Asus Zenfone 5 Review – Budget smartphone for India

Asus Zenfone 5 Price and Release date in India

Zenfone 5 will be launching in India on 9 July so you can’t grab it till then, seeing its specifications and close rival like Moto G, it should hit somewhat around 12499 INR to 13499 INR, depending upon internal memory size variant handsets. In US it starts from $149. We are expecting Asus Zenfone 5 to hit online retail stores like Flipkart, Amazon, Infibeam in India soon after the launch.

Asus Zenfone 5 Official Accessories

Asus has officially launched two official accessories for Zenfone5.

Asus Zen Case

Protective back cover case for Zenfone 5 available in all 5 color variants of the phone.

Asus View Flip Cover

Asus view flip covers comes with an opening in case where you can access the lockscreen accessible apps so that you can take your calls without opening the cover.

Asus Zenfone 5 Recommend Accessories

If you are purchasing Asus Zenfone 5 in India then you might take a look at below listed accessories which will go great with your device.

Asus Zenfone 5 Review – Conclusion

We spent a week with Asus Zenfone 5 and noticed a few things to include in the pros and cons of this phone, lets have a look at it.

Asus Zenfone 5 Pros

The very first thing I said after holding Zenfone 5 was “it’s so light weight” as compared to my Xperia Z1. Screen display is very bright with vivid colors, perfect for a 720p resolution phone. UI is great and so is memory consumption of the device. Battery life is descent, not so bad not so good. Good gaming and video quality experience.

Asus Zenfone 5 Cons

Size of bezels can be a issue for many users like us. Capacitive touch buttons are not so responsive like they would have been as onscreen keys. Camera is slow, lags ( can be a firmware issue ), over exposed pics. Mediocre quality of external speaker. It do looks like a cheap plastic device when you hold it in your hand ( as compared to Moto G ). We are not impressed by overall build quality of phone.

Asus Zenfone 5 Verdict

If you are comparing it with Moto G then you might have to go in depth as both devices perform equal in terms of performance. We would rate both devices equal if compared and will go for anyone by self choice. You can say Asus is doing great when firmware updates are concerned, we got 3 bug fixing updates of android 4.3 within 2 days of taking phone out of the box. You might take a look at Zenfone 5 if you are going to buy a budget android phone in India.

As when it comes to India and you took it, do come here to tell us, hows your experience with it. Drop your comments below if you have any doubts regarding Asus Zenfone 5.