Asus Zenfone 5 Disassemble: Asus Quality Rock

 
Asus Zenfone 5
[ China Mobile Review ] filed Asus, I believe many people first think of is its motherboards, graphics cards, notebook computers, and the phrase "ASUS quality, rock-solid," the ad is even more popular. In fact, years ago, Asus began to enter the mobile phone market, it is under the command of PadFone family also participated in many international exhibitions, unique design, smooth experience gives the left a deep impression. At this year's CES show, ASUS has introduced a new ZenFone 5, which hit the low-end market, interior equipped with a Atom Z2560 processor. In last week's review them, we also tested its performance, run sub-scores Fengyun basic dual-core CPU with Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 quad-core flat, with red rice Note Standard Edition (1.4GHz clocked eight-core) also compared there is not much difference. Of course, today we are not ready to test the performance of ZenFone 5, mainly look ZenFone 5 workmanship and quality, ASUS pushing a new machine, it could be like if the board process as "rock solid."
 


ASUS ZenFone 5 with an integrated body design, frosted cover, then started feeling very comfortable.


In the corner of the back cover, there is a gap to open, from here you can open the back cover buckle. 

Open the back cover you can see, the Asus ZenFone 5 black carapace is very simple, but work is also unlike most low-end machine so rough. Back shell surrounded by a dozen screws fixed to the fuselage firmness provided a guarantee. 


Back shell interior picture. 


Asus ZenFone 5 back shell design is rather special, a few notches above the left, the corresponding parts are in contact with the outside world through these gaps, especially in the middle of the SIM card slot, still very rare. 


After removing the back shell, Asus ZenFone 5 internal structure will glance, the motherboard from the upper and lower parts. Rough terms, integration of these two very high PCB backplane. 


Screen cable (left) / power and volume buttons cable (right) 


Power / volume keys keycaps. 


Virtual buttons at the bottom of the connection cable (left) / connecting the upper and lower board flexible printed circuit board (in) / power cable (right). 


RF line. 


From the front of the exposed part of the PCB backplane can be seen, it inherited a lot of small components. 


They saw the familiar ASUS LOGO, although the official did not say, but the machine should be designed and manufactured motherboard from ASUS home, after all, it is also the origin of the board to do. 


SKhynix 8GB memory chips. 


Batteries also from Asus. 


Overall, the ASUS ZenFone features 5 is still very distinctive: a simple internal structure of the machine, disassembly and difficulty of maintenance is not large, if not the chip level repair, replacement parts child alone if the cost is not high; 2 motherboard from ASUS own design and production, relying on years of experience and deep inside, the quality is guaranteed; 3, new layout, core components, enough material handling and process is relatively detailed. Before the news that Asus ZenFone 5 mainstream price should be in the thousands, if true, then it is sufficient to work in top gear at this price, certainly better than millet, more solid kind of glory. 
Source: CNMO.com 

China market: Asustek braces for strong smartphone competition


Asustek Computer's plan to boost sales of its new ZenFone series smartphones in China with low prices could meet strong competition from local brands including Huawei, TCL, Xiaomi Technology and ZTE, according to industry sources.
Asustek will start marketing its ZenFone smartphones in Taiwan on April 8 and in China on April 11. The 5-inch ZenFone will be available for the equivalent of US$149 unlocked and 6-inch models at US$199.
The 4-inch ZenFone, which will be priced at US$99, will be delayed to May, the sources noted.
Asustek has teamed up with e-commerce operator Uitox to form an e-commerce company, Asus Digital International (ADI), to strengthen its marketing online.
Huawei has recently launched a new 5.5-inch smartphone, the Honor 3X, which is powered by an 8-core processor priced at CNY998 (US$161). Pre-sale orders for the Honor 3X reportedly have exceeded 10 million units, revealed the sources.
Additionally, Huawei has also launched a more competitive model, the Honor 3C, which is available for CNY798.
Other vendors, including TCL, Xiaomi and ZTE, are expected to launch comparable models to take on the Honor X3, Honor 3C and Asustek's ZenFone, said the sources.
Monica Chen, Taipei; Steve Shen, DIGITIMES

ASUS ZenFone Nabs 2014 Red Dot Awards for Product Design


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ASUS recently announced that its soon-to-be-released ZenFone has been awarded the Red Dot Design Award 2014 in the Mobile Phone category. The winner was chosen from 4,815 entries from companies in 53 countries and was assessed based on its degree of innovation, functionality and ergonomics by the Red Dot jury, which comprised 40 design experts from around the world and is the largest in the history of the awards.
The ASUS ZenFone is available with a 4-inch, 5-inch, or 6-inch display and comes in a variety of colors. The face of the ZenFone features Corning Gorilla Glass 3 for damage and scratch resistance, and a brushed metal lower bezel with the concentric circle finish.
Featuring the ASUS ZenUI, the ZenFone interface is developed around the concepts of freedom, expression and connection. Its minimalist design uses modern 'flat' icons, vivid device-matching color themes, animations, new ringtones and notification sounds, and a clean layout to present information clearly.
The ASUS ZenUI also comes with exclusive apps like What's Next and Do It Later, which help users manage information and enable them to be more productive. It even includes a free open instant messaging app, powered by Omlet Chat on the Omlet Open Messaging Platform, that lets users share almost any kind of content easily with anyone, on any phone.

ZenUI Review, Asus Zenfone Interface


ZenUI interface

Look out, Samsung, LG and HTC, there's a new and compelling Android skin on the market, courtesy of ASUS. At its CES press event, the Taiwanese manufacturer announced five phones, all of which will sport the company's new ZenUI, which adds a colorful look and feel and 200 separate enhancements on top of the Android OS. While almost every Android hardware vendor makes some changes to Android's look and feel,ASUS has added some really compelling features to the world's most popular mobile operating system, turning the home screen into a daily planner and allowing you to save any item (emails, calls, web pages) for later.

We had a chance to spend a few moments with an ASUS Padfone mini running the ZenUI and were impressed not only with the clean, colorful look and feel of the operating system, but also with its ability to put your most important appointments front and center, its ability to turn anything into a future task and its powerful camera app.

Unlike HTC and Samsung which offer home screens filled with social and news updates with their BlinkFeed and My Magazine features, ASUS focuses on your day ahead. The lock screen shows a handful of your upcoming events, along with the weather and shortcuts to the camera, phone and messaging apps.

When we unlocked the phone, we were treated to a home screen with a much longer list of task along with the time and weather. We could scroll up and down the list while our shortcut icons remained at the bottom of the screen. This feature reminded us of Google Now but, unlike Google's daily planner, this one is right there on your home screen, not a single tap away.

Opening another app called "What's Next" provided us with a more complete list of upcoming events along with a tally of missed calls and unread messages. We particularly liked the clean, colorful lok of the green and white app and the "borderless" design which makes the notification bar the same color as the app so it blends in.

Swiping to the right of the home screen, we saw a list of folders with four shortcuts within each. Icons for the mail client and task app each had small red circles showing the number of unread emails or pending tasks. Having these numbers is particularly convenient but not unique as we've seen them in other Android skins such as Samsung's TouchWiz.

Under the "Do IT Later" folder, we found the mail app and the Tasks app. When we opened the Tasks app, we were treated to a list of items that someone had marked as follow-up items for later. These included not only emails but also missed / rejected calls, photos and web pages. By selecting Tasks from the share menu in any shareable app -- the browser, the gallery, etc -- whatever you are looking at will be saved for later action on your task list.

This "Do IT Later" functionality is our favorite feature of the ZenUI and undoubtedly its most compelling. It's also tightly integrated into ASUS's preloaded apps.The ASUS mail client, for example, has a "Read Later" option that adds your messages to the task list.

In a demo on stage, ASUS Chariman Jonney Shih pretended he was getting a phone call from the company's CEO, Jerry Shen and that he was rejecting the call and saving it to his "Do IT Later" list with a simple swipe.

ASUS's ZenUI software is great at keeping you organized, but the company realizes that all work and no play makes for a dull phone. The company's integrated camera software features a slew of creative shooting modes, including an animated GIF mode, a low-light mode that promises a 400 percent brightness improvement in dark videos and photos and a number of colorful filters.

In Time Rewind mode, the camera captures stils from two seconds before you hit the shutter button and one second after. After taking a photo, the primary image appeared on our screen along with a round dial we could use to forward or rewind through the other 3 seconds worth of shots. Time Rewind seems like an improvement over LG's Time Machine feature which captures five shots from before you hit the shutter button. An ASUS rep also showed us a self portrait mode which allows you to take a selfie with the back camera by beeping when you point it at yourself and it detects your face.

Overall, we were very impressed with both the look and functionality of ASUS's ZenUI. We can't wait to take a closer look at this software when it ships on ASUS's line of ZenFones, along with the Padfone Mini and Padfone X.

Asus ZenFone 4 vs ZenFone 5 vs Zenfone 6 Size Comparison

Amidst a flurry of Android and Windows tablets and laptops, Asus unveiled a new series of Android smartphones at CES 2014. The new series of smartphones, Asus ZenFone series, comprises of three smartphones – ZenFone 4, ZenFone 5 and ZenFone 6. Each of the smartphones is named based on their screen size and all these offerings fall in the entry and mid-range category. Despite being different in terms of internals and sizing, the three smartphones share almost a similar design language and you can check out the comparison between the three devices in the video right below.
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The Asus ZenFone 4 is the smallest among the three smartphones and is the company’s new entry range Android offering. It comes with a 4inch WVGA display, dual core Intel Atom Z2520 processor, 1GB RAM and 4GB internal storage along with microSD card slot. There is a 5MP snapper at the back along with a VGA secondary camera on the front.
The Asus ZenFone 5 is the middle member of the three smartphone series and is a mid-range offering. It has a 5inch HD display, comes with a dual-core Intel Atom Z2580 processor, 1GB RAM and 4GB internal storage along with a microSD card slot. There is a 8MP rear camera and a 2MP front facing camera.
The Asus ZenFone 6 is the biggest among the three smartphones and comes with a 6inch HD display. It is powered by the same dual-core Intel Atom Z2580 processor that powers the Asus ZenFone 5. There is 1/2GB RAM and 8/16GB internal storage options along with a microSD card slot. There is a 13MP rear camera and 2MP front facing camera.
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All the three devices currently run on Android 4.3 Jellybean and will be get an update to Android 4.4 KitKat in the near future.

Asus ZenFone 4, ZenFone 5 and ZenFone 6 launching on April 11

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Asus will launch its new range of ZenFone smartphones in China on 11 April 2014. The company for now hasn't detailed global availability for the ZenFone 4, ZenFone 5 and ZenFone 6, which were announced by the company in January during CES.
Asus has also revealed the China pricing for the three smartphones on its Sina Weibo account, which works out to roughly $100 (or Rs. 6,100) for the ZenFone 4, roughly $150 (or Rs. 9,100) for the ZenFone 5, and roughly $200 (or Rs. 12,150) for the ZenFone 6.
All three ZenFone smartphones run on Android 4.3, and Asus has promised an Android 4.4 KitKat update for all the smartphones.
The Asus ZenFone 4 sports a 4-inch WVGA (800 x 480 pixel) resolution display supported by a dual-core 1.2GHz Intel Atom Z2520 processor with Quad-Thread Hyper-Threading Technology and 1GB of RAM. The smartphone also features a 5-megapixel rear and 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera optics. The internal memory storage is 4GB and can be expanded up to 64GB via microSD card.
The Asus ZenFone 4 comes with 1170mAh battery capacity and has dimensions of 124.4x61.4x11.2-6.3mm. The smartphone comes in 5 colour variants - Charcoal Black, Pearl White, Cherry Red, Sky Blue and Solar Yellow.
Asus ZenFone 5 features a 5-inch 720p IPS display and is supported by a slightly better processor - dual-core 2GHz Intel Atom Z2580 with Quad-Thread Hyper-Threading technology and 1GB of RAM. It sports an 8-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front facing camera. The 8GB internal storage on handset is also expandable to 64GB via microSD card.
The ZenFone 5 packs a 2050mAh battery and it measures 148.2 x 72.8 x 10.3-5.5mm. The smartphone comes in Charcoal Black, Pearl White, Cherry Red, and Champagne Gold.
Asus ZenFone 6 sports the similar Android Jelly Bean OS and a similar IPS display of 720p resolution but on a 6-inch screen. While the processor and RAM are similar to that of ZenFone 5, the rear camera sensor size is bigger 13-megapixel and a similar 2 megapixels front-facing camera.
Asus ZenFone 6 includes a 3230mAh battery capacity and is bigger in size than ZenFone 4 and ZenFone 5 at 166.9 x 84.3 x 9.9-5.5mm. It comes in Charcoal Black, Pearl White, Cherry Red, and Champagne Gold.

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