Smartphone ASUS ZenFone ZB452KG - advantages and disadvantages

Smartphones have long and firmly settled in our lives, taking a rather important place in it. Currently, the market for these devices offers such a variety of gadgets for every taste and budget that the question often arises, how to choose the right model. For some, the criterion for choosing a smartphone is the price, others compare the advantages and disadvantages, someone relies on a list of popular models and new products or ratings of the best manufacturers.

One of the manufacturers that have proven themselves in the market of smart devices is ASUS. Established in 1989 in Taiwan as a small computer motherboard manufacturer, ASUS has come a long way, gradually expanding its product range, and has confidently made its way into the list of the largest leaders in offering high-quality and reliable products.

In the past few years, the company has introduced a whole line of pretty good ZenFone smartphones. This article provides a detailed review of one of the budget models of this series - the ASUS ZenFone ZB452KG smartphone. The average price of this device is about 4900 rubles.

Design and external characteristics

This model, like the entire ZenFone line, has a pretty nice design and ergonomic shape. The ASUS ZenFone ZB452KG has been in production since 2016. Its dimensions: 137*67*11.2, and its weight is only 125 grams, making it feel light and compact in the hand.

Almost the entire front surface is traditionally occupied by a touch capacitive screen with a diagonal size of 4.5 inches and an extension of 480 * 854 pixels. Screen type IPS, with TFT matrix.

Below, under the display, there is an unusual ribbed plastic surface that looks very interesting.

The back panel of the phone is made of matte plastic and does not slip in your hands. Its peculiarity is that it is removable and, if desired, can be replaced by a panel of a different color. The provided choice of colors is quite wide, and in addition to the traditional black, white, silver and gold, it includes bright colors: yellow, red, blue. For young people, this can be another opportunity to somehow stand out.

An interesting solution from ASUS is the volume control button, located in the middle of the rear panel, just below the camera. Another non-standard feature is the power and unlock button. It is located on top, and not on the side, as is most often located on other smartphones. This is quite unusual for users, but it can be convenient when using, for example, in a car when the phone is in a special holder.

Also on the bottom of the case there is a micro-USB connector and a main microphone, and on top there is a mini/micro-jack headset jack and an additional microphone.

Smartphone Specifications

Processor and Memory

Speaking about the technical characteristics, it should be noted that the Qualcomm MSM8212 quad-core processor with a frequency of 1.2 GHz gives the device the ability to cope well with many applications and games. The amount of RAM is 1 GB. At the same time, the smartphone works quite quickly. The amount of built-in memory that the user can use is 8GB. But if that's not enough, the device has a microSD card slot under the rear panel, due to which the memory can be increased, however, no more than 64GB.

Operating system

The operating system used is Android 5.1, with a proprietary ZenUI shell. The device supports GSM 900,1800,1900, 3G, but there is no support for LTE (4G). However, the gadget has built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth receivers. The battery capacity is 2070 mAh, which allows the gadget to work in talk mode up to 5 hours, and in standby mode for about 270 hours.

Connection

The smartphone has the ability to install 2 SIM cards operating in alternate mode. Both MicroSIM cards, and just like the additional SD memory card, SIM cards are located inside the phone, under the back panel, that is, in order to pull them out or insert them, the panel must be removed. The device has the ability to exchange data between a SIM card and internal memory, which may be necessary, for example, when transferring contacts from one device to another.

Additional features

In addition, the smartphone allows you to listen to audio in MP3 format and set it to a call, listen to the radio, play a conversation through the speaker (speakerphone), talk to several people at the same time (conference call), make video calls. Also, for the convenience of the user, there is a vibration signal, speed dialing, the ability to turn off the microphone during a conversation, a voice recorder, a calendar, a calculator, a flashlight and other similar functions that are now available on almost any phone.

The ASUS ZenFone ZB452KG smartphone also has ambient light and proximity sensors, a compass, built-in GPS, an installed organizer, support for office documents (PDF, Doc, Xls).

Camera Specifications

Of course, this smartphone also has a camera. More precisely, even two: main and frontal. The resolution of the main camera is only 5 megapixels, f / 2 aperture. There is a built-in solid-color LED flash, autofocus, touch focus, panoramic shooting, face detection, movie shooting, self-timer, white balance and ISO setting, HDR shooting. Of course, these characteristics are rather weak for obtaining excellent quality pictures, but they are quite enough to “document” some fact or simply keep some event in memory. The front camera has a resolution of only 0.3 megapixels, which makes it possible to obtain a maximum expansion of photography of 730 * 411 pixels, and an aperture of f / 2.4.

Equipment

The package includes a charger, USB cable and instructions.

Advantages:

• pleasant and modern appearance and the ability to choose the color of the removable panel even in the brightest colors;
• lightness and compactness of the device;
• good screen and clear interface;
• performance, which allows this smartphone to work quite quickly with many applications;
• good speaker with loud sound of good quality;
• the ability to play video and audio files without quality loss;
• the possibility of increasing the amount of memory;
• quite reasonable price.

Flaws:

• with its good performance, the gadget still does not support some games and applications (especially heavy ones), and does not even allow you to download them;
• in installed games, the device can get quite hot;
• the amount of internal memory is small, and you can increase it with an additional SD card only up to 64GB;
• not all users like the peculiar arrangement of the phone control buttons (volume control and unlock button), frequent comments about this are “unusual”, “uncomfortable”, “it is difficult to find a case with the right holes”;
• not a particularly good camera, allowing you to take good pictures only in good lighting conditions. Under conditions of insufficient lighting or shooting indoors, photos often turn out to be slightly blurry, "noisy";
• fingerprints and other marks easily remain on the surface of the plastic back panel;
• some users complain about not quite correct navigation;
• headset is not included.

Given all the descriptions and specifications listed, as well as the average price of this device, we can say that this model has quite good functionality, but like other inexpensive smartphones, it has its advantages and disadvantages.

Who is this smartphone suitable for?

We can conclude that this device will probably appeal to those who buy it mainly for work: making calls, sending and receiving messages, working with e-mail and documents. Everything needed for this app works great. In this mode of use, the gadget can work without recharging all day, which is just important for people who use the phone as a “workhorse”. But it is unlikely that the device will suit avid fans of active games on a smartphone, hanging in it for days and nights and constantly updating their toys.

Fans of games on a smartphone are better off looking for another option, since this device is clearly not designed for gamers. It is also doubtful that this model will please lovers of good photography or social networks, who take pictures of everything around them and themselves, and constantly update their pages on the network.

Comparison of ASUS ZenFone ZB452KG with models of comparable cost.

If all these characteristics and reviews still make you doubt the expediency of buying ASUS ZenFone ZB452KG, then a comparison with similarly priced offers can help you make a choice. For example, the table below shows a comparison of this model with a smartphone no less famous than ASUS manufacturer - Samsung, Samsung Galaxy J1 mini, as well as a comparison with a Chinese gadget of a much less popular, but at the same time quite popular, brand Doogee, Doogee x53.

The table gives a very clear idea of ​​the characteristics of these smartphones, presented in the same price category. And everyone decides for himself which smartphone of which company is better to choose: whether to focus on the big name of the manufacturer, or on the characteristics of the device itself, rely on user reviews, or look only at technical specifications.