1: Preamble
ASUS The first contact of Chinese people with this brand may be its PC business, which covers almost every corner of the PC industry, including desktops, laptops, computer accessories, peripherals, etc., and has created a brand that is almost synonymous with extreme performance: the player country. People may have combined ASUS with fever for a long time, but today we won't talk about it. Let's talk about something else. ASUS's new flagship mobile phone: ZenFone 3 Grand Edition As the world's first performance monster equipped with Snapdragon 821 processor, what experience can it bring us? Let's have a good look today
2: Appearance
In terms of packaging box, ASUS ZenFone 3 Honorable Edition adopts the design of gift box packaging. The overall design is simple but not simple. The front is stamped with the words of ZenFone 3 Honorable Edition, while the back is marked with the main parameters of ZenFone 3 Honorable Edition
Open the front of the box and you can see the ZenFone 3 Zunjue Edition, while open the side of the box and you can see the relevant accessories. The whole unpacking is very comfortable. Everything is placed as a jewel box, which is worth praising.
In terms of accessories, ZenFone 3 Premium Edition is very rich. It is equipped with a fast charger of up to 18W, a Type-C data cable, pin, San Bao certificate and headset, and the headset is also equipped with a storage box, which is very considerate.
The front design of ZenFone 3 Zunjue Edition is business oriented, giving a sense of dignity and grandeur. The CD grain design is added to the top and bottom of the front, making the design more beautiful. The top is a big white face design, and the bottom is a touch type three diamond keys.
The metal frame is anodized, and the upper and lower edges are CNC bright edges, which makes the jaw and fingers feel no scratching or scratching when holding, which is worth affirming.
The top design of ZenFone 3 Premium Edition is very simple. There is only one 3.5mm headphone jack, and the bottom is the main MIC, Type-C interface and speaker from left to right. In addition, careful friends can see hidden antenna openings at the top and bottom of the frame.
The right side of the fuselage is equipped with the power key and volume key, both of which are textured to effectively prevent slipping. The left side of the fuselage is equipped with the auxiliary MIC and card slot, which are made of metal and are designed with and or card slots. Users can choose their own solutions.
The back of ZenFone 3 Grand Edition is made of all metal materials with anodizing treatment, and the most interesting and special thing is that it uses a hidden antenna design, which makes the back completely get rid of the antenna partition strip, and the integrity of the back reaches a new height. Virgo friends may cry when they see this.
On the top of the back, from left to right, there are two color temperature flash lights, the main camera and the laser focusing module. Under the camera, there is a fingerprint identification module. The camera is slightly protruding, and the overall symmetrical design is very beautiful.
The bottom of the back is very simple, with only one ASUS LOGO, which also benefits from the hidden antenna design.
The back of ZenFone 3 Zunjue Edition has a curved design, which allows users to hold the phone more closely to the palm of their hand. Thanks to the extremely narrow border, the 5.7 inch screen phone is also very handy.
Appearance summary:
The ZenFone 3 Grand Edition can be regarded as the ultimate form of metal integrated body design. Compared with the so-called one size fits all design such as the iPhone 7 released this year, The hidden antenna design adopted by ZenFone 3 Zunjue Edition has truly achieved a seamless all metal back, which is more than a little better in both hand feel and vision. Some people may think it's nothing, but a manufacturer's pursuit and attention to technology are reflected in this, And the perfect back that Mr. Qiao, who was touted by friends and merchants in those years, pursued was finally realized in ZenFone 3 Grand Edition.
3: System experience
In terms of the system, ZenFone 3 Premium Edition uses an in-depth customization system based on Android 6.0.1. The overall UI style is business oriented. The multi task menu uses a card design, and the slide down bar uses a two-stage design. One pull down is the notification center, and another slide down is the shortcut button.
ZenFone 3 Zunjue Edition has an intelligent steward built in, which can effectively manage various settings in the system. For example, the current performance mode can be selected in the power saving mode to maximize power consumption. In the self start management, system applications and third-party applications can be set to prevent the power consumption from increasing due to software self start, and traffic management, space cleaning, etc. are also available, which is very grounded.
In the settings, various types of setting items are classified. In the display items, users can set the color temperature according to their own preferences. In addition, the super AMOLED screen with its screen color mode can provide users with an unusual display experience. In addition, personalized settings such as ZenMotion are also included in the settings to meet the needs of users to customize their phones, The operation shall be convenient to the greatest extent.
In addition to unlocking mobile phones through fingerprint identification module, ZenFone 3 Zunjue Edition can also complete functions such as Alipay fingerprint payment, quick photo taking, answering calls, etc., which is very practical.
System summary:
After a round of experience, the ZenFone 3 Zunjue system is still very grounded to the author. For example, the built-in yellow pages, anti harassment, intelligent stewards, etc. can all see the importance they attach to the Chinese market. Although localization can not be compared with the systems of local friends, it is in the forefront compared with Samsung, LG and other international manufacturers, and deserves praise.
4: Hardware performance
In terms of configuration, ZenFone 3 Premium Edition can only be described as luxury. It not only uses Snapdragon 821 processor (the highest frequency is 2.3GHz) for the first time, but also uses 6GB RAM+256GB ROM. It can be said that there is no shortage in performance.
The GPU is still Adreno 530, but the frequency has increased to 652MHZ, and the performance can only say: Who else!
5: Photo experience
In terms of photography, the ZenFone 3 Grand Edition is not far behind. It is equipped with Sony's latest IMX318 sensor, up to 23 million pixels, and f/2.0 aperture, The 6p lens supports optical anti shake, which is very powerful in parameters. How about the actual effect?
First of all, let's talk about the shooting experience. The ZenFone 3 Grand Edition viewfinder is very simple, leaving only the most commonly used function keys on the main page. Click the right side of the shutter to quickly enter the professional mode, while clicking the lower right corner of the viewfinder box can select the shooting mode. The overall operation logic is simple and clear, which conforms to most of the operation habits.
In terms of samples, we add the current mainstream iPhone 7 Plus and Samsung Galaxy S7 as comparison references, From left to right are ZenFone 3 iPhone 7 Plus、 Samsung S7
Daytime proof sheet:
In the case of sufficient sunshine in the daytime, there is no obvious difference between the three, but more differences in imaging style. From the proof, we can see that ZenFone 3 will have higher color saturation, stronger impact and more pleasing to the eye than the other two.
PS： From left to right are ZenFone 3 iPhone 7 Plus、 Samsung S7
When you zoom in and contrast the details, you can see that, Thanks to 23 million pixels, the ZenFone 3 Grand Edition almost overwhelms the other two in terms of details, and in terms of white balance, the ZenFone 3 Grand Edition and the iPhone 7 Plus are also the closest to the naked eye (because the iPhone 7 Plus takes photos based on the P3 color gamut, so the pictures are all sRGB converted.) On the whole, the overall performance of the three is equal, ZenFone 3 Grand Edition is slightly better in details.
Night sample:
PS： From left to right are ZenFone 3 iPhone 7 Plus、 Samsung S7
Coming to the night scene is the time to test various photography algorithms, The ZenFone 3 Zunjue Edition is relatively conservative in exposure control compared with the other two. Although it is slightly less than the other two in overall details, the main details and picture purity are guaranteed to some extent. The difference in tuning style depends on the user's preference, and can also be seen in the last two groups of comparison samples, Compared with the iPhone 7 Plus and Samsung Galaxy S7, ZenFone 3 Zunjue version has better glare control and highlights the details of the focus range.
After zooming in the details, it can be seen that the analytical force between the three mobile phones is still very tight, and the three parties have not opened a big gap. In addition, the exposure control of ZenFone 3 Zunjue Edition is closer to the naked eye.
Photo summary:
According to the sample, the imaging of ZenFone 3 is very good. For Sony, a brand new sensor, Asus has also played its due strength. In the face of today's recognized photography benchmark iPhone 7 Plus and Samsung Galaxy S7, the situation of mutual victory and defeat has really shocked the author. The only regret is that it is heavier to paint at night, Otherwise, the details of the sample can be further improved. On the whole, the photography and imaging effect of ZenFone 3 is worthy of its flagship status.
6: Endurance and charging
In terms of charging, ZenFone 3 Zunjue Edition supports Qualcomm's QC3.0 fast charging protocol. The maximum output power of the charger reaches 18W. It takes 93 minutes to fully charge the 3000mAh battery from 0% to 100%. After 30 minutes of charging, about 40% of the power can be charged. This achievement is very beautiful.
In terms of endurance, the ZenFone 3 Grand Edition is equipped with a 3000mAh battery Love to play computer games 67% of the battery is left after the 3-hour endurance test of ZenFone 3, which is not very good. But considering the strong performance of ZenFone 3, I can understand that there is no problem for mild and moderate mobile phone users to use it for a day.
7: Summary
As the flagship product of the year in 2016, ASUS ZenFone 3 has brought too many surprises to the author. Its careful hidden antenna appearance design, grounding customized system, amazing performance and excellent photo taking ability have all made me admire ASUS brand. The performance of a mobile phone is not only excellent in one aspect, A comprehensive and balanced overall performance can give users confidence to use. In this regard, ZenFone 3 Honorable Edition has undoubtedly achieved. The author cannot say that it has no shortcomings, but its shortcomings do not hide its merits. ZenFone 3 Honorable Edition is a flagship mobile phone worth recommending. If you are a mobile phone enthusiast, ZenFone 3 Honorable Edition is worth experiencing.
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