Asus Zenfone Max (M2) ZB633KL smartphone - advantages and disadvantages

This year, the Asus concern has delighted its fans with the release of the new Zenfone Max (M2) ZB633KL with a good filling, an incredible battery life and a very affordable price. The designers have equipped the gadget with an intensive processor among inexpensive smartphones and a super capacitive battery. And also a stock Android image that is fast, reliable and convenient. The result is the perfect smartphone that solves many tasks.

About the brand

The brand took its origin about thirty years ago. During that period, the sector of the economy associated with the development, promotion and sale of computer programs around the world was at the very center of development. In each "advanced" state, new companies appeared, striving to take "their place in the sun." One of them was the newly minted Asus company, which was formed in one of the provinces of the Middle Kingdom.

The main goal of the small company at that time was to advise manufacturers of motherboards for computers, and its staff consisted of only two young people. Manufacturing giants were reluctant to listen to the youths on the basis that they had enough income from their parts and without any advice.

Then the two founders of the world famous brand decided to release their own motherboard for the then innovative Intel 80486 chip. And it was this action that led the guys and the future company to success. The designers of the eminent manufacturing companies at that time appreciated their finished work. From that very moment, the first two founders of the company became recognized, and the Asus company founded by them for a short time received not only world recognition, but also turned from a small unknown company into a corporation with a worldwide reputation.

In 2003, the company released the balanced J100-Asus, and a couple of years later, the company released its first LCD TV. And a year later, it brought the flagship ultrabook to the market. A little later, the company announced its intention to release a recorder, and soon its intentions were crowned with success, and the concern released personal laptops with Blu-ray drives for sale.

At the moment, Asus is a well-known concern, whose shares have a certain price on world exchanges. The company employs about 13,000 people, and the annual foreign exchange turnover is more than $ 12.5 billion. The company's motto is that by improving innovation - you will always come to perfection. Today, high-quality products are especially popular with consumers and Asus fans: electrolytic batteries, semiconductor devices, voltage power regulators, microcircuits and so on.

• product quality;
• introduction of innovative technologies;
• long service life of devices.

• according to the reviews of some users, the quality of the Internet connection in the devices is not good.

Review and Specs Asus Zenfone Max (M2) ZB633KL

What is a new smartphone? First of all, it is worth noting the design of the device, which, although not a Prime one, can be considered very nice.The body material is made of a special aluminum alloy, its thickness is eight millimeters, and its specific weight is 165.4 grams. Has neat edges and a couple of colors: dark blue and black.

Screen

The flagship ZenFone Max (M2) has improvements over all of its predecessors. Its bezel-less screen has an increased diagonal of 6 and 3 inches. The monitor is covered with glass made using a special technology. Composite glass can withstand about twenty drops from a height of about 1.5 meters. In addition, the developers of shockproof glass have implemented increased touch sensitivity and scratch resistance.

There is a small notch at the top of the screen and a wide bezel at the bottom. The monitor is equipped with a sensor with an image size of 1520 by 720, 16 million colors and automatic rotation. The main advantage of this "frameless" is the increased monitor area without compromising the width of the smartphone. The screen itself is made using IPS technology with liquid crystal pixels arranged in a spiral. The elements are located at right angles between a pair of plates. This type of screen reacts to touch not only with a finger, but also with other objects.

Memory and processor

The heart of the flagship novelty is the Snapdragon 632 chip, which provides even a budget-class smartphone with the capabilities of Prime devices. It has a graphics rendering device - Adreno 5о6 and an LTE module with a speed of 600 megabytes per second. The octa-core processor uses four modified cores clocked at 1.8 GHz and four intensive cores clocked at 2.2 GHz. The chip supports the spatial signal coding technique, allowing for increased bandwidth and lower power consumption compared to its predecessor processors.

Android 8.1 Oreo platform received a new signal module for image processing. The Spektra 160 is specifically designed to support increased megapixel capture with zero shutter lag. Provides smooth zoom, high-speed autofocus. This improves the quality of photos and videos even in low light. And for gadgets with dual sensors, it became possible to use energy more efficiently.

This line was the first to be equipped with four gigabytes of memory. The device calmly keeps in memory five powerful 3D shooters, calmly switches between them. Several powerful games can hang in his memory, like: Ground War Tanks, GTA San Andreas, Dark Era, Star Ghosts, Real Racing 3, Drakensang Online. Smartphone memory can fit even more simple applications. At the same time, the sufficient speed of the device allows not just reloading existing applications, but simply pulling them out of the RAM. This makes it possible to less load the processor, save battery power. Has two mini-jacks for sim cards and a 64 gigabyte drive.

Autonomy

Having a 4000 mAh battery, the device has increased autonomy and functions for 2-5 days without recharging. When using the device in medium intensity mode, the gadget will work for three to four days, but in standby mode its autonomy will be about 7-8 days. With a very intense load 25-35 hours.

Camera and multimedia

The front camera of the new smartphone supports the HDR mode, consists of an 8 megapixel sensor, thanks to which you can take really high-quality photos at any time of the day. Equipped with optical stabilization, laser autofocus. There are also triple focus and LED flash options. But the 13-megapixel front module is distinguished by five-lens optics and a laser, which allows focusing in 256 milliseconds. The pictures are pretty good with an adequate white and black balance.

The device can record video in 4K mode with a frame rate of up to 28-30 per second. This option will be useful for those users who are recording in Dual-Side mode. The detail of the shot video is good, the sound is recorded without distortion.When viewing a captured video, both the voice of the person who is filming and those of others are perfectly audible.

This is how the device takes pictures at night in medium light:

This is how he takes a photo during the day:

This is how he takes pictures during the day indoors:

Navigation

To calculate the optimal route, ZenFone Max (M2) has built-in universal modules of A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS systems. Therefore, the device can be used as a full-fledged navigator, with which you will not get lost anywhere. The device can easily navigate the terrain. And if the user needs to - quickly pave the way for a car or a pedestrian, place geographic coordinates in the photos, pointing to the desired place.

Sound

The device is equipped with an intense Hi-Fi audio chip with the function of processing and amplifying the volume, so it produces a pretty decent sound. It has several sound profiles, adjusting the frequency response of the broadcast signal to the characteristics of the wearer's hearing aid.

Communications

The device carries a USB Type-C 2.0 module on board. and Near Field Communication, designed for fast data exchange at minimum distances between devices. The smartphone's arsenal also includes Wi-Fi - an 802.11 b / g / n adapter, WiFi Direct and a Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE wireless module featuring low power consumption and increased data transfer speed.

Equipment

In addition to the device itself, the kit includes: documentation, charging with a wire length of 100 cm, a micro USB wire, an element for removing the SIM card tray. Average price: from 18,000 rubles.

• high definition and color reproduction;
• stylish design;
• long battery life;
• powerful processor;
• shockproof display.

• non-removable battery.

The novelty from the Taiwanese manufacturer has the following specifications:

According to the reviews of a few users, the smartphone has an excellent price for a gadget with such a capacious battery. And also light weight, which makes the device very convenient to use.