Asus Bangalore Divas Meet.

Well, I happen to attend a Divas meet. Yes, I am not a Diva. But was forced to attend. Courtesy one of two most important Divas in my life, My wife. She was invited to one of All-Girls only affair blogger meet at Taj Vivanta, Bangalore by ASUS. She wanted me to also come there as our 10 months son, Akshaj, need to be taken care of and at the same time Akshaj wanted his mother's company. In all this affair of mother, son and Asus a poor dad, that's me, got involved.

After a lot of reluctance, I had a call to the organisers and they agreed that it was fine if I can accompany my wife. This gave more ammunition to my diva for life to convince and attend. Well, I finally succumbed to all the emotional "attyachars" and we went ahead with our plans to attend. I have to admit the event was really good, even though I was initially reluctant to be part of it as it was a Diva meet.

We reached the venue - Taj Vivanta, M G Road, Bangalore on 13th Aug 2015. We were late by 30 mins, courtesy Bangalore traffic and heavy rains which took place. Event started a bit late too probably for the same reason. I utilized the time to go over to counters which had the Zen Phones displayed. One of the counters had Zenny - the ASUS mascot. There were some Zenny Pen drives too.

The other counter had all the new Zen phones getting launched. I got chance to get hands on all of them.

Arindham & Komal from Team ASUS gave all the guests a brief overview of ASUS and what this event was all about.

Peter Chang, MD of Asus India, took over the centre stage and gave more details about the devices launched in the ZenFestival by ASUS. Steffi later on gave a live demo of the devices from the Zenfone portfolio.

Anusha Dandekar, one of the most popular VJs was the surprise for the divas. She gave them a good know how on make-up tips and poses required for perfect selfies. Divas also had a Selfie Ramp walk & group Selfie contest anchored by Anusha. All the exercise were really liked by the guests present at the venue.

Winners of both the contests were given Asus Zenny pen-drive and a Lolli Flash accessory from Asus. At end, ZenTalk, a platform to connect with ASUS users,  was introduced. Nice Dinner was also served there.

The phones at display were:

ZenFone 2 Deluxe This device delivers powerful all-round performance. It has a gorgeous new multifaceted polygonal finish accentuating the signature ZenFone 2 Ergonomic Arc design. It features a display size of 5.5-inch with Full HD IPS display, 13MP/5MP Pixel cameras, 2.3GHz  processor and 4G/LTE connectivity. With 4GB RAM, the device's responsiveness was really good. It has a fast-charge technology which can charge for 60% capacity in just 39 minutes. 

ZenFone 2 Laser had a powerful 13MP camera with an f/2.0 wide-aperture lens to capture stunning, high-resolution photos with zero shutter lag — augmented by laser auto-focus technology that empowers users to capture perfect clarity in just 0.3 seconds.  It is Available in 5-inch (ZE500KL), 5.5-inch (ZE550KL) and 6.0-inch (ZE601KL) versions with up to 1920 x 1080-pixel Full HD resolution. It has Corning Gorilla Glass 4 and also boasts an up to octa-core 64-bit Snapdragon processor with up to 3 GB of fast memory for unwavering performance.

ZenFone Selfie (ZD551KL) has a dual 13MP cameras, dual-color, dual-LED Real Tone flash both front and rear, plus laser auto-focus for ultra-fast shots with complete clarity. Ergonomic Arc design and intuitive rear key makes capturing selfies much easier than ever before. It has a huge 13MP resolution and an f/2.2-aperture, 88-degree wide-angle lens to capture more of every smile in selfie mode. The unique Selfie Panorama mode enables selfies with an outlook of up to 140 degrees, so everything and everyone becomes part of the shot.

ZenFone Selfie’s rear camera is just as advanced, with a large f/2.0 aperture lens for superior low-light shots. Both cameras are engineered with five-prism Largan lenses and top-quality Toshiba sensors, and include dual-LED Real Tone flash technology for perfect illumination in any lighting conditions. ZenFone Selfie also delivers superb macro photography that works on subjects as close as 6cm, plus rear laser auto-focus to compose shots in the blink of an eye.

ZenFone Max (ZC550KL)  has a incredibly-long-lasting high-capacity 5000 mAh lithium-polymer battery that gives users an unprecedented amount of battery life. It has a bright and clear 5.5-inch IPS display with wide viewing angles, protected by the latest Corning Gorilla Glass 4 for unrivalled scratch-resistance, strength and everyday durability. At the heart of ZenFone Max is a powerful yet power-efficient 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor with up to 2GB of RAM. ZenFone Max features a 13MP  /5MP PixelMaster cameras with a wide f/2.0 aperture, and the rear camera also boasts laser auto-focus for sharp, near-instant shots. 

In Short I will say, Overall all the devices are good. But depends on your present pain area.

• If battery life is the most important thing for you, go for ZenFone Max (ZC550KL). 
• If you do lot of picture capture & sharing, then go for ZenFone Selfie (ZD551KL)
• If you want a highly responsive device, then go for ZenFone 2 Deluxe or ZenFone 2 Laser

My Favorite Phone - Asus Zenfone2

One person can have many reasons for liking one or the other new mobile devices. To judge which is my favorite device is going to change from time to time. As the technology is changing faster than the time, means we will have more advanced device with much higher capabilities.

Its hard to say which is my favorite device as it keeps changing with time & technology. After thinking through it hard enough I have chosen one - the chosen one. Well before I reveal the name I thought its better to note down the logical reasons for my choice. So I will divide it in two parts one was the must things which I won't compromise on for my own reasons.


Criteria : Must YESes for me

1. It should be based on Android. Well the simple reason for me is that I am used to Android and it has the highest number applications available in any of the play stores as compared to that of other Operating Systems.
2. Both Front & Rear Camera. Its must for me for the obvious reason that I am very social in different social media channels like instagram, twitter, etc. So for me Selfie is a necessity & not luxury. So both the cameras are basic needs.
3. Higher resolution device close to 1080p resolution. The main reason for this was I like watching video & playing games in mobile phones. So looks and feel of the display has to be good.
4. Higher RAM. Many of the devices will show good space and processor but are low in RAM. So one have a frequent Lags and slowness in device. For me this is to be avoided at all the cost. I just hate any ANR or Force Close dialogs , ahhh.... I mean any application crashes or activity getting freezed.

My Choice: My Favourite Phone : ASUS Zenfone 2

Well I will list the reasons why it should be in anyone's best list based on parameters which made me love Zenfone 2. 

• 4 GB RAM. Once I heard it, I was like WOW. No more slow devices. No more applications saying that they will crash (ANRs or Force Closes) soon. Typically most of the other devices fulfilling my criteria has either 1 GB , 2GB and few with 3 GB RAM. For me 4GB RAM was a key differentiation.
• Games were faster and very responsive.
• Applications were fast & smooth. Literally No ANRs
• Touch & responsiveness gave a very nice feeling & experience.

• Quad Core Atom 2.3 GHz processor is well matched with higher RAM. This means that neither the performance of Chipset or RAM is going to be a bottleneck. I being a power user, aka heavy user, this fulfills my need as a power user.

• 13 MP Rear Camera & 5 MP Front Camera, meant that I will have much more clear and beautiful pictures. The pictures and selfie taken can be shared to social medias like Instagram. Camera is fairly simple & easy to use with all the features like White Balance, 1080 P Video Capture, etc. In short, great pictures with nice quality and ease paired with a good response time.

• Good display with 5.5 inch Display with resolution of 1080 * 1920 pixels.This gives good pictures taken more clearer and sharper. Corning Gorilla Glass adds more to protect the display by making it scratch free.

• I loved the design of flip cover. So beautiful & amazing. It made me recall some classic phones like Razer with those watches. I simply love this design.

• Dual SIM - I have two mobile numbers and I wanted to keep both while migrating from Moto G to ASUS Zenphone 2. It adds an extra comfort to stay the same instead of carrying to mobile devices.

• Affordable. Many of times a good device with a good specs are heavily priced. But that's not the case with  ASUS Zenfone 2.

In simple words, if you are a power user who is social and expects phone to work well and in a very responsive way with good pictures and gaming performance, #Myzenfone2 is definitely the best pick in the present lot of devices.