Asus Zenfone 5z review

01 September 2018
The Asus ZenFone 5Z has been around for some time now. Flagship ZenFone series devices have been known to border on the excess in the past, and while some of that may have become par for the course for flagship Android phones these days, the ZenFone 5Z leaves no stone unturned and comes with all the proverbial bells and whistles. As with previous ZenFone flagships, it is also priced exceedingly well positioning it squarely between the Poco F1 and the OnePlus 6 but is that really the whole story? Let’s find out.

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  • 05 Feb 2024

Stratospheric, 21 Jan 2024Anybody still using them in 2024? I am still using it in 2024. 🎉

    Anybody still using them in 2024?

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      • Anonymous
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      • 05 Feb 2022

      Anonymous, 16 Jun 2020Does anyone know the max read write speed the phone will su... moreHello its 5mb

        King, 01 Jul 2020I totally agree that this phone is one of the best out ther... moreZenFone 5 is also phenomenal device.

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          • 14 Jul 2021

          This 5Z review by GSMArena is the most sick one ever amongst those I've had witnessed till date.

          3 years on & 5z's still rolling

            5z is gud phone.
            Main drawback is small battery (3300mah).
            If I pair back camera with gcam then it is better than OnePlus 6t back camera paired with gcam. Front cam not that good. Since I don't take selfie that much it doesn't affect me that much.processor is powerful. UI is smooth and so good. I like this UI. Gaming also smooth (sd 845). Build quality awesome. I think Touch wasn't that gud when it was released . Bt I recently it got many touch updates and I think it got improved in touch too. Phone is so quick. Display quality also good. I like its design too. Overall very good Phone.

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              • Timothy
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              • 25 Nov 2020

              Topwan, 25 Jan 2020It's simply not a good phone, powerful , yes, high build qu... moreYe I thought because of the specs it would be nice but the experience isn't all that great. When watching YouTube and trying to rotate the video it doesn't seem to work a lot of the time. And the cameras are pretty bad. Especially the selfie one which they didn't talk about. The selfie camera when taking videos reverses the image and you can't change it for videos only for pictures. Another bug is with just swiping really crazily and everywhere some of the animations just get stuck on the screen. And my final complaint is that the battery and cooling just suck, it gets hot and doesn't last long when playing games. I got this for $320 but it is still just is a very poor experience overall.

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                • 01 Jul 2020

                Roystoys, 11 Apr 2020The Asus ZenFone 5 z is probably the best phone I have ever... moreI totally agree that this phone is one of the best out there. I first bought the Zenfone 5 then went to get the 5z as well. Its phenomenal for the price range.

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                  • Anonymous
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                  • 16 Jun 2020

                  Does anyone know the max read write speed the phone will support on the micro SD card

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                    • 20 Apr 2020

                    Here in Colombia is at 275 dollars, i just bought it. I knows that the camera may not be the best, but may be The GCam improves it.

                    Hopefully it comes with old firmware, i Need it to fly on pokémon go, if it comes with the latest fw and the camera is worse than my iPhone X, i think i will sell it again.

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                      • 11 Apr 2020

                      The Asus ZenFone 5 z is probably the best phone I have ever had . The battery saving options are better than any other phone I have had . There are 4 options the Max one disables the wifi and mobile data while keeping the phone,SMS and clock/ alarm awake at this setting I get 5 days standby which I just love as I hate charging phones. One of the best features has to be the AI boost which combines WiFi and mobile data for downloading for extremely fast downloads. The screen covers the whole face of the phone except for the smallest of small border. This phone gives big name phones a run for their money at half the price. I can't recommend the zenfone 5 z more highly
                      I am in the process of buying one for my wife . I will do another review when I have used the phone for about a month or two

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                        • 19 Mar 2020

                        Topwan, 25 Jan 2020It's simply not a good phone, powerful , yes, high build qu... moreNever lagged for me but battery is an issue.

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                          • Ronnie
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                          • 01 Feb 2020

                          battry drain so fast in pubg and over heating while games.Plz fix this issue in update add dtsx ultra and dolby atmos in update plz Asus Tek.

                            Teufelsberg, 19 Nov 2019Pretty harsh review for otherwise a fair and good phone, es... moreIt's simply not a good phone, powerful , yes, high build quality, also yes, but if ur not priority yourself in gaming, i suggest you don't purchase this device, its user experience is just poor, even after the Android 10 update it's still lags and stutter in a simple opening and closing apps, and there's still some bug in the animation and transition which make the phone just less enjoyable to use

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                              • Hasan
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                              • 04 Jan 2020

                              JLP, 07 Nov 2018I dont care Big battery Charging time is more important. An... moreYes bro

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                                • Munesh Goswami
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                                • 30 Dec 2019

                                I had purchased Asus Zenfone 5Z with 6GB RAM and 128GB ROM But very Bad performance phone in comparison of all the equivalent Mi, Lenovo, Vivo, Samsung. Not connected with Whatsapp. Very Slow Processor and taking long time to connect with applications like Whatsapp, Facebook etc. Not Value for Money. My rating on this phone is only 1 star.

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                                  • 30 Nov 2019

                                  Woosah, 17 Aug 2019Does Asus Zenfone 5z got 4gb ram? and if there is, was it ... moreNo

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                                    • 19 Nov 2019

                                    Pretty harsh review for otherwise a fair and good phone, especially the camera review.

                                    Wouldn't want to contradict anything else but the bloatware weak point - not even close to other devices heavy loaded bloatware. At least on 5z you can easily uninstall them.

                                      Does Asus Zenfone 5z got 4gb ram? and if there is, was it the same SD 845? thanks

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                                        • 22 Jul 2019

                                        KKV, 13 Mar 2019With price drop now, 6GB 128GB for 25k.Is it still worth it... moreYou can consider the LG G7/G7+. Good IPS screen, super wide angle camera and SD845 chipsets.