Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG (2014)
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- 31 Aug 2014
m planning to buy this one (color GOLD)
so impressed with its features
cant wait to touch and navigate it
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- rikku
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- 31 Aug 2014
thinking to buy the phone is it worth buying
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- 31 Aug 2014
saggy, 30 Aug 2014can i buy this phone ? is camera clearity and other feature... moreYes!! You can buy this phone.
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- 31 Aug 2014
i bought asus zenfone 5 1 week ago and m getting app isn't responding frequently can anybody help,....
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- sGM
- 31 Aug 2014
i bought asus zenfone 5 m getting app isn't responding ? frequently can any one help...
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- 31 Aug 2014
Hi, Tomazz, I am planning to buy ZF5. So I read your comments and replies along with those of others. I am so impressed with your helping nature, I couldn't help but appreciate your posts. I am using till now only feature/basic phone and I want to experiment with learning android and smart phone. Wish me luck:-) I would definitely be needing your help-! in future.
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- 31 Aug 2014
Anonymous, 31 Aug 2014Hei tomazz. I hv bought zf5 for almost a week. It was amazi... moreSorry I did not read well.
It is you who can't hear the other party, the other party can hear you.
Apologies.
First thing is still to reboot the phone after the updates, and to update all the apps.
Another thing is to try the calls in other application, not only phone app - to see if say Line or WhatsApp or Skype calls can be heard on internal headphone.
Does headset work? What happens when you toggle between internal speaker to bottom speaker and back? Sound gone again?
Just trying to find out whether it's hardware or some glitch in the software.
If none of these can get the internal speaker, and it does not work in Skype/Line/Whatsapp/Viber or whatever you test in, then it's quite likely it's speaker or connection to it that has a problem.
In that case contact the Asus service centre.
The 1.17.40 firmware on my site is the official firmware and as such does not void any warranties by being applied.
Another note - there might not be 1.18.x coming out, the next update might quite likely be KitKat one.
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- 31 Aug 2014
AnonD-279813, 31 Aug 2014I get +/- 30m on all of the devices tested. They are: ... morethankyou tomazz for ur information iwas feared that my phone has disaffect so i asked it thank u fopr reply
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AnonD-298283, 31 Aug 2014@tomazz
hey anyone facing gps problem in asus zenfone 5 a... moreI get +/- 30m on all of the devices tested.
They are:
- Asus Zenfone 5: 27m off
- Asus Zenfone 4 (not my phone, tested from ground floor) :31m off
- Oppo Find 7: 29m off
- Oppo Find 7a: 28m off
- Sony XPERIA Z2: 27m off
- Samsung Galaxy S5: 28m off
- Samsung Galaxy Note II: 32m off
- Samsung Galaxy Note 3: 34m off
- Sharp Aquos: 25m off
- LG G3: 35m off
- iPhone 5s: 32m off
The distance was measured on the screen, and the size of building (known) compared, to calculate the distance from actual spot where I tested it.
They all missed my actual location by ~30m, which could possibly improve if I was doing the test outside where there were no tall buildings around.
App used was Google Maps on all of the phones (incl. Apple).
To use down to 1m accuracy, you will need to join US or Russian army and use their toys :)
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- 31 Aug 2014
@tomazz
hey anyone facing gps problem in asus zenfone 5 as it is showing i was in my neighbors house,tell me a solution to sove this problem tomazzz
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- 31 Aug 2014
AnonD-296182, 30 Aug 2014hey tomazz if u have a list of all important codes for smar... moreI do not have such a list. Try Google :-)
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- 31 Aug 2014
nilim, 30 Aug 2014I really don't understand why asus make these model variati... moreAsus is a computer company and makes notebooks, where one model has a specific design and same core components, but can come in different configurations for different budgets or regions.
Like your laptop of same model could come with different CPU, RAM amount, HDD/SSD size or screen resolution, Zenfone can come with different CPU, RAM and flash storage. If sold in different regions, it could also come with different modem and WiFi boards.
Although confusing to some, this design allows Asus to better tailor the offering in different countries depending on needs and budgets of users there, by keeping majority of standard parts, hence lowering the overall cost.
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- 31 Aug 2014
sam128, 30 Aug 2014Hello.I am facing a problem.there is no option to choose to... moreRingtones must be in internal memory. Copy MP3 to internal folder for music and you can choose it.
Limitation is to prevent error in case you removed or formatted the card.
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- 31 Aug 2014
Dr.Handphone, 30 Aug 2014Anyone can tell me if this phone say made in china.It is Or... moreAll ZenFones are made in China. In fact more or less everything from Asustek is manufactured in China...
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Anonymous, 31 Aug 2014Hei tomazz. I hv bought zf5 for almost a week. It was amazi... moreAlthough this is not Windows... try to peer phone off and on again.
Check if it works then.
Open voice recorder app, and make a recording. Can you hear it?
Or make Skype test call (free), can you hear recording of your voice?
If none of them can be heard, microphone module has problem.
If you can hear your microphone on recording, then it is not hardware issue.
Note that after applying update of OS you would also be notified to update ZenUI apps, including phone app in some cases.
Check Play Store for updates to your Asus apps and try again.
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- 31 Aug 2014
Anonymous, 30 Aug 2014 Its really shocking to know that there is No regular VIDEO... moreIt is hardly shocking, nearly none of new phones supports it as very few people use it.
With ever increasing VoIP dominance, telecom's in most if not all developed countries moved to adjust their earning models to charge for data. But charging on international and video calls is going the way of Dodo.
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heythere, 30 Aug 2014it has intel processor that supports hyperthreading.which m... moreRoughly correct. OS are not 100% effective in using CPU cores. So after one set of instructions completes, there is a pause till next set is given.
By offering 2 virtual cores to OS, CPU uses that idle time to process instructions on second virtual core, hence minimising idle time and making most out of existing cores.
This does not mean that performance increases by 100%. In fact far from that. But it is in some cases 30-50% higher, while using less power, since it's still only 2 and not 4 cores that need power.
Hyperthreading is therefore a good way to maximise performance without much increase in power consumption.
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Murraybz, 31 Aug 2014You need to start adding the phone price range what the pho... more199$ minus whatever it takes to end the price with xx990 or x99 or... In local currency.
Do note US model is very different from International model, as it works on different system, so US price doesn't really make any sense. Also, in US most phones are operator subsidised on contract, therefore prices there make even less sense.
But, 99$ for ZF4, 149$ for 4.5, 199$ for 5 and 249$ for 6.
ZF5 means A501CG with 2 GB RAM and 16 GB eMMC.
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- 31 Aug 2014
sam128, 30 Aug 2014Hello.I am facing a problem.there is no option to choose to... moreinstall es file manager
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abhishek, 30 Aug 2014I got Asus zenfone 5 but having problem that I m not able t... moreUse default browser to download mp3 files...!
If u just clicked on link , it will start streaming...so Tap and hold the link , and then click on save link...the file will start downloading...!