Asus Zenfone Live Review: A smartphone for live-streaming on a budget

One of the most updated smartphones, The Asus Zenfone Live came up first with the inauguration of #GoLive. With a setup of unique hardware and also optimized with a Live beautification app, it becomes one of the smartest gadgets that you could have in your hand with the Redmi 4 and Redmi 4A already running successfully in the market, it becomes a challenge for Asus Zenfone Live to get a good roar in the market! However, with just a few months after the launch, the Asus Zenfone Live has certainly revived with a great response from the market. With so many competitors in the market, the smartphone is indeed a great pick with the trend and also considering so many features it presents.

Display:

The smartphone comes up with a small but efficient 5 inch display which is coupled with IPS LCD Display with HD display. The display gets to be pretty bright in the colours which are probably one of the best things that practically can be viewed from different angles even in the bright light. Apart from this, the display gives you the option to tweak the color tones easily while it is on display. The Asus Zenfone Live can give a great display but might just need a little modification on the colors. Apart from this, it also has a black border on the sides which might reduce the screen display a little.

Design:

To be specific with the design, the Zenfone Live appears to be much more like iPhone. However, it does not matter as how the phone might turn out to look as the design is completely handy and very much lightweight in the design. The phone also has a plastic made buildup which has a metallic finish at the top. In the front, the phone is developed with a 2.5D curved glass which is also supported with a volume rocker and also with a 3.5 mm audio jack that gives the best support. Overall, the design of the Zenfone Live is exceptionally well and it presents a good look of the phone.

Software:

The Zenfone Live comes out to be preloaded with numerous blotware apps. However with so many apps only a few of them come out to be useful frequently. The saddest part of all is that you cannot remove these apps easily and all that you need to do is to disable them in the settings. With options of animations and personal customization, the Zenfone Live is a decent choice that you can get. The animations as well as the transitions which are present are indeed very smooth. It also has several systems of optimization which you can use in order to get the background apps running.

Performance:

The Zenfone Live comes up with a decent performance at a very reasonable price. Powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor, it just becomes quite evitable for everyone to use the 16 GB RAM along with the 16GB internal memory which is supported by an expandable upto 128 GB. Out of the whole system memory, 10GB is available at the user end while the rest is already used by the system. The processor is quite fast but it can still merge down a touch slower because of the memory storage. You can even opt to play games online as well as offline with a good storage facility.

Audio:

According to the stats, the Zenfone Live comes with a mono 5 magnet loudspeakers which has been one of the best reasons why it has become so beautiful to buy. The loudspeaker grill is also at the bottom which is located at the bottom of the phone which brings up a great volume and also a slight distortion. To be practical, it brought out many options of loud volume music along with a MEMS microphone to send a clear noise which has been one of the biggest things to get with. However, even under lower network, the audio quality remains to be good which is highly effective.

Camera:

The Zenfone Live has a fair camera which is great in the features. It is supported with 13MP rear camera lens which can shoot upto 82 degree wide angle and also will be supported along with an LED flash that can give you a great result. Apart from this you can even thank for great software that supports the needs. Apart from this, the Zenfone Live brings in Live Edit applications which make the camera to be much smarter and effective that gives optimum results. You can also use the autofocus mode which enables the phone to be great while usage.

We clicked some sample images with Zenfone live, Few of them you can see below. (Click to Enlarge)

Verdict:

Overall, the Zenfone Live comes out to be one of the best phones that you can get and also is quite affordable for you to buy. It is also a phone which will mesmerize you with great response.