Ashwin Rajagopalan
Taiwanese handset maker Asus recently launched the ZenFone 2 Laser during the ZenFest in Delhi, a smartphone that is aimed at photography lovers, for the simple fact that it comes with a 13MP camera that has a laser autofocus which helps capture pictures in less than half a second.
The laser auto focus cuts the time between when you start up the camera to when you shoot drastically, by autofocusing your subject in just 0.3 seconds. It comes in three price variants with higher specs for the higher price, providing a little flexibility with your buying, but the camera stays the same.
- There’s the ZenFone 2 Deluxe that sits at the top end of the tree, the ZenFone Selfie with two 13MP cams and the ZenFone Laser that rides on its camera credentials.
- The ZenFone 2 Laser is actually three different devices that straddle three price points – Rs 9,999 / Rs 13,999 / Rs 17,999.
- A flourish of brushed metal in the front coupled with a matte rubber back.
-Volume rocker sits on the back cover while the oddly placed power button is located on top of the device.
- The display crams 267 PPI (Pixels per inch) with a screen resolution of 1280x720 pixels.
- The device is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon M8916 (Quad-core, 1.2GHz) processor that teams up with 2GB of RAM.
- The device notched up a score of 21566 on our AnTuTu benchmark test, slightly lower than the Xiaomi MI2 and the Redmi Note.
- The Laser’s corresponding PCMark score (Work performance score) was 3082.
- It comes with a16GB of on board memory which can be expanded up to 128GB via microSD card.
- 3000 mAh battery comfortably delivers a full day’s life.
- The 13MP shooter is flanked by a dual LED flash and a Laser AutoFocus sensor.
- The 5MP front facing Camera snaps reasonably good selfies too.
- The Zen UI is fairly clean and keeps things quite clutter free.
