ASUS CHANGED THE DREAM PHONE SIZE WITH ITS ZENFONE 3 ULTRA
Last Year Asus launched Zenfone 3 ultra with its specullar design . it was a super hit. We have recieved a review device of zenfone ultra. Here are our findings -
Asus has crafted the smartphone in a very clear-cut manner focussing on and around its display. Watching movies is super lively and mesmerising. I haven’t seen any other smartphone offering such an incredible movie experience like the Zenfone 3 Ultra. If you love watching movies and want to carry a television inside your pocket, there you go, this is the right choice for you. Now that television part was not sarcasm, I labelled it as television only because of the way its video algorithm works. We’ll talk about it later in the performance part of the review.
Asus ZenFone 3 Ultra comes with a somewhat dull industrial design without any frills. Despite the lack of any fancy design element like textured back or sides, the smartphone manages to look beautiful. It is quite a handful to hold though, thanks to the large screen form factor. It feels sturdy. And although it weighs 233 g, the weight is well distributed along the body of the device, so that it doesn’t feel heavy to hold. It measures around 6.8mm thick.
The front of the smartphone includes a home button with built-in fingerprint sensor and two soft backlit buttons in the form of back and multi-task switcher beside it. The top of the front screen includes a speaker, proximity sensor, front camera module and LED indicator.
The volume rocker is located right in the middle towards the top portion (ideally in place of the camera module for some smartphones) with the Camera module along with dual-tone LED towards the top on the left corner of ZenFone 3 Ultra.
Pros:
Solid metal build
Fast and fluid performance
Perfect for media
Bright 1080p screen (452 lux)
Some of the best loudspeakers
Great rear camera
Decent front camera
4k video recording
Quick to charge
Can charge other devices
Type-C display output
Good DPI setting used
Cons:
Way too much preinstalled bloatware!
Battery life should be better
No 60 fps 1080p video recording
Some auto focus issues in video
Awkward volume button location
Type-C display out hit & miss
No NFC
No IR
Display- 17.272 centimeters (6.8-inch) IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution and 16M color support
SoC- 1.8GHz 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 octa core processor, Adreno 510 GPU
RAM and ROM- 4GB RAM, 64GB internal memory expandable up to 200GB and dual SIM (micro+nano)
Camera- 23MP primary camera with OIS, HDR video F2.0, 4K video recording, laser focus 1.25M, f/2.0 aperture, pixel master beautification, selfie panorama, auto night, HDR pro, effect, low light, slow motion, time lapse and 8MP front facing camera
Battery- 4600mAH lithium-ion battery with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 technology
Weight- 230 Grams
Now, that you’ve gone through with the complete specifications you understand what the device is, physically. Let’s take our review forward.
Asus has crafted the smartphone in a very clear-cut manner focussing on and around its display. Watching movies is super lively and mesmerising. I haven’t seen any other smartphone offering such an incredible movie experience like the Zenfone 3 Ultra. If you love watching movies and want to carry a television inside your pocket, there you go, this is the right choice for you. Now that television part was not sarcasm, I labelled it as television only because of the way its video algorithm works. We’ll talk about it later in the performance part of the review.
Asus ZenFone 3 Ultra comes with a somewhat dull industrial design without any frills. Despite the lack of any fancy design element like textured back or sides, the smartphone manages to look beautiful. It is quite a handful to hold though, thanks to the large screen form factor. It feels sturdy. And although it weighs 233 g, the weight is well distributed along the body of the device, so that it doesn’t feel heavy to hold. It measures around 6.8mm thick.
The build quality of the smartphone is brilliant. The company has used premium metal to construct the smartphone instead of any plastic.
The front of the smartphone includes a home button with built-in fingerprint sensor and two soft backlit buttons in the form of back and multi-task switcher beside it. The top of the front screen includes a speaker, proximity sensor, front camera module and LED indicator.
There are no buttons on the left side of the smartphone, and instead, you find the power button and the two separate SIM trays on the right side of the screen. The top SIM tray can house a nano SIM while the second SIM tray can house either the second nano SIM or a microSD card slot. The top side of the smartphone has the 3.5mm headphone jack along with a mic.
The speaker grills are on the bottom side of the smartphone along with the second mic and the Type-C USB 2.0 port in the middle. Asus has decided to add the volume rocker at the backside of the smartphone which somehow works for this form factor.
The volume rocker is located right in the middle towards the top portion (ideally in place of the camera module for some smartphones) with the Camera module along with dual-tone LED towards the top on the left corner of ZenFone 3 Ultra.
Asus ZenFone 3 Ultra packs a Qualcomm MSM8976 Snapdragon 652 chipset with an octa-core processor clocked at 1.8GHz with Adreno 510 GPU. Our review unit came with 4GB RAM with 64GB internal storage. If you are running out of storage space, then you can add a microSD card up to 256GB in the second SIM slot. The ZenFone 3 Ultra comes with a 6.8-inch IPS LCD with an effective resolution of 1080×1920 at 324ppi display density covered with Gorilla Glass 4 for additional protection.
We Rate this phone 7/10 . Every thing is perfect except Price.
