Asus Zenfone 3 Max phone: specifications, review – Setafi

Asus Zenfone 3 Max. Budget smartphone with a powerful battery

In 2016, the Taiwanese company Asus expanded its popular line of Zenfone smartphones with Asus Zenfone 3 Max ZC520TL and Asus Zenfone 3 Max ZC553KL. Despite the fact that both phones belonged to the Asus Zenfone 3 Max series, they were very different from each other. friend in many characteristics: dimensions, display sizes, processor power, memory sizes and etc.

Our review today will focus on the cheaper Asus Zenfone 3 Max ZC520TL.

Appearance

Smartphone Asus Zenfone 3 Max ZC520TL was produced in three universal colors: gray, silver and gold. The width of the device was 73.7 mm, the height was 149.5 mm, and the thickness was 8.55 mm. The manufacturer took care to give the device a pleasant streamlined shape, smooth out possible corners. Therefore, Asus Zenfone 3 Max turned out to be neat and not bulky.

The weight of the device was 148 g. It might seem heavy for its dimensions, but this was due to the fact that the device is made of aluminum with small plastic inserts along the edges. At the same time, the high-quality matte coating on the surface of the smartphone made the transition from one material to another imperceptible.

In general, this model looked quite worthy.

Main characteristics and equipment

Display

The Asus Zenfone 3 Max ZC520TL was equipped with a 5.2-inch IPS screen with excellent color reproduction, but a modest resolution of 1280 × 720 pixels. However, the resulting density of 282 ppi was enough for a fairly clear picture.

Camera

To take pictures with a resolution of up to 4160×3120 pixels and record FullHD video, the mobile device 13-megapixel camera with LED flash, autofocus, 5-element Largan lens and PixelMaster technology. Thanks to these characteristics, good photos could be obtained even in low light.

The capabilities of the front camera of 5 megapixels were limited to pictures with a resolution of 2560x1920 pixels.

Specifications

Asus Zenfone 3 Max ZC520TL worked on the basis of the Android 6.0 operating system using proprietary ZenUI software. The latter endowed the device with an improved design and interface with an additional set of functions.

Low-level performance was provided by the main MediaTek MT6737T 1.4 GHz quad-core processor and Mali T720 graphics. This was enough to work with simple and not demanding applications. But with modern and resource-intensive games, the technology would not have coped.

The amount of memory depended on the version of the smartphone and was: 2 GB or 3 GB for operational, 16 GB or 32 GB for built-in.

The mobile device contains a number of standard features:

• WiFi 802.11b/g/n
• Bluetooth 4.0+EDR
• GPS/A-GPS
• support for microSD cards: up to 32 GB, etc.

Battery

The 4130 mAh non-removable lithium battery was the main feature of the Asus Zenfone 3 Max ZC520TL. According to the manufacturer, one charge cycle should have been enough for 720 hours of standby time and 20 hours of talk time. In addition, Asus has endowed the device with a power bank function, i.e. the phone could be used to charge other devices using the included USB OTG adapter. Good performance for an inexpensive smartphone.

The only downside is the lack of fast charging.

In general, Asus Zenfone 3 Max ZC520TL has established itself as a quality device with an optimal set of features and an affordable price.