Clicking photos from your phone has become a ritual now a days. No one has time to carry his/her digital camera with them. In this age of technology the main thing for any individual is that they don`t have much time. Yes time is a critical key, even while clicking pictures from your phone. So does the camera of the ASUS ZenFone Laser 2 click faster pics? Is this smartphone value for money? Well let us unveil all the features and our opinions about this handset.
Design
When we look the phone at first we get to see that the phone is having a huge screen. Yes it is a phablet having a 5.5 inch display. Generally there are volume rocker buttons and lock buttons on the sides but, the latest devices in the zenfone series have something different. The volume rocker buttons are at the back of the smartphone, just below the rear camera.
Flash is seen left side of the rear camera and the laser auto focus system is situated on the right side of the rear camera. There is ASUS branding below the volume rocker buttons. There are speakers below the ASUS branding at the back of the smartphone. The lock or the power ON/OFF button is situated on the top side of the handset. There is also a 3.5mm jack for the headphones on the top. The metallic kind of feel of the back panel does give it a premium look.
When we remove the back cover we can see the dial sim slots. There is also a microSD card slot which is capable of supporting microSD cards of upto 128 GB.
Display
This is a 5.5 inch display and as said earlier this smartphone comes under the phablet category. The screen resolution is 1280×720 pixels. This accounts to 267.02 PPI (Pixels per inch). A massive display is always a treat while playing HD games and watching movies.
Performance
This phone is using a 1.2 GHz Quad Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 Processor. This device is having 2 GB of RAM. We did a lot of multi-tasking on this device and it responded well. So even while playing games you can easily check your WhatsApp with ease without any lag. Also we tried to do multiple things at a time and because of the huge RAM it did respond well. The overall performance of the phone was satisfactory.
Camera
A massive 13 MP rear camera is geared up at the rear with dual LED flash and yes with laser focus. There is also a 5MP front camera for clicking selfies. There are various modes in this camera. These modes are: Auto, Manual, HDR, Beautification, Super Resolution, Low Light, Night, Depth of Field, Effect, Selfie, GIF Animation, Panorama, Miniature, Time Rewind Smart Remove, All Smiles, Slow Motion and Time Lapse.
Using the camera of the phone is very easy. The autofocus of the camera is very quick. So it does give a feel of a point and shoot camera. This is very important part of the phone. It uses infrared laser which bounces off from the object and come back to the camera. This helps to calibrate the distance from the camera to the object. Overall we got impressed with the laser functionality of this camera.
Autofocus functionality: vs High end smartphones?
So we compared it with some of the high end smartphones available in the market. Now we have compared only the AutoFocus feature of the device with other phones, the result was surprising. When we compare the Autofocus of ASUS Zenfone 2 LAser with Samsung Galaxy Note 5, we found that the laser phone performs better. While compared it to LG G3 it was like a similar speed of autofocusing. So this feature of the phone when compared to other high end devices performs better. At a price of just below INR 10K it gives you the power of a function which is superior than that of the few high end devices having price of more than INR 50K.
Software
Android Lollipop is used in this device. Though it is accompanied with the Zen UI. So it is more helpful. The Zen UI has many enhanced features which make the life of a user simple.
Connectivity
It is a Dual SIM smartphone. Both the SIM card slots do support 4G connectivity feautres. Apart from 4G it also supports 2G and 3G connectivity. There are Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and microUSB connectivity options for this smartphone.
Battery
This phone is having a removable battery. This is like an enhancement than the predecessors of the Asus Zenfone series. The battery capacity of this smartphone is 3000mAh. This is a good battery capacity and after a prolong usage and multi-tasking the battery of the smartphone gave a good response.
Final Verdict
At that price of just below INR 10,000 this smartphone seems to be worth the money to buy. If you don`t like to wait for focusing an object while clicking photos, this phone is for you. It does very quick auto focusing while capturing your memories. This is very important as it saves your time. With decent performance and good battery a camera smartphone for this price is worth to buy. Let us know your opinions about this smartphone in the comments below.
Nikhil Narkhede
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