Asus Zenfone 5 A501CG (Black, with 8 GB, with 1.6 GHz Processor)

"An awesome phone for everyone."

"Awesome phone with practical price"

"Good phone"

"Good phone with more pros and less cons"

"Great Phone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ultimate"

"Excellent budget oriented phone"

"Best Phone At A Very Low Price"

"Stylish, awsome and best phone i have.!"

"Good product overall"

"Nice phone"

"EXCELLENT PHONE IN THIS PRICE RANGE"

"Good mobile"

"Absolutely best phone"

"awesome phone"

"Great phone , battery issue is resolved"

"Awesome Phone"

"Best phone for 10k with few cons"

"Excellent phone."

"Superb Mobile"

"Awesome phone.."

"Excellent phone beats all other brands"

"Good phone, Value4Money, but may not b perfect...Good for Gamers/multitaskers..."

"best smartphone ever had and it also has FM"

"Asus Phone is like rajbhog thali but out of reach..........."

"THE BEST PHONE EVER LOLZ !!!!"

" Best Mobile in the world for this price and really worth of every penny"

"The Best Future of the phone is awesome"

" Otherwise d phone is Simply awesome"

"this phone is awesome "

"I was eagerly waiting for the phone and I received it today"

" Display is not very bright but the phone did everything fine for few hours before guess What "

" I would thank FLIPKART though delivery was not made on time and properly at all but at least they supported to return phone back"

"No doubt, after looking all specifications it is good phone"

" In the 10,000 INR price range the phone is worth every paisa "

" Up till now I am utterly satisfied with the overall performance n lag free gaming "

"I have spent my hard earned to buy a mobile from Flipkart and they sent a faulty product it pained a lot for a customer but these people will not understand as this is not their money and product responsibilty "

"This is the best phone ever I used (my other friends said the same)"

" In spite of those huge apps, games, most surprisingly, phone is running like buttery or creamy"

" The phone has some good things but the battery is pathetic it lasts only for 6 Hrs with WiFi and you play games for 10 mins it gets heated up"

" What is the use of such great specification when you cant use them much"

"This phone is just amazing"

"Phone is pretty good at this cost , with excellent specs"

" for judging the phone, rather i prefer real time performance"

"In any way under 10k, this is best for people lookin for a slim 5" sleek design phone for everyday usage"

"Overall this is a good phone, i am expecting flipkart/Asus to resolve certain issues such as In-Call Speaker sound"

"Question from Flipkart: When this phone will be available"

" I am looking to buy 2 phones but it is not coming there"

"The is the best phone one can have at this point"

"3) The battery is not as bad as many have reviewed, its like any smart phone"

"Flipkart did an awesum job with delivering the product before time, however Flipkart should make this phone available so that more people can buy"

" Whatever was promised everything is available in dis phone"

"Excellent specs, it has 2GB RAM as mentioned in the box"

"The phone looks good but where is the 8gb variant and i looking for that phone"

"Phone looks good-don't get deceived"

" Its not like micromax,karbon or any other cheaper phone who just got the android from somewhere and installed as it is in phones(awwwwwwwwwww)"

"Reading Mode(10/10): It will change all the colors and text of your phone like a book"

"Handling(10/10): Designed in a way that you will feel the phone very slim and handy"

"From my experience, I can definitely say that it's the best phone but under priced drastically"

" Actullay i gifted this mobile to my best friend and now phone not even getting on"

"It's the best mobile phone if your budget is below 10,000"

" If you are planning to buy a GOOD BRAND phone under 10000 Rs, definitely you cannot get any better than this product"

"Guys this is a great budget phone and blows away moto g in all aspects as far as specifications are concerned"

"I was waiting for this phone to get released all these days and was expecting its price to be around 15k but such a great phone at just 10 k is a great deal"

"Guys this is a killer smartphone in this range"

"Neither MOTOROLA nor any INDIAN or CHINESE manufacturer will offer such great specs at such a trifle"

"Literally fell in love with the mobile before ordering"

" I feels like heaven in palm, it gives confidence for any mobile task"

" excellent phone "

"fantastic phone and seems i paid peanuts for such a good phone"

" Design of both phones are really good"

" Build quality of both phones are very good "

"overall - 9/10 score to zenUI, one short cz of the glitches"

"What a wonderful phone for just 8k"

" I just love this phone"

" Asus delivered a wonderful quality phone"

" I bet you will also like this phone"

" gives an elegant look to your mobile)"

"Compared to the price and features, this is the best phone in its class"

"Although i liked everything about this phone"

"It is a great phone, highly customized UI, brillliant minimalist design, elegant Icons and extremely user friendly interface, have tried out various Android / Windows phone previously"

" Not only this phone looks good but is built well"

" The algorithm of software integrated with the camera hardware, F 2.0, along with the smart owl mode makes low light photography great even without flash (As long as phone is steady)"

" 2GB RAM makes plenty of work room for the phone to handle, smooth and nice, no 3D mid heavy graphic games so far has lagged, quite impressive"

"Battery could have been slightly better (Cant complain,its understandable keeping the phone slim is a trade off, rather than bulking it up with bigger battery)"

"At this price this is the best top quality premium phone I would recommend all my buddies to buy"

" never hang like Samsung or other phone in this range"

"if you wish to buy this phone than surely go for it "

"I AM PLAYING GAMES ON MY HANDSET AND NO LAGGING "

"SLEEK AND SLIM PIECE DESIGN AND GRIP IS AWSOME FOR 5' HANDSET YOU CAN EASILY OPERATE YOUR PHONE BY ONE HAND WHILE IN MI 3 ITS VERY DIFFUCULT"

"THERE IS NO BATTERY ISSUE IN THIS HANDSET AS I AM USING IT FOR A WHOLE DAY AND PLAYING GAMES AND LISTENING MUSIC FOR MORE THAN ONE HOUR"

"ZEN UI IS MUCH BETTER THAN STOCK ANDROID PHONES OF MOTOROLA AS ITS PROMISING COOL LOOK AND EASY TO USE FUNCTION "

"IF YOU THINK YOU NEED BETTER PROCESSOR ONLY THAN ONLY GO FOR XIAOMI MI 3 ELSE YOU WILL GET MUCH MORE THAN MI3 AS I USED BOTH OF THIS HANDSET AND REALLY HAPPY WITH THE QUALLITY OF ZENFONE 5 "

"Zenfone 5 is overall a very good milestone"

"Performance (8/10): Good performance, It was not as snappy as some other high end phone like nexus 5 but it was not lagging at all in last 2-3 days i used"

"Display (8/10): Display is better than any other mobile in this price segment"

" Around 1 day battery life is all we get from most smart phones"

" Most of smart phones are coming with non removable batteries so we should not mention this as negative of zenfone 5 only"

"Overall Its a good phone and i recommend people to buy it"

"this the best phone 8000INR can get you"

"A best valued phone in the market i can say"

"Looks are so stylish, the phone u will like to show others in pride"

"such a gr8 phone everrything is fine i bought it in 7100"

" As of now, I cannot even have a proper conversation on this phone, as I am forced to use the loudspeaker on this device"

"Overall : 8 out of 10 , very good phone at great price of 8k, i got additional 800rs discount for debit card "

"so for 7200rs best phone "

" better than other mobiles of same range"

" mobile do not heat"

"guys this phone is superb in every aspect"

" Overall a very butter smooth performance"

"Phone- The phone worked very well for 1 year"

" a very good phone in the price range, very good built quality,"

"1) Phone looks far better than Nexus 5 which i previously used before my HTC ONE"

"4) Build quality is solid and you'll get a feel of holding a premium handset"

"After trying 2 Samsung smart phones in 2 years each ran 1 year only and was 10K each"

"This Asus Phone is truly awesome, the sound produced by it either by circuit or the headphones are even beating Sony headphones"

"For 10 K one is getting futuristic phone"

"I compared MI3 and Moto G which were too high in some features and in others it was way too low, Asus has given balanced phone (1.6 Ghz processor, if more required please buy laptop) with future expansion"

"and this phone was functioning well"

"IMPORTANT: For those who are facing the issues like handset is overheating or Battery is draining so quickly,I want to tell them that please do one thing,when you are not surfing internet,kindly off your Wi-Fi or Mobile Data Connections"

"Well lets start with the looks of the phone it's awesome it has a gorilla glass display which gives it a very premium look"

"Coming to sound the default earphones provided with the phone have a great design you can sleep with the earphones on and your ears wont hurt"

"since I was over excited to get my phone I drove 9 kilometers to get it at 8 PM"

"the UI is good, touch is awesome, everything is good about this phone"

"totaly the phone is good under 8k"

"an excellent phone , Never fails for their basic purpose"

" I have spend Rs999 for 10500 mi power bank and now it is BAAP OF ALL SMART PHONE"

"ASUS zenfone 5 is the best phone packed with awesome features"

" it is well crafted and looks like an high budget phone"

"pic quality is too good than other phones under that price range"

"THANK YOU ASUS FOR BRINGING SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PHONE FOR INDIAN'S"

" phone casing and glass (which claimed as gorilla but looking much weaker even like local phone) is not able to absorb even a small sock"

"I feel mobile is very delicate and highly prone to dents and cracks in case of slips"

" But this is the first time I’m writing review for Asus Zenfone 5 because of its tremendous performance and scintillating specs which is available in 10k price"

"• With reading mode, phone will become like Kindle device and comfortable for your eyes to read"

" After clarifying so many doubts, I’ve picked up this superb Asus smart phone and rejected the following mobiles,"

"Trimmed Version of original Asus Zenfone 5 but offers better battery backup"

"non removable battery issue."

"Battery saver tips"

" Battery Backup lasted for 27 hours on 100% charge on full brightness and power saving mode turned off"

"Battery back up is good, not excellent"

"3) The battery is not as bad as many have reviewed, its like any smart phone"

"Battery(8/10): Yes first time i am giving 8"

"standby with wifi on is battery prudent"

"u see the battery cycle improving"

"I didnt overcharged, didnt drained entire battery"

"THERE IS NO BATTERY ISSUE IN THIS HANDSET AS I AM USING IT FOR A WHOLE DAY AND PLAYING GAMES AND LISTENING MUSIC FOR MORE THAN ONE HOUR"

"ASUS GIVES MUCH BETTER QUALLITY IN ACCESSORIES DATA CABLE + CHARGER + BETTER QUALLITY HEADSET COMAPRE TO XIAOMI MI3 "

"Battery (7/10): I find battery life decent enough"

"- Do not worry about non removable battery"

" It had enough battery so its not like it ran out of battery"

" Battery backup with decent use : calls, net, and games and both sims active lasts one day"

" Battery discharges so fast that from 100% charge to 10% charge only takes one hour during browsing over wifi"

" battery performance is OK not great but not bad either ( i have kept it on wifi throughout to check the performance) but not great like samsung galaxy battery performance "

" I had used the single sim and it was pretty good in battery"

" however the battery stayed like that even after 2 hrs of full bluetooth music playing"

"I can tell you that if you dont have 2g then the battery is good"

" It can act as a battery test as well"

" its just like u pulled the battery"

" so dont worry about non removable battery, u can always restart it with the the help of this"

"Using it for a a day now and have seen battery backup better than the original Zenfone 5"

"Update after 4 days : - battery improving after charge cycle"

"its battery well thats a big issue"

" i was using preinstalled battery saver app"

" Battery performance is almost good"

"• Lenovo P780 --- Only good thing is battery, 4000mAh"

" i mean the camera is just awesome , the front camera is really good , multitasking is a good experience , JUST DON'T THINK , JUST BUY IT "

" Camera shoots sharp and crisp images"

" Camera Flash is bright takes low light images with clarity"

" Camera quality is superb, especially the feature of not taking the moving background photo"

"8MP Camera is excellent, takes cool pics"

"2mp front camera is also very good"

"flash os just awesome"

" rear camera is good gives bright images under low light conditions also "

" camera has awesome features"

"Front camera is also good"

" Also you can use volume button as shutter for those who like dedicated key to click pictures"

" Amazing Camera Quality and Camera Features"

" 18 different camera modes for the perfect shot and selfie mode in the rear camera for high resolution selfies"

" Owl mode for low light images in which the camera resolution is reduced providing us with 400% brighter images"

" Camera was also pretty good in this price range "

"Sound and camera is better than xperia ZR(costs around 20k), I have compared the images taken from this mobile and HTC desire 816(around 24k),photos by Zenfone is very bright,sharp and colourful than HTC desire 816"

" features equipped, very good camera"

" Both the phone comes with 8MP rear and 2MP front cameras which is good in performance"

" But Moto G2 has a stock camera interface which has only limited options allows only HD video recording whereas the camera of Zenfone with PixelMaster Technology has a much better camera UI with lot of options and modes and it allows full HD video recording"

" though color saturation and contrasts are not altered (like yureka and redmi) front camera gives u decent enuf pics and the zen ui lets u edit selfies in the required way (YUREKA CAMERA IS NOT EVEN CLOSE) "

" pros: great looks, good price, easy availability of standard accessories, smooth and userfriendly UI even for advanced users, decent camera for its price"

" Well placed camera and flash, away from the phone corners (Fingers are less likely to come on the way)"

" The algorithm of software integrated with the camera hardware, F 2.0, along with the smart owl mode makes low light photography great even without flash (As long as phone is steady)"

" Pictures are crisp and clear, colors are natural, the UI is easy to use almost all the parameters can be adjusted, the flash is bright and nice"

" Lot of features that can make CAMERA a wonderful kit"

"camera is nice "

"CAMERA IS SUPERB YOU CAN SHOOT LIKE PROFFESSIONALS"

"8 MP rear camera and 2 MP front camera is perfect for selfie lovers like me"

"camera quality z fantastic "

" camera works fine"

"Using from past 1 months, crisp display with great touch response, good camera, Zenfone ui is superb and zero lagging while switching between apps and gaming with average battery backup"

" Camera is pretty good"

" *M back camera is really a great one"

"I opened Whatsapp,Instagram,FB messanger,even Hangout (gtalk) to check if camera is working there or not but all those apps showed "Camera is not available""

"I updated the Asus Pixel Master Camera app to solve if there is any bug or not but nothing happened"

"Camera is also great"

"For camera both the front and the back camera are good you have auto focus in both and pictures are crisp and clear please do not compare to DSLR and RAW image format keeping in mind that its just a phone not a DSLR"

"You have multiple camera options using the correct camera mode with proper setting you can get good images in dark as well"

"asphalt 8 also no lagging and one main thing CAMERA performance is very good in picture quality and also hd 1080p video "

"one of the most important thing is the camera"

" awesome camera"

" Pictures are crystal clear and MICROFILM option is simple superb"

"one of the main things for me , it plays games on the highest graphic settings with no lag "

" Up till now I am utterly satisfied with the overall performance n lag free gaming "

" Big games like modern combat, race illegal, etc"

"I played heavy games like fifa 14 dead trigger and asphalt 8 "

" Gaming is also good, i played iron man 3"

" Colors and graphics are superb"

"Gaming(10/10): Awesome graphics,superb animation"

"I think that this phone will surely be a game changer and the toughest contender in the price vrs features market"

" Zenfone 5 has PowerVR SGX 544 MP2 graphics which is much better than the Adreno graphics of Moto G2 which is clear from the Nenamark 2 benchmark score"

" gaming - graphics - pretty decent"

" (YUREKA IS A GREAT GAMING FONE, AZ5 IS NO WAY NEAR) "

" good graphics and cpu (LOOKS LIKE A FONE NOT A FABLET/TABLET WHICH YUREKA IS)"

"if ur planning to use it for moderate calling, whatsapp , fb, music, some reading and browsing and a few games and useful apps, and want a UI that doesnt need 3rd party launchers like go,etc"

" (Can not say about performance when running heavy games like Asphalt 8) "

"performance at 1.2 ghz is very good all the game played smoothly"

" Gorilla glass , Nice graphics - good for gaming"

" After the launch of it i couldn't get convinced by its colorful UI (looks like a video game)"

"PowerVR GPU integrated graphics(avg graphics)(moto G best here) and (asus technology support) "

"No Lag,No overheating issues,Graphics is awesome"

"I have installed games like Asphalt 8, Front line commando, Galaxy on fire2 and many more each being more than an GB"

"NO HEATING ISSUE "

"4 stars for scope of improvement over heating issue, nav key backlight, and high accessories cost"

" mobile do not heat"

"• No heating problem"

" Crisp clear voice even when network bars will be 1 or 2"

"network-8/10(though many people are complaining about wifi droping issue, i didnt face any of those issue)"

"I have gone through majority of the concerns, and called up flipkart customer care and sales dept just to get a clarity on the RAM Capacity"

" The processor is fast faster fastest with no lag"

" Enough RAM which handles many applications at once"

"2GB Ram is faster"

"4) The processor is fast :-) "

" 2gb RAM preety enough for all sorts of games and apps"

" It is loaded with many built-in useful apps such as App lock, Ram cleaner etc"

" 2GB RAM makes plenty of work room for the phone to handle, smooth and nice, no 3D mid heavy graphic games so far has lagged, quite impressive"

"IF YOU THINK YOU NEED BETTER PROCESSOR ONLY THAN ONLY GO FOR XIAOMI MI 3 ELSE YOU WILL GET MUCH MORE THAN MI3 AS I USED BOTH OF THIS HANDSET AND REALLY HAPPY WITH THE QUALLITY OF ZENFONE 5 "

" 2 Gb RAM (Faster processor)"

" Processor is very good, chekced with the app(Hardware info) and found 4 cores"

" 2gb Ram(precisely 1984 MB ram"

" I never thought a mobile can have 2gb ram which such good brand and price range"

" Asus is providing all kind of apps inbuilt in the rom, and hence you dont need any ram cleaner or any notepad"

" The hardware component failed which is helpful in accessing memory card from laptop/PC by connecting over USB"

"I compared MI3 and Moto G which were too high in some features and in others it was way too low, Asus has given balanced phone (1.6 Ghz processor, if more required please buy laptop) with future expansion"

" Still i have 1378 mb or 1.3 GB of RAM free on the device which makes it super snappy there are no lags on the device even when you are running 3 or more graphic intensive games and minimizing each to do some work"

"The UI is good it offers a lot of feature which were only available in the custom ROMs like the RAM booster feature"

" see the performance of phone for some time with full capability of ram (i"

" Even after installing and running multiple apps, 700+ mb RAM is still available"

"• 2 GB RAM Monster"

" And big job that thatcustomer service executive says you just have to change glass but service centre executive says you have to change total display worth 5000rs which is 50% of total cost"

"Awesome Display Resolution"

" Use of a good flipcase and screen guard can well prevent this incidence"

" Zenfone 5 has an inbuilt app called splendid which allows us to change the colour contrast and saturation of the display which is pretty good"

"Display-8/10(good resolution, with average brightness)"

"DISPLAY: SHARP AND CLEAR BETTER THAN XIAOMI MI 3"

"Display (8/10): Display is better than any other mobile in this price segment"

" It has good sharpness and you can read documents, browse web, watch videos with ease (thanks to big screen size) "

"Using from past 1 months, crisp display with great touch response, good camera, Zenfone ui is superb and zero lagging while switching between apps and gaming with average battery backup"

" bright screen "

"2) 5" HD IPS Display is crisp & top notch, cant find pixels even when zoomed out for max"

"4.5''inch ips screen resolution 720x1280( moto g same but screen 4.5' inch asus won)"

"Display is also fine and too bright compared to Moto G"

"So,everyone please handle this Zenfone with Care as Gorilla Glass is intended to give you scratch proof experience and most of all,it protects the display from being shattered into pieces"

"If you drop your Zenfone from your hand then maybe the Gorilla Glass will be broken into pieces but it will protect the main display"

" like never call drops , best call quality, decent screen brightness etc"

" Extremely stylish finishing and bigger screen size"

"Display is very smooth and almost zero lag"

"• Colorful display and also, we can control vividness of the display "

" Thanks to customer protection service, he put me on hold checked my troubleshooting response and agreed to return the item"

"Cmon, rather than rating the specification reviews, rate these kind of reviews and make use of the platform to get our promised services"

"Update 2 (Date 23.08.2014): After getting rejected by the seller,on 23rd August in the evening, I called Flipkart Customer Support to explain again and I must say that Flipkart's Customer Service is the best ever service ever I experienced"

"On the same date at around 9:30 PM,the replacement new Asus Zenfone was shipped via WS Retail Fast Delivery Service"

"flash os just awesome"

"Android(10/10): currently android 4.3 upgradable to 4.4 but dont know when update will come"

" Definitely Moto G2 scores here with its faster android updates"

" os has no snag"

"ZEN UI IS MUCH BETTER THAN STOCK ANDROID PHONES OF MOTOROLA AS ITS PROMISING COOL LOOK AND EASY TO USE FUNCTION "

"I fount it little tuff 2 understand the new UI but it was only for a while then I felt this is the best ever UI in android"

"Its a very easy to use and gives a very innovative approach of using Android smartphone"

"• With the latest update, I upgraded from Android 4.2 to 4.4.2 (KITKAT)"

" Music is like playing 5.1 channel speaker system right in your ears without any equalizer settings "

" Amazing Bass and good clarity of sound"

" Sound quality is also superb"

" sound is good, but wire quality is cheap, may get broken sooner / later"

" The preinstalled ringtones gives a loud sound, but the song which i saved from computer doesn't give sound of dat level"

"Speaker Sound(10/10): Very clear sound and well placed speaker"

" The headphones that you get inside the box are also Great with amazing sound quality"

" Also, Loudspeaker is not loud enough when you play music"

" Although, sound is loud enough for ringtone (during an incoming call) but for music and other speaker related things sound is quite low"

" I have read all volumes like in call, music, speaker phone are all very low"

"Sound and camera is better than xperia ZR(costs around 20k), I have compared the images taken from this mobile and HTC desire 816(around 24k),photos by Zenfone is very bright,sharp and colourful than HTC desire 816"

" sound: sufficently loud, contrary to wat i read before buying"

" music app is well designed too"

"CALL QUALLITY : EXCELLENT NO CALL DROP AND CRYSTAL CLEAR SOUND "

"ALSO I AM LUCKY TO GET EARPLUG FROM MY BOX DELIEVERED BY FLIPKART AND REALLY ITS A AWSOME HEADSET SOUND QUALLITY IS MUCH BETTER THAN ANY OTHER HANDSFREE AVAILABLE IN THE INBOX HANDSFREE"

" It gives just enough sound to hear but you need to pay attention"

"Speakers are enough for 2-3 meters music listening"

"The quality of output from both loud speaker and earphones is good"

"Hi friends yesterday i got my order asus zenfone 5 this model there is no lagging good call quality loud speaker only not so much high sound but its ok for hearing songs and it was already updated to android 4.4 kitkat iam continuously used the mobile for 6 hours with wifi internet now the battery is comes to 5 % and zen ui is nice and touch also giving good response and speed after updating all softwares i got ram 1gb out of 2gb ram"

" the sound quality is really good with headphones"

"• Clarity of sound is cool"

"Touch responsiveness is best "

" Butter smooth touch and also there is an option "Glove Touch" - it allowed me to touch from outside a polybag while i was in rain"

" Touch is excellent"

"2) Glove Sensitivity: There is a feature which when Turned ON enhances the touch sensitivity, and you can click with your gloves even in the winter"

" Touch: Super responsive"

"Touchscreen (9/10): Touch is great"

"Using from past 1 months, crisp display with great touch response, good camera, Zenfone ui is superb and zero lagging while switching between apps and gaming with average battery backup"

" Nice design and good metallic touch at bottom and good back covers "

"the UI is good, touch is awesome, everything is good about this phone"

"Hi friends yesterday i got my order asus zenfone 5 this model there is no lagging good call quality loud speaker only not so much high sound but its ok for hearing songs and it was already updated to android 4.4 kitkat iam continuously used the mobile for 6 hours with wifi internet now the battery is comes to 5 % and zen ui is nice and touch also giving good response and speed after updating all softwares i got ram 1gb out of 2gb ram"

"touch is really smooth"