Yes, ASUS also makes mobile phones! Some people think it's just a ticket game. In fact, ASUS released its first generation ZenFone mobile phone in January 2014. Three years later, ASUS has released dozens of mobile phones, including the world's first 4GB ASUS smart phone ZenFone 2, and the ZenFone zoom, which focuses on photography. As the successor of ZenFone zoom, ASUS Eagle Eye 3 still focuses on taking photos, and is equipped with a "wide-angle+telephoto" dual camera for the first time. It supports 2.3x optical zoom, and is equipped with 5000mAh large capacity battery and 128GB storage space. It can be described as a powerful dual zoom camera.

Part 1 | Sleek ASUS mobile phone

As a person who has experienced the ASUS performance monster ZenFone 2, when I saw the Eagle Eye 3, I was really surprised and pleased. The original thick and heavy ASUS mobile phone has become so smooth, and the mobile phone with 5000mAh large capacity battery can still have such a thin feel.

In fact, the package of Eagle Eye 3 has a sense of mystery. The blue and black package has no appearance picture of the product except the front ZenFone Zoom and the side ASUS Eagle Eye 3 sticker.

In order to see the real face of the mobile phone, I took out the outer package of the new phone and played with it all the time the first time I received the phone, so I had to fake open the box and start.

In addition to the standard power adapter and power cord, Eagle Eye 3 is also equipped with a pair of white headphones and a clear water protective sleeve that has forgotten to enter the mirror.

ASUS Eagle Eye 3 is a sleek mobile phone? Its front is equipped with a 5.5 inch 2.5D curved glass screen, and the rest screen is as still as water, as black jade, as congealed grease. The fashion of mobile phone appearance design has finally come back from a group of white panels, and I am more than happy with this return.

After many generations of product changes, the ASUS Eagle Eye 3 launched in January this year is the most exquisite and sleek. It has a 2.5D curved glass screen, 5.5 inch gold size, 1080P full HD AMOLED screen, 480DPI, and supports custom adjustment of color temperature. It can be seen clearly in places with strong light, and it is always pleasing to the eye.

The front camera configuration specification of ASUS Eagle Eye 3 is also quite high: Sony IMX214 sensor, 1300W pixels, F/2.0 aperture, and the necessary beauty selfie mode. The black panel of black jade perfectly hides the breath lamp and light distance sensor on the forehead, which is of course more concise and regular, and this is the key to my unique love of black.

ASUS Eagle Eye 3 has removed the elongated concentric circle chin of ZenFone 2, but it does not use front fingerprint identification, but uses the common return HOME、 Task key layout. In addition, the black panel hides the black edge of the screen very well. Although it is not an ultra narrow border, it is more visually pleasing.

The biggest change is the back of Eagle Eye 3. Instead of the leather back shell of the original Zoom, it is made of three-stage metal; Instead of the original Zoom centered "Oreo" lens, two eagle eye cameras are juxtaposed at the top right of the fuselage. Under the dual lens, a long strip of dual color temperature flash lamp, laser focusing module and color correction sensor are juxtaposed.

Fingerprint identification is set on the back, and the index finger can be easily touched. The highlight processing at the edge of the fingerprint box and the three-stage splicing place complements the blue black metal back shell, adding a sense of texture.

The metal fuselage is only 7.99mm thick. With the same arc treatment of the frame, it is more round and light. On Hawkeye 3, only the texture of the power and volume keys on the right side of the fuselage runs through the concentric circle design of all ASUS products.

On the left is the card slot, which supports dual cards and dual standby All Netcom, and also supports TF cards to expand memory. But for me, the 128GB storage space provided by Eagle Eye 3 is enough.

The headphone jack, Type-C power jack and speaker jack are all set at the bottom of the body, without symmetrical layout, but still full of texture.

Interpreting the appearance of ASUS Eagle Eye 3, the design concept of round, moist and smooth has always run through it. The heavy sense of "ASUS quality is as solid as a rock" has now been replaced by more refined process design and more exquisite feel. I like the ASUS mobile phone that has become "sleek". What about you?

Part 2 | Class native system is pure and pragmatic

ASUS Eagle Eye 3 is equipped with the painless 3.1 system based on Android 6.0. Compared with most domestic mobile phone customization systems, painless 3.1 has more Android native flavor, without too many fancy designs and functions, and is pure and pragmatic.

The main interface of the system is mainly flat, and the applications installed on the mobile phone will be automatically classified into corresponding folders and support folder cycling. It supports the lock screen magazine interface, and supports the quick opening of camera shooting in the lock screen state. In addition, it is worth mentioning that the concept of negative one screen is introduced. Users can define the sports, music and related information displayed on the negative one screen according to their own preferences, and quickly complete the "easy" life services such as booking tickets, taking out, phone charges, water, electricity and coal recharge.

The notification and shortcut setting menus are still opened by pulling down, or you can directly enter the detailed setting interface of the mobile phone through here. You can fix, sort and clear tasks by touching the task button, which is still similar to the native Android system.

However, it has introduced dual applications required by domestic users, and supports convenient and fast operations such as touch gestures, mobile phone flip mute, motion sensing of automatic answering close to the ear, and double clicking the HOME key to switch to one hand mode.

The simple mode and children mode are specially customized for the elderly and children. In the simple mode, the interface and contacts are displayed with large icons and fonts, which is more convenient for the elderly to use smart phones; In children's mode, the interface is full of childlike fun. More importantly, parents can set up applications, game time, and call blocking in children's mode. This not only ensures the children's normal use of mobile phones, but also avoids uncontrolled play. As introduced, it provides a safe paradise for children.

Save the worry 3.1 includes traditional cloud backup services, mobile butler, and app store, but the app store is fixed at the bottom center of the main interface and cannot be moved.

In addition, it also has very special software, such as MiniMovie, which makes videos, PhotoCollage, which splices photos, and Do It Later, which is a more efficient schedule processing software with multiple applications. In general, ASUS mobile phone system has always been based on the original, with little personalized change, preserving the original purity, and also committed to providing users with simple and practical operating experience.

Part 3

Once there were two mobile phones in front of me. One used the flagship top processor, but it had a small memory and battery. The other used a balanced midrange processor, but it had a large memory and a large battery. If it's you, how do you choose?

ASUS Eagle Eye 3 is a mid-range Snapdragon 625 processor with balanced performance and power consumption. It is configured with 4GB RAM+128GB ROM, and supports a maximum of 2T memory expansion. It has a 5000mAh large battery, bringing a long-term endurance experience.

In the performance test, Anthare scored 62216 points and PCMark for Android scored 4818 points. If you look at the score alone, you may be disappointed, but in fact, we pay more attention to the actual use experience. In the two-week experience, no matter browsing the web, playing large and small games, playing high-definition videos, or taking photos for a long time, Hawkeye 3 has never experienced any obvious stuttering.

What's more, Hawk Eye 3 is equipped with up to 128GB of storage, which makes it easy for me to get out of the haze of insufficient memory and clean up space from my previous mobile phone, and with the support of 5000mAh battery, I can arbitrarily pursue dramas, take photos and take videos.

How strong is the endurance of ASUS Eagle Eye 3? To put it simply, as a medium heavy user, two days of full use is enough. However, in order to intuitively show its endurance, I conducted a detailed test on common mobile phone projects, and finally got the following test data:

Regardless of the performance, the combination of low power average performance processor and large memory and large battery in ASUS Eagle Eye 3 configuration has solved the pain points of daily users when using mobile phones. It is great to be pragmatic!

Part 4 | Double shooting eagle eyes, meet your shooting desire

The ASUS Eagle Eye 3 rear dual 1200W pixel lens adopts the same "wide-angle+telephoto" dual photography scheme as the iPhone 7P and Xiaomi 6. One is a 25mm wide-angle focal section of the mobile phone, and the other is a 56mm focal section close to the golden focal section of the portrait, with a maximum aperture of F1.7, supporting 2.3x optical zoom and 12x digital zoom.

It also has 19 shooting modes, including manual mode, depth of field effect, ultra clear picture quality, GIF animation, miniature model, etc., which are highly playable. I will explain the specific shooting effect in detail through the sample film.

With a large aperture of 1.7, macro shooting not only performs well in details, but also makes the background blurred. What's more, it is more difficult to restore the true color without saturation overflow.

Compared with Nut Pro, it has a larger wide-angle, which can obtain more pictures, and is clearer and more realistic.

The rear dual camera supports the depth of field effect. Compared with the automatic mode and the depth of field effect, you can see that the background is more blurred.

It supports 2.3x optical zoom and 12x digital zoom at most. The above figure shows the effect of 1x, 2.3x optical zoom and 5x digital zoom. It can be seen that the details are still retained even after 5x digital zoom. The zoom switch can be quickly realized on the shooting interface, and it is also helpful for the photographer to switch the focal length and composition shooting in real time as needed.

Thanks to three hybrid focusing and dual anti shake, even shooting in low light at night can achieve more stable and clear picture quality. At the white box on the top, the small characters can be seen clearly after 100% magnification of the screenshot.

The front 1300W pixel camera passes the SuperPixel in low light ™ The technology can obtain higher sensitivity, support 10 levels of beauty, and can also carry out more fine-tuning such as a variety of thin faces and big eyes.

In addition, the laser focusing module behind Eagle Eye 3 also supports the application of laser ruler, which makes it convenient to measure distance at any time.

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Conclusion

This sleek ASUS Hawkeye 3 has a more popular aesthetic feeling and a sense of grip. It has a super dual camera and a large battery of up to 5000mAh. It can also have a super endurance while ensuring excellent photographic characteristics. Although the performance is not outstanding, there is enough daily use in the 4+128GB space. There is no need to worry about the memory shortage. In general, ASUS Hawkeye 3 continues the excellent quality of ASUS, However, it is undeniable that the mobile phone is priced too high, and the system still needs more local optimization.

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