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You can now readAsus ZenFone 3 Deluxe ReviewAsus ZenFone 3 Zoom ReviewAsus ZenFone AR Review IntroductionWe’ve said it before and we’ll say it again - budget smartphones have gotten really, really good over the past couple of years. 2016 in particular was a rather stellar year for affordable handsets that were worth buying, with some of the most notable ones including the likes of the Moto G4 series, OnePlus 3 and 3T, Alcatel Idol 4, Honor 8, and more than ever before, it’s very possible to spend around $400 or less to get a phone that strongly resembles the experience of a device that costs double that price tag. This is great for consumers looking to get a great user experience without spending a lot cash, but it also means that manufacturers who are creating these affordable handsets need to differentiate themselves as much as possible in order to stick out from this extremely crowded market. Asus is no stranger to the budget-friendly smartphone world, and the company was one of the leaders for this market with the ZenFone 2 that came out back in 2015. We were quite fond of the 2nd generation ZenFone when we initially reviewed it, and although the somewhat cheap design didn’t grab us at first, we ended up saying that we were “confident that this is the kind of phone that grows on you over time.”Asus came out guns blazing in 2016 with tons of different variations of the ZenFone 3 line, and one of the most affordable options goes by the name of the Asus ZenFone 3 Laser. The Laser moniker hints at the phone’s laser-assisted autofocus system, and while this may be the main focus point pun obviously intended for the phone’s title, there’s a lot more going on with this handset than a snappy autofocus ZenFone 3 Laser is a smartphone that Asus is selling for under $200, putting it in direct competition with the likes of the Moto G4. Is Asus’s option worth considering over the Moto?In the boxAsus ZenFone 3 LaserMicroUSB cableAC wall adapterSIM tray removal toolSafety and warranty informationDesignThe build is certainly premium, although a bit underwhelming The Asus ZenFone 3 Laser is a big step up in build quality when compared to the ZenFone 2, as the former ditches the latter’s all-plastic construction for an aluminum one. This switch in materials is a very welcome one, as the aluminum that’s used here feels very premium and solid in the hand. The back is smooth and cool to the touch, and the fingerprint sensor that lives beneath the petite camera hump allows for quick and easy access to unlocking the ZenFone 3 Laser measures in at just thin and features a weight of 150-grams, allowing it to be very slim and lightweight. Additionally, the rounded corners of the handset allows it to feel nice and comfortable when great as it is to have an aluminum build as opposed to last year’s plastic, there’s no doubt that the overall look of the Laser is quite bland. We’ve seen a ton of aluminum builds in both the budget and premium landscape lately, and because of this, the ZenFone 3 Laser fades into the background with an aesthetic that’s attractive, yet undeniably underwhelming. DisplayBig, bright, and clear In regards to the display, Asus decided to use a IPS LCD panel with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 Full HD. There’s nothing all that remarkable about the display, but there’s also nothing to really complain about. Text is crisp, colors look bright, and viewing angles are quite good as isn’t a display that’s going to blow your socks off, but it’s fully functional and capable, and for a phone in this price bracket, that’s all you can really ask for.
TheZenfone 2 Laser 6.0 looks exactly identical with not only its predecessors but also with almost all of the Zenfone devices. For starters, we still have the ergonomic Arc design — a curve at the back makes it deceptively thin, so the internals weren't compromised. Plus, it makes the bulky device easy to hold despite the fact.Asus Zenfone 3 Laser review This one is priced at Rs 18,999 and comes with 4GB is going all out with the Zenfone 3 series in India launching various models at different price-points. The availability of Zenfone 3 Laser was announced recently in India. The smartphone was first showcased at the company’s Zenvolution event in August. Asus Zenfone 3 Laser starts at Rs 18,999 and will be a Flipkart exclusive for a India has introduced several variants of its Zenfone 3 series in India. There is the Zenfone 3 Ultra which has a big display, the super-expensive Zenfone 3 Deluxe which is the premium flagship model. The Zenfone 3 Laser features a design similar to the series with big display and a compact form factor, but at a more affordable pricing. Asus also launched a battery heavy Zenfone 3 Max variant in India the various Zenfone 3 options floating in the market, we take a look at whether the new Laser is the right choice. We have used the Zenfone 3 Laser for little over a week and here’s our review Specifications full HD display, Gorilla Glass 3 64-bit octa-core Snapdragon 430 at 4GB RAM + 32 GB storage space expandable to 128GB 13MP rear camera with f/ + 8MP front camera with low-light HDR selfie 3000 mAh battery Android Marshmallow with ZenUI Asus Zenfone 3 Laser full specs Price Rs 18,999 Asus Zenfone 3 Laser Asus Zenfone 3 Laser has a full HD Zenfone 3 Laser sports a metal unibody design. There are thin antenna bands running on top and bottom of the rear of the device and the rectangular camera unit juts out quite a bit. The fingerprint scanner is just below this, and it’s not the regular round fingerprint scanner you might find on most other phones. On the front it is all glass, along with three screen buttons. As a design, the phone looks good, pretty much in tune with what you’ll find in the market in this price range. The gold version is not too blingy, and the compact form factor of this phone makes it easy to hold and use. In terms of design, Asus Zenfone 3 Laser is pretty much standard like the rest of the offerings in the what’s good? Asus Zenfone 3 comes with a vivid and crisp full HD display. You don’t need to keep the display brightness at full, although I had trouble reading stuff on this in bright sunlight. Battery is another area where Asus has done a pretty good job with the Zenfone 3 series. On the PCMark Benchmark test, it scored 8 hours 35 minutes, which is a pretty good score for a phone in this price range. It will easily last you a day with heavy to moderate usage, and even with longer sessions of gaming, I didn’t see the battery levels dip too much. Sample shots from Asus Zenfone 3 Laser. Image resized for web. Sample shots from Asus Zenfone 3 Laser. Image resized for web. Sample shots from Asus Zenfone 3 Laser. Image resized for the performance side, Asus Zenfone 3 Laser can perform most basic tasks with ease. Multi-tasking, social media browsing should not be an issue, although this one doesn’t come out on top in benchmark scores. However, when it comes to graphics-heavy games like Asphalt 8, the phone does struggle and there’s a noticeable lag. The fingerprint scanner on the back works accurately most of time, and it can be used to pick up incoming calls as well. This function also worked accurately during the course of my review. Also read Asus ZenFone 3 Max review Long-lasting battery, dependable hardware Asus Zenfone 3 Laser’s 13MP camera will deliver some good shots if you are outdoors with sufficient light. The reds and pinks don’t bleed, which is always a good thing at this price-point, and the pictures look sharp. However, there is a tendency to over-saturate some colours like green, but most people can live with that. But there are other issues with the camera, which I’ll discuss next. Battery test of the Asus Zenfone 3 not good? As usual the camera UI is way too confusing, and the camera itself is not the fastest. It takes time to focus and click a shot, especially when taking pictures indoors or in low-light. This is frustrating when you don’t have such steady hands, or the object is constantly moving eg my pet dog. I wasn’t too impressed by the selfie camera, and the beauty mode is just criminal. I looked pinker than I’ve ever done in my entire life and struggled to find how to switch it off. Asus really needs to improve the camera UI and go for simplicity. Asus Zenfone 3 Laser has some points in its favour, especially with the UI on the Asus smartphones still remains a challenge to figure out. A sleeker, minimalistic ZenUI is too much to expect I suppose. Settings can be confusing and even with the 32GB space, I still wish Asus didn’t load it with so many of their apps. Or better still if they could just put it all in one folder. I don’t really need ZenTalk or Laser Rule, nobody does. I bring this up because Asus has spoken about how they will cut down on the bloatware. While the battery life is good, the phone takes a good 3-4 hours to charge fully. Verdict Asus Zenfone 3 Laser has some points in its favour I like the design, the camera is good but can be painfully slow in most situations, and the battery life will be enough for most regular users. The problem for Asus Zenfone 3 Laser isn’t competition from other phones, it is from the brand itself. The Zenfone 3 Max has a lot more battery on offer, and comes in a cheaper variant as well. Plus, there are phones with better processors like Lenovo Z2 Plus with Snapdragon 820 available at Rs 17,999 in the market. With the Snapdragon 430, Zenfone 3 Laser seems overpriced at Rs 18,999. TheAsus Zenfone 3 Laser is powerful and premium looking handset, I expected the camera to be as good as the Zenfone 2 Laser, unfortunately it was not, though videos are much better (with video stabilization). This handset cannot play 4K videos. Zenfone 3 Laser is a bit pricey. Rating 4 out of 5. Asus Zenfone 3 laser is available for Rs. 18,999.
The all new Zenfone 3 smartphone series has created a buzz in the market with superior design and cutting-edge hardware specifications. With this new lineup, Asus has gone all premium by leaving the competition of budget smartphones behind. This week we have The Asus Zenfone 3 Laser for review, which follows suit in this new strategy. So how well it compares with previous versions and other devices in the series? Let’s find out! Asus Zenfone 3 Laser Review Display, Design & Build Quality With this new series, Asus has made great changes to the aesthetics of the smartphone. The introduction of Corning Gorilla Glass display with an all aluminum body has added a premium feel to new devices. The moment you hold the Asus Zenfone 3 Laser, you realize this immediately. We reviewed the Zenfone 3 and Zenfone 3 Max a while ago, and the Zenfone 3 Laser follows the same design and build quality aspects. The only substantial difference I found with the Zenfone 3 Laser is that it is lighter than the others as it weighs only 150gms and measures It’s the most comfortable Zenfone 3 series smartphone for a single handed use. The design is similar to the other devices in the series we’ve reviewed. The front is dominated by the big display above which sits the front camera speaker and sensors. Below the screen, there are the back, home and recent apps buttons which are again not backlit. On the lower side of the smartphone, there are the speakers, charging port Not USB-C, microphone and also two big screws one on each side of the charging port. These screws look odd and unnecessary placement for any smartphone in general. On the top of the smartphone, there is the headphone jack, and on the right side, you’ll find the power button and volume rockers. On the left, there is the hybrid sim card tray, which supports dual-sim 4G connectivity. On the back side, you have the rear camera with dual-tone LED flash and laser auto-focus along with fingerprint sensor and the Asus logo on the lower side. The full HD IPS display of Zenfone 3 Laser comes with a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels which effectively gives you a pixel density of 401. Therefore, the display looks sharp, and color reproduction is excellent. The display is bright enough to be viewed in excessively lit conditions or under direct sunlight. I find the Splendid app that comes built-in with Asus smartphones very effective for display. It allows us to adjust the color temperature and it also has a blue light filter which protects our eyes from prolonged usage of the smartphone. Being an IPS display, viewing angles are great, therefore, watching a movie or playing games is fun. The display is a fingerprint magnet, so it needs a frequent cleaning. Performance The Asus Zenfone 3 Laser sports mighty 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 octa-core processor with a clock speed of and an Adreno 505 graphics GPU. It has 4GB of LPDDR3 RAM and has a 32GB of built-in storage which can be expanded up to 128GB via microSD card. With this device, you get additional 100GB of cloud storage on Google Drive for two years. For connectivity, it has a Bluetooth Wi-Fi Wi-Fi Direct, GPS/A-GPS, Glonass, and 4G. The only downside I found here, is the lack of USB Type-C port which now you can get in smartphones costing almost half the price as this one. Out of the two sim cards, it supports one Micro-SIM and other Nano-sim card. Users have to choose between either two sim cards or a SIM card and a micro-SD card. Both the sim cards can support 3G and 4G connectivity and the ZenFone 3 Laser supports super high-speed LTE CAT with downloading speed of up to 150 Mbps and upload speed of up to 50 Mbps. It runs Android Marshmallow with the company’s ZenUI skin on top. Asus has improved the ZenUI a lot over the years, and most noticeable features are the Zen motion gesture, animated clock and widgets and motion effect on the home screen. The Zenfone 3 Laser performs seamlessly while running daily tasks. There is absolutely no clutter while multitasking or browsing. Games like Asphalt 8, or the Extreme Edition ran smoothly without any issues. The Laser did get a little warm after prolonged gaming and while recording videos at 1080p, but it wasn’t uncomfortable at any point. The fingerprint sensor does its job well. It unlocked the device quickly and responded well for my two-week long usage. Even when I tried unlocking it in different angles, it always recognized me. The speakers are loud enough but can get easily muffled. The headphones with come with the smartphone are decent enough and have a minimal distortion at high volumes. The 3000 mAh Li-Ion non-removable battery performs well as it always had some juice left at the end of the day even while I was using the smartphone frequently at the full brightness for most of the times. The Zenfone 3 Laser doesn’t support fast-charging, so the it takes about 2 hours to charge from zero to 100. Benchmarks For this Zenfone 3 Laser review, we ran AnTuTu and Geekbench 4 tests for benchmarks, and below you can see the scores we got. The numbers appear quite poor for a smartphone that charges you a premium to own. Although, I found nothing to complain during my real world usage. Camera The Asus Zenfone 3 Laser has a 13 MP rear camera with f/ aperture and dual-LED real-tone flash. It supports 1080p video recording at 30 fps. The camera app can be launched even from the lock screen. There are a lot of capture modes to choose from to enhance your images. The best feature of this particular camera is that it has a laser autofocus which helps it to focus on a specific object in about secs as claimed by Asus. The display also brightens up when you click pictures, that helps a lot when you are working in low light conditions. We clicked a lot of images with Laser, some of which you can see below. [metaslider id=19902] The images appear sharp and crisp and the he camera captures a lot of details. The camera is the best feature of this smartphone as it captures beautiful pictures and performs well even in poorly lit conditions. Videos captured are also quite good, and it does manage to capture good videos even when you are moving or in a crowded place thanks to its EIS feature. Its other features include 1/3″ sensor size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, panorama, and HDR. There’s also an 8-megapixel front camera with f/ aperture. The selfies looks great, and it manages to capture all the colors properly. The 8MP does help to catch more details than a 5MP camera, and it shows clearly in the images. Verdict of the Zenfone 3 Laser Asus Zenfone 3 Laser is a significant improvement over the Zenfone 2 Laser. It performs well and has an excellent camera. The metal body design does give it a premium feel, but all of this just doesn’t justify the hefty price tag Asus has put on it. With a price of RS 17,000 Asus does seem to have taken a gamble. With Xiaomi’s Redmi 3S and 3S Primes offering same SoC and other competitors like Samsung Galaxy J7 and Lenovo Z2 Plus offering better value for money. For the extra price you pay compared to the competitors, you get the better camera and much better design and build quality. But if you’re not looking for those, Zenfone 3 Laser might just be an expensive buy! If you enjoyed reading this Zenfone 3 Laser Review, Please Join us on Facebook for more smartphone, PC hardware and game reviews. Check out latest price of Zenfone 3 Flipkart Amazon
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