Last year was a year of great progress for ASUS mobile phones. From the world's first Snapdragon 821, ASUS ZenFone 3 Deluxe, to the coming debut of Snapdragon 835 flagship processor, ASUS ZenFone series mobile phones gained great reputation. The recently launched ASUS ZenFone 3 Smart, which is targeted at the middle end user group, even carries a 2.5D dual glass screen, and its appearance instantly explodes, Let's join the author on Lei Feng.com Love to play computer games Channel experience this ASUS ZenFone 3 smart phone.

1： Appearance: Asus Zen elements are more than aesthetic.

Outside The packaging adopts the mainstream simple design style. The black texture box is more commercial than the pure white box.

The color scheme I received is sapphire blue. Compared with the current proliferation of all metal mobile phones, the 2.5D double-sided glass screen matched with the Asus ZenFone 3 has a more prominent color value. Under different light angles, it presents high beauty enjoyment. Compared with the glory 8 and other double-sided glass mobile phones, the Asus ZenFone 3 is more business oriented, calm and dignified.

In terms of accessories, ASUS ZenFone 3 also shows more sincerity. In addition to the standard power cord and power plug, it also presents original headphones, which is more comprehensive than Huawei Glory 8 at the same price segment.

The classic ASUS Zen design style on the back of the fuselage, sharp design elements and slightly rounded corners make almost every ASUS ZenFone model feel like an acquaintance. The layout of the back of the fuselage is slightly different. TriTech triple hybrid focusing technology has laser auto focusing sensors.

The glass panel is matched with a metal frame. Compared with the full metal panel body, it continues the appearance of high color value, and also ensures a smooth hand feel. The palm fits more finely.

The rear main camera adopts a convex design, equipped with a 16 million pixel Sony IMX298 sensor, and has a F2.0 aperture. The surface of the main camera is protected by a sapphire lens. In addition to the mainstream dual color temperature flash, the ASUS ZenFone 3 also has a color correction sensor and a laser focusing sensor.

In terms of keys, ASUS ZenFone 3 adopts the classic Android three key design, which avoids the virtual key problem that Huawei models are criticized for, and the utilization rate of the whole screen is higher.

The top layout of the fuselage is relatively simple. Only the earpiece is perforated. On the right side is a front camera.

The SIM card slot is slightly different from other models, with a metal baffle on one side and a dual SIM card design.

In addition to supporting dual SIM design, it can also support single SIM+single Micro SD card for capacity expansion. It supports 4G signals from the three networks of China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom, and supports up to 128GB memory card expansion.

Asus ZenFone 3 has designed the volume increase/decrease button and power button on the right side of the body. At the same time, there is a logo beside the power button, and the screw design on the physical button can effectively prevent hand slipping and increase the experience of delicate operation.

The bottom is designed with MIC hole, Type-C interface and speaker hole, and the two sides are mobile phone antenna cutting lines to increase mobile phone signal reception capacity.

The top of the fuselage has a 3.5mm audio port and a noise reduction Mic port.

2、 Hyperboloid dispute: Asus ZenFone 3 PK TCL 950

The author also compares the popular 2.5D double glass mobile phone TCL 950 this year with the sleek design elements of the whole TCL 950. Asus ZenFone 3 is the main business man style. The four corners of the machine are more calm, and the symmetrical design is more beautiful. The fingerprint recognition difference has also been appropriately expanded.

Although both phones are designed with protruding cameras, the ASUS ZenFone 3 is more properly controlled from the perspective of protruding degree, and it will not be easy to cut hands like TCL950 in daily use.

The overall size of ASUS ZenFone 3 is 152.59x77.38x7.69mm. The mobile phone weighs 155g, which is shorter and wider than TCL950's 153.6x75.4x6.99mm. The mobile phone is much lighter than TCL950's 165g.

Asustek ZenFone 3 controls the thickness of the metal middle frame at 6.16mm, while the diamond section is 0.18mm. The integration of the overall diamond cutting edge and the metal middle frame is smoother than TCL950.

The front 2.5D glass screen is very different from the front 2.5D glass screen. The Asus ZenFone 3 is a three button design, while the TCL950 is a virtual button design. The TCL950 is more beautiful when the screen is turned off, but the author prefers ZenFone 3 in terms of use.

3、 Screen: 600nits super high brightness, rich details.

In terms of screen, ASUS ZenFone 3 is equipped with a 5.5 inch FHD high-definition large screen with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, which is a Super IPS+screen. The screen of the whole machine accounts for 77.7%, and the maximum brightness of the screen of this machine can reach 600nits.

Comparing ZenFone3 with the same 5.5 inch red pepper Note5 and iPhone 6 Plus, when the three phones are adjusted to the lowest brightness, it can be clearly felt that the red pepper Note5 is too bright, while Asus ZenFone 3 can reduce the screen brightness value well, which can protect reading at night.

In the case of adaptive screen brightness, ASUS ZenFone 3 did not control the picture browsing well, and the whole screen was slightly too bright. In the same case, taking pictures showed overexposure.

In terms of color saturation, the Super IPS+screen of ASUS ZenFone 3 performs well with more details, while the screen is slightly cooler in color.

For users who like different color temperatures, ASUS ZenFone 3 also provides different screen color modes, including balance, blue light filtering, eye protection, bright color, and customized different modes.

4、 System: Green comes from native Android and is better than native Android.

Asustek ZenFone 3 is built in based on Android 6.0.1 system. Compared with Android 5.0, the system fluency has improved significantly. Asustek also carries out in-depth customization for Android system. Compared with mainstream ROMs such as MIUI Flyme in the market, Asustek system is closer to native Android, and has not done much modification except for the main topic.

What is more creative is that ASUS ZenFone 3 system will automatically classify according to the type of APP. The system provides 7 categories, including tools, travel, shopping, social networking, video, reading and others. The APP installed by users will automatically classify to make it easier to find.

At the same time, it also supports users to draw up the screen to open the cloud application interface under vertical classification, which will automatically display some vertical cloud applications. Favorite users can click to directly open the official website for installation, which is very convenient. For users who do not belong to the network, the threshold for starting is lower.

In terms of desktop system, ASUS ZenFone 3 uses direct and easy cooperation. Based on the new intelligent cloud desktop system, ASUS ZenFone 3 provides a large number of cloud applications and big data support, and presents them in card style or cloud APP mode for users to use directly. The desktop management function also provides widgets, theme wallpapers, desktop settings and system settings, a total of four categories.

ASUS ZenFone 3 also pre installed a smart butler, which belongs to the category of mobile phone butler in terms of functions, providing traffic management, power saving management, enhancer, notification, space cleaning, privacy and security and other functions. For first-time users, one click physical examination and one click optimization are more convenient.

In addition, ASUS ZenFone 3 system also provides a number of personalized details, such as the flashlight function commonly used in daily life, including the LED fill light mode on the back, the front screen mode, and even the flash SOS mode. The humanized details are very accurate.

The screenshot function is also a function that the author likes to talk about. Unlike the conventional two finger screenshots, volume key+power key screenshots, ASUS ZenFone 3 also provides the screenshot function by long pressing the recent application key, which makes the actual user experience very simple and efficient. ASUS also provides the customized screenshot function, which supports the sound effect of screenshots on and off and the switch notification interface, Even the screenshot file format can be selected, which is very comprehensive.

Asustek also has a built-in free phone function in the call function. Through cooperation with Touch Phone, it supports users to answer calls with WiFi/3G/4G. Users only need to register a login account to use the network call function. At the same time, the dial page also integrates the enterprise yellow page function, making it easier to find a phone.

5、 Performance section: the performance is standard, low function and power saving.

Asustek ZenFone 3 is positioned at the mid end of the overall hardware configuration. It is equipped with the latest Snapdragon 625 processor, which is based on the new 14nm process. Its power consumption and heating performance are better controlled. At the same time, it is equipped with desktop Adreno 506 image processor. This core processor is also the hottest mid end processor in 2016. Although there are 8 A53 small cores with a 64 bit main frequency of 2.0GHz, However, the actual user experience is not inferior to that of the old generation processor Snapdragon 652. In addition, ASUS ZenFone 3 is also equipped with 4GB mass storage+64GB mass storage, which is eye-catching.

In terms of the running score of An Rabbit, the actual running score of ASUS ZenFone 3 is about 62533 points, which is about 20000 points lower than the 83744 points of the 360N4S with the same hardware configuration. It can be seen that the ASUS ZenFone 3 system still needs further optimization and does not fully release its strongest performance. Unlike other models that focus on running points, ASUS ZenFone 3 focuses more on the actual user experience, Under the condition of meeting the requirements of smoothness, the intelligent balance processor can properly perform frequency reduction operation, providing better power saving and power consumption performance.

It is the first time to download and install large-scale online games such as King Glory. In the process of decompressing the resource package, Asus ZenFone 3 can see that the processor utilization rate is 75%, the eight cores are fully open, and the eight A53 cores are all running at full frequency 2.0GHz. Compared with MediaTek processors, Snapdragon 625 is really powerful in terms of multi-core cooperation.

After the resources are decompressed, wait for the game characters to connect to the network. Under the scenario loading, the CPU utilization rate of Asus ZenFone 3 stays at about 23%. It can be seen that this Snapdragon 625 is more than enough. Almost 4 cores are in the sleep state, and the other 4 cores are responsible for running.

The author continued to play for nearly 15 minutes. The performance of ASUS ZenFone 3 was very stable. There was no frame drop, and the picture quality was still smooth, The CPU utilization rate is about 17%, and the whole machine will not feel any hot, which is also due to the winter temperature, but the author is very satisfied with the performance of the machine. The TCL950, which is also a dual glass model, is equipped with the flagship processor of Snapdragon 820, and its power consumption is too high in long-term operation, and its heat output is significantly higher than that of Asus ZenFone 3, The power consumption of the whole machine also far exceeds that of ASUS ZenFone 3.

6、 Endurance performance: comprehensive power saving optimization, small battery, big endurance.

In terms of endurance performance, ASUS ZenFone 3 uses mainstream 3000mAh non detachable battery design. From the perspective of battery capacity, this aircraft is not a long endurance model. At present, 4000mAh~5000mAh batteries are introduced in the market. For example, Jinli even launched 7000mAh super large batteries. The author has a detailed experience of ASUS ZenFone 3's endurance. As a person who likes to use WeChat, Weibo and browse information articles, For users who occasionally play King Glory, ASUS ZenFone 3 can be qualified for one day's endurance. If less games are played, the machine can meet the 1.5 day endurance performance, which has to be attributed to the low power consumption performance of Snapdragon 625.

In addition to the hardware advantages, ASUS ZenFone 3 has also made in-depth optimization at the system level, providing general mode, power saving mode, super power saving mode and user-defined power saving mode. Users can switch the power saving mode at any time according to their own needs. In addition, the automatic power saving mode with low power is preset. For night sleep and other situations, the machine also supports the timed power saving mode, Users can easily save power by sleeping at night.

In addition, ASUS ZenFone 3 also controls item by item at the APP level, providing battery optimization functions. The author can easily optimize the battery settings for each APP software. After the battery optimization is turned on, the battery life will be properly tested.

7、 Photo experience: TriTech three hybrid focusing, good focusing and anti shake performance.

Since ASUS launched its eagle eye model, the author has been full of expectations for ASUS's photographic performance. This ASUS ZenFone 3 main camera uses 16 million pixels of Sony IMX298 sensor, which is known to those who understand Sony's imaging sensor, The IMX298 is based on the research and development of thin and light models, replacing the previous heavy flagship camera IMX230/240, etc. It has 6P lenses with an aperture of F2.0, supports optical and electronic dual anti shake technology, has a sensitivity size of 1/2.8, and a pixel size of 1.12 microns.

Although there are many high pixel models on the market, mobile phones are slow in focusing and easy to shake is a common problem. The author took two sample photos of the business district with ASUS ZenFone 3. Thanks to the TriTech three hybrid focusing technology and the optical and electronic dual anti shake technology, the photos will not be blurred when taken at will, and the author tried to focus on different light sensitive objects, The overall shooting process focuses very quickly. The official rating of ASUS is: the fastest support is 0.03 seconds TriTech triple hybrid focusing, which is also a technology that many brands of Android machines do not have.

The author tried to take three sample photos, usually taking photos towards the sky. The most difficult problem for the mobile phone is that the details of the sky background will be lost after the focus light balance is taken. If the sky background is taken as the focus light balance, the main part of the object will be too dark and the shooting will be blurred. From the actual shooting situation of the author, the performance of Asus ZenFone 3 is satisfactory. Under the condition of highlighting the details of the main part, It also retains most of the details of the sky.

8、 Experience summary:

As the main mid-range model of ASUS this year, although the machine is not equipped with the flagship processor, the popular configuration of Snapdragon 625+4G+64G allows the machine to continue a smooth and powerful performance experience. At the same time, the 2.5D double-sided glass screen design, paired with sapphire blue color, gives the machine a smooth hand feel and a very high face value regardless of the front and back, In terms of photography, the camera is equipped with the TriTech triple hybrid focusing technology exclusive to ASUS, and supports optical and electronic double anti shake technology, which makes the camera superior to other brands at the same price in terms of photo experience. Thanks again for the valuable experience opportunity offered by Aiko, and I wish you a happy New Year in 2017.

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