You've got the budget Zenfone 4 Max with its massive 5 thousand milliamp hour battery, the upper mid-range Zenfone 4 which I have here, and the flagship is open for pro which is coming out later in 2017 packing a top-end that grown a 35 and no doubt a hefty price to match. So I'm not going to complain about my job today having just come back from Rome but I want to talk about the Zenfone 4. The rounded corners and thin seven point five millimeter body make it comfortable to hold, and the fancy spinning light effect on the glass looks really good considering its 5.5 inch screen size. It also feels surprisingly light weighing in at 165 grams but in terms of overall size it's about the same as the iPhone 7 plus or 8 plus.
There's a fingerprint reader built into the home button, which so far has been a bit hit and miss for me, as you can see there we go, third time lucky, but where does work is very fast now. On paper, you might be worried that the Zenfone 4's mid-range Snapdragon 630 processor, which replaces the popular 625, might feel a bit slow, a bit sluggish, but in all honesty, combined with Android 7.1 and also Asus's own latest Zen UI 4.0 skin, performance is solid, everything feels smooth and responsive, and a lot of this is down to Asus significantly improving its nUI making it a lot less rubbish like it used to be.
It's faster, but in looking, they've got rid of most but not all of those annoying pre-installed apps, but the headline feature here is that dual camera sets up with Aces, really pushing the wheel of photo slogan for new EM phones. The 12 megapixel F1.8 main camera sits alongside an 8 megapixel F2.2 120 degree wide angle lens, so it's a similar setup to the LG G6 or the V30 and actually I think I prefer a wide-angle lens for the second camera rather than a zoom telephoto lens personally.
You get a much wider field of view, so you can fit loads more in your frame. I've actually been quite surprised how good the cameras are on the Zenfone 4; I took a whole bunch of photos with it when I was in Rome, and considering the Zen phones £450 price tag, I think the cameras do a great job. I did have a couple of issues though when you switch to the wide-angle lens, I found the colors weren't a lot cooler, those almost like a blue tint to the photos for some reason, and when shooting video, which this does up to 4K while quality is good, it did seem to suffer from fairly poor dynamic range.
You don't get really blown out highlights like the skies all the dark areas so it's not perfect, and hopefully, some of these issues may be fixed through software updates. But for the price, I think it definitely holds its own, and if you're taking selfies, you can also use the front-facing eight megapixel F2.0 camera, which is pretty good as well.
Moving on from the camera to the battery inside we've got a 3300 milliamp hours cell which I think combined with the less power-hungry 6 study processor and relatively conservative Full HD resolution this isn't like a quad HD thing at all you do get pretty good battery life on the same thing before I found that at the end of a normal day with this I'd have around 25% my battery left. So, with power saving modes and mini rationing, a little bit, a day and a half is definitely doable.
So overall, I think the Zenfone 4 is a big step up over previous zoom phones and the dual camera sets up with the wide-angle lens is a really nice addition but there's a problem, a big one, and that's this, the +5 which you can get for the same price, for £49, this pack seeing more RAM it's got a top-end processor and thanks to near stock Android software, it feels quite a bit faster as well. It also is thinner and feels a little bit nicer in the hand, I do like this for a lot it does a lot right but with a same retail price of the +5, I just couldn't recommend it which is a shame but Asus have really come a long way.
And if for any reason you don't like the +5 or it doesn't appeal to you, this is definitely a good alternative. Let me know what you think of it in the comments below; would you consider buying it? Thank you very much for watching, please do like share and subscribe if you enjoyed the video; I'll see you next time right here on the tech show.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enif I'm being honest I haven't been a huge fan of Asus zenfone in the past they've often been clunky Lily with bloatware and there's usually better options on the market but they've really upped their game this time with a new zenfone 4 I've been using this as my main phone for the past few days and first impressions are actually really good it packs a five and a half inch full HD display a mid-range Snapdragon 600 processor four gigs of ram and 64 gigs of storage but it's the premium build quality and that dual camera setup the Asus think will make the zenfone 4 stand out from the competition which considering this will cost you 449 pounds here in the UK means basically it's going up against the 1 plus 5 and the honor 9 I've just come back from a weekend in Rome with Asus for their we love photo launch event of the zenfone 4 family and while they're showing off a whole range of phones only three of them are actually coming to me UK you've got the budget zenfone 4 max with its massive 5 thousand milliamp hour battery the upper mid-range zenfone 4 which I have here and the flagship is open for pro which is coming out later in 2017 packing a top-end that grown a 35 and no doubt a hefty price to match so I'm not going to complain about my job today having just come back from Rome but I want to talk about the zenfone 4 the rounded corners and thin seven point five millimeter body make it comfortable to hold and the fancy spinning light effect on the glass looks really good considering its 5.5 inch screen size it also feels surprisingly light weighing in at 165 grams but in terms of overall size it's about the same as the iPhone 7 plus or 8 plus there's a fingerprint reader built into the home button which so far has been a bit hit and miss for me as you can see there we go third time lucky but where does work it is very fast now on paper you might be worried that the zenfone fours mid-range Snapdragon 630 processor which replaces the popular 625 might feel a bit slow a bit sluggish but in all honesty combined with Android 7.1 and also aces his own latest Zen UI 4.0 skin performance is solid everything feels smooth and responsive and a lot of this is down to Asus significantly improving his n UI making it a lot less rubbish like it used to be it's faster but in looking and they've got rid of most but not all of those annoying pre-installed apps but the headline feature here is that dual camera sets up with aces really pushing the wheel of photo slogan for the news em phones the 12 megapixel F 1.8 main camera sits alongside an 8 megapixel F 2.2 120 degree wide angle lens so it's a similar setup to the LG G 6 or the V 30 and actually I think I prefer a wide-angle lens for the second camera rather than a zoom telephoto lens personally you get a much wider field of view so you can fit loads more in your frame I've actually been quite surprised how good the cameras are on the zenfone 4 I took a whole bunch of photos with it when I was in Rome and considering the Zen phones 450 pound price tag I think the cameras do a great job I did have a couple of issues though when you switch to the wide-angle lens I found the colors weren't a lot cooler those almost like a blue tint to the photos for some reason and when shooting video which this does up to 4k while quality is good it did seem to suffer from fairly poor dynamic range you don't get really blown out highlights like the skies all the dark areas so it's not perfect and hopefully some of these issues may be fixed through software updates but for the price I think it definitely holds its own and if you're v taking selfies you can also use the front-facing eight megapixel F 2.0 camera which is pretty good as well moving on from the camera to the battery inside we've got a 3300 milliamp hours cell which I think combined with the less power-hungry 6 study processor and relatively conservative Full HD resolution this isn't like a quad HD thing at all you do get pretty good battery life on the same thing before I found that at the end of a normal day with this I'd have around 25% my battery left so with power saving modes and mini rationing a little bit a day and a half is definitely doable so overall I think the zenfone 4 is a big step up over previous zoom phones and the dual camera sets up with the wide-angle lens is a really nice addition but there's a problem a big one and that's this the 1 + 5 which you can get for the same price for 49 this pack seeing more RAM it's got a top-end processor and thanks to the near stock Android software it feels quite a bit faster as well it also is thinner and feels a little bit nicer in the and I do like this fo for a lot it does a lot right but with a same retail price of the one plus five I just couldn't recommend it which is a shame but Asus have really come a long way and if for any reason you don't like the one plus five or it doesn't appeal to you this is definitely a good alternative let me know what you think of it in the comments below would you consider buying it thank you very much for watching please do like share and subscribe if you enjoyed the video I'll see you next time right here on the tech showif I'm being honest I haven't been a huge fan of Asus zenfone in the past they've often been clunky Lily with bloatware and there's usually better options on the market but they've really upped their game this time with a new zenfone 4 I've been using this as my main phone for the past few days and first impressions are actually really good it packs a five and a half inch full HD display a mid-range Snapdragon 600 processor four gigs of ram and 64 gigs of storage but it's the premium build quality and that dual camera setup the Asus think will make the zenfone 4 stand out from the competition which considering this will cost you 449 pounds here in the UK means basically it's going up against the 1 plus 5 and the honor 9 I've just come back from a weekend in Rome with Asus for their we love photo launch event of the zenfone 4 family and while they're showing off a whole range of phones only three of them are actually coming to me UK you've got the budget zenfone 4 max with its massive 5 thousand milliamp hour battery the upper mid-range zenfone 4 which I have here and the flagship is open for pro which is coming out later in 2017 packing a top-end that grown a 35 and no doubt a hefty price to match so I'm not going to complain about my job today having just come back from Rome but I want to talk about the zenfone 4 the rounded corners and thin seven point five millimeter body make it comfortable to hold and the fancy spinning light effect on the glass looks really good considering its 5.5 inch screen size it also feels surprisingly light weighing in at 165 grams but in terms of overall size it's about the same as the iPhone 7 plus or 8 plus there's a fingerprint reader built into the home button which so far has been a bit hit and miss for me as you can see there we go third time lucky but where does work it is very fast now on paper you might be worried that the zenfone fours mid-range Snapdragon 630 processor which replaces the popular 625 might feel a bit slow a bit sluggish but in all honesty combined with Android 7.1 and also aces his own latest Zen UI 4.0 skin performance is solid everything feels smooth and responsive and a lot of this is down to Asus significantly improving his n UI making it a lot less rubbish like it used to be it's faster but in looking and they've got rid of most but not all of those annoying pre-installed apps but the headline feature here is that dual camera sets up with aces really pushing the wheel of photo slogan for the news em phones the 12 megapixel F 1.8 main camera sits alongside an 8 megapixel F 2.2 120 degree wide angle lens so it's a similar setup to the LG G 6 or the V 30 and actually I think I prefer a wide-angle lens for the second camera rather than a zoom telephoto lens personally you get a much wider field of view so you can fit loads more in your frame I've actually been quite surprised how good the cameras are on the zenfone 4 I took a whole bunch of photos with it when I was in Rome and considering the Zen phones 450 pound price tag I think the cameras do a great job I did have a couple of issues though when you switch to the wide-angle lens I found the colors weren't a lot cooler those almost like a blue tint to the photos for some reason and when shooting video which this does up to 4k while quality is good it did seem to suffer from fairly poor dynamic range you don't get really blown out highlights like the skies all the dark areas so it's not perfect and hopefully some of these issues may be fixed through software updates but for the price I think it definitely holds its own and if you're v taking selfies you can also use the front-facing eight megapixel F 2.0 camera which is pretty good as well moving on from the camera to the battery inside we've got a 3300 milliamp hours cell which I think combined with the less power-hungry 6 study processor and relatively conservative Full HD resolution this isn't like a quad HD thing at all you do get pretty good battery life on the same thing before I found that at the end of a normal day with this I'd have around 25% my battery left so with power saving modes and mini rationing a little bit a day and a half is definitely doable so overall I think the zenfone 4 is a big step up over previous zoom phones and the dual camera sets up with the wide-angle lens is a really nice addition but there's a problem a big one and that's this the 1 + 5 which you can get for the same price for 49 this pack seeing more RAM it's got a top-end processor and thanks to the near stock Android software it feels quite a bit faster as well it also is thinner and feels a little bit nicer in the and I do like this fo for a lot it does a lot right but with a same retail price of the one plus five I just couldn't recommend it which is a shame but Asus have really come a long way and if for any reason you don't like the one plus five or it doesn't appeal to you this is definitely a good alternative let me know what you think of it in the comments below would you consider buying it thank you very much for watching please do like share and subscribe if you enjoyed the video I'll see you next time right here on the tech show\n"
