While we have to wait for the premium Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML 4GB variant. The ZE550ML version is now available with 3 different colors and even come with Dual Sim version with 3 different color options, too. We’ll try to take a review of the Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML in the future, but the turn belongs to Asus Zenfone 2 ZE550ML right now.

Pros: 

– Great performance
–  Good camera
– LTE support
– Impressive Price
– Pre-installed Android

Cons:

– Power buttons at the top

– An average battery life

– Non-removable battery

Asus Zenfone 2 ZE550ML design

Looking at the new Asus Zenfone 2 ZE550ML, you can see that it seems that Asus still keep the same design in Asus Zenfone 4,5 and 6 but with a little bit advancements. The most outstanding is the volume key positioned at the back instead of traditional on the side. LG in 2013 was known as the first one to shift the volume buttons from the side to the back of the device.

The phone will be packed with 5.5″ HD display, make a large looking though but still feels comfortable in the hands. With a 3.3 mm of thickness, the bezels are pretty thick, however Asus said that its thickness is already narrow.

Compared to other devices, we can see that the Asus Zenfone 2 ZE550ML comes with bezels are slightly thicker than the HTC One M8 and nearly 3 times thicker than the 1.15mm bezel of the LG G3. The Android capacitive buttons are still located at the bottom end (Back, Home, Recent Apps) which should have been already replaced by one-screen buttons due to Kitkat/Lollipop UI implementation.

Another thing, build quality is still good and solid. You can remove tha back color to access to the two micro SIM card slots and a microSD card slot. While the first SIM card slot can support 4G networks, the second one supports 2G networks only. The battery capacity is 3,000 mAh and can not be removable.

With 5.5″ screen, the power bottom on the top may make a slightly unconvinient for users, especially when you have small hands. Alongside with the power bottom, the 3.5mm audio port stay on the top of the device, too. With the huge move of the volume key, just below the camera and dual-LED flash, therefore, there are no buttons on the both sides of the device.

Another disadvantage of the Asus Zenfone 2 ZE550ML, the back cover has a plastic cover so it can be prone to smudges with sweaty or oily fingers. (You can choose the 4GB with metal panel to improve the trouble).

In conclusion: The phone has a pretty large size so it’s quite hard to use with only one hand. However, moving other buttons to the back is quite a good idea. A small odd of the phone is about the power button at the top side.

Asus Zenfone 2 ZE550ML Display 

Although packing with a 5.5″ IPS LCD display and only an HD resolution but the display still looks pretty good and clear. The screen also reflect well even under the direct sunlight or low light condition. It means when you are indoor, the brightness is still good and, comfortable and the best brightness level would be roughly 70%. So you can set at a lower brightness to save the battery life of the phone.

Besides, the phone display is covered by Corning Gorilla Glass 3 so it can help you avoiding scratches on the glass panel. However, it would be better if you still put an additional tempered glass or protective film in order to keep the phone as new as possible.

Asus Zenfone 2 ZE550ML Camera

As we gave you some first samples of the phone before, Asus Zenfone 2 is shipped with a 13 MP rear camera. And the samples quality are quite impressive, even in poor light situation thanks to PixelMater.

Some samples of the phone

Apart from the photo quality, needless to focus on Video recording. To be honest, the video recording is apparently good at FHD but the result appears well in 720P resolution.

Asus Zenfone 2 ZE550ML Performance

The ASus Zenfone 2 ZE550ML model reports an Intel Atom Z3560 quad-core processor, a full 2GB of RAM along with Android 5.0 Lollipop. Navigation and transitions is smooth and snappy. Apps and games run just fine and multi-tab browsing on Chrome is jammy.

The phone gets a bit warm when running many multi-apps but no need to notice much about that. Even running 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited and Epic Citadel, the phone has caused only slight warming of the middle section of the back side.

About Antutu Benchmark, the 2GB was scored at 40926 points – a quite good scores to prove a strong performance of the phone.

Asus Zenfone 2 ZE550ML Battery Life

The phone has a sufficient 3,000 mAh Li-Po battery. If you are a Asus user, you can know that one of disadvantage of Asus phone is poor battery. But at least, Asus did try alot to improve the capacity of the battery to generous 3,000 mAh.

However, Asus supports smart charging, so you takes only 39 minutes to get 60% full battery capacity.

In conclusion:

The standard Asus Zenfone 2 is quite good choice for us. The phone comes with a solid design, pretty good hardware and a quite strong performance, LTE support and is priced at super affordable price tag. You can pick the phone if you don’t want to take a long time to wait for the premium Asus Zenfone 2. However, we think that you can wait for 4GB Asus Zenfone 2, the phone will come with much more advancements and will also be worthy. You will take another review of the 4GB Asus Zenfone 2 right after getting in our hands the phone.

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Via: Yugatech