Asus Zenfone 2

Euphoriasean

It marked out for delivery

SubatomicKiwi

Euphoriasean wrote: »

It marked out for delivery

Mine too, pretty high chance I'm going to miss it though

Euphoriasean

SubatomicKiwi wrote: »

Mine too, pretty high chance I'm going to miss it though

Me too,hopefully I can collect it from the depot after work

SubatomicKiwi

Crimsonforce

i got a note from amazon italy stating they shipped my screen protector and the back cover but no phone! grrrrr

SubatomicKiwi

Extremely happy with the phone, feels very nice in the hand and is very responsive. Lemme know if you have any questions!

droidman123

my futile resistence just collapsed:eek: just cancelled on asus and ordered on the 4gb/32gb silver on amazon Italy:) it says I should have it by Thursday,but if I get it by Friday I will be happy.

Crimsonforce

does it shoot 4K video? cant see any links anywhere of 4k video..
4 k video is 3840 x 2160

if so how file size of the 4k video?

does it have slo motion on recording mode?

SubatomicKiwi

Only worry so far is temperature. Seeing temps of 40 during set up/charging. Doesn't seem to be anything major though.

SubatomicKiwi

Crimsonforce wrote: »

does it shoot 4K video? cant see any links anywhere of 4k video..
4 k video is 3840 x 2160

if so how file size of the 4k video?

does it have slo motion on recording mode?

Max video res is 1080P, doesn't seem to do slow mo either

droidman123

SubatomicKiwi wrote: »

Max video res is 1080P, doesn't seem to do slow mo either

I think theres a time lapse feature on the video recording?

SubatomicKiwi

droidman123 wrote: »

I think theres a time lapse feature on the video recording?

There is, thats not slow mo though....Is it?

droidman123

SubatomicKiwi wrote: »

There is, thats not slow mo though....Is it?

no but I was just wondering if the feature was good. lol I know it will take a while to try it out.

SubatomicKiwi

droidman123 wrote: »

no but I was just wondering if the feature was good. lol I know it will take a while to try it out.

ah ok haha, yeah any ideas for a good one?

Crimsonforce

SubatomicKiwi wrote: »

Max video res is 1080P, doesn't seem to do slow mo either

Thanks, that's a real shame.

it seems the processor, ram and camera is capable of it..

wonder if they will add it for further developments..

SubatomicKiwi

Crimsonforce wrote: »

Thanks, that's a real shame.

it seems the processor, ram and camera is capable of it..

wonder if they will add it for further developments..

Yeah in theory the hardware seems to be capeable of it. The screen itself is only 1080P and 4k hasn't taken over yet so I really don't see it as a big deal. Asus seem to be good with software updates so maybe one day haha

Crimsonforce

with lollipop it seems to be easily done.

just tried it with my nexus 5 and it works recording at 4k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJTlwUKbHbA

you can download L CAMERA from the developer github place..

droidman123

SubatomicKiwi wrote: »

ah ok haha, yeah any ideas for a good one?

yes I have....you could time lapse the asus order website, might make it look they are shipping the orders a bit quicker:D

SubatomicKiwi

droidman123 wrote: »

yes I have....you could time lapse the asus order website, might make it look they are shipping the orders a bit quicker:D

hahaha, is 32GB enough to store all that footage?

SubatomicKiwi

Crimsonforce wrote: »

with lollipop it seems to be easily done.

just tried it with my nexus 5 and it works recording at 4k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJTlwUKbHbA

you can download L CAMERA from the developer github place..

Awesome, I'll try it out later

SubatomicKiwi

Gone from 15% to 100% in just over 90mins!

SubatomicKiwi

Ok, I've ran into an issue. The vibrate function has just stopped working. Was looking around in the settings and suddenly noticed I wasn't getting any feedback from the capacitive buttons anymore. Tried everything to make it happen, ended up resetting it. Still no joy. anyone have any ideas?

Crimsonforce

SubatomicKiwi wrote: »

Ok, I've ran into an issue. The vibrate function has just stopped working. Was looking around in the settings and suddenly noticed I wasn't getting any feedback from the capacitive buttons anymore. Tried everything to make it happen, ended up resetting it. Still no joy. anyone have any ideas?

i'll let you know when i get mine!

Phibsboro

SubatomicKiwi wrote: »

Ok, I've ran into an issue. The vibrate function has just stopped working. Was looking around in the settings and suddenly noticed I wasn't getting any feedback from the capacitive buttons anymore. Tried everything to make it happen, ended up resetting it. Still no joy. anyone have any ideas?

Looks like an OTA issue? Add a me-too to this thread i'd say...

http://www.asus.com/zentalk/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=6887&highlight=vibrat

SubatomicKiwi

Phibsboro wrote: »

Looks like an OTA issue? Add a me-too to this thread i'd say...

http://www.asus.com/zentalk/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=6887&highlight=vibrat

Already have haha, think I should wait and see rather than request a return striaght away?

SubatomicKiwi

Suddenly working again.......I'm quite confused/conflicted

Phibsboro

SubatomicKiwi wrote: »

Suddenly working again.......I'm quite confused/conflicted

Working then not working then working again - i'd probably return

SubatomicKiwi

Phibsboro wrote: »

Working then not working then working again - i'd probably return

If it happens again I will, good thing I went with amazon

jonnny68

If anyone's buying from Gearbest be sure and ask if it's the European model, I received the Chinese model with no Google play and couldn't even sideload it so had to return it via normal post as per instructions from Gearbest and I'll probably be waiting a month by the time I get the right model back when you factor in Chinese customs clearance and that.

So gutted over that but when I did have it was a beast of a phone.

Hootanany

Got mine today:D

Crimsonforce

Shipped from Amazon Italy today. Due for delivery tomorrow! If that happens,that is service

SubatomicKiwi

SubatomicKiwi wrote: »

If it happens again I will, good thing I went with amazon

Went and came back in the space of a few minutes just there. Assuming it's a software issue I think it leave it for now. Had an issue getting Viber/WhatsApp set up, the verification sms won't come through, had to use the phonecall. Think that's more of a meteor issue however.

Euphoriasean

Just unboxed nine.like the feel of it. The bill in screen protector seems top notch. It does feel very warm and battery is depleting at a rate of knots. Still to install the ASUS update though. It's will need a few charges before I can really see. Looks pretty darn savage though,went for red in the end. It's been a long day and a half without a phone 😀

SubatomicKiwi

Euphoriasean wrote: »

The bill in screen protector seems top notch.

....What?

Euphoriasean wrote: »

It does feel very warm

Thats my one worry right now, it actually appears to be 'quick charging' all the way to 100%, it's supposed to stop at 60%.

Euphoriasean

SubatomicKiwi wrote: »

....What?





Thats my one worry right now, it actually appears to be 'quick charging' all the way to 100%, it's supposed to stop at 60%.

Damn autocorrect. I meant to say "nilkin" screen protector

SubatomicKiwi

Euphoriasean wrote: »

Damn autocorrect. I meant to say "nilkin" screen protector

Ah ok haha, thought you meant built in :O Think I'll have to get a Nilkin, have a standard plastic one on it right now and it's a fingerprint magnet.

Euphoriasean

droidman123 wrote: »

my futile resistence just collapsed:eek: just cancelled on asus and ordered on the 4gb/32gb silver on amazon Italy:) it says I should have it by Thursday,but if I get it by Friday I will be happy.

You should definitely have it by Thursday. Shipping was extremely quick.

Tragedy

Got mine today. Intensely disappointing would be my two word review.


Red 32gb from Amazon Italy.

Battery lasts about 5hour screen on time, android kernel is using a huge amount of juice. Camera is desperately bad in any sort of low light situation, awfully noisy with a distinct moire effect. Also doesn't handle contrasting light well (e.g. daylight coming through window). It either has inside at the right light level with the window being far too bright, or has the window at the right level and inside far too dark.

The phone is full of useless Asus bloat, the zenui even with nova launcher is obtuse and ugly.

Most importantly, it hates my sim card that's working fine in my US Moto G and UK LG G2.

It didn't read the APN, wouldn't come off LTE when receiving a call/text until I enabled data roaming, and even on H it still sends calls straight to voicemail occasionally. Had a similar issue with the Nexus 5 when it originally launched, is a software issue where the phone is meant to hand off LTE so it can accept a call.

Already submitted a return too amazon and will be sending it back for oh so many reasons. Shame that.

spix

jonnny68 wrote: »

If anyone's buying from Gearbest be sure and ask if it's the European model, I received the Chinese model with no Google play and couldn't even sideload it so had to return it via normal post as per instructions from Gearbest and I'll probably be waiting a month by the time I get the right model back when you factor in Chinese customs clearance and that.

So gutted over that but when I did have it was a beast of a phone.

Don't buy phones from a gadget store, buy from a phone only seller and it will always come with google play. Also there's some sellers on ebay selling the taiwan version which comes with play store preinstalled. With the Zenfone 5 it was possible to flash the European rom on it from Asus' website, not sure if its possible with Zenfone 2.

Also I highly doubt gearbest will be able to get you a European model... best to ask for a refund.

daytob

Tragedy wrote: »

Intensely disappointing

well that depressing. looks like im leaning towards the new premium oppo if it has enough ram

Hootanany

I cant install whatsapp:eek:

Euphoriasean

Hootanany wrote: »

I cant install whatsapp:eek:

Didn't have an issue with this,did it not reinstall after logging into your Google a/c?

Euphoriasean

Tragedy wrote: »

The phone is full of useless Asus bloat, the zenui even with nova launcher is obtuse and ugly

Fair enough there is a lot of bloat but I havn't heard many people call the Zen UI ugly,if fact most people including me think it is one of the positives. This is objective though so I'm not knocking you for this.

Not having the issues will calls as you are. The battery yeah it's not great at the moment but I knew that before I got it. Asus have made big improvement already with there OTA updates,hopefully they will continue to do so.

You don't seem happy so your right to look elsewhere.

Tragedy

Euphoriasean wrote: »

Fair enough there is a lot of bloat but I havn't heard many people call the Zen UI ugly,if fact most people including me think it is one of the positives. This is objective though so I'm not knocking you for this.

Not having the issues will calls as you are. The battery yeah it's not great at the moment but I knew that before I got it. Asus have made big improvement already with there OTA updates,hopefully they will continue to do so.

You don't seem happy so your right to look elsewhere.

The quick settings panel has huge icons, and requires a minimum of 4 tools and 8 items. It looks like ass and is far too large. Icons are far too large in general and the UI reminds me of LG's mixed with an older version of Sense. I'm not sure 'most people' have an opinion on zenui or that if they did, you would know it - but I accept that beyond lag/performance UIs are thoroughly subjective.

Two examples of unnecessary annoyances: the taskbar loses transparency settings in some apps so that if the app has a white or grey background, the taskbar is all but invisible. The keyboard is so clunky and strangely shaped that it's an exercise in frustration to type on despite the area being so large.

SubatomicKiwi

Overall I'm very happy with the device, there's a fair bit of bloat but most of it can be uninstalled. I actually like ZenUI, this is the first time I've stuck with the default Launcher/Keyboard/Messaging app and I think I may stay with them for some time.


The vibrate motor did seem to stop/start working a lot yesterday, haven't noticed it happening this morning. The uppermost section of the screen became unresponsive earlier, a restart fixed it. Both seem to be software issues.

The camera isn't the best but that was already known. Battery is better than expected:

2+ hours SOT (Reddit,boards,chrome,games), 1 hour Bluetooth audio, 2 hours internal audio and Wi-Fi/4G on all night: 56% remaining.

If you use the included adapter it seems to fast charge all the way to 100, it's meant to stop at 60%. While this is fast it can get hot (40 at worst) so I can't imagine this is good in the long term.

Screen is very nice, haven't noticed any lag, 4G speeds are at least double what I was getting on the M7 (had to manually add the APN). Double tap to wake is a really nice feature and speaker is decent.

So only worries so far: Vibrate motor, Charing temperature

Hootanany

Mine charges really slowly

SubatomicKiwi

Hootanany wrote: »

Mine charges really slowly

hmm thats strange. I just charged mine up there and it went from 53% to 100% in about 80 minutes, and actually changed to 'Charging' at some point (Not fast charging). Max temp it reached this time was 34, which seems just about right for fast charging.

80 mins is nothing too fantastic for fast charging, especially when I went from 15-100 in a similar amount of time yesterday so I'm assuming the fast charging did stop at 60% this time, although the peak temp was at around 80%.

Doesn't seem to be anything to worry about anyway, vibrate is gone again and I can't decide if I should get a replacement or not.

Crimsonforce

Tragedy wrote: »

Got mine today. Intensely disappointing would be my two word review.


Red 32gb from Amazon Italy.

Battery lasts about 5hour screen on time, android kernel is using a huge amount of juice. Camera is desperately bad in any sort of low light situation, awfully noisy with a distinct moire effect. Also doesn't handle contrasting light well (e.g. daylight coming through window). It either has inside at the right light level with the window being far too bright, or has the window at the right level and inside far too dark.

The phone is full of useless Asus bloat, the zenui even with nova launcher is obtuse and ugly.

Most importantly, it hates my sim card that's working fine in my US Moto G and UK LG G2.

It didn't read the APN, wouldn't come off LTE when receiving a call/text until I enabled data roaming, and even on H it still sends calls straight to voicemail occasionally. Had a similar issue with the Nexus 5 when it originally launched, is a software issue where the phone is meant to hand off LTE so it can accept a call.

Already submitted a return too amazon and will be sending it back for oh so many reasons. Shame that.

well thats a disappointment. I receive mine tomorrow and will check out your issues on another phone..

Hootanany

SubatomicKiwi wrote: »

hmm thats strange. I just charged mine up there and it went from 53% to 100% in about 80 minutes, and actually changed to 'Charging' at some point (Not fast charging). Max temp it reached this time was 34, which seems just about right for fast charging.

80 mins is nothing too fantastic for fast charging, especially when I went from 15-100 in a similar amount of time yesterday so I'm assuming the fast charging did stop at 60% this time, although the peak temp was at around 80%.

Doesn't seem to be anything to worry about anyway, vibrate is gone again and I can't decide if I should get a replacement or not.

Only got whatsapp now dont know why and battery stuck at 83 percent for last half hour should i be worried?

SubatomicKiwi

Alright, want some opinions on this if possible.

Vibrate has been coming and going since I got it. Right now it's gone and this is the longest it's been gone for so far. At one point yesterday I reset it and vibrate still did not work yet it came back about a half hour later. Return/Replace? Assume its software?

There’s one post on the ZenTalk forum however the guy there seems to say his is gone completely and an OTA upgrade triggered it. Mine definitely worked for a few mins after the OTA.

Kinda stumped on this, still really happy with the phone but the fact that it's having an intermittent issue out of the box makes me tempted to get a replacement.