preface

"Asustek's quality is as firm as a rock". I believe you are not unfamiliar with this sentence. Maybe we all know more about Asustek than computers. But as the world's first motherboard manufacturer, Asustek is not only excellent at making computers, but also covers the whole line of 3C products, such as laptops and smart phones, in September 2016, ASUS released four ZenFone 3 series mobile phones at one go. This time, it adopted a refreshing design style to achieve a breakthrough in both appearance and photography. It focuses on offline mid end products. ASUS ZenFone 3 series includes ZenFone 3 Zunjue, ZenFone 3 Aoshi There are four models of ZenFone 3 Lingzhi and ZenFone 3 flagship. However, according to the names of these four models, each configuration of these four products has different positioning. The ZenFone 3 series model that I want to recommend to you this time is ZenFone 3 Lingzhi, which is a mobile phone focusing on face value and photography. Compared with previous generations of products, it has a great breakthrough, First of all, thank you for providing this valuable trial opportunity. Now let's take a look at the figure to understand some specific parameters of ZenFone 3's intelligence.

Unpacking

The outer package of ASUS ZenFone 3 Smart adopts a rectangular gift box design, with the gold font of ZenFone 3 printed in the middle, and a blue label in the upper left corner. It supports China Mobile 4G network and VoLTE high-definition voice call technology. The overall package is simple and fashionable, and the surface has a frosted visual texture. When the light is hit on it, it is particularly prominent, without losing any temperament.

When the author opened the ZenFone 3 smart packaging box, the gift box style flip design was different from other mobile phone unpacking methods, which was the first surprise when the author opened the "veil".

The beginning of the flagship machine has brought a different feeling. The author can safely hold the phone in his hand when he mentions the "big arrow", which is a bonus for design.

What is pressed on the bottom of the fuselage is an envelope like object. Are all the accessories here? Or is there a letter to the author?

When I opened it, I found that there were card needles, product manuals and warranty cards. In fact, these accessories should be kept well. If people threw most of these accessories into the box randomly as usual, they would be in a mess. This time, Asustek really made me feel warm. Every step of the design was so careful, good and good.

When driving to the bottom, the author not only saw the charger, but also saw a very intimate accessory: "original earphone". Compared with the current situation, many high-end mobile phones are not equipped with earphones. When I saw it, I was inexplicably excited.

ZenFone 3 original smart earphones and two pairs of in ear silicone earmuffs will be provided by generous manufacturers, so you don't have to worry about losing the earmuffs.

ZenFone 3 Lingzhi original 5V/2A charger, charging line interface is now the common Type-C interface.

The color matching of all parts of ZenFone 3 is black and white, and black and white will look better.

Outside Conceptual design

ZenFone 3 Series ZenFone 3 has four color combinations, namely: Moonlight White, Shining Gold, Lake Blue and Sapphire Blue. This time it is sapphire blue, which looks very dark. Basically close to black, the overall appearance size is 152.59x77.38x7.69mm, and weighs about 155g.

The design concept of ASUS ZenFone 3 Smart still adopts the design concept of concentric circles, which is also a highlight of ASUS mobile phone's high human eye recognition. The front and back sides of the phone adopt this design, while the front and back sides of the phone also adopt the design of 2.5D glass on both sides of the body. In addition, the metal middle frame with good roundness and brick cutting bevel shape has excellent hand feel, The ID design of double-sided glass+metal middle frame is the classic style of this phone.

Considering the poor wear resistance and fingerprint resistance of double-sided glass mobile phones, ASUS ZenFone 3 Lingzhi uses gorilla scratch resistant glass as well as "micron optical coating technology", which can not only effectively reduce the legacy of fingerprints, but also effectively increase the refraction ability of the handset under the refraction of light, At the same time, it also increases the appearance of ZenFone 3's intelligence.

The metal middle frame of ZenFone 3 Smart is made of high hardness metal, and two 2.5D glasses are inlaid on both sides. It is very round when held in the hand, without any feeling of cutting the hand.

The physical keys of ZenFone 3 Smart are all set on the left side of the fuselage, which are in turn: switch on/reset key and volume increase/decrease key. The keys also adopt the design concept of concentric circle, but the increase/decrease keys have obvious relaxation, which does not affect normal use.

ZenFone 3 Lingzhi also attaches great importance to the symmetry aesthetics of the fuselage. The laser focusing, main lens, three color warm flash and fingerprint module on the back of the fuselage are very symmetrical, including the ASUS English logo on the back of the fuselage. The symmetrical design makes its appearance impeccable.

In the middle of the top of ZenFone 3's smart body is the earphone, next to which is an 8 megapixel camera. At the bottom are three virtual touch keys, from left to right, are the return key, the home key and the multi task key.

The top of ASUS ZenFone 3 Smart has a 3.5mm standard headphone interface and a small microphone.

At the bottom of the fuselage are microphones, Type-C charging interfaces and 16 hole dual row speakers.

However, the card slot of ZenFone 3 Smart is set on the left side of the body. It is a two in one SIM and SD card slot, which can support SD card expansion. In addition, this phone only supports medium-sized SIM card access.

camera

There are more than 20 modes to choose from in the camera, including beauty, children GIF、 Depth of field, night view and other modes, especially the "Ultra clear picture quality" mode, which can make photos get 6400W resolution.

ZenFone 3 Smart is equipped with a front 800W pixel selfie lens, supporting F2.0 aperture and 84 ° wide-angle, rear 1600W pixels, Sony IMx298 sensor, supporting 0.03 second three hybrid focusing system, 4-axis optical anti shake+3-axis electronic anti shake and color correction technology. The three hybrid focusing system can focus on various color light scenes with phase focusing and laser focusing, The optical anti shake can enable the lens array in the module to compensate the position in the opposite direction according to the position of the mobile phone, and finally get a stable picture.

Now let's see the live sample:

The resolution of pictures taken with ultra clear image quality can reach 9312x5240. The following figure shows the comparison between ultra clear image quality and automatic shooting.

The following figure shows the contrast between the ultra clear image quality and the deep scene mode.

processor

ZenFone 3 Smart uses Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor and desktop Adreno ™ Compared with the previous generation, the 506 image processor consumes 35% less power. Its built-in configuration is 4GB RAM+64GB ROM.

The running score of Anthare is 6.1W+, which meets the daily use. There is no jam phenomenon during 3D test.

When playing some mobile games, ZenFone 3's intelligence also runs smoothly.

power waste

ZenFone 3 Smart is equipped with 3000mAh battery and Xiaolong 625 processor, which can better reduce power consumption. At the same time, it also provides QC3.0 fast charging technology, and the maximum power of 18W can quickly restore power.

Trouble saving system

ZenFone 3 Smart is equipped with the ASUS Ease of Life 3.0 desktop based on Android 6.0.1. Like other mainstream Android phones, the lock screen interface is added with a carousel wallpaper. Each time the screen is opened, there are different wallpaper displays. You can select the wallpaper type through settings. In addition, the lock screen interface can directly see the date and time and enter the camera interface.

Pull down the menu bar, the main interface has time and date, etc., and then pull down to the secondary menu bar, with shortcut buttons such as WIFI, one hand operation, Bluetooth and flashlight.

If you want to download the application, you can press the Home key for a long time to call up the search interface, which is very convenient.

In terms of APP management, ZenFone 3's smart and convenient desktop, in addition to classifying APP on the desktop, can slide left and right to switch applications in other folders, which is very convenient.

The system also provides simple mode and children mode. The simple mode is convenient for intelligent machine operators who are difficult to understand. Children mode parents can control children to open APP and set PIN and other passwords.

ZenFone 3 Lingzhi has provided a back fingerprint unlocking scheme, which does not support screen out unlocking. The officially designated unlocking time is 0.2 seconds. It supports up to five sets of fingerprint entries and 360 ° unlocking. Fingerprints also include functions such as call answering, camera taking and quick payment.

summary

After several days' trial of ZenFone 3 Smart, my first impression is that it is beautiful. The double-sided 2.5D glass has a mellow and comfortable feel. Especially when the light hits the body, it is amazing. It gives me a different experience on a mid to high-end model, The configuration of Xiaolong 625 and 4G+64GB has well balanced the performance and power consumption. The 4-axis optical anti shake+2-axis electronic anti shake camera has become a highlight of its body, making it have an excellent camera performance.

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