Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG (2014)
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- tupaki
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- 15 Sep 2014
when can i expect this phone to be in stock at flipkart?
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- AnonD-279813
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- 15 Sep 2014
MacGyver, 15 Sep 2014main Bad Thing:
1. On 3D graphics / Gaming : this phones... moreFor a gamer I would always suggest getting a Sony Playstation PSP.
Main bad thing:
It can't make calls or send SMS.
Good thing:
Battery life is slightly good.
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- g8v
- 15 Sep 2014
does anyone know when is it going to be available in Europe?
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- 15 Sep 2014
AnonD-306948, 13 Sep 2014hiiii all i have been using this phone from past 1 month.
... morehey dude did u brought this phn on emi ??
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- MacGyver
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- 15 Sep 2014
main Bad Thing:
1. On 3D graphics / Gaming : this phones backside, extremely hot, some time difficult to touch on back side.
2. Battery performance is very very very Poor, I do 3times charge on one single day.
Good Thing:
Specification & Performance slightly good.
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- user
- ut9
- 15 Sep 2014
i am using zenfone5 from past 1 month
it has very good display
gui
there is no lagging while playing games
but there are few problems
The battery backup is not so good using wifi it lasts for around 6hr
The camera is not also so good the problem arrisew when u zoom-in the image capture will be not clear
guys who can compromise with battery and camera u can go for it
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- chriseano
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- 15 Sep 2014
Hey guys, I need your help. I just received the Asus Zenfone5 from an online shopping site and there's no sound coming from the speakers or the headphones either! After unboxing it, I watched a single YouTube video and picked some ringtones and sound was still okay but after a back up reset and installation of all asus app updates from play store, there's no sound from the speakers and the earphones!
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- AnonD-279813
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- 15 Sep 2014
TechVB, 15 Sep 2014Yes ZF5 battery is non removable but don't worry its safe a... moreMaybe not Note 3, as it can definitely remove back plate and replace battery.
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- AnonD-279813
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- 15 Sep 2014
Anonymous, 15 Sep 2014Have used both mi3 and asus zenfone5.Believe me zenfone 5 i... moreMany people only look at megapixels but there's a lot more than that.
First of all the lens. Lens have resolution constraints. Obviously crappy plastic lens will not be as sharp as properly coated glass lens. Therefore the amount of details will depend on the sharpness of the lens. Very few phones have adequate lens for the resolutions of the sensors.
Then there's the size of actual sensors, vs. their pixel counts, and as such the size of each pixel. The best mobile sensors have 1.5 um, most have 1 um or smaller pixels.
This is not an issue in good light, but it is a serious problem in low light. Imagine a room with the whole wall being the window. You can tell very precisely the colour of the sky outside. But if you have only a small window, it's more or less guessing. And that guessing makes noise, which bayer patterns of the sensors, which captures only one colour per pixel and guesses the other 2 makes even worse. So the larger the pixel, the better the performance at low light.
Some phones (like Zen) use pixel combining where it uses 4 pixels as 1 pixel to get more accurate information but of course lower resolution. That way Zen has about 5 um pixel in low light mode.
Some others went the other way, like Oppo with UltraPixel camera, which has 13 megapixel resolution, but then does half a pixel shift around, and combines information to get 50 megapixel image, despite using only 13 megapixel sensor and pixel size of 1.2 um.
Why are sensors so small is the problem of lens sizes. The larger the sensor, the larger lens you need.
Then there's aperture, and coating. Some phones (like Zen) feature f2.0 or f2.2 cameras, which can capture a lot of light, and coating that minimises or eliminates the reflections inside the multi-glass assemblies.
But you'll see cheap Chinese phones that have cameras that gather bugger all light and no matter what fancy number they have written at the front, could barely make f8. That kind of lens require 4x longer exposure, or 4x higher ISO. The higher ISO, the higher the noise.
And finally, noise aside, there are 2 things that need to be done after photos are taken - process it so that noise is eliminated or lowered - and for that it's using a set of mathematical formulas, which can produce either very good, or mediocre, or disastrous image, even from same RAW (off sensor) data. And then this needs to be saved as a JPG, where again you can have good or bad JPG engines, which will either make a detailed image, or one full of artefacts with horrible colours.
I did not mention anti moire film in front of the sensors, as I am not 100% sure that the mobile phones actually have them… I guess they do? That is a slight blur to eliminate the patterns causing a moire effect in the images. Some call it a prefilter.
So here's the problem - people only care about numbers game. But there's a lot more than a simple megapixel count. And most cheap phones (and even many expensive ones) don't come anywhere near the resolution that is printed in the specs sheet...
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- AnonD-279813
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- 15 Sep 2014
AnonD-289600, 15 Sep 2014seriously, i don't have much idea about does batteries, sin... moreInflation is caused by lousy current control in the products. Basically chips that badly control voltage and only rely on the temperature to adjust the charging current. They tend to kill battery when the temperature drops, as they start charging again even though it's already full.
But quality control chips also check the feedback from the battery and mostly avoid overcharging batteries, as once battery is full it will not start charging again until the cable is unplugged and replugged.
Zen should not charge battery after it is full, but it WILL use direct current from charger to power the phone rather than the battery, when it's fully charged and cable is still connected.
The type of battery in ZenFone and in iPhone is identical. Same goes for pretty much every phone out there now.
Note that the battery CAN be changed, and can even be purchased, just because of limited supply it is hard to get and therefore quite overpriced. Also it requires phone to be completely dismantled before battery can be changed.
It is about 20-30 minutes undertaking.
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- AnonD-279813
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- 15 Sep 2014
MIS, 15 Sep 2014Dear Sir Thank you very much,
Since I am in the state of i... moreI have not seen any A500KL with dual SIM. The slot is there but covered. So I assume it may be available at some later time at some territories, but with shoddy battery life on LTE adding a second SIM would make it unacceptable. Not sure there ever would be dual SIM version, but the board is ready for it.
The screen's sensitivity is actually good. And there's a glove mode, which can spice it up further more.
I have never heard of a burning smell coming out of it. The phone will shut down when CPU exceeds 70C, and plastic would melt far beyond that. Note also that there is a heatsink between the CPU and plastic, so the temperature on plastic in worst case would not exceed 45-50C before phone shuts down. I don't think that's true. Maybe just someone bashing the product, but to melt plastic is not possible.
Yes, the Zens all have FM radio, in 0.1 MHz increments from 88-108 MHz.
Comparing the 1.2 GHz Quad Core Snapdragon and 2 core Atom in otherwise identical phone gave more or less identical experience. What I cannot tell is how this fares inside the 3D games, etc. as I am not a gamer. I do have many apps open and neither experienced any lags or stuttering with same apps open.
I do not use original charger but instead a 2.5A Samsung Galaxy Note 2 charger for the Asus and it takes about 3 hours to charge from below 10% to full.
It IS true that the percentage drops from 100 to 99 or 98 as soon as you start using it - that is because Asus considers 100% only when the battery is really 100% full. Some other phones set 100% a little lower, so you can use them a while before the figure drops.
The internal loudspeaker (for when you have phone up to your ear) is decent. The external speaker is not very loud. It is not a good speakerphone.
Hope that helps.
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- Anonymous
- U27
- 15 Sep 2014
Anonymous, 15 Sep 2014Have used both mi3 and asus zenfone5.Believe me zenfone 5 i... moreagreed.
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Andy, 14 Sep 2014Since battery is not removable, what to do if its not worki... moreya bro you are correct
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- TechVB
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- 15 Sep 2014
KALAY, 15 Sep 2014if the battery is non-removable, what if the fone is not wo... moreYes ZF5 battery is non removable but don't worry its safe and it can be check and change through service centre.
Many high-end Smartphones comes with fixed battery like iPhones, Samsung Note3, HTC1 etc. And tablet also comes with fixed battery.
I think in future all smartphones will comes with fixed battery bcoz of it will help to design the phone compact and thinner..
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- AnonD-289600
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- 15 Sep 2014
AnonD-279813, 15 Sep 2014Actually, I think I owe you a complete answer. There are... moreseriously, i don't have much idea about does batteries, since my friend discussed about lithium batteries that don't inflate like iphones. Batteries that inflate worsen its performance/capacity and you don't have a choice but to replace. I'm afraid that might happen to zenfone 5, since it is not removable, it is not built in. Another thing, i want to know if zenfone 5 gets full, will it automatically stops charging, i mean, stops power to flow in batteries,i think that causes inflation.
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- Anonymous
- U27
- 15 Sep 2014
AnonD-279813, 15 Sep 2014Flip Cover mode burns more power as it's constantly using t... moreThanks
Replying to all posts like superman !!! ^_^
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- Anonymous
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- 15 Sep 2014
Have used both mi3 and asus zenfone5.Believe me zenfone 5 is better than mi.its UI is great i would rate it best among samsung,miui,zen ui.Cam quality athhough 8mp but beats 13 mp of mi.
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- 15 Sep 2014
AnonD-279813, 15 Sep 2014Your answers:
1. Where I am using the phone, reception i... moreDear Sir Thank you very much,
Since I am in the state of indecision I posted such a query and you being the active poster in the site.
In GSM Arena the Zenfone 5 A500KL (LTE version) is specified as optional dual sim, but in reply to my question you wrote it that it has single slot?
I heard that Zenfone 5 is having HD screen and how good is the touch sensitivity because many have posted in flipkart site in India touch sensitivity is poor as it’s low budget gadget.
Many have posted that heating issue with a burning smell inside the back panel is it true?
Whether Zenfones doesn’t have Radio (FM)?
Do you think Intel dual core 1.6 GHz processor is equally powerful and as good as a quad-core one in multi-tasking?
How long it takes to charge from 15-100%.
How good is the loudness and clarity of the loudspeaker?
Please spare some more times to clear my doubt sir.
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- AnonD-279813
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- 15 Sep 2014
AnonD-307570, 15 Sep 2014My phone is not reading my sd card. anybody else is the sam... moreTry to reformat the SD card in the PC to FAT32, then insert it back, and make sure it's locked.
It is a good idea to insert it when the phone is turned off. Although I've done it with it turned on and it recognised it immediately.
That said - if apps are on the SD card, it's not a good idea to remove it while it's turned on… or ever :)
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- AnonD-279813
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- 15 Sep 2014
KALAY, 15 Sep 2014if the battery is non-removable, what if the fone is not wo... moreHold power button for 10 seconds, which will turn the phone off. That is a hardware control so it should not depend on state of OS or application.