Today Asus Zenfone Blog will share about ZenFone zoom camera versus another flagship. ASUS Zenfone Zoom which become world's thinnest optical zoom smartphone versus Sony Z5, LG G4, Samsung Galaxy Note 5, iPhone 6S, and HTC M9 which is better? you decide..
These photos taken in same environment and condition. These photos taken by Nanako0625 from mobile01 forum.
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LG G4
16 MP, f/1.8, 28 mm, laser autofocus, OIS, LED flash
Today ASUS Zenfone Blog will review about ASUS ZenPad 8. Asus has been one of the earliest Android tablets maker. They started with Transformer series, Nexus, Memopad series and FonePad series. And now the Taiwanese company brought its "Zen" brand to their new tablet range, ZenPad series. Will it bring success like the ZenFone Series ?
On this post we will talk about ZenPad 8, Zenpad 8 launched at June 2015. Running on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 SoC, the specs is quite same with ZenFone Selfie but have bigger battery, so it's bring ZenFone experience with larger screen.
Look and Design
The ZenPad 8 Z380KL has a thin and slim design which is fairly comfortable and easy to carry. The Zenpad 8 dimension is 209 x 123 x 8.5 mm and 350g in weight. The Zenpad 8 has an 8-inch screen display with 1280x800-pixel screen with 16:10 aspect ratio. ZenPad speaker is at the top which supported by DTS sound.
ZenPad 8 comes with leather style back cover which made by plastic and has a thin metalic strip around the screen which gives luxury look. The power button and volume buttons are on the right side of the tablets, micro USB and 3.5mm ports are on the top. The rear cover is removable for accessing microSD and SIM slot.
Under the back cover there are micro-SIM slot which support 4G connection and microSD slots, as well as a connector for Audio Cover which you can buy separately.
Benchmark score on ZenPad Z380KL is quite good, with arround 29.000 on Antutu benchmark.
On 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited ZenPad 8 Scores 7580
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Camera
We don't expect much from tablet camera, but ZenPad 8 equipped with 8MP camera without flash. The result is good too for Tablet camera, ZenPad 8 also has camera features like Zenfone series.
User Interface
ASUS ZenPad 8 runs Android 5.0 with ZenUI overlay. The interface is same with another ASUS Smartphones. The UI is comfortable to use, fast, and lag free. Thanks to 3GB RAM which makes this Tablet can do a lot multitasking without lagging.
Gaming Test
We do some gaming test, ZenPad 8 runs well with a little bit lag on Asphalt 8 but still playable and Mortal Combat X Runs very well without lag. You can see on video below :
Verdict
ZenPad 8 Z380KL is a decent tablets with luxurious style and good performance. Even who use tablets without having smartphones will happy with this device. Also you can buy the Audio cover to make this tablet to media device which you can watch movie or listening to music with it's DTS technology. ZenPad 8 use ZenUI interface which easy to use and very good in response. Zenpad 8 also support USB OTG, MicroSD up to 64GB.
The Asus ZenFone Max is powered by 1.4GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor and it comes with 2GB of RAM. The phone packs 8GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 64GB via a microSD card. As far as the cameras are concerned, the Asus ZenFone Max packs a 13-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 5-megapixel front shooter for selfies.
The Asus ZenFone Max runs Android 5.0 and is powered by a 5000mAh non removable battery.
The Asus ZenFone Max is a dual SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone that accepts two Micro-SIM. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, FM, 3G, 4G (with support for Band 40 used by some LTE networks in India). Sensors on the phone include Proximity sensor, Ambient light sensor, Accelerometer.
