Asus Zenfone 4 Max ZC554KL
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- Anonymous
- mAM
- 27 Apr 2025
It's 2025 and I still got this phone, from 2017, and use it daily, as a backup. No sim, I keep wifi off until I need to use it to make a videocall. And with 30min WA videocall daily with bluetooth headphones and the rest standby, it resist like 1 week+ with 1 charge. Yeah, takes 4-5 hours to charge, only Android 7, but it's enough for what I need it. But I remember when I got it, most phones had 2500-3000 battery, this had 5000 and was same physical size. What a beast. And I got it back then for around 150 USD new. It even has a selfie flash LOL
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- Tyler Durden Wolland
- K96
- 22 Dec 2023
After having wasted a year on a new Xiaomi, which worked well and fast, but continually wanted something from me. I gave that one away and a few months ago bought this zen4 at amazon for $30.... What bliss ! No more of the google garbage bloatware! No more complaints that "This software cannot be run on this phone!" Android 7.1.1 allows me to run all the software I want to use, not the ones Goggles wants me to use. All the rest can easily be deleted...
About 10 years ago I must have had a Zen3 and it was really nice, and did everything I wanted, but I had to "upgrade" to an Android 13, and from then on, I could literally watch Google & Co suck every last bit of data from the phone....
I already found a few articles about some kind of movement in Europe, where people switch back to a phone, that does exactly that: make phone calls and send sms... and that is it...
But there are símply too many digidiots.
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- Anonymous
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- 25 Aug 2023
None, 28 Jun 2023Hiii! How did you get your camera fixed? Mine's not wo... moreIt's broken then, i wouldn't recommend to fix it as its a crappy camera anyway you would be better buying a new entry level phone rather than fixing the camera, unless you really need it for some kind of purpose.
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- None
- t7W
- 28 Jun 2023
Orlando, 22 Aug 2021I bought 2 Zenfone, same model different color. In gener... moreHiii! How did you get your camera fixed? Mine's not working since 2018 and I bought it in 2017.
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- Kazef
- YUU
- 06 Apr 2023
Farhan, 15 Apr 2022i bought from 2017,until now 2022 i still use it..still goo... moreHey..i need help here..i bought this phone same year as you..but after the 1st update my phone start to become not responsive..what i need to do in order to make this phone work again..?
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- Anonymous
- 86h
- 29 Sep 2022
Takes a few hours to charge, may heat up by the end, but battery lasted me 2+ weeks straight no charging under moderate use. Storage filled after 5 years of downloading stuff and not deleting. Slow, but an absolute unit of a device.
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- Anonymous
- wYx
- 28 Aug 2022
How long does this take to charge? 4 hrs charged from 10% to 70%. So slow.
It heats up while using mobile data, not so when using wifi. No support for vowifi and volte.
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- Anonymous
- 7Xi
- 23 Aug 2022
Farhan, 15 Apr 2022i bought from 2017,until now 2022 i still use it..still goo... moreSame!
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- Farhan
- PF5
- 15 Apr 2022
Anonymous, 20 May 2021ive been using this phone since 2017 and its till in gret c... morei bought from 2017,until now 2022 i still use it..still good condition! 🇧🇳🤘💯
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- lolohz
- n0w
- 25 Sep 2021
Lemfox43, 16 Apr 2021According to the GSM Arena app this is the phone I'm c... moreMe too.
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- Orlando
- 8{D
- 22 Aug 2021
I bought 2 Zenfone, same model different color.
In general it's an affordable cell phone I have only one complain, in both cell phones cameras stop working after a low high fall, however screen durability is amazing, no cracks until now after several falls.
It was temporary fixed with a home made rebound.
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- Anonymous
- wY8
- 20 May 2021
ive been using this phone since 2017 and its till in gret condotion
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- Lemfox43
- tDT
- 16 Apr 2021
According to the GSM Arena app this is the phone I'm currently using. On the spec sheet it says it has two 13 megapixels camera (wide and ultrawide), but why mine only goes up to 12mp (wide) and 5 mp (ultrawide)?
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- Han
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- 16 Mar 2021
KeenKid, 21 Dec 2020I've had this phone since Sep 2017 and still works wel... morestill no new android update? Stuck at android 7. For now it still works, but given how fast-paced tech is at this age, sooner or later, android 7 will not be compatible with apps :(
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- Anonymous
- vaQ
- 30 Jan 2021
Tika, 10 Jun 2020I have been using this cellphone for 2 years and now I have... moreSame problem
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- KeenKid
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- 21 Dec 2020
I've had this phone since Sep 2017 and still works well.
I've dropped it at a very bad angle almost a year ago so my screen cracked on the upper left corner but still works perfectly fine.
The best feature would be the battery. I don't know what issues others have upon upgrading to Oreo but phone batteries naturally degrade and with this being 3 years, it's def a plus I could game and surf all day and had to charge it only once.
The bugs I'm currently having are when changing ringtones but that isn't necessary for the phone to work. Also Asus cams aren't really as neat as the other phones but it's acceptable.
I've had a few issues but nothing big that made me wanna throw it and change phones.
It's been my best bud and if ever I'll buy a new one, I'll be opting for an Asus phone again.
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- Phil
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- 15 Dec 2020
Had this phone since September 2017 - still works great. Battery still lasts. Unfortunately couldnt be upgraded more after Android 9 but I can live with it. :)
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- Dustin86
- 7Xq
- 30 Nov 2020
Its been 3 years, but still very solid phone, im using Zenfone 4 Max in Gold.
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- Toffy
- vxX
- 31 Aug 2020
I've been using this phone for 3 years now. The phone is good, especially both front and back cameras. It is still running fast but unfortunately, it's stuck with Android Oreo. Last Android update was last year. Battery is superb, lasts up to 3 days upon regular use.
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- Mecheye
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- 29 Jul 2020
Good phone, but there have been issues with system updates.
PROS:
- GREAT battery life! 5,000 mA is fantastic
- Quality camera, as long as it works (See below)
- ASUS's proprietary phonecall recording app works perfectly and is incredibly useful. This is the only reason I'm reluctant to get a new phone since I use this for work A LOT since I have a lot of trouble remembering details I'm told, and end up going back to the recordings more often than I would like to admit. I seriously have to clear out thousands of recordings every so often.
NEUTRAL
- Works best on the ASUS phone charger. Charging via USB will take twice as long than plugging it into the wall with ASUS's charging brick.
- ASUS seems to pay for positive App reviews on the App Store. This is a huge negative in my book, but it doesn't affect the quality of the phone so its a Neutral vote here
CONS:
- Camera breaks on occasion. No idea why. Mine started working again for a week after a few months of being broken, and then broke again just a couple hours ago. Super annoying.
- Most of the time updating the system, even a security patch, messes up something. This gets resolved with a Factory Reset followed by re-installing the updates on a fresh system, but that's hardly optimal.