Today we are going to do a comparison of the ASUS Zenfone 2 vs. Zenfone Zoom, where both of these devices have been introduced at CES yesterday, 6-9 January 2015. Certainly very interesting for us to discuss its specifications before it is released to market mobile Indonesia.
ASUS has been shifting position of Mito, Smart Telecom and Sony in Google Trend Indonesia via smartphone ASUS Zenfone 5. This phone was ranked the 4th under the Apple iPhone 6, Samsung Galaxy Core and Nokia's X, Google's search engine in Indonesia through the year 2014.
Read: 10 Best Gadgets Google Trends version Indonesia 2014
In doing so, we discuss interesting for 2 phones that yesterday's event was introduced at CES 2015, namely ASUS and ASUS Zenfone 2 Zenfone Zoom, what the differences are? Which is better between the two? Here we compare the written specifications.
Comparison of ASUS Zenfone 2 vs. Zenfone Zoom
Both phones use the chipset Intel Atom Z3580, is a system of high-end-class chip by 2014, and we expect to 2015 this will drop to the middle class to the top. Yes, such arapid development of technology, resulting in a product will down grade even just a year away.
Design
Both phones are pretty good in terms of quality of materials and aesthetic design. Todisplay the front of both is the same. A nice arch and also the distance to the edge of the screen is not too wide.
While the rear is a differentiator because of larger cameras on ZenFone Zoom with 3 xZoom;
initiate the comparison specs ZenFone Zoom vs ZenFone 2, let's look at the following table;
ASUS ZenFone ASUS ZenFone Zoom 2
Model Number ZX550 ZE551ML
Announced January 2015, 2015, January
The status of Release Q2 Release 2015, 2015, March
Dimensions 158.9 x 78.8 x 152.5 mm 12 x 77.2 x 10.9 mm
Weight 185 g 170 g
Dual SIM SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Colors black Meteorite, Glacier white Black Sheer Gold, Osmium, Glacier Gray, Glamorous Red, Ceramic White
Both phones are launched in January at the CES event in 2015, and will trsedia in the second quarter, around April 2015.
ZenFone Zoom appear thicker and heavier. This is because the features of the camera that is the main difference of the two latest hosts the ASUS phones.
ZenFone 2 more available in color, while the Zoom ZenFone be launched in 2 colors black and white. Here is a picture to ZenFone 2;
Connectivity
Good smartphone ASUS ZenFone Zoom and ZenFone 2 is already equipped mobile 4 g LTE technology cat. 4, with this you often use the internet will enjoy download speeds of up to 150Mbps uploading and 50Mbps. of course, the region in which you reside should support 4 g LTE service, too. If no LTE networks, you can get speed with HSPA, EDGE or GPRS at least.
ASUS ZenFone ASUS ZenFone Zoom 2
Technology Of GSM/HSPA/LTE/HSPA/LTE GSM
Speed HSPA/42.2 Mbps, LTE Cat4 is. .. 150/50 Mbps HSPA/42.2 Mbps, LTE Cat4 is. .. 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
EDGE Yes Yes
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/air conditioning, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/air conditioning, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR v4.0, A2DP, EDR
GPS A-GPS, A-GPS GLONASS, GLONASS
NFC?? Yes
Infrared port No
Radio No
USB microUSB, v2.0 microUSB v2.0 Host USB, USB Host
Accelerometer, gyro sensors, proximity, Accelerometer, gyro compass, proximity, compass
In the meantime, both phones also have installed standard connectivity such as bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS. It's just that we didn't get the NFC for data that is for sure. For lovers of the radio, both phones ASUS is not suitable for you.
Performance
The performance of both phones is a System on a Chip affair was a combination of CPU, GPU and RAM. Performance is also affected by the OS and the UI. On one side of the battery needs will be necessary for the convenience of users.
ASUS ZenFone ASUS ZenFone Zoom 2
ASUS ZenUI A UI
Android OS, OS V5.0 (Lollipop)
Soc Z3580 Intel Atom Intel Atom Z3580 | Z3560
CPU Quad-core 2.3 GHz Quad-core 2.3 Ghz | Quad-core 1.8 Ghz
PowerVR GPU PowerVR G6430 G6430
Card slot microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64/128 GB, 2/4 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB, 2/4 GB RAM
Yes, as it appears in the table above, there are differences in cell phones ZenFone series 2, which one uses Z3580 and Z3560 to use one, and this affects the speed performance for both Internet video, watch or play the game.
From the Department of labor, both phones are similarly provided a Non-removable battery Li-Po with considerable capacity 3000 Milli ampere per hour.
Camera
Now comes to compare camera ZenFone Zoom vs ZenFone 2. Let's look at the following table;
ASUS ZenFone ASUS ZenFone Zoom 2
Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus laser, 3 x optical zoom, optical image stabilization, dual-LED flash (dual tone) 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus, dual LED flash (dual tone)
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR
1080 p video @ 30 fps 1080 p @ 30 fps
Front Camera 5 MP 5 MP
As you can see, ASUS ZenFone Zoom have advantages in terms of the quality of the camera. This is the feature which is a differentiator, and later will have an effect on prices, which the ZenFone Zoom ensured much more expensive than ZenFone 2. We expect the price almost 2 x fold.
The result of the comparison between the ASUS ZenFone vs. ZenFone Zoom 2 was won by ZenFone Zoom, there are of course advantages on cameras that use laser autofocus and Zoom feature up to 3 times Zoom, and indeed smartphone ASUS ZenFone Zoom designed for lovers of photography.
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