Asus Zenfone 5 A500KL (2014)
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- akma
- HjB
- 07 Oct 2014
i just lost my zenfone 5, should i buy a new zenfone 5 a500kl?
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- Amit
- R1s
- 07 Oct 2014
I and another of my friend bought Zenfone 5. His phone got din't start one fine day, as however as it was bought within a month it was replaced. Mine got dead after a month, i called the service center and they asked me to show them the phone. I was told the motherboard is gone and will needs to replaced, phone will not be. I am currently out of phone. Also the customer service is pathetic and they would hang-up the phone as they dont understand
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- Hem
- 7tN
- 05 Oct 2014
Can any one answer... My Zenfone 5 is taking hell lot of time to recharge and trouble in key pad when using for messaging. what do I need to do improve the recharge time and keypad misbehaviour?
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- Odeon
- vaR
- 05 Oct 2014
I have a Nexus 5 32GB and just bought a Zenfone 5 A500KL 4G. The simple comparison is that I find the Asus A500KL a more interesting phone in that its design, screen display; especially the text messaging display which is black text on a white background, with all punctuation able to be used without changing the keypad from alphabet. All features work well and smoothly with some special tweaks that are missing on the Nexus, especially FM Radio, very much missed on the Nexus. Both phones have a similar quality feel, Most people when shown the Asus Zenfone say "I didn't know Asus made phones too". Its a pity they are not retailed very well in Australia and actually are not officially released here, apart from Amaysim, the SIM only provider. Otherwise every Zenfone has to be sourced from China/Hong Kong via a few electrical goods retailers.
Whilst the Nexus 5 costs close to a third as much again as a Zenfone, its performance is relatively similar, but from the 'personality' point of view, its a boring phone as may be seen from the number of fairly 'young' versions already for sale on eBay. The Nexus memory cannot be upgraded, whereas the Zenfone will take a SD memory card to bring available memory up to 64GB.
So my simple comparison is that I like the Zenfone 5 better than the Nexus 5. The 4G A500KL Zenfone with 16GB/2GB RAM with its quad core Qualcom Snapdragon processor outshines the dual core/dual sim 3G version that has an Intel Atom processor, but not by too much. The screen area of both the Zenfone and the Nexus are the same, and the only drawback is that the Zenfone 5 is around 10mm longer from top to bottom, which makes it somewhat cumbersome and pokes out of a guys shirt pocket a fair way. I have to say that the Zenfone 6 with its 6" screen must be quite a handful. Resale value of my first 3G Zenfone 5 was a bit of shock, losing a third of its purhcase price in a couple of weeks, after I decided to upgrade fromm the 3G to the 4G LTE version, but glad I did. The Nexus 5 then.....? Well that's in the drawer for now! So my cinal word is that for value for money and a great experience I recommend the Zenfone 5 16GB/2GB ram 4G LTE A500KL, for which some sellers are asking silly prices, but can be had for around AU$250 + shipping from Asia of around AU$20.
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- agil
- 61D
- 04 Oct 2014
romy c., 03 Oct 2014why is it the ram is just only 500 ram not 2gb.of rami'ts mean that 1 or 2 Gb RAM, not 500mb RAM
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- Skeith
- PIq
- 04 Oct 2014
@romy c.
there are 2 types, zenfone with 1gb or 2gb of ram. it's not half(1/2), it's 1gb or 2 gb.
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- romy c.
- YT@
- 03 Oct 2014
why is it the ram is just only 500 ram not 2gb.of ram
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- hacker
- t7X
- 03 Oct 2014
If u want to last ur battery charge your phone atleast 5 hours and u can see ur battery will last long
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- MSR CHARYULU
- ITm
- 02 Oct 2014
This Phone always out of stock but the price will be raised no information in market
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- Smith
- P%$
- 02 Oct 2014
Ali, 01 Oct 2014How's the wifi signals in this version? I bought A500CG bu... moreCheck out ur wifi option untick wifi-sleep mode
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- Ali
- uWE
- 01 Oct 2014
How's the wifi signals in this version?
I bought A500CG but when it went to sleep mode or screen turned off, wifi signals also gone...
I checked power saving mode and put wifi always on, done factory reset 3 times but all in vain and then I sold out that set.
Anyone who suffered that or my set was faulty???
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- rrr
- vaN
- 01 Oct 2014
it easily get hot specially if u use it above thirty minutes onwards. so hot that you can't even hold the device so you really have to cool it down
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- vikram
- PUP
- 30 Sep 2014
always this phone will be out of stock is this phone for advertizement of 16gb phone..?
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- Pachi
- PUP
- 30 Sep 2014
may i know when this phone will available on shopping sites
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- Anonymous
- mK9
- 30 Sep 2014
new user, 29 Sep 2014may i know what the difference between A500KL and A500CG? a... morea500 kl 4g , the other is 3g
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- new user
- PTG
- 29 Sep 2014
may i know what the difference between A500KL and A500CG? anyone know?
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- Anonymous
- UD%
- 29 Sep 2014
Anonymous, 23 Sep 2014To all the peeps having an issue about battery life, only o... moreJust with regards to the suggestion: "if you have problem with the battery life, the solution is to NOT USE YOUR PHONE so that it CAN BE USED ALL DAY" how do you suggest we do that?
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- Anonymous
- UD%
- 29 Sep 2014
Anonymous, 23 Sep 2014To all the peeps having an issue about battery life, only o... moreJust with regards to the suggestion: "if you have problem with the battery life, the solution is to NOT USE YOUR PHONE so that it CAN BE USED ALL DAY" how do you suggest we do that?
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- vanu
- ygB
- 28 Sep 2014
care???
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- muthu
- uWt
- 28 Sep 2014
AnonD-280680, 28 Sep 2014all spec excellent include 4g the cons is dont have NFC a... moreSuperrrrrrrrrrrrrr