ASUS ZenFone 5 LTE (A500KL)

Overview

High-End Smartphone By Asus

Design

Misc

Shades

ASUSTek Computer Inc. basically known as ASUS has a primary listing on the Taiwan Stock Exchange and secondary listing on London Stock Exchange. This Taiwanese company deals with the manufacturing of computer hardware and electronic products. Withstanding its tagline In Search of Incredible it has launched its new creation named as ASUS ZenFone 5 LTE. It is an advancement in its previous version ZenFone 5 with the add on LTE feature.

Design and Display

ASUS ZenFone 5 LTE has been crafted from premium quality materials that imparts a stylish look to the phone. It measures 148.2 mm in height, 72.8 mm in width and 10.3 mm in thickness and weighs 145 grams. Dominating the front panel is the 5 inches IPS capacitive touchscreen which comes protected with the Corning Gorilla Glass and provides a resolution of 720x1280 pixels.

Hardware and Software

The gadget has integrated the latest Android v4.4 KitKat Operating System with the leading 1.2 GHz Quad Core Quad Core Cortex A7 processor and 2 GB RAM. Adreno 305 Graphics processor is also there to manage the graphics quality. The company gives you an option to choose from 16 GB or 32 GB internal memory. However, both can be expanded up to 64 GB with a microSD slot. It comes loaded with a host of sensors including E-Compass, Proximity, Light, Gesture and Hall sensor.

Telephony and Messaging

The smartphone operates on the 2G GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz, 3G HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz and 4G LTE 700 / 900 / 1800 / 2600 MHz network frequencies. This Micro-SIM phone comes with an optional Dual SIM facility. It avails some messaging facilities like SMS, MMS, IM, Email, Push Mail and some mailing facilities like Google Mail, Exchange, POP3, IMAP4 and SMTP.

Camera

On the shooting cam department, ASUS Zenfone 4 LTE is set to deliver an 8 MP main shooter that comes with enhancements like auto-focus, LED Flash, Geo-tagging, Full HD video recording etc. The front camera is bestowed with a very selfie-friendly 2 MP camera.

Entertainment

To keep the users entertained, it comes loaded with quite a few goodies like music player, video player, sound recorder, image viewer, editors for image and videos, FM radio and games. Social networking services like support for Facebook and Twitter has also been included to keep the user socially updated. The Java environment support is also there to help you download various games and applications.

Connectivity and Battery

The connectivity attributes of ZenFone 5 LTE includes Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, GPRS and EDGE. The data is transferred at HSDPA 42.2 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps and LTE speeds. There is an inbuilt GPS system along with the A-GPS and GLONASS support to help you in navigating through unknown places. Plus data sharing is also enabled through its Bluetooth and USB connectivity. To keep the tasks going for longer durations, it comes fueled with a non-removable Li-Po battery of 2110 mAh.

Shades and Price

Zenfone 5 LTE is presently available in Taiwan only at a price of TWD 9,999 which accounts to INR 20,000 approximately (may vary). Its color options include Charcoal Black, Champagne Gold, Twilight Purple, Pearl Red and Cherry Red.