New ASUS Zenfone Max. ASUS introduced in Russia a new Gamer smartphone Zenfone Max Pro

Today in India, ASUS has replenished the average price segment of the mobile technology with its new ASUS Zenfone Max Pro M1 smartphone. The main advantage of the model is a large battery, but there is also a couple of interesting details.

The design turned out quite simple. The rear panel, available in gray or black, is equipped with a vertically located double chamber (13 + 5 MP), flash under it, as well as the print scanner. The front is the 5.99-inch Full HD + screen with a fairly wide framework from above and below. Top is busy with 8 megapixel front and sensors, but the bottom is empty.

The manufacturers themselves stubbornly compare the device with Xiaomi Redmi 5 Pro () and talk about superiority over it of their model. For example, the results of the ANTUTU test, equal to 116618 points, which dials the MAX Pro M1 with the Snapdragon 636 identical processor. The Xiaomi device is also dialing less, the truth is not much (112649 points). In Asus, they declare that their newbies operates 54% faster than a direct competitor.

From other parameters: RAM in two variations (3/4 GB), two variants of the volume of the physical drive (32/64 GB), as well as the main part - the battery is 5000 mAh. According to the manufacturer, the smartphone will offer the user 25 hours of playing video in Full HD format, 42 hours telephone conversations, 28 hours of Internet surfing on Wi-Fi. There is even a fast charge (10 W), however, with its capacity, the battery is still charged for a long time - almost 3 hours.

It is noteworthy that this is the first smartphone of the company in which Zenui is getting rid of the branded shell.

The device plows on clean Android 8.1 Oreo.

True, initially it was assumed that his system would become Android One for low-power devices. Also, the housing was put an intelligent NXP audio amplifier for high-quality audio playback.

Specifications ASUS ZENFONE MAX PRO M1

• qualcomm Snapdragon 636 chipset (14 nm, 8x kryo 260 by 1.8 GHz)
• graphics Adreno 509.
• rAM 3/4 GB
• physical memory 32/64 GB
• support for Micro SD cards up to 2 TB (non-libid slot)
• display 5.99 "with a resolution of 2160 x 1080 pixels (18: 9, IPS, 403 PPI density, brightness 450 yarns, contrast 1500: 1)
• frontal chamber 8 mp (5 lenses, f / 2.0, 85.5 degree viewing angle)
• double rear chamber 13 + 5 MP (5-element lens, f / 2.2, 80 degree viewing angle, video shooting in 4K format)
• battery 5000 Mach with Fast Charging (10 W)
• Android OS 8.1 ORDO
• sensors: accelerometer, light and distance sensor, gyroscope, print scanner
• connectors: Micro USB 2.0 with OTG, audio output 3.5 mm
• dimensions: 159 x 76 x 8.46 mm, weight 180 grams

Wireless Interfaces:

• 2G, 3G, 4G Volte Cat.4 (bands unknown)
• support for two SIM cards of an unknown format
• Wi-Fi (802.11 b / g / n), Bluetooth 4.2
• nAVIGATION: GPS, GLONASS

You can buy ASUS Zenfone Max Pro M1 so far only in India, sales start on May 3. There is no information about availability in other markets. Prices were also disclosed only for the Indian market, but they still can be navigable: the most junior version Devices with 3/32 GB of memory will cost $ 165, and for version 4/64 GB aspass $ 195.

Energy for the whole day.

With the new 5.2-inch Zenfone 3 Max you will no longer have to worry about the fact that you will have a smartphone at the most inopportune moment. Due to the large capacity of the battery (4130 mAh), Zenfone 3 MAX can work up to 30 days in standby mode. The greater the battery capacity, the greater the benefit from the smartphone, because everyone wants to get a maximum of its mobile device without resorting to recharging: scroll through more websites, watch more videos and chat with a large number of friends ...

The device works with Micro-SIM cards of all GSM operators.

Maximum energy. Maximum impressions.

Do you live an active life, and your smartphone is already discharged by the middle of the day? Then you need a new Zenfone 3 Max. The battery with a capacity of 4130 mAh will allow you to use this smartphone from the early morning to ...

The device works with Micro-SIM cards of all GSM operators.

Maximum energy. Maximum impressions.

Do you live an active life, and your smartphone is already discharged by the middle of the day? Then you need a new Zenfone 3 Max. The battery with a capacity of 4130 mAh will allow you to use this smartphone from early morning to late night. Work more productive, and have fun brighter - Zenfone 3 MAX will help you live even more active!

Energy for the whole day.

With the new 5.2-inch Zenfone 3 Max you will no longer have to worry about the fact that you will have a smartphone at the most inopportune moment. Due to the large capacity of the battery (4130 mAh), Zenfone 3 MAX can work up to 30 days in standby mode. The greater the battery capacity, the more benefit from the smartphone, because everyone wants to get a maximum of its mobile device without resorting to recharging: scroll through more websites, watch more videos and chat with a large number of friends than when using ordinary smartphones.

Magnificent appearance.

Zenfone 3 Max combines all the best: the display covered with a protective glass with rounded edges, an ergonomic body with a curved rear panel, stylish colors. This is a masterpiece of modern design and innovative technologies, which does not want to produce out of hand.

Colorful image.

Zenfone 3 MAX is equipped with an excellent 5.2-inch IPS display with a brightness of 400 cd / m ^ 2 and wide viewing angles. Moreover, due to the thin frame (2.25 mm) and a large relative area (75% of the front panel size), the screen does not affect the compactness of the smartphone.

Multifunctional fingerprint scanner.

Located on the rear panel, the fingerprint scanner is not only for the instant unlocking of the smartphone, but also supports several other useful features. For example, having spent on it from top to bottom, you activate the front camera to shoot a selfie to take a snapshot with a touch to the same scanner, which in this case will act as a duplicate shutter button.

For high-quality photography.

Zenfone 3 Max is equipped with a 1-memb of the main chamber with the function of the instant triggering of the shutter, and the front camera with a sensor with a resolution of 5MP will help make excellent selfie and communicate through video links.

Pixelmaster technology for shooting memorable moments.

The camera with Pixelmaster technology offers a range of special modes that help make excellent pictures. In the HDR mode, an automatic change in the image parameters occurs in order to ensure the uniform illumination of the entire photo, which will be very useful when shooting in the opposite light. The brightness of the photo is increased to 400%.

Superior user interface.

In Zenfone 3 smartphones, the Zenui user interface has been implemented specifically for ASUS mobile devices, so you are offered an improved design, increased performance and many additional features compared to the standard interface. For example, the weather forecast is now displayed with colorful animation effects, and the appearance of the watch widget has become even more stylish. In addition, the interface revitalization contributes to the effect of parallax during the scrolling, and the "freezing" background helps the eyes focus on the main thing. Convenient and functional, Zenui 3.0 is not just a user interface, it is a reliable assistant, which is always at hand!

For lovers of mobile games.

Game Genie is a unique technology complex implemented in the Zenui 3.0 user interface specifically for mobile game lovers. You can use the pop-up reference window right during the game, increase the gamers of smartphone or organize online broadcast gameplay Through YouTube or Twitch services - if you really have, than boasting before friends!

ASUS Zenfone Max Plus (M1) looks like Zenfone 4 Max, but with thin frames and fingerprint scanner on the back. Thanks to these frameworks and format 18: 9, the screen for 5.7 inches fit in the case, comparable in size with 5.5-inch models.

In front of the phone looks quitelessly - a large display is looking at you (75.3% of the surface area), and on thin frames there are no identical signs. The rear panel is now not so much like, as before, first of all, by moving the scanner on the back. Dimensions of new products - 152.6 × 73 × 8.8 mm, weight - 160 grams. It is more compact, but slightly thicker and harder.

Buy ASUS Zenfone Max Plus will be in three colors: "Black Wave", "Azure-silver" and "sunny-golden".

Screen

Zenfone Max Plus has received a clear screen with a fashionable aspect ratio of 18: 9. True, except for a diagonal of 5.7 inches, brightness up to 400 threads and permissions of 2160 × 1080 points about it is nothing more unknown. It is quite unusual that the screen is clear - (pixel density is 424 per inch), because, as a rule, long-lived smartphones save the battery due to low permission.

Cameras

For shooting at ASUS Zenfone Max Plus there is a double chamber for 16 and 8 megapixel and front-line on 8 megapixel. It is unlikely that they will surprise with excellent shooting quality, as a rule, smartphones of this series are exclusive.

The main chamber has received a wide aperture (F / 2.0) and phase autofocus. It sounds advertising, but the company promises that with its help the phone is able to focus on a quick-fitting object in just 0.03 seconds. An additional rear camera is wide-angle here - with a 120-degree viewing field. The frame area shot on it is about twice as much as the standard smartphone. It may be important for landscape shooting or group portraits indoors.

Only resolution (8 MP), aperture (F / 2.0) and a field of view (85 degrees) are known about the front chamber.

Communications

The set of communications of the smartphone is typical and almost nothing distinguishes:

• simple Wi-Fi B / G / N with Wi-Fi Direct
• support LTE CAT 4 (up to 150 Mbps)
• Bluetooth 4.0.
• FM radio
• A-GPS.

NFC chip, apparently, is not laid by level - as well as advanced Wi-Fi. But the phone has a connector for, microUSB 2.0 and three separate slots for two SIM and. Another chip is support for OTG and even the presence of the corresponding cable bundled.

Battery

High autonomy is one of the main chips of the smartphone. Its deposit is low model performance and high-capacity battery (4130 mAh). For comparison, it is about as much as most "cramless" phones, it is significantly lower. The manufacturer promises up to 26 hours in conversation mode, up to 21 hours in web surfing mode on Wi-Fi and up to 13 hours in video viewing mode. Another chip "Max" - can be used to recharge other mobile devices.

Performance

Smartphone is unlikely to shine high performance. It has no new eight-year MEDIATEK MT6750T chipset that operates at a frequency to 1.5 GHz. The same was used in and also showed himself. best side. It, of course, was enough for the interface to work, but when solving hard tasks, he quickly heated, let's see how he behaves here. Another open question is not clear how the filling will cope with a high resolution of the display, since we usually celebrated this processor only in phones with HD screens.

Features

The ASUS Zenfone Max Plus is pre-installed a corporate interface and OS. It is a pity that not the eighth version, but also goes. The peculiarities of the phone is not so much, the main one is the combination of the screen of the format of the 18: 9, the batteries of high capacity and the OTG cable bundle. Add here Face Unlock face recognition feature for easy smartphone unlocking is a clear reference towards the new one.

Memory

ASUS Zenfone Max Plus offers 16 or 32 GB of permanent memory. Do not say that so much, but there is a separate slot for microSD cards. It will help add up to 256 GB.

Price

Smartphone will be commercial in mid-December. Recommended Retail price Zenfone Max Plus - 17,000 rubles per version by 32 GB. It is not suiced, especially with no new, budget chipset.

At the end of 2017, Asus decided to submit ASUS Zenfone Max Plus, which absorbed all the main chips of 2017, characteristic of the flagships: a double basic camera, the screen with the still unusual aspect ratio of 18: 9, capable of displaying more content, as well as unlocking Face. Waiting for such opportunities exclusively from the flagships? And here is not, we offer an affordable device, which in addition to the above received all-metal case and recognizable design. In the article we will spend ASUS Zenfone Max Plus Overview and look at how successful this model turned out.

Specifications ASUS Zenfone Max Plus:

• Screen: IPS, 5.7 ", 2160x1080, Capacitive, Multitach, 2,5D
• Processor: Eight-core MediaTek MT6750T, 1.5 GHz
• Graphic Accelerator: Mali-T860
• Operating system: Android 7.0 Nougat with Zenui 4.0 shell
• RAM: 3 GB
• Built-in memory: 32 GB
• Memory Card Support: MicroSD to 256 GB (Separate Slot)
• Communication: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz || UMTS 850/900/1900/2100 MHz || LTE: 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 8, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41
• SIM: 2x Nano-Sim, Dual Sim Dual Standby (DSDS)
• Wireless Interfaces: WiFi 802.11 B / G / N, Bluetooth 4.0
• NAVIGATION: GPS, A-GPS GLONASS
• Cameras: Main - lens for 16 megapixel + wide-angle on 8 megapixel (flash, autofocus), frontal - 8 megapixel
• Sensors: illuminations, movements, microhyroscope, accelerometer, magnetometer, dactylometer
• Battery: 4130 mAh, bent
• Dimensions: 152,6x73x8,8 mm
• Weight: 160 grams

Equipment

The smartphone comes in a bright packaging, the front side of which decorates his image from the back side, which focuses on a dual camera, attracting the attention of potential buyers. The package includes a microusb corporate cable, a charger with 5V / 2A parameters, clip and documentation.

When you first get acquainted with the smartphone, the absence of plastic inserts on the metal back immediately rushes. In fact, they are in the upper and lower part of the case, but everything is made so carefully that they practically do not notice them. In the left corner, a dual camera module was installed, which markedly beyond the housing. In addition to it, there is a flash with different color temperatures, a noise-sensing microphone and the Logo of the ASUS brand.

The fear causes a discovering block with cameras, but it should not be damaged due to the fact that a little recessed into the metal edging. The decision would seem simple, but many phones are missing for this. As a result, you can not be afraid to damage the camera sensor when we put it back on the table or another surface.

As shown, ASUS Zenfone Max Plus M1 Review, space under the 3.5 audio jack allocated from above.

The bottom line occupies the standard port of MicroUSB, on the sides of which there are the main speaker and the microphone. The port supports the connection of external devices by OTG and can even share a charge with them, which allows you to use Zenfone Max as an external battery.

A hybrid slot was made to the left edge in which two SIM cards can be installed or donate one, putting MicroSD instead.

On the right face right under the thumb, the swing of the volume adjustment and the power button of the screen lies.

The front side is covered with protective glass with rounded edges (2.5D). Its upper part occupies the sensors already familiar to all, the front-line, the spoken speaker and the LED indicator of notifications. A high-quality oleophobic coating is applied to the surface of the display.

Under the screen installed the mechanical key "Home", but in addition to its main purpose, it plays the role of a fingerprint scanner. It accurately recognizes touch, but with a dead screen reacts with a small pause. But the navigation keys here are appropriate, which is characteristic of smartphones asus.

Display

ASUS Zenfone Max Plus M1 ZB570TL Overview proceeds to a display with a diagonal of 5.7-inch and FullHD + resolution (2160x1080 pixels). It is surrounded by a subtle frame, edges rounded. This is a high-quality IPS matrix with its own wide viewing angles and genuine color reproduction. The factory calibration of the matrix is \u200b\u200boptimal, although if desired, you can change the color temperature at your discretion.

The reserve of brightness is enough to use the phone with the comfort of a bright day lighting - 500 cd / m2. ASUS Zenfone Max Plus smartphone review shows that it supports up to 10 simultaneous clicks. In the cold season, the control mode will be useful in gloves, which increases the sensitivity of the display. Among the unique features - management of gestures on the locked screen.

Performance

ASUS Zenfone Max Plus M1 Specifications are based on a weak MediaTek MT6750 processor, which is very far from the flagship level. But if you do not plan to run modern toys, then the power will be more than enough. The processor is built on 4 nuclei to 1.5 GHz and 4 to 1 GHz. The graphics processing performs the MALI-T860 MP2 video chip - one of the most popular solutions in the budget category.

ASUS ZENFONE MAX PLUS M1 The characteristics suggest the presence of 3 GB of RAM, operating at a speed of 4000 MB / s. Custom memory - 32 GB, of which about 22 GB are available. Reading speed reaches 134 MB / C, and records - 80 MB / s. The system after turning on half the volume of RAM, so that they are not walking too much.

Results of synthetic tests

The ASUS Zenfone Max Plus phone overview makes it clear that it should not be considered as a gaming device. Modern games it will pull the maximum on medium graphics. In tanks on the maximum graph, we received only 16 fps, play comfortably only at a minimum, when many points of location are not drawn. The trottling is absent, and in a couple of hours of the game, the device only just noticeably heated.

ASUS Zenfone Max Plus Sound

When playing music in headphones, you can choose one of several modes. There is an Audio Wizard software with which you can choose the optimal audio improvement algorithm. Using the equalizer, you can configure high and low frequencies.

Interface

ASUS ZENFONE 4 MAX PLUS X015D Review Means with the fact that the Zenui 4.0 sheath is superimposed on top of the standard Android 7.0. The interface is recycled beyond recognition and if in the previous version it was illogical and overloaded, then there were excellent work on errors. Among explicit differences, the bright decoration of the elements is immediately striking.

ASUS Zenfone Pegasus 4S Max Plus Review shows that the manufacturer added interesting options in the new version:

• Digital Media Server - the contents of the phone can be viewed from a computer or other device using an Internet connection, which is very convenient;
• The SOS key allows you to submit a signal to emergency services and send location information;
• Daily updated wallpapers and a large selection of decorations;
• Simplified mode will be useful when using the phone as a navigator in a car.

Wireless communications

ASUS ZenFone 4 Max Plus M1 Review confirms the information that two SIM cards can be simultaneously installed in the smartphone. Each slot supports work in the last generation networks, but only one sim card is connected to 4G. By buying a phone abroad, pay attention to the list of supported frequencies. They may vary depending on the modification.

There are radio, Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz, Bluetooth 4 generation, GPS and GLONASS for navigation on the ground. The location is determined quickly and correctly, a total of 21 satellite was found.

In the compact package it was possible to fit the battery, with a capacity of 4130 mAh, which is charged from a complete charger in 2 hours and 40 minutes.

Stretch longer without sockets will help the corporate mechanisms of energy saving. It supports the possibility of flexible settings for each application. The system automatically finds programs that spend battery charge in the background and closes them.

There are several power saving modes, including:

• Productive, in which brightness and performance will be at the maximum level;
• Standard - color reproduction and performance is issued depending on the current user needs;
• Energy saving disables data transmission during the locked screen;
• Over Energy-saving - only the ability to make calls and send SMS.

Testing the battery We spent in a productive mode, where it lasted 8 hours 21 minutes. In the standard just 3 minutes longer. In energy saving, he worked 8 hours 34 minutes, so there is no particular sense.

Cameras

ASUS Zenfone Max Plus M 1 Camera Overview We will start with an interface that attracts the attention of a multitude of buttons. The center has a switch from the usual mode to the wide-angle shooting. A separate panel contains the most important parameters and the transition to the advanced settings. Next door to the shutter button is the advanced shooting mode, video recording key, switching to the "front" and switch to the gallery. Sword in one direction you get access to an additional shooting mode, and to another - color filters.

A double chamber includes the main 16 MP lens and 8 megapixel wide-angle module. Pixelmaster technology improves the quality of the pictures, increasing the photosensitivity and speeds up the focus. With automatic shooting, sometimes there are problems with exposure. But in most cases, it is possible to get a solid snapshot from the first time with well-drawn items.

At night pictures there is a small amount of noise, the color rendition is close to natural.

When shooting in HDR mode, the smartphone is conceived, but highly highlights dark areas.

When macro shot, the back plan is beautifully blurred, and the front remains in focus. Everything, as it should be. A monophonic flash highlights nearby objects, but does not distort the color reproduction.

ASUS Zenfone Max Plus Main Camera Operating Lens Wide-angle - the viewing angle reaches 120 degrees. With it, you can get widescreen pictures, but it will be much worse on them to detail and color reproduction.

Front car with a resolution of 8 megapors pleases with genuine color and detail. The manufacturer is pre-installed the Selfie Master program, which uses the software processing to improve your face. But traces of processing are still noticeable, algorithms are still far from perfect.

Panorama gluits inactively, which is associated with sharp jumps of white balance auto correction. In this case, detailing on high level. The standard application "Camera" is able to create gifs, which, if necessary, you can lose backwards.

Output

After the ASUS Zenfone Max Plus review leaves conflicting impressions. The main minus was autonomy, which is surprising, because there was no problems in the smartphones of this manufacturer before. It would not be superfluous and tighten the performance, with the games the device copes with a large stretch. Otherwise, everything is fine - the system smoothly works even in the split screen mode, and on the camera it is possible to get very decent frames, especially if you pamper with manual settings.

Where can one buy?

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Characteristics

• System: Android 7.0
• Processor: 64bit MediaTek MTK6750, 8 cores (4 x 1.5 GHz + 4 x 1.0 GHz)
• Graphics: Mali-T860 MP2
• Memory: 3GB RAM, 32GB ROM
• SIM cards: two nanosim
• Screen: 5.5 "2.5D IPS with HD Resolution (1280x720), Multitach 5 Touch
• Front camera: 5 MP
• Main Camera: 13 + 8 MP (dual)
• Wi-Fi: 802.11 A / B / G / N
• Battery: 5000mAh
• Bluetooth: 4.1.
• NAVIGATION: GPS, A-GPS
• Dimensions: 154.5 x 76.6 x 8.9 mm, Weight - 177 grams
• Optional: FM radio, fingerprint scanner.

Video review

Unpacking and equipment

Judging by appearance Packaging, an employee of the mail was clearly a bad day. However, the box withstood and the contents got to me safely and preservation.

Inside, we find two instructions, a branded microUSB cable, a charging unit for 5 volts 2 amps and a clip for opening a tray simcart.

Design / Ergonomics

When I first took the device in my hand and examined the all-metal rear wall, then I had a logical question: let me, but where are the antennas? And indeed, it seems to the ASUS engineers managed more than traveling ahead of the aircraft to Apple employees. Having considered the device attentively, I discovered plastic inserts at the upper and lower ends of the device. It is like that asus asus and got rid of unsightly stripes on the back cover of a la iphone. Well, for the idea of \u200b\u200btesting!

What we have on the back of the smartphone. Here we find a protruding block of two cameras, a dual LED flash of different color temperatures, a noise reduction microphone and an ASUS logo.

If you look closely closely, you can find that although the camera block and discovers, but it is completely immersed in the metal kaymu and slightly recessed in it. Thanks to this simple solution, the cameras are securely protected, even if the device will carry on the table.

Audio output 3.5 mm. Placed on the upper end of the device.

We have two perforations under which the main microphone is hidden and the call speaker. Between them is already a classic, microUSB connector. For what it is needed, it probably does not make sense, however, in addition to the OTG function, the device is also able to share his charge with other gadgets. The volume of the speaker is acceptable, with some low-frequency deposits.

Not leaving far from the topic, immediately I want to praise the device for good quality microphones and conversational speakers. In the mode of cellular communication, I did not have any questions to hearing the opponent, as he actually also.

The hybrid slot for two maps and microSD is made flush and is on the left end of the smartphone.

Right, right under the thumb, there is a swing of the volume and the corrugated power button.

The facial part of the ASUS Zenfone 4 Max Plus contains the displayed 2.5D display, sensors, front camera and event indicator. There is a oleophobic coating on the screen, which is not inferior to the same on my Samsung Galaxy S7 EDGE.

From the bottom, right as in MEIZU smartphones, a mechanical button is located in which the fingerprint scanner is built. The accuracy of recognition is simply excellent, however, on the extended screen, the awakening comes with a noticeable pause. Well, and how you probably guessed, on the left and right side, there is no touch keys.

Battery and autonomy

In ASUS Zenfone 4 Max Plus, a non-removable battery for 5000mAh is installed, which allows us to look at the maximum brightness of FullHD video about 14 hours or 6.5 hours to play productive games. With the middle mode of use, on one charge, the device kept for more than two days. However, taking into account the autonomy and the amount of battery, it is possible to talk with high reliability about the poor optimization of the current version of the firmware. In my opinion, the smartphone is capable of providing much more impressive numbers.

Display

As we said above, in ASUS Zenfone 4 Max Plus set 5.5 "display made using technology 2.5D. As for the permission, the ASUS apparently decided to save and installed the HD resolution screen (1280x720) and a multitatch for 5 touches.

And although the picture looks rather bright and juicy enough, but the budget is fed from all the cracks: under the corners the display is yellow and pilyette.

Interface

It works Zenfone on carefully recycled Android 7. Now there are exclusively Chinese versions of the firmware, however, right out of the box, I got my device with the Russian language already installed. On the website of the 4pda, you can find two Russian-speaking firmware, but the localization there is incomplete: about 80% of the text translated. The remaining part is an inscription in English.

From interesting chips there are gestures, a double screen mode, Easy mode for the elderly and children and of course double applications, for those who need to separate personal social networks from workers.

From the fact that I personally see for the first time, I can mark the vibration intensity being customized for different tasks, the ability to select a screenshot format (PNG or JPG) and the ability to remove the onscreen buttons. With the latter, everything is not so obvious. The fact is that there is no one from the box of this menu item and it appears only after editing the build.prop file, with a change in location with WW on CN. That is, when I just got a smartphone, I had only one possibility - to use the onscreen buttons. But their location personally did not suit me, and there was no configuration in this regard. Therefore, the ability to use a single button by analogy with MEIZU smartphones for me was just a gift. It works as follows: Touch - Return, Pressing - Home, Double Pressing - List of Applications, Press and Hold - Screenshot.

I have no complaints about Wi-Fi quality: through one wall, the arrow literally lies, after two - quite the good value.

In the pros, the presence of an electronic compass for walking navigation, but I'll immediately add a spoonful of the tar: from the navigation systems on the current version of the firmware, only GPS and A-GPS are supported. I don't have questions about the quality of navigation, but the support of GLONASS satellites has already become some of the type of standard and it would be definitely not worth it.

Iron

The heart of the smartphone is 8 nuclear 64 MEDIATEK MT6750 bit processor, four kernels of which are operating at a frequency of 1.5 gigahertz and four - at a frequency of 1.0 Gigahertz. The graphics corresponds to a rather modest MALI-T860 MP2. But as for memory, everything is fine here. The device has 3 gigabytes of RAM at an average speed of 4000 MB / s and 32 gigabytes constant. The speed characteristics of the ROM constitute 134 MB / s per read and 80 MB / s to write. The sensors are not very much, and when loading the system boosts approximately half of the entire RAM.

However, on medium and low graphics, you can completely drive into modern 3D toys.

By driving the device on trottling, I was convinced of his absence. Moreover, after almost 2 hours of a continuous game, the device is only slightly heated.

Sound in headphones

For various modes of use, a special utility is pre-installed in the smartphone: Audio Wizard. In which you can choose any sound correction algorithm at the current moment. Also, there are coarse settings of low and high frequencies and a very cute system equalizer. When connecting headphones, the value "On the street" is automatically replaced by "clean" sound.

In the "Clean" smartphone mode, has good response and unprofit test results.

However, after switching on the music, the smartphone automatically passes not to the "clean" mode, and in the Music mode, where the non-uniformity frequency response from the average turns into frankly bad. At the same time, the perception of music on rumor subjectively seems more comfortable.

Cameras

In ASUS Zenfone 4 Max Plus, a block of two main cameras is installed: at 13 MP from Samsung and "Fish Eyes" from Hynix on 8 MP. Front camera from the same HYNIX on a honest 5 megapixel. Slow shooting is present in the settings, but it does not slow down in fact, and speeds up the process. From Killer Fich We have a professional mode for photo and video, and in the video settings you can change "on the fly".

The quality of the front chamber is quite good, pictures I left satisfied.

With good lighting, the main module is 13 megapixel. Removes quite well, but the parts are sometimes lost.

Most of all I liked the macro, but I find them imperfect.

Quality photo at night can be varied. There are several pictures that I stayed frankly satisfied and somewhat - immediately in the basket.

The detailing of the fisheye module leaves much to be desired, but video shooting in this mode adds rollers to some psychedelicity.

At first, I, as usual, began to search in the menu absolutely useless "bokeh" mode, but was pleasantly surprised: Asus decided to go to another way and the second camera module is designed to shoot in "Super Resolution" to 52 meters. Which can be made both from the usual mode and from the "Fish Eye" mode and does add detail pictures. But then I want to ground you, shooting speed in this mode is extremely low, so we use it on permanent basis Absolutely uncomfortable.

The video takes off in FullHD MP4 30 frames per second. Focusing is automatic, but a little twiggy, no optical stabilization.

conclusions

Summing up, I can say that the smartphone ASUS ZENFONE 4 MAX PLUS - This is an apparatus exactly for your money. Naturally, he has only an abundance of advantages: a metal housing, an advanced sheath, a gorgeous battery for 5000mAh, a bright juicy display, a good sound in headphones, two cameras with manual settings. However, if you take each of these items separately, then in all there are some minor disadvantages: low screen resolution, the absence of GLONASS, frankly weak iron, low autonomy for its battery and is very average for today the quality of the pictures. Of course, I have a novelty in my hands and most of the questions may well be solved with firmware updates, but I can not distinguish them. On my subjective look, ASUS Zenfone 4 Max Plus is a solid tube exactly at its 170 bucks. If the device costs cheaper - you can take, and more expensive - I would look at other models.

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