Review : Asus Zenfone C

By: Unknown on 9:31 PM

Asus Zenfone C Reviews

Asus Zenfone C Reviews - In January 2015 yesterday, Asus has released Zenfone C ZC 451CG simultaneously with Zenfone 2 and Zenfone Zoom. Zenfone C is above the specifications of Asus ZenFone 4. Then Zenfone C in terms of its design offers a bigger screen that is 4.5 inches with a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels with a pixel density of 218 ppi.

But what about the overall performance of Zenfone C? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this Smartphone? Check out the full review.

Specifications

• 2G Network: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 - SIM 1 and SIM 2
• 3G Network: HSDPA 850/900/1900/2100
• Screen: IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors 4.5 inches, 480 x 854 pixels (~ 218 ppi pixel density)
• Internal Memory: 8GB
• External Memory: Up to 64GB
• 1GB of RAM
• Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
• Intel Atom Z2520 CPU, dual-core 1.2 GHz
• GPU PowerVR SGX544MP2
• Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass
• Camera Primary 5 MP, 2592? 1944 pixels, autofocus PixelMaster, LED flash, Video
• VGA front camera
• Battery Li-Ion 2100 mAh

Design

Smartphone Asus ZenFone C is still using the design characteristic of Zenfone where the use Candybar models are thin and box, Zenfone C has dimensions of 136.5mm x 67mm with a thickness of 10.9 mm, this smartphone weighs 149 grams.

On the face Zenfone C has a screen measuring 4.5 inch IPS LCD 480 x 854 pixels with a pixel density of 218ppi besides the screen is protected by oleophobic coating that is not easily scratched screen, at the top of the screen there is the earpiece grille, vga camera, proximity sensor, and Asus logo. Then at the bottom of the screen there is a capacitive dock that serves as a back button, home, and multitasking.

For the laying of the physical buttons Zenfone C is focused on the side of the body, namely the power / lock and volume control, on the upper side there is an audio jack, then, the USB port located on the bottom.

On the back there is a back cover are made from plastic with finishing dove, then at the top of the middle there is a 5MP camera that comes with LED flash, for a SIM card slot and an external memory slot, you must first remove the back cover, once you open it you can look at that section there are two SIM card slots and an external memory slot, SIM cardnya Zenfone for this C-type Micro SIM, to use a MicroSD external memory supported up to 64GB.

Interface

Asus ZenFone C interface uses Zen UI as the default launcher, the launcher operation Zen UI running pretty smoothly, Zenfone C operating system is running Android 4.4.2 KitKat.

At the lockscreen displays camera shortcut icon, dial, and sms, along with information about the weather, time, date, and your daily agenda, by default Zenfone C using Swipe the screen to unlock the lock screen.

On Homescreen Page Asus ZenFone C offers three pages, you can add pages to 7 pages, you can also insert widgets and applications you need on the home page screen, besides you can change the scrolling effect with a variety of choices.

For drawernya App or the main menu, featuring applications with 4 horizontal icon, and 4 icons decreases totaling 16 icon on the page App drawer. Zenfone C offers new features in the app drawer section setting the Smart group that serves to categorize apps in one folder, so you do not have to bother to look for the app you want.

Display notification bar, there are two views, at first view only displays the System Notification only, then on the second display shown on the shortcut on the right upper corner is a quick setting, the display is showing some quick toogles, and brightness slider along toogles to activate brightness automatic mode.

For text input method uses the default keyboard from ASUS itself, other than that there is a method of Google using Google Voice Typing.

Performance

In terms of performance Zenfone C chipset Intel Atom Z2520 processor dual-core processor with 1.2 GHz speed, GPU Power VR SGX544MP2 and has 1GB of RAM, when the smartphone is trying to play the game Spider-Man Unlimited run smoothly and do not get the problem of lagging .

Camera

In terms of camera perhaps this is one of the drawbacks of this smartphone, because the front camera only uses a VGA camera, so the shots or photo for the front camera is only mediocre.

However, you do not worry because the main camera Zenfone C using a 5MP camera so you get the picture from the rear camera is pretty good, except that the rear camera can record video in Full HD quality.

Other Features

In the multimedia such as music and video player, Asus ZenFone C using the application of their own making, on view Gallery looks more simple or simple.

For there is not a music player that features so prominently, Asus only provides a Sleep Timer feature to turn off the music player up to 2 hours. The music application provides standard settings such as equalizer.

Asus ZenFone C does not provide for the application video player, then the video can be played through the Gallery, you could say to this video player only for the basic course. For Zenfone subtitle C has not been able to bring it up, but by the time the movie .mkv format with a resolution of 1080 went smoothly without any lagging or stuttering.

If you want to make browsing activity, Asus provides two browsers to Zenfone C is Google Chrome and made their own browser. Display Asus artificial Browser is similar to the Chrome browser.

Connectivity

• 2G Network: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 - SIM 1 and SIM 2
• 3G Network: HSDPA 850/900/1900/2100
• HSPA 42.2 / 5.76 Mbps
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n, hotspot
• A-GPS, GLONASS
• Bluetooth V4.0
• MicroUSB v 2.0

Benchmark Results

• Antutu: 18 501 pts
• GPUBench: 9436 Points
• Quadrant: 7252 points
• NenaMark 2: 58.7 fps

Battery life

Asus ZenFone has a capacity of 2100 mAh battery thats enough for a smartphone with berspesifkasi discussed above, at the time I used it for me review this Zenfone C, such as trying to front and main camera to take pictures and videos for approximately 1 hour reduces battery about 8% -10%, to download some applications and browsing for approximately 2 hours of battery mengurangin approximately 20% - 25%, then at the time tried to performance on the music player, video and gaming approximately less than 3 hours is reduced by approximately 40% - 50 %.

Excess

• An affordable price
• Already supported Intel Atom
• Dual SIM
• Already using Android KitKat

Shortage

• VGA Front Camera
• Low screen resolution

Conclusion

Asus ZenFone C presented at an affordable price, in my opinion is equivalent to what is offered by Asus for Zenfone C, to obtain chipset Intel Atom Z2520 processor Dual-core1.2 GHz, Power VR SGX544MP2 GPU, with a good performance in applications , gaming, and multimedia,

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Review : Asus Fonepad 8

By: Unknown on 6:34 AM

Review : Asus Fonepad 8

Asus Fonepad 8 - While this is fairly easy to find a tablet with an affordable price, but most tablets with low prices inevitably has the disadvantage that, for example, the performance of the less qualified. In addition, users also began to require a tablet with a larger screen that is easy to grip with one hand.

ASUS combines tablet and smartphone functions on Fonepad 8, 8 inch tablet supports dual SIM with 3G connectivity, which is able to make phone calls and SMS. KitKat Android 4.4.2 Tablet is powered by a quad-core Intel Atom Z3530 64-bit, 1.33 GHz speed, GPU PowerVR Series 6, 16GB of internal storage and 2GB of RAM.

At a price tag of 2.6 million, specifications Fonepad 8 certainly very tempting in a mid-end segment, how the overall performance? Check out the reviews selangkapnya below.

Specification

• Network GSM 850/900/1800/1900 - SIM 1 and SIM 2
• HSDPA 850/900/1900/2100
• Dimensions 214 x 120 x 8.9 mm, weight 328 grams
• 8 inch IPS LCD screen 800 x 1280 pixels
• Android 4.4.2 KitKat
• Intel Atom Z3530 1:33 GHz Quad-core
• GPU PowerVR Series 6
• Internal 16 GB, 2 GB of RAM, microSD up to 64 GB
• 5MP primary camera and 2MP front camera

Design

Fonepad 8 using body material of quality plastic with a touch of bright color on the back cover. There are four colors to choose from, namely Black, Gold, Red and White. To allow you to customize the style.

Comes with dimensions of 214 x 120 x 8.9 mm and weighs 328 grams, 8 inch tablet is indeed quite slim and light, plus the distance between the screen bezel frames a thin, making the size of 8 Fonepad concise, easy to carry anywhere and prioritizes simplicity in its use.

To feel grip, although the material body is made of plastic, but it is very good quailty build, body feels very solid. Fonepad 8 is indeed designed by ASUS for the use of one hand.

The concept of the design itself, Fonepad 8 inherited characteristic shape as its predecessor, the speaker holes are pinned on the front, top and bottom sides. Top speakers can also function as the earpiece, accompanied by a light sensor and a 2MP front camera (no proximity sensor). Rear there unaccompanied 5MP main camera flash.

Port 3.5 mm audio jack and a micro USB port can be found at the link above. While at the bottom there is only the mic. While the power button and volume control appears to inhabit on the left side of the body. Last two micro SIM slot and MicroSD can you meet on the right side.

Screen

Asus Fonepad 8 using 8-inch screen with a resolution of 1280 x 800 which has about 189 ppi pixel density. The screen has been using IPS technology that provides a wider viewing angle. Unfortunately, ASUS still provide a layer of reflective glass that disrupts the display screen under sunlight, although the screen brightness is set to maximum level.

However, Fonepad 8 ready to pamper users with ASUS Splendid which allows users to set up their own saturation and color temperature according to taste. Overall the display is bright enough to accommodate carried entertainment, such as watching movies, view photos or play games.

ASUS also provides a reading mode setting to make users more comfortable when using this phone for reading e-books and articles on the internet.

Interface

Carrying the operating system Android 4.4.2 KitKat, Fonepad 8 presents a ZenUI interface that has many features. ASUS seems it so seriously working on their own distinctive UI. Seen from the regular updates to bring a more complete ZenUI from time to time.

On the lockscreen area contains information, such as time, date, weather, three quick access to the camera, calls and messages. There is also information on the security features ASUS, What's Next. Do not forget at the bottom, there is a shortcut to access Google Now.

Go to the homescreen, by default you will be presented with three pages which you can add up to seven pages. Part dock, there are six application shortcuts, which you can change its composition.

To display the homescreen settings, you simply hold the screen in an empty area of the home screen, there is the option to add applications or widgets, edit the page, change the wallpaper and advanced settings, to lock the app with a password, set the transparent screen wallpaper on the main menu, change and transition effects enable access to notifications on homescreen.

Entering the menu page, you will be greeted by two main parts, namely applications and widgets. There is also a search, to facilitate the users search for apps or widgets more easily. The menu consists of four categories of applications each all, downloaded, customized and frequent.

The main menu can you reset, there are quite a lot of settings to customize the user's taste. There are settings Edit to change the layout of the application (customized), Smart group to group applications according to its type, Sort by which you can set from A to Z or vice versa, Lock apps to secure the application with a password, hide Hide apps for your application want, Uninstall / disable the fast way to remove or disable applications, grid size to change the layout of the display 4x4 to 6x6, access to app store Play, and homescreen settings we have explained above.

To display the notification bar, you can wipe down from the top of the screen using a finger in the left area, while in the left area will display the quick settings. If rubbed using two fingers on the right or left of the arena will still be plastered quick settings easier for you to access certain applications or settings on the fly. There Boost function to relieve RAM, Calculator, Quick memory, Cameras and more. On it there is a brightness setting, and the three main access on the upper right to change the layout of shortcuts, system settings, and switch to the notification.

Just like other ASUS products, Fonepad 8 also get firmware updates for bug fixes and performance improvements on a regular basis, and also updates the default application ASUS regularly to maximize the features carried.

Camera

Capture the image using a tablet is not a common thing to do, therefore ASUS pinned 5-megapixel main camera and a 2 megapixel front camera with PexelMaster technology, for the convenience of users to capture images and video chat or video call. With PixelMaster, tablet camera you can produce professional quality like a photograph. PixelMaster ASUS is a technology that combines software, hardware and optical design to provide better image quality.

Unfortunately the main camera is not equipped with a flash, making it less suitable for use in areas at night or in low light. However, there are many comprehensive features that apat cover one of the shortcomings of the Fonepad 8, there are modes Auto, Time rewind, HDR, Panorama, Night, selfie, Beautitication, Miniature, depth of field, Smart remove, All smiles, and GIF animation . Unfortunately, low-light mode is absent in Fonepad 8.

What about the quality of the camera Fonepad 8? For outdoors with abundant light conditions, the results are quite detailed, but inversely if in the room with dim light, not much can be done Fonepad 8 camera.

Here's a brief explanation of some camera modes contained in Fonepad 8 :

Selfie Mode

To facilitate users photographed himself (selfie) or together with others, the workings of this feature is when the user is ready to take a photo of himself or with others, then the faces to be photographed will be automatically detected by the camera when it is in the frame, then camera would instantly do a countdown then take three photos, you can choose the one most flattering images to be stored and shared.

Depth of Field Mode

Allowing users to get results like the photo using the camera upscale, these features create an object that is behind the object becomes opaque and the focus becomes sharper.

Time Rewind

Function so that users can get the exact moment when shooting. Take a photo 2 seconds before and 1 second after pressing the camera button. You can choose the best of the 3 photos are drawn. No moment missed.

GIF animation

For dynamic animation function, press and hold the shutter to take a series of images continuously which is then automatically converted into an animated GIF.

There are also the effects of camera that is exciting, such as Cartoon, Edge detect Hue, Grayscale, LOMO, Negative, Pencil, Sepia, Romantic, Snow, Pixelize, and Vintage. There is also an advanced camera settings, such as anti-shake, face detection white balance, ISO, timer, burst and others.

Fonepad 8 has an interface for camera and video recorder, then from the available two dedicated button for taking photos and recording videos. Its 5MP camera can record up to 1080p Full HD resolution.

Other

Music and video player, multimedia use ASUS entrust the affairs of their own making application, to view gallery look more attractive, because the main folder is able to display a preview. In the default condition of the content of photos and videos displayed by folder or album, you can change to a wide selection of categories, for example only display photos or videos alone.

To enjoy the song, you can use the built-in music player that has been equipped with equalizer settings, bass booster and 3D effects. ASUS SonicMaster audio technology brings designed by ASUS Golden Ear team, in order to provide superior sound with improved frequency and audio clarity.

To play a video no video applications dedicated to Fonepad 8 this. So to watch the video to go through galleries. The video player too basic course, can not bring up the subtitle, but Fonepad 8 is capable of playing 720p or 1080p .mkv format smoothly without stuttering or lag.

Fonepad 8 does not come with earphones in the sales package. As for the installation of an application, the user can select the external memory as the default installation location.

There are two options browser, Google Chrome or ASUS default browser. Browser ASUS brings the system tab in the browser just like a desktop computer. You can open a tab to a maximum of 16 tabs. For the performance when opening the desktop version of a website with a lot of content is still pretty fast, but if you have a lot of tabs, of the performance will be reduced. ASUS browser is integrated with Do It Later, so when you find the article interesting but have not had time to read, just select the Read Later option. Features include complete as Incognito, Read later, Find on page, Share a link, Request desktop site, Close other tabs, Save for offline reading, Page info, and advanced settings such as General, Privacy & security, accessibility, Advance, bandwidth management, Labs and others.

Connectivity

• Dual SIM (Micro SIM) supports 3G
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n
• Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP
• Micro USB
• Micro SD
• 3.5mm audio jack

Explore the virtual world increasingly comfortable with the provision HSPA connections that offer download speeds of up to 42Mbps and upload to 5,76Mbps. With two micro SIM card slot, the user is given the flexibility in choosing the appropriate communication rates with the ability pockets.

Benchmark results

• Antutu: 34 523 points
• Quadrant Standard: 13 329 points
• Nenamark 2: 60.6 fps
• Epic Citadel: 59.9 fps
• Multitouch Tester: 10
• HTML5test.com: 404 out of 555 points

Battery Life

Fonepad 8 equipped with non-removable battery type Li-Po (15.2 Wh) not mentioned it to the actual battery capacity of the people, probably around 4000 mAh. The capacity of the people are able to make calls to 21 hours on 3G networks. ASUS claims a battery life of 8 Fonepad can survive 12 hours in normal use, of course, depends on many things. To work around this, there are applications Power Saver lucky, there are three profile options, Ultra Saving Mode, Optimized Mode, and Customized mode to extend battery life.

Excess

• Intel 64-bit processor quad core 1.33GHz
• Dual micro SIM
• Large internal memory of 16GB
• 8 inch size fitting
• Audio Output powered

Disadvantages

• Reflective screen
• without flash
• The results of a standard camera
• Without the proximity sensor

Conclusion

Armed with an Intel Atom Z3530 64-bit, 1:33 GHz Quad-core, PowerVR Series 6 GPU and 2GB of RAM Fonepad 8 ready suguhkan fast performance minimal lag. The tablet also has supported also with 16GB of disk space and a microSD slot up to 64 GB. Not only that, you also can enjoy a free lifetime Asus Webstorage 5GB.

With a fast response time, Fonepad 8 very fit for you who need a serious device with office applications or into entertainment media such as audio, video or play heavy games. It seemed all the ease and speed of Android devices can be enjoyed on this tablet.

In terms of form, Asus Fonepad measures 8 inches, a size that is very fitting, considering the 7-inch tablet has been felt small, but feels oversized 10-inch tablet, 8 inch size deemed suitable to be grasped so convenient to use for your daily support.

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Review : ASUS X550DP

By: Unknown on 4:15 PM

Review : ASUS X550DP

ASUS X550DP - Laptop or notebook gaming device is generally a type of device that is much coveted by gamers. This type of notebook would offer a more exciting gaming experience and fun and of course superior in terms of mobility. Unfortunately, the price is not a gaming notebook friendly price. This condition then made famous PC manufacturer, ASUS offers a more affordable gaming laptop. Cheap ASUS gaming laptop is ASUS X550DP. What kind of laptop this one? Consider the following discussion.

Design

Cheap ASUS gaming laptop is not like the concept of ASUS ROG product line leading. As a gaming notebook, the design is not segahar ASUS ROG product line. ASUS X550DP it is a gaming notebook that comes with a sleeker design and more looks elegant and beautiful. Laptop with a weight of 2.26 kilograms offers slim design that is even thinner than the other ASUS product line Slimbook. In addition to slim and charming, this product also comes with a soft texture and comfortable rotating when in contact with the users hand.

Keyboard and Touchpad

Which may be somewhat unfortunate of ASUS laptops cheap gaming is about the keyboard. ASUS is not so privileging the keyboard on this product. Keyboard there is a type of keyboard that is commonly found in other X series ASUS products. Although it looks ordinary and nothing special, the keyboard is very comfortable to use for playing games or for typing. In addition, the keyboard looks great can also be paid thanks to the presence of a touchpad that supports Smart Gesture technology. This technology makes the touchpad on the ASUS X550DP present a wider, smoother, and relatively responsive.

Screen

To experience the fun playing games, of course, ASUS knows that gamers prefer the wide screen. Therefore, ASUS X550DP equipped with a screen that has a wide enough to fit, which is a 15.6-inch or 16 inch closer. With a ratio of 16: 9 screen, of this screen gives a wider view to the users. Regrettably, the user must accept the fact that the resolution is only 1366x768 pixels are presented. The resolution must have been too common in laptops screen 14 inch or even 12 inch.

Performance

This cheap ASUS gaming laptop orchestrated the kitchen runway pretty good. ASUS AMD APU processor immerse A10-5750M who have biased 2.5GHz speed increase of up to 3.5 GHz thanks to the support of AMD's Turbo Core feature. The processor has four cores or four cores, which would certainly make the performance of this laptop be good. Support 4GB DDR3 RAM also make use of programs and games become more fluent.

Graphics Performance

ASUS X550DP equipped with dual graphics from AMD. The first is the integrated graphics processor, the AMD Radeon 8650G. Second, is a separate graphics processor, the AMD Radeon 8670M with 2GB VRAM. Both of these graphics will work concurrently while processing programs or games with high graphics needs. While for a lightweight program that requires the performance of the graphics processor, then just use within terinetegrasi GPU will work or in this case AMD Radeon 8650G.

Sound

For the gaming experience more of life, of course, users want better sound quality. And ASUS realize it. The China-based company has provided ASUS X550DP with quality sound system and ASUS SonicMaster technology through AudioWizard. The combination of these two technologies is able to produce a clear sound with tone shades reaslistis.

Connectivity

Cheap ASUS gaming laptop is equipped with full connectivity. Notebook with 1TB HDD has been supported with an HDMI port, VGA port, combo audio jack, LAN Jack, and two USB 3.0 ports. In addition, the notebook is also supported with HD quality webcam which is quite convenient for video chat needs.

Conclusion

ASUS  gaming laptop ASUS X550DP is low that it can be an option for gamers who require special laptop to play games with high graphics quality at low prices. Laptop is equipped with 3000 mAh battery 4Cells manifold is also biased and unreliable for multimedia needs for design activities.

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Review : Asus Fonepad 7

By: Unknown on 5:44 PM

Review : Asus Fonepad 7

Asus Fonepad 7 - The number of Android tablets currently on the market of any price level, which makes prospective customers worry about the quality of the product. In addition to guaranteed quality, software development was also noted

Currently our arrival Android tablet from Asus that sail 7-inch is Fonepad 7 FE375 series dual SIM. You are curious about the performance given Fonepad 7? see more reviews

Specifications

• IPS LCD screen, a resolution of 800 x 1280 pixels 216 ppi
• Chipset Intel Atom Z3560 64bit quad-core 1.83 GHz GPU PowerVR Series 6
• 5MP main camera of 2592 x 1944 pixels, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, 2MP front camera
• 8/16 GB internal memory, Micro SD up to 64 GB
• 1GB of RAM
• Android OS 4.4.2 Kitkat

Design

The whole body of the tablet has dimensions of 194.3 x 108.9 x 9.8 mm, for the body back is made of high quality plastic matte. Although made of plastic, Fonepad 7 is still good quality, at the time grasping this Fonepad 7 body feels sturdy and lightweight, but less convenient to use when grasped only using one hand, you should use both hands to avoid the risk of falling when the tablet is used. This tablet has a heavy weight of 290 grams and a thickness of only 9.8 mm tablets.

The face Fonepad 7 there are 7-inch touchscreen display, at the top of the screen there is a speaker that serves as an earpiece, 2MP front camera, light sensor, the logo "ASUS" located under the screen are quite striking. The interesting thing about this Asus Fonepad 7 FE375 is available stereo speakers located on the top and bottom if the tablet to landscape position will be located in the left and right.

On the back are covered with milky white color that looks clean. In addition to the white color variants are also available in red, black, and gold. Then there is a 5MP main camera with no flash capacity. Under the logo "ASUS" which is coated by metal

On the left side of the tablet, there are three slots are closed plastic flap, 2 slot for a micro SIM and one slot for micro SD external memory, then, on the right side are the volume keys and the lock / power. For audio jack port located beneath the tablet body and attached to the USB slot on the top of the body.

Asus Fonepad 7 FE375 screen uses IPS LCD resolution of 800 x 1280 pixels (~ 216 ppi pixel density). The tablet has a characteristic that is quite simple by displaying brilliant color. You can also change the color settings screen with Asus Splendid applications. Fonepad  7 screen is coated with an oleophobic coating that is resistant to scratches.

Interface

Interface Asus Fonepad 7 FE375 using Zen UI as the default launcher, the launcher Zen UI operation running smoothly without any lag at all to move around the home screen, app drawer, the control center and the notification bar is very smooth and intuitive.

On display there is a lock screen camera shortcut icon display, dial, and sms, along with information about the weather, time, date, and your daily agenda

On the homescreen pages by default Asus Fonepad 7 FE375 offers 3 pages. Homescreen page contains a maximum of 7 pieces of a page as a place to display the folder the app drawer, widgets and application shortcuts, and others according to your needs.

There are two different windows to perform gesture swipe from the top of the screen, when using the two finger gesture will bring a quick display settings, then when using one finger gesture will bring up the display notification bar.

On the pages contained in the notification bar at the center of the screen that displays the time and date, and general application notification settings.

for text input method that is used is provided from congenital ASUS keyboard itself. Qwerty keyboard typing is more convenient to use on horizontal or portrait position because the range of finger fairly difficult to typing on a vertical or landscape position.

Camera

Fonepad 7 has two cameras, the front camera with 2MP capacity that has some features that are shared for the main camera.

Then for capacity 5MP rear camera but is not equipped with a flash camera making it less suitable for use in low light or at night, but many comprehensive features can cover one of the shortcomings of the Fonepad. one of its features is the Time Rewind, serves to take a picture a few seconds before and after pictures of the original.

Fonepad 7 has an interface for camera and video recorder, then of the available display for photo and video recording. 5MP camera on the back can do the recording up to Full HD 1080p resolution. For the features of the video recording that is Miniature and Time lapse.

Other

In this section, such as music and video player, Asus Fonepad 7 FE375 is quite satisfactory, Asus entrust multimedia business applications made by their own use, to display Gallery looks more attractive to look beyond the stock Android. Content photos and videos displayed by folder in the default condition, and can be changed according to your wishes.

To use the music player ASUS-made luggage, but no prominent features in the music app ASUS just look that suits the theme of the interface. The music application provides standard settings such as equalizer. ASUS prefers output via stereo speakers located on Asus Fonepad 7 FE375, the sound produced by the speakers including strong and clear, even exceeding the volume of the volume of the tablet dock Asus FonePad S been reviewed by my colleague earlier.

For there is not a video player application for Fonepad 7, the default video can be played through the Gallery. There are no features for video players so only for the basic course, can not bring up the subtitle, I try to play a movie with a resolution of 1080p .mkv format, at the time of screening, the film runs smoothly without stuttering or lagging.

If you want to browse, there are two browsers that can be used is the Google Chrome browser and application of their own making. Display Chrome Browser is similar to asus tablet with tabs like in a computer system desktoo. You can do multitab up to 16 tabs, for HTML5 score is 404.

Connectivity

• HSPA + (uplinnk: 5.76 Mbps / downlink: 42 Mbps
• 3G: WCDMA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz)
• 2G: EDGE / GSM (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
• WiFi: 802.11 b.g.n, hotspot
• Bluetooth v 4.0
• Port MicroUSB v2.0
• GPS

BENCHMARK RESULTS

• AnTuTu Benchmark V 5.6: 37 955 points
• Quadrant Standard: 13 080 points
• GPUbench: 13 678 points

Battery Life

Asus Fonepad 6 FE375 has a unibody 15 Wh battery and can reach up to 690 hours of runtime in accordance with the manufacturer, I can not find the right information for this tablet battery power, then by the time I used it to me at the reviews on this tablet, like trying a front camera and back for 1-2 hours reduces battery approximately 15%, for downloading and browsing for 2-3 hours reduces battery approximately 25%. However, there are applications Fonepad 7 Power Saver, you can change your profile becomes, Customized Mode, Optimized Mode and Ultra Saving Mode.

Excess

• Prices are affordable in its class
• Stereo speakers have
• Display a simple design

Shortage

• Does not have a camera flash on the back
• Reflective glass screen
• Small RAM capacity

Conclusion

Mid-end tablet offered by Asus is designed with a very attractive, in terms of the value of the funds that you spend the equivalent of what is obtained, which uses the Intel Atom Z3560 64bit quad-core with a PowerVR G6430 integrated GPU with a very satisfactory performance in applications , its games and multimedia applications. brightness and stable-angle view of the touchscreen IPS with good color reproduction.

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Review : Asus Transformer Book

By: Unknown on 2:13 AM

Review : Asus Transformer Book

Asus Transformer Book - Our arrival of a new hybrid device between a tablet and a laptop made by ASUS also that ASUS Transformer Book. This hybrid device has a screen size of the laptop is 13.3 inches. In addition, the appearance and depth of the device is also equivalent to the specifications of the latest laptops. How our assessment of this jumbo sized portable device? Please read the review below.

Specifications

• 1.7GHz Intel Core i5-3317U
• Windows 8 64-bit
• Intel HD 4000 GPU
• 4GB DDR3 RAM
• 13-3-inch IPS screen FHD
• 128GB SSD + 500 GB HDD
• USB 3.0, Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi
• 5MP camera + 0.9MP
• Battery 5000mAh (tablets); 3200mAh (dock)

Design

Book Transformer tablet uses a similar design with a range of top-class laptop ASUS patterned circles on the back and a shiny gray, which looks also like the design of the MacBook Air. In addition to the glass on the front and buttons, the whole body following tablet dock made of aluminum metal material which makes it a premium feel when held.

The minus side, the weight of the tablet is quite heavy, reaching 2 pounds (shared dock) where each about one kilo. Moreover, because the components are in the tablet core, then the back of the tablet has a fan that vents to rapidly increase the temperature if it is used mainly on the left rear body. With dimensions of 33.8 x 21.8 x combined 2.4 cm then the device is certainly not seportabel other tablets.

You can easily install and remove the tablet to the dock only with a slider key that is in the dock, which will automatically appear premium laptop device where the Windows logo at the bottom of the tablet be closed, and the combination of different colors between the tablet and the dock. The keyboard dock has an adjustable backlight levels of explanation. ASUS also includes shortcuts on the keyboard for superior management software that is like Splendid Technology (screen), Power4Gear Hybrid (battery), special applications ASUS Transformer Book (resources), and Life Frames (camera).

Screen

ASUS Transformer Book using FullHD 1080p resolution IPS display with 13.3-inch size. The quality is not questionable, because the display looks sharp and smooth, the colors too bright, but slightly yellowish. ASUS includes an application called Splendid Technology, which through this application you can set the screen coloring composition to suit your preferences. You can set it manually or based on existing options like Theather to change the character screen becomes yellowish and Vivid change the character of the screen becomes blue.

Viewing angle is also good, ASUS claims this screen is able to provide the best view up to 178 degrees. Unfortunately layer of glass used is quite reflective and easy to stick a finger spots. One thing that can interfere with FullHD resolution is shrinking the size of the interface where the effect to follow the resolution touch narrower space. You could have a larger set, but of course the result will not be as sharp and smooth as if to follow the existing pixels.

Camera

Book Transformer tablet has two cameras, with a resolution of 0.9MP front and rear 5MP autofocus. In addition to using the default application Windows 8, to take a picture you can also use Life Frame application that provides a variety of interesting effects.

The quality of photos taken with the front camera is quite good even though it looks quite a lot of noise but it is quite good when compared to other manufacturers. For the main camera, the result looks sharp and bright enough, but it looks a bit pale and appeared noise in low light conditions.

With 5MP resolution you can also do video recording up to 1080p resolution. Video of the recording will be saved in MP4 format. The results of the actual picture looks good, but unfortunately very broken movement is not smooth.

Other 

ASUS Transformer Book using the operating system Windows 8 64-bit version. As we know, Windows 8 is a version of Windows that is really optimized for the touch screen. Surely this operating system can run very smoothly here. However we feel some bugs that removing and installing the tablet to the dock, as the cursor is missing.

In addition to the default software such as Splendid Technology, Power4 Gear Hybrid, ASUS Transformer Book, ASUS Instant On, and Life Frame, in the default you will also find applications such as World Clock, Fresh Paint, ASUS Tutor, and some such as Microsoft's Xbox game Solitaire Collection, Taptiles , and others.

For business audio, ASUS cooperation with leading companies in the field of audio Bang & Olufsen ICEpower which produces output stereo sound via speakers behind clear quality tablet not shrill and painful ear, unfortunately not too tight though it is set to the maximum position.

Connectivity

As a tablet, the Transformer Book has pretty much connectivity as a 3.5mm headset port, microHDMI, microSD slot, and a magnetic charging port dock port for connectivity.

Not only as a complement laptop form, but this keyboard dock also has a storage capacity of 500 GB HDD memory of 128 GB SSD additional on the tablet. Available ports commonly found disebuah laptop like magnetized charging port, slot card reader, Ethernet port, two USB 3.0 ports, and a Thunderbolt port.

Battery Life

As we mentioned above, the ASUS trasformer Book powered by 5000 mAh Lithium Polymer battery in the tablet, and 3200 mAh in the dock. With the battery in the dock does not mean you have a spare battery, because the battery is used to activate the disk and the existing ports. Nevertheless it is possible that you take advantage of this to extend the battery life of the tablet, because in applications ASUS Transformer Book there is a choice Battery Up which will disable the hard drive and the port in order to supply energy to the tablet.

If used continuously for a variety of activities such as browsing, watching videos, and more, the tablet is able to survive for about 3 hours with the brightness of the display medium. If the stand-by mode tablet can last up to 10 days. For the filling from empty to full power, take up to 3 hours.

Excess

• Premium materials
• Specifications upscale
• Unique form factor (tablet-laptop)

Shortage

• The price is quite high
• Fairly heavy weights

Conclusion

Priced at a quite high, about 15 million dollars for the Intel i5 configuration, the ASUS Transformer Book offers laptop tablet hybrid device (which is more to a laptop because it uses a standard size laptop) that have qualified specifications to support the activities of the user. With aluminum material of this device would look much less premium design similar to the Ultrabook. Perhaps the factor that you should consider if the price is not an issue is how often you will bring the 13.3-inch tablet? and also the durability of the device if the tablets are often removed and plugged into the dock remains to be seen.

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