Asus Zenfone 4 Max - a budget device with a good battery

Inexpensive Asus Zenfone 4 Max appeared on the Russian market simultaneously with several other models from the fourth generation. The main feature of the device with the Max prefix is ​​a large battery capacity. The company offers to buy this phone to young people with an active lifestyle. What is interesting in the device, will tell a review of Asus Zenfone 4 Max.

Hardware

Asus Zenfon 4 Max is far from being a top smartphone. The manufacturer did not aim to make a powerful device, since there is already a Zenfone 4 Pro and a good performance Zenfone 4. Quite often, the buyer needs a device with good autonomy. If the other criteria are not very important, then this model will be suitable for such people. Asus Zenfone 4 Max features:

Phone Asus Zenfon 4 Max is presented in two versions. The first has a modification of zc554kl. Feature - 5.5 inches screen and 5000 mAh battery. The zc520kl version is 5.2 inches and 4100 mAh. Many buyers do not know that the phone is sold in two versions, since both devices have one common name - Zenfone 4 Max. In terms of memory and processor modifications, the following are possible:

• Snapdragon 425, four cores, 2 and 16 gigabytes;
• Snapdragon 430, eight cores, 3 and 32 gigabytes.

Looking ahead, it should be said that regardless of the processor and the amount of memory, device speed almost the same. It is more logical to buy a version with a large amount of memory, since 2 gigabytes can be considered a tolerable volume, but 16 gigabytes will lead to the phone constantly demanding to free up space.

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Design

Visually, the Asus Zenfone 4 Max zc520kl smartphone, like the zc520kl, does not represent anything interesting. The device turned out quite weighty and fatthat may not like girls. The model combines glass on the front panel, metal back and plastic inserts on the top and bottom.The phone with a smaller diagonal turned out to be more compact, so this option can be considered as a female device.

Under the display is physical button with integrated finger scanner. Near two touch buttons. The purpose of each of them is standard. Above the screen is a camera, proximity sensor, notification indicator, earpiece, flash.

The back panel has a dual camera, it is convex. Nearby flash. At the top end is a headset jack and microphone. The bottom is traditionally given under the speakers and the connector for the charger. The format is microUSB. The right side is given under the buttons, the left under the slot. He, unlike the usual four, not combined. Build quality at a decent level. Colors - black, white, pink.

Important! The materials used are not of the highest quality. If there are not a lot of questions to the glass on the screen - there are prints, but they are easily erased, then the back panel turned out to be quite a mark. According to reviews, the sides of the device begin to peel off after a while, so for the safety of the device it is recommended to immediately put a cover on it.

Screen and battery

As mentioned above, the device is presented in two versions of the display size - 5.2 and 5.5 inches.The first phone is called Asus Zenfon 4 Max zc520kl, the second one is zc554kl. Both screens are created by Super IPS technologyThe resolution is the same. Smartphone Asus Zenfon 4 Max is an inexpensive device, and this is noticeable on the screen as well. He was far from the best. The color rendition of the device is quite good, but at the corners all the colors roll to yellow and pink. The second unpleasant moment - nothing is visible in the sun.

Asus Zafon Max zc554kl has a 5000 mAh battery, the second modification is limited to 4100 mAh. Due to the difference in the diagonals, differences in the battery are compensated, and the devices work approximately equally. Tests show that with active use, a smartphone can work for 24 hours, which is quite good. The video model plays about 15 hours, gamers will be able to enjoy the process for about 8 hours. Not the most active users will have to put the phone on charge once every three days.

According to the manufacturer, the device is equipped PowerMaster technology, which provides a slower discharge of the phone and prolongs the battery life. It seems to be true, at least the device does not sit down very quickly.Regarding the increased service life, check the information while there is no possibility.

Also from the manufacturer it is known that the phone has accelerated charging (not fast). What is meant by this is not clear, since the phone takes about 4 hours to dial the full volume. It is difficult to call it accelerated charging, even considering the volume of the battery.

Important! A large battery reserve allows you to use the Zenfone 4 Max as an external battery. Included for this purpose is an OTG cable.

Performance and Multimedia

Zenfon 4 Max comes in two memory options - 2 and 16 Gb, as well as 3 and 32 Gb.

It does not save the situation even the presence of a separate slot for a memory card. In version 7 of Android there is no possibility to transfer applications to external storage, which means that very soon the phone will begin to slow down.

According to the processors, the user can choose the quad-core 425 Snapdragon or the eight-core 430th. The first option is gaining about 36 thousand points. The device behaves quite confidently on the Internet.It is not very good for games, only simple options with low requirements. The older processor runs a bit faster, but it won't make much of a difference. For the price of 11 thousand rubles, the device behaves quite well, but you should not lay special expectations. This is a budget phone, and do not forget about it.

Regarding the sound, you can say that without a headphone device does not sound very good. The quality is average, the volume is the same. But in the headset everything gets a different sound, you can use the phone as a playerEspecially since the battery allows it.

Camera

Asus Zenfone 4 Max Camera represented by 3 modules. Two of them belong to the main camera. Here, the user has access to a matrix with a viewing angle of 80 degrees and an auxiliary wide-angle 120 degrees. The front camera has an angle of 85 degrees and is equipped with a flash. Of all the three cameras, only the selfie module shows a more or less good result, the rest of the cameras make a lot of noise, they shoot bad at night, the white balance is clearly too high. The video is also not the best quality. The maximum resolution is FHD.

Like the older device, the model has a Pro mode, but even excellent knowledge in the field of photography does not save the situation, and the phone takes off frankly bad.In fact, this phenomenon is quite strange, because the simple four have an excellent camera, and it is difficult to say why the manufacturer approached this issue so irresponsibly in the younger model. In other words, the Zenfon 4 Max camera is a clear minus.

Conclusion

Zenfon 4 Max is a budget smartphone that fully justifies this title. There are poor-quality case materials, a bad camera, a weak processor, a bad screen. The only plus is autonomy. If this criterion is fundamental for the buyer, then there is a sense in acquiring a model. In all other cases, it is recommended to find something more pleasant from competitors.

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