About a year ago, the brand “Asus” was replenished with quitean interesting line of ZenFone five new gadgets, each of which is designed for some of its category of users. Smartphone ASUS ZenFone Selfie ZD551KL (16Gb) is clearly designed for the beautiful half of humanity: excellent front camera performance, which raises the quality of selfie to unprecedented heights, as well as the presence of bright and “fun” options for the device colors. In addition, the gadget received a very good stuffing and sensible display.
So, the subject of this review is the ASUS smartphone.ZenFone Selfie ZD551KL (16Gb). Reviews, features, design and equipment, as well as the advantages of the device along with its disadvantages will be discussed in our article.
Contents of delivery
Гаджет упакован во вполне симпатичную коробку из thick cardboard, which shows all the most remarkable characteristics of the device. The color of the packaging is made in the same range as the purchased model ASUS ZenFone Selfie ZD551KL (16Gb). Owners' reviews very warmly noted this moment - no need to open each box in the store in order to check and feel the color, because the bare name on the package like Blue or Gold will not tell the details. In any case, to quickly determine the choice of the gadget, this nuance will even help.
In the box you will see:
- ASUS ZenFone Selfie ZD551KL (16Gb);
- customer reviews and advertisements on numerous brochures;
- short manual in Russian;
- network charger;
- micro USB cable
Bundling can be called weak, but maybeit is for the better, because many people prefer to buy additional accessories on their own to their own taste and color, and the extra "trick" in the kit significantly raises the already rather big price.
Design
Phone ASUS ZenFone Selfie ZD551KL (16Gb) is5.5-inch gadget with the original back cover and with the "female" colors, which just can be called the main design solution. In general, the gadget looks quite solid, and to call it cheap or pass-through language simply does not turn, the appearance is five points.
If you do not take into account the colors, the designits constructiveness is identical to the previous generation ZenFone. As for the location of the functional and the main controls, here we see the classic representative “Asus”: volume rocker - in the center of the rear panel, on / off button - on the top. This arrangement has its share of practicality, that is, when working with a gadget, with any hand, the finger always reaches the basic elements of the ASUS ZenFone 2 Selfie ZD551KL (16Gb). Owner reviews on this issue unanimously note that all interfaces are intelligently and ergonomically distributed.
Design Features
The front of the gadget, regardless of whichcolors, always black, which creates a positive contrast to appearance in general. Under the back cover you can see a removable battery (many thanks to “Asus” for this) and slots for micro-SIM cards.
Декоративное оформление типично для этой линейки, where the lower front part is decorated with a pattern of concentric elements. Above the screen of the device there is a noticeable front camera, which you can’t call shallow, and on both sides of the peephole there is a flash and a speaker, and, interestingly, ASUS ZenFone Selfie ZD551KL (16Gb) is the same size. Reviews of the owners of the relative appearance of the smartphone as a whole are positive: all the colors have turned out nice and soft, and the size and location of the interfaces fully correspond to the dimensions of the gadget.
Ergonomics
The phone feels quite comfortable even inthe thinnest female handle, but managing it without the help of another is not entirely convenient. Alternatively, you can enable the function that allows you to work with the gadget with one hand, where the active screen area is set in the menu. The mode is easily turned on and off by the usual double “tap” on the “Home” key.
The body has rounded corners, which is a bit“Slim” smartphone, but still eleven millimeters of thickness a bit too much for a device designed for a female audience. But in any case, for a 5.5-inch gadget, the model meets all ergonomic standards: it fits perfectly in the palm of your hand due to the specific back panel, and the sensible layout of the interfaces allows you to control the device with one hand, even with the special mode enabled.
Screen
The smartphone is just asking for all sorts ofpraise for a really high-quality IPS-matrix, which easily copes with a resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels, and this is with a very good pixel density of 403 ppi. The picture remains clear and understandable, even if you get as close as possible to the eyes of ASUS ZenFone Selfie ZD551KL (16Gb).
The angle overview is also at the proper level for the matrix,so you can easily look through the photos or watch a video to the company of girlfriends and friends. The maximum degree of inclination at which the picture begins to darken is 45 °. In addition, the screen is distinguished by natural color rendering and high-quality oleophobic coating, coupled with a proprietary anti-glare film, specially designed specifically for ASUS ZenFone Selfie ZD551KL (16Gb).
Owners reviews are full of positivecontext regarding the characteristics of the screen: the image is clear, saturated and moderately contrast. Not without a spoon of tar - this is too small a margin of brightness of the backlight. If you set even the maximum value, then in order to read the data in the sun, you will have to significantly tighten your eyes.
Platform
The model works on the platform "Android" version 5.0 marked “Lollipop” on the ZenUI proprietary shell. The interface showed itself quite quickly, and ASUS ZenFone Selfie ZD551KL (16Gb) was not noticed with any friezes, brakes and other lags. User feedback especially notes a very good solution for scrolling home screens - I want to do it again and again, especially since the manufacturer equipped the platform with a whole heap of animated slider options.
In addition, if you are not satisfied with the basicsettings of the application grids and the order of their grouping, then you can transfer everything at your discretion. Nevertheless, the regular arrangement principle turned out to be quite successful and mostly thematic: the “Social” folder contains all known network clients for communication, and in the “Photos” section you will find the “Instagram” label and other services for working with pictures.
Utilities and applications
Interesting and beautifully look proprietary utilitiesbrand, which are also thematically scattered, ranging from a file manager to a task scheduler with an alarm clock. In general, a set of pre-installed applications is very impressive in ASUS ZenFone Selfie ZD551KL (16Gb / Gold). Owners' reviews noted the most interesting third-party utilities: Amazon Kindle - "reader", Zinio - a magazine store, TripAdvisor - a travel manager, and Dr.Safety - a fighter against viruses.
The user has a choice of systemlocation of desktops: in the “single layer” mode, icons will be placed in the usual way on home screens, and a button for the application menu will appear in the “two layers”, which is very convenient if you are plushkin and install everything.
Performance
Unlike its predecessor,The selfie version of the ZD551KL instead of the Atom chipset from Intel received an eight-core Series 615 Snapdragon processor operating at 1.7 GHz. A rather smart accelerator “Adreno” from series 405 is responsible for the graphic component.
The RAM of the gadget is 3 GB, which is quiteseriously, although much more modest than the flagship of this series. As for the built-in memory (16 GB), then it will be missed by some, so you can immediately buy a flash card (up to 128 GB) if you are not satisfied with the base phone ASUS ZenFone Selfie ZD551KL (16Gb).
Owner reviews regarding performanceThe smartphone is mostly positive: it copes with high-resolution video streams perfectly, regular applications and the interface do not slow down, and the device “thinks” extremely rarely only if it is not heavily loaded (more than five tabs in the browser, a heavy program, etc.). P.).
In addition, the device showed itself perfectly andgaming applications. Even the most demanding modern games run without problems, and there are no any FPS subsidences or freezes. However, this is not surprising with such a chipset and video accelerator.
Cameras
Front Selfie Camera is a gemthis phone. Hence the name of the gadget and the advertising expression: “You are in the best light!” “Front” is inferior to the “rear” only in focusing speed, - the main camera is equipped with laser lenses.
However, the front eye haswide-angle lens for shooting panoramic photos by as much as 140 °, which is deprived of the main camera. The characteristics of both matrices are also impressive: 13 megapixels, dual flash LEDs and autofocus.
Autonomous work
Высокое разрешение экрана и мощный восьмиядерный The processor, coupled with a graphics accelerator, greatly reduces the battery life of the device. The 3000 mAh battery is completely discharged in about 7 hours of continuous video viewing in Full HD format.
Demanding and volatile applications likegames consume about 15-20% of the total battery charge. If you use a smartphone in its usual mode (web surfing, voice communication, SMS), then the battery is enough for one day, that is, before going to bed, they charged and forgot about the battery until the evening. In general, a small battery life is the trouble of the whole “Android” bratia, so it’s difficult to call this moment critical.
Summarizing
Selfie ZD551KL from the famous brand "Asus"is a rather interesting gadget in the new line. The smartphone has distinguished itself by a very expressive design and coloring case that is unusual for the domestic market.
In addition, the device received an excellent frontcamera for a perfect selfie and a screen worthy of praise. The smartphone has a well-proven hardware platform with some of its attractive features, and it is easy to adjust to your personal needs.
All of the above plus is quite adequate.the price (about 17,000 rubles), as planned by the manufacturer, will certainly attract girls (maybe even guys). The only thing that disappoints is the too short battery life, because with such a front camera you want to do much more selfie.
The advantages of the model:
- original and interesting appearance, which will surely attract many girls;
- excellent characteristics of the front camera (just a haven for “self-lovers”);
- quality screen in many ways;
- a good set of chipsets, as well as excellent performance;
- ZenUI branded and multifunctional shell;
- balance of price and quality fully respected.
Disadvantages:
- battery lasts only for the day of routine work;
- it is difficult to read information in direct sunlight.
