◆ Some nonsense

Since the mobile phone has a camera, everyone's enthusiasm for taking photos has been growing. From the "selfie" (even if the mobile phone does not have a front camera) that emerged many years ago and is becoming increasingly popular, to the "drug testing" before meals related to healthy eating that appeared a few years ago, as well as the various "doors" that people will talk about after dinner, the location and content of photos can be described as endless changes, All of them benefit from the mobile phone, which is a personal equipment that can not leave more than one meter around the clock.

Just like that, all major manufacturers are thinking about mobile phones. Those who used to do map repair apps, anti-virus software, videos, MP3, crosstalk and soda have all come to do mobile phones - Google, look at what you have done!

When Samsung launched its flagship machine S5 the year before last, in addition to the self start of Android system's notorious background process and confusion of notification messages (which directly affect the endurance performance), the smoothness and playability of the S5 really outperformed, but I still prefer to take photos with the iPhone 5S, mainly because of accurate light measurement, high tolerance and fast weak light photography.

How about the experience and effect of taking photos in different scenes of the main shooting function of ASUS Zenfone Zoom? The following will focus on the analysis. As for machine dismantling and Intel CPU testing, leave it to more professional students. I still hope to give some references to ordinary users who hold coins for purchase!

◆  catalog

1、 Experience Overview

2、 Unpacking and appearance

3、 ZenUI experience

4、 Performance evaluation

5、 Photo comparison

6、 Summary

◆  evaluating text

1、 Experience Overview

After more than a week of experience, first write down the overall feelings, and then look at the full text below to have a preliminary impression.

First, paste the basic parameters:

In terms of photography, the front 5 million pixels and the rear 13 million pixels belong to the Android standard configuration. However, the pixel size is not the decisive factor of the image quality, so you don't need to care about these details. The optical zoom is powerful, the beauty function is powerful, the laser focusing is fast and accurate, the dual color temperature flash, the entity shutter key, and the half press focusing. The sharpness of the photo is high (of course, you can't count 100% of the hair), but the overall picture quality is average: obvious purple edges, low tolerance, and noise when the light is sufficient, while the iPhone will have a sense of smearing. Different people have different opinions! It may seem intuitively that the release of the iPhone will be more flattering, and the official website sample has not deliberately covered up this problem.

As for the video, I can only say shoot it casually!

In terms of hardware, 5.5 inch 1080P display, the fourth generation Corning gorilla glass, Intel Atom Z3580 (4-core 2.3GHz) processor, 4G storage and 64G storage are more conscientious, and NFC functions are available to facilitate file transmission and bus card charging. Antu Rabbit ranked 12th with nearly 60000 points. (Just have fun. Don't pay too much attention to these details.

The system has beautiful UI and excellent application functions, such as telephone, weather, flashlight, self start management, etc. ZenMotion provides functions such as touch screen on/off, etc. In addition, it has a childlike mode (Samsung also has similar functions), and a simple mode also has some practicality.

2、 Unpacking and appearance

The black package, together with the gilded Zenfone Zoom and the circle representing the camera, looks mature and sharp. It must have some excellent skills.

A bunch of parameters on the back. The phone model is: ASUS_Z00XSB， Also called ZX551ML.

Open the box, there is a conspicuous lanyard, which has not been seen on the mobile phone for many times. This is also related to the photo positioning of Eagle Eye, which was found to be very useful in subsequent actual use. After all, the mobile phone is very thin, and it is more practical to wear a lanyard when holding horizontal photography.

There is no earphone. I always feel that the 2799 mobile phone is not inferior to this earphone!

Below are detailed photos. The return key is on the left. At first, I was not used to it, but it is much more convenient for me to hold my mobile phone with my left hand. The button has no backlight, which is a pity.

The back cover is not pure black, but a very dark purplish brown, and the round cover of the camera is more red. It should be cow leather, because after several days of high-intensity use, there have been several slight abrasions (the close-up of the camera below should be able to see that the lower left corner of the camera is near the edge of the phone), and the durability seems not as good as plastic or S5 shell back cover. Here's a compliment for my S5. The back cover that has been used violently for two years has no obvious wear except that the edge has recently been pressed with a 3mm crack. Since it has been held in hand for a long time, it already has a bright texture similar to that of playing with a bracelet for a long time (in fact, it is polished with too much)

This is the most important part of Zenfone Zoom Eagle Eye! Parameter representation: triple optical zoom with OIS anti shake, 1.3 million pixels, aperture F2.7-4.8, color temperature flash, laser focus, HOYA lens.

The logo of intel inside is very low-key, so that it can be taken relatively clearly only by side lighting, so that the light in this photo is very warm..

The lower non slip bulge and speaker. This protuberance has really played a role in actual use, and it can be seen that it is sewed with real needle and thread, but the durability needs long-term observation. Below the speaker is a notch for opening the back cover.

The right side is the volume+/- and also the zoom key and power key. At the same time, it can be seen that the frame is dark purplish brown close to the back cover of the lens.

On the lower right side are dedicated recording keys and shutter keys. The shutter key supports half focusing and pressing to take a picture, but in actual use, I prefer half focusing and then tapping the virtual shutter key on the screen to further reduce the vibration during taking a picture.

▼ Top headphone jack and Microphone

The standard MicroUSB interface is used at the bottom instead of the Type-C, which has appeared a lot recently. It's just a big mouth, so I'm not used to it. The black hole next to it should be a microphone. The lower left corner is the lanyard connection.

Open the rear cover

The lanyard is very textured, with an adjustment ring, which can be tightened when worn on the wrist

Upper body

The charger supports 5V 2A and 9V 2A modes, and 9V 2A mode is used when fast charging of BoostMaster is supported.

Next, compare the appearance

First, invite mobile phones to hold a meeting. From left to right (from large to small), they are Asus Zenfone Zoom (5.5 inches), iPhones6S Plus (5.5 inches), Samsung Note3 (5.7 inches), Samsung S6 (5.1 inches), and iPhone 5S (4 inches). The iPhone has always had a bad screen share. Although ASUS looks better this time, it is actually comparable. If it is Samsung, it is estimated that this size can fit into a 6-inch screen.

The following is a detailed comparison of three mobile phones: Eagle Eye, 6SP and S6. Why do you have to pull S6? Personally, the 5.1 inch screen of S6 is only 143.4x70.5x6.8mm in size (S5 is one circle larger than S6). The screen occupies a high proportion and is comfortable to hold. In 80% scenarios, it can be held in a single hand without the need for a single hand mode.

S6 is the thinnest: 6.8mm (excluding the camera), followed by iPhone 6S Plus: 7.3mm (slightly thicker than 6P), and Eagle Eye is the thickest, reaching 12mm.

Official size data of Hawkeye: 158.9 x 78.84 x 5 ~ 11.95 mm (WxDxH)

Official iPhone 6S Plus size data: 158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 (WxDxH)

The width and height of the two are basically the same, but the thickness is quite different. Who let Hawkeye build a 3x optical zoom lens of HOYA.

Measured data

Weight: bare machine: 200g, with lanyard: 202g. The iPhones6S Plus with full screen toughened film is 200g, which is quite heavy, while the Samsung S5 and S6 are only about 145g (with SIM card, TF card and battery).

In addition, the appearance has attracted the attention of friends, colleagues and passers-by in recent days. Everyone is not aware of the big camera behind. Men think the Zenfone Zoom is tough and stable, and the 45 degree metal frame is cool, but girls are disappointed in the beauty of the appearance, but the white model should be much better, and I personally look forward to the white model. In general, although the design of ASUS Zenfone Zoom is not very amazing, the metal frame and brushed chin make the plastic star very impressed! The design features of the large camera at the back are outstanding, and this B can be installed!

3、 ZenUI experience

This paragraph enters the era of picture reading, and further explanation is made for the characteristic functions:

The color matching of the interface is not bad. Choose a language, input method, connect to WiFi, register ASUS products and accounts, set account synchronization, set time, and follow the same initialization process as friends.

Just what the hell is Singapore Simplified! And Cang Jie, are Taiwan compatriots really in use?

Just before I saw the desktop, I was asked two world-class problems, which left me puzzled. I don't understand what value-added applications are, and why ASUS desktop uses the network? How much traffic do you need? Will you pay for the house to China Mobile?! Let me make a decision without telling me anything. I once felt that the evaluation could not continue...

He forced himself into the room and couldn't wait to turn on the camera.

Well, a bunch of thoughtful and disturbing tips. It may be better if I can make it a little weaker, and do not affect my use. It is similar to the prompt of "weak light" mode.

The shooting modes include: automatic, manual HDR、 Beauty, ultra clear image quality, weak light, night scene, depth of field effect, special effects, self taking, GIF animation, panorama shooting, miniature model, time backtracking, intelligent deletion, all smiles, slow motion (video), delay (video).

There are many special effect functions, similar to third-party apps on mobile phones. The advantage of native cameras is that they support physical shutter keys, which are not supported by third-party apps. First, show several samples of different "special effects" and shooting modes.

Edge

【LOMO】

Pencil

[Micromodel]

4、 Performance evaluation

Look at the performance of the X86 architecture's eagle eye. The score of Anthare is as follows:

Detailed hardware parameters:

Then there is the popular screen viewing angle, no problem:

Screen color can be adjusted through Splendid application

Compatibility:

The following applications have been tested and can basically be used normally. (I downloaded it twice for Mao Twitter, which seems to be updated the next day.)

Online video applications are all OK, which shows that the ASUS Zenfone team must have done a lot of compatibility work under the X86 architecture. Like one! At present, it is only found that the MX Player needs to download the X86 decoding package separately, and it needs a version of 1.7.37 or above. You can only install it after finding one on the Internet.

Endurance and charging:

At 8:30 in the morning of the 11th, I went to work (full power), and by 3:25 in the afternoon of the 12th, I automatically shut down the machine, which lasted for about 31 hours.

Including:

·Call for 5 minutes

·Watch local video for 2 hours ("At large")

·Listen to music for 1 hour, watch online video for 0.5 hour (Youku Downton Abbey, I opened it casually, put it aside and didn't watch it. This is the most expensive

·Take 52 photos (I went back to the album to count them, but I didn't count the middle ones)

·Take 6 videos for about 5 minutes.

Due to the heavy use of mobile phones every day, and the connection to the computer from time to time to send a photo and screenshot to prepare for the evaluation report, the endurance test was not repeated, but conservatively, it is OK to use it for a normal day.

The following is the charging link, which starts charging after automatic shutdown. From 15:28 to 16:08, the power reached 69% in 40 minutes, exceeding the task. The official 39 minute charge of 60% is not exaggerated.

All right, let's get to the point quickly. Let's start the photo evaluation!

5、 Photo comparison

The order of each group is iPhone6S Plus Zenfone Zoom、 Samsung S6 and Sony NEX-5T+1650 randomly enter.

Group 1: Automatic mode, smooth, wide-angle end. (The shooting time is 1:20 p.m., with plenty of sunshine.)

100% screenshot, select the approximate center

·IPhone exposure is accurate, and the color is slightly yellow.

·Zenfone Zoom has strong color, insufficient exposure and slight redness.

·S6 exposure is acceptable and the color is light.

·NEX also has some underexposure and is dark.

None of the four groups of photos is perfect, but in terms of the difficulty of later repair: NEX>=iPhone>Zenfone Zoom>=S6。 Why put S6 in the last place? Maybe this photo is not a problem, but in other cases, if the overexposure is serious, it is more difficult to post process than under exposure.

here NEX zooms to a scene similar to Zenfone Zoom (NEX picture scale is 3:2, mobile phone 4:3, whichever is horizontal), which is 20mm focal length (35mm equivalent focal length is 35mm). It is calculated that the 35mm equivalent focal length at the wide-angle end of Zenfone Zoom is about 35mm. (The operation and calculation methods are not rigorous enough, for reference only)

second Group: based on Zenfone Zoom triple zoom, NEX optical zoom and other digital zoom to similar scenes (Unequal comparison, shot at 13:22 pm)

100% screenshot, select the approximate center

• Exposure and color problems are similar to the first group.
  

• The definition of the iPhone 6S Plus and Samsung S6 is completely defeated due to the digital zoom.
  

• Zenfone Zoom is over sharpened, and NEX overshoot is relatively fleshy. If you don't see 100% of the pictures, Zenfone Zoom has a better sharpness visual effect.

This group mainly compares the picture definition, taking into account the exposure and color: NEX>Zenfone Zoom>iPhone>=S6

It can also be seen that Zenfone Zoom has obvious noise, and iPhone and S6 are on a par with NEX.

At this time, NEX zooms to a scene similar to Zenfone Zoom (NEX picture scale is 3:2, mobile phone 4:3, whichever is horizontal), which is 50mm focal length (35mm equivalent focal length is 75mm, which is actually a little worse). It is calculated that the 35mm equivalent focal length at the long focal point of Zenfone Zoom is about 75mm+. (The operation and calculation methods are not rigorous enough, for reference only)

Group 3: contrast of backlight and HDR, HDR is not opened on the left, and HDR is opened on the right

• NEX performs best. Somehow, someone else is a camera..
  

• The sunshine of iPhone is a bit tragic, but HDR mode is much better.
  

• Zenfone Zoom already has the problem of insufficient exposure when running along the light, but it is more serious when running against the light, and its tolerance is very poor! Turning on HDR is only equivalent to the normal mode of iPhone.
  

• S6 The sun is white due to overexposure.
  

In this link, contrast the backlight and HDR effects: NEX>iPhone>Zenfone Zoom>S6。

Group 4: Panorama mode

Group 6: Flash mode comparison

Shoot the living room at night only under the sun lamp Both are dual color temperature flash lights. The iPhone is black, and the Zenfone Zoom color is more accurate, but the tolerance is still poor.

▼ Beauty selfie, high energy ahead, please bring your own lightning rod:

▼ Ultra clear mode: the resolution under the normal 130000 pixel mode is 4160x3120, 7.38MB, and the photo pixels under the ultra clear image quality mode reach 8320x6240, 22.5MB!

Front: normal mode, rear: ultra clear mode. (The second original picture is too large, so I have to shrink it and upload it again)

First, take a look at the overall feeling of the picture. I can't see any difference when I shrink to such a level.

Compare the central area and zoom to similar size. The ultra clear on the right side really needs to be clearer.

▼ Product lunch

The favorite Xinzhongguan Mini Cooper of a technology website:

Triple light change. You stand on the bridge and watch the scenery. The people watching the scenery watch you upstairs

The beautiful women you want, who risked their lives to catch with three times of light, found that the target person had gone far, 20 meters away:

The advantage of optical zoom is about 10 meters away. (Photos are not advisable from the perspective of selecting people. You can understand the purpose. ）

Weak light:

Macro, no sei!

In the balcony window holding delay shooting (ISO50, 2s), I had a cold cold in the cold night in the north... There are few cars and few people. That's the only way...

In addition, I tried the camera's Time Retrospection The function is similar to the Live Photo of the iPhone 6S, except that it takes several photos instead of a small video. Time tracing records that from 3 seconds before and 1 second after the shutter is pressed, when shooting is completed, you can select a frame of photos to save in the album separately, and at the same time, you can make this group of photo sequences into GIF in the gallery.

After shooting, select the best picture. There are 41 photos in the whole sequence.

GIF finished products are large, with 24.1MB. Upload error, can only be compressed before uploading:

Actual quality:

Compressed GIF... The picture quality is lost. See the above picture for the original quality.

First post in the morning:

I believe that you can make some good films with good use.

6、 Summary

Thank you for reading the above evaluation. Let's summarize as usual:

advantage:

1. Optical zoom is powerful, laser focusing speed is fast, comparable to professional cameras;

2. The system camera has powerful functions, various shooting modes, and both manual mode and beauty mode are good;

3. BoostMaster fast charging is really fast, 69% can be charged in 40 minutes;

4. ZenUI is commendable, with rich personalized functions, and system applications also have highlights;

5. G storage and 64G storage are conscientious. The mobile phone operates smoothly, and there is no obvious jamming during the experience period;

Disadvantages:

1. Thick and heavy, the appearance is not beautiful enough, and the proportion of screens is not high;

2. The original application store cannot be installed automatically;

3. The button has no backlight, which is a small pity;

4. The texture of the cowhide back shell is like plastic, and it is not wear-resistant. It has worn out several points after several days of use;

5. Although the lens has made a lot of effort, it seems that it still lacks some heat: purple edges, noise, color difference, and low tolerance are suggested to further optimize.

When I first saw this mobile phone, I didn't expect that the triple optical zoom can be so ingenious and refract! This is indeed a great innovation, giving new possibilities to mobile phones. It was almost perfect when I didn't compare with the iPhone when I first took the test shot, but I gradually got a deep understanding of the phone during the evaluation process, and also made a detailed comparison with the iPhone 6S Plus. It was found that in addition to the optical zoom, beauty, ultra clear image quality, and weak light mode, the basic image quality still has some gaps. At one time, I wanted to change a mobile phone with the same price to compare with Zenfone Zoom, but since the main focus is taking photos, I still chose the iPhone that is currently recognized as a good camera for comparison, so I should dare to keep up with the first place.

Anyway, the price of 2799 is 1.5 times lower than the 6888 of the iPhone 6S Plus 64G in terms of configuration! There are gaps in all aspects. I believe you can also expect. Asustek's application of such a triple optical zoom lens to mobile phones must cost a lot, and it is not easy to achieve the price of 2799. However, the price of mobile phones with such hardware configurations is below 2000 yuan. For example, the top version of Zenfone2 with similar configurations at home has a price difference of nearly 1000 yuan due to different cameras. It may be difficult for ordinary consumers to decide. If I am the one, I am very satisfied with the performance of Zenfone Zoom. I am not inferior to Samsung's flagship in terms of speed, smoothness, charging and endurance. The UI is also more convenient than Samsung's. If I don't usually have high requirements for image quality, the optical zoom feature is very attractive to me. If the image quality can be adjusted later, it is acceptable that the appearance is not beautiful enough.

Some suggestions for friends who choose to buy: if you want a mobile phone with optical zoom, you can choose Zenfone Zoom; If you don't have special requirements for optical zoom, but have high requirements for taking pictures and are not poor in money, please choose iPhone.

No one is perfect. Since Zenfone Zoom focuses on taking photos, please continue to work hard in the direction you choose! Look forward to the duel between Zenfone Zoom 2 and iPhone 7!