begin sales of zoom 3 WITH NO IMPROVEMENT. Now i know why MOST PEOPLE AVOID THIS BRAND.
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- tue
- 25 Mar 2017
They (manufacturers) don't care about (our opinions) us ~ Michael Jackson
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- 23 Mar 2017
AnonD-546106, 22 Mar 2017Here is my review of this phone. First of all, telling u... morethank you much for the review!
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- Nathan
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- 23 Mar 2017
As people said already Oppo F3 plus catch the Indian Market very Soon. Today Oppo announced next model phone it is available from April 1st onwards. Latest 16mp Dual pixel Camera far far better than Asus Zoom dual From facing camera for wide angle and Bokeh effect. Really oppo Rocks will Rock the Indian market after March. I have already made my suggestions to Asus through Gsmarena. But never listened to it. God only can help asus in indian market.
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- Casedy
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- 23 Mar 2017
AnonD-546106, 22 Mar 2017Here is my review of this phone. First of all, telling u... moreHow about the low light picture quality as compare to Samsung S7?
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- 22 Mar 2017
AnonD-546106, 22 Mar 2017Here is my review of this phone.
First of all, telling u... morehow about the bokeh effect on the main cameras???
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