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as well as hyperx so ASUS isn't exactly
known for their you know phones they've done really well with tablets in the
past but phones have somehow eluded them I mean we've checked out some stuff that
we thought is pretty cool but nothing's really knocked our socks off this might
be the one that changes all that and they are extremely proud of the Zen
phone 2 and I think for a good reason in terms of CPU you're looking at an Intel
morfield atom Z and I'm just going to cheat here cuz their product naming
scheme is indecipherable z 20 3258 quad
core processor running at a nominal 1.8 and boost of 2.3 GHz so that is a quad
core it's got 2 gigs of RAM it's got a 1080p display 16 gigs of onboard storage
that's an IPS display by the way so viewing angles brightness and color
vibrancy are outstanding it's got Wireless AC it's got Bluetooth 4.0 it
has a 3,000 mamp battery which isn't quite you know the endurance master that
something like a droid turbo would be but it's certainly better than we saw
even in Flagship phones from the last generation it supports quick charging so
it'll get up to 60% battery in 39 minutes was it 39 minutes and what else
can we really say about it okay they've got their they've worked on their camera technology I'm not quite sold on it
trying it out here in the suite necessarily but there are a couple of cool things that it does they've done a
lot of work on backlit subjects with HDR as well as extremely low light so even
compared to the iPhone 6 where we did a side-by-side test in their little
complete darkness owl vision box thing
here it actually managed to find a little bit of color in the butterfly
inside whereas the iPhone 6 did not and I think that's pretty much it oh yeah
it's a 5 and 1/2 in display now is the kicker so we started talking pricing and
they said well this is the 2 gig RAM model with a 1080p display and I kind of
went okay so there's a 4 gig RAM model with a 1080p display that one will cost
more and then there is a 720p display model that one will cost less this one
available in five different colors red white osmium black sheer gold you know
they got to name it something more interesting than just a gold red white
black and gray or something along those lines and they kind of said Okay so this
one is 199 and I kind of went oh okay cool what carriers are you launching
with and they go what do you mean carriers it's simless it's unlocked it's
199 for this phone not only that but it supports dual SIM so you pop off the
back you can throw a couple of SIM cards in and it has micro SD expansion this is
looking like one badass phone for $1.99
under $200 Unfortunately they didn't try to do the whole under $200 it is
$200 and it has blown my socks off so
far I'm not sure how I feel about the non onscreen buttons and you guys will
have to decide which one is for you so the buttons are haptic feedback buttons
below the screen but uh man it's light
it's feels really Snappy it's running lollipop with a with ASUS's own skin
that doesn't look too intrusive it doesn't really look like they've changed
a whole lot and I am really really impressed for the price so far speaking
of really impressed with the for the price so far and ASUS has another trick
up their sleeves also a Zen phone product this is called the Zen phone
Zoom I'm not allowed to pick up the phone because it's like it was actually
under glass I had to ask very nicely even to get them to take the glass off
but what this is is they're saying it's the world's thinnest phone with a 3x
optical zoom so for the folks you know what I'm just going to pick it up what
are they going to do to me for the folks complaining about the camera bump on the
iPhone 6 this thing's got a bit of a camera bump but if the idea is you want
to be able to really zoom in and get much better pictures and take full
advantage of all them megapixels on the sensor if you're shooting something
further away this looks like it might be it I'm not personally sold until I
actually see it in action it's going to be priced at$ 3.99 with no sim but cuz I
ASUS's IM processing has not proven to me yet that it's up there with someone
like Samsung or Apple but I am very excited to see it once they've actually
got 100% working prototypes and I will be glad to bring you guys a review of
this one once it is ready other than that specs are pretty similar to the Zen
phone so what you'd be paying for is really the camera capabilities on this
guy right here so thank you for watching
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like freaking revolutionary okay maybe not this one but definitely the 199 Zen
phone holy cow